Bring back the days when the world map was covered in red. ) and you
Could beat a path through customs with your British passport. )
Yes, my late father (born in 1923) remembered the map of the British Empire (otherwise known as the world!) when he was at elementary school and it was literally a map covered in red although I recall him saying that Egypt was red stripes signifying some more independence on its part.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
Over the years I've noticed in some books that a British character will refer to the people on the continent as "Europeans" as though the English aren't European...and that's my question, do ya'll consider yourselves European or something distinctly different?
im from England, not Europe, that's not a, shall we say a snobbish reply ,no more than the people I speak to in the states
proudly say "we are from the south" (have you all been to Dennys before )
Like most Southerners I tend to identify with my state first, Tennessee, the The South, then American...
I love Denny's, but I'm partial to Shoney's...
Sometimes when talking to other Southerners I'll answer, Where you from? with Memphis....
There was a young English barmaid in Ely who would sit and listen to us Memphians when we were in her tavern...she said we sounded like Elvis..
"I don't know if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who mean it."-Mark Twain
'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)
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Yes, my late father (born in 1923) remembered the map of the British Empire (otherwise known as the world!) when he was at elementary school and it was literally a map covered in red although I recall him saying that Egypt was red stripes signifying some more independence on its part.
im from England, not Europe, that's not a, shall we say a snobbish reply ,no more than the people I speak to in the states
proudly say "we are from the south"
I love Denny's, but I'm partial to Shoney's...
Sometimes when talking to other Southerners I'll answer, Where you from? with Memphis....
There was a young English barmaid in Ely who would sit and listen to us Memphians when we were in her tavern...she said we sounded like Elvis..
'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)