The British - what have they ever done for us?

Right then,

Not much activity the last hour.

In keeping with the last thread about the US (which was not intended to be a troll by the way) I am starting a new thread, and this time please keep it light hearted and not too serious! You may note I got the idea from Monty Python's "What have the Romans ever given us?" scene in the Life of Brian.

I'll start - Princess Di!

- The creme egg.

END OF THREAD!!!

Marmite!

and such stunners as this:

Their last Rolo !

More British babes:

The English language, albeit a primitive version...

and Walker's Salt n' Vinegar "crisps". Oh Lordy!

Just because we take the time to put that extra U in COLOUR instead of that extra fast COLOR!

Yorkshire Pudding!
Cadbury's Hot Chocolate!

Read more here:

http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/BestifBrits.htm

sheppards pie
fish and chips
damn good sandwiches to go
afternoon tea
sunday roast
molton brown body lotion
riding boots, may mine rip
james bond
benny hill

The Office!

50 ways to take a piss!

And just who is "us" by the way?

let's see. if that's an american asking the question, my answer would be : our language

clotted cream
some excellent 20th music
pomp and circumstance
Shakespeare
some nice walking countryside

An unmatched sense of humo(u)r.

Monty Python
Posh Chicks

truly bone dry wit (not present in all, unfortunately, but seemingly only present in my British friends).

pomp, yes. circumstance? hmm.

UA, I thought you were French???

*beats Butterbean to death with a heavy stick*

Gorgeous, sexy, smart women *obviously*
Bacon sandwiches
Ginger Nut Biscuits
Christmas Cakes
The BBC

Bently
RR
Jag
Aston Martin
TVR
Rover

Issac Newton

The Royals

I second the fish 'n chips!

CRICKET

MARMITE

What more do you Johnny Foreigner types want?

PS: The patented Stiff Upper Lip was invented by Brigadier-General Hercules "Phil" McThighs in 1823 after a nasty mix-up in the preparation of one afternoon's Tiffin. Although not that useful in the battlefield, McThighs' batman Kate discovered that is was extremely useful during cunnilingus.

McThighs died of undisclosure suffocation in 1824.

Powered flight
The Guillotine
Electric Light Bulb
Telephone
Motor car
Jet propulsion
Photography
The submarine
LIFE - Discovering America

Charles Babbage
Humphrey Davy
Michael Faraday
Roselind Franklin

Viz Comic

Hello good evening and...bollocks!

Ewwwww, one to forget, but we can't...the Thatcher

British Muscle Cars:

Whoa...freaky double whammy there. Apologies

hang on...hang on...

Wouldn't let that one lie...

Did WE invent this unique method of chopping? Was it not the French?

Check it out - http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/BestifBrits.htm

Bentley - Volkswagen
RR - BMW Group
Jaguar - Ford Group
Aston Martin - Ford Group
TVR - still independent
Rover - shut

Parliamentary system of government.
Common law.
Industrialization.
Utilitarianism.
Most of our cultural heritage.

Nope. We had it back in the 1200's. The Halifax Gibbet.

http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/gibbet.html

Ernest Rutherford
James Clerk Maxwell
Ernest Marsden
Stephen Hawking
Paul Dirac
Henry Moseley

1st moving images.

@ Scotsman, powered flight & motorcar?? Don't think so

@IPJ...Ernest Rutherford was a Kiwi

Isaac Newton...pfffft! Heretic...gravity, whatever.

I second the bacon sandwiches and the bit about womens of course. I also add the bastardization of curry for the whole world to enjoy.

/how do you do, why vindaloo thank you.

Golf
Roads (made of tar)
Penicillin
Tartan Jackets
A sense of history
A family tree to trace

@Timmeh read the page at the above link

@Timmeh

Yeah, but he was a Brit in the same way that there were lots of American physicists that were British. I'm pretty sure he became a citizen (though I could definitely be wrong).

Thomas Hobbes
Jeremy Bentham
Pink Floyd
Black Sabbath
Francis Bacon
James Cook
James Watt (assuming scots count)

The Beatles
Coleslaw
Pickle
David Beckham
Greenwhich

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Who
The Jam
The Clash
The Sex Pistols
Girls Aloud

@BubblyLady

The Beatles are a good call - but the rest of your list makes pretty sad reading.

p.s. @WeeMun - should that not be "The Girls Aloud"?

Cheryl Tweedy, The Fast Show... mmmm, nice!

The US Navy!!
Marmalade
Buicks