vicky-27 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 What makes us English ?- or British for you politically correct people out there. Marmite Cheese Rolling HP Sauce Colmans mustard THE North's contribution to British culture is to be recognised with the installation of a 60ft bronze meat pie in Hyde Park. Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw commissioned sculptor Darcus Mayhew to create the piece, which is entitled A Taste Of Otherness. He said: "In our London-centric age it's easy to forget that the North has given us such priceless cultural artefacts as Tunnock's Tea Cakes, Harry Enfield's hilarious Scouser characters and the Yorvik Viking Centre. "We want people to realise the North isn't just a vast, desolate tract of grey, smack-addled inertia populated by feral teenagers, broken fridges and starving, soot-smeared drug widows desperately clutching emaciated offspring to their pockmarked breasts as they plead for alms in a wheezy 60-Lambos-a-day voice." He added: "There are nice bits too, apparently. Canals or something. Although once you get past Derby I wouldn't drink the water." Sculptor Darcus Mayhew said of the piece: "I toyed with the concept of a living art piece in the form of the nine mile-long dole queue, but ultimately decided that the pie was a perfect analogue for the people of the North because it is fatty and made of meat. "Also it's very heavy, so visiting Northerners won't be able to steal it." The sculpture has been drawing large crowds, mainly Londoners keen to commune with Northern culture. Web design consultant Fraser Palmer, who is based in Queen's Park, said: "I'd always thought 'pie' was a mathematical formula but today I've learned that it's also a kind of savoury flan. "After seeing the sculpture I feel inspired to eat 'pie' and will be adding the phrase 'by 'eck as like' to the end of sentences in a cultural nod to the Northern tribes from which we Londoners have evolved, by 'eck as like.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrOrdinary Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Originally posted by vicky-27;23354 What makes us English ?- or British for you politically correct people out there. Marmite Cheese Rolling HP Sauce Colmans mustard THE North's contribution to British culture is to be recognised with the installation of a 60ft bronze meat pie in Hyde Park. Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw commissioned sculptor Darcus Mayhew to create the piece, which is entitled A Taste Of Otherness. He said: "In our London-centric age it's easy to forget that the North has given us such priceless cultural artefacts as Tunnock's Tea Cakes, Harry Enfield's hilarious Scouser characters and the Yorvik Viking Centre. "We want people to realise the North isn't just a vast, desolate tract of grey, smack-addled inertia populated by feral teenagers, broken fridges and starving, soot-smeared drug widows desperately clutching emaciated offspring to their pockmarked breasts as they plead for alms in a wheezy 60-Lambos-a-day voice." He added: "There are nice bits too, apparently. Canals or something. Although once you get past Derby I wouldn't drink the water." Sculptor Darcus Mayhew said of the piece: "I toyed with the concept of a living art piece in the form of the nine mile-long dole queue, but ultimately decided that the pie was a perfect analogue for the people of the North because it is fatty and made of meat. "Also it's very heavy, so visiting Northerners won't be able to steal it." The sculpture has been drawing large crowds, mainly Londoners keen to commune with Northern culture. Web design consultant Fraser Palmer, who is based in Queen's Park, said: "I'd always thought 'pie' was a mathematical formula but today I've learned that it's also a kind of savoury flan. "After seeing the sculpture I feel inspired to eat 'pie' and will be adding the phrase 'by 'eck as like' to the end of sentences in a cultural nod to the Northern tribes from which we Londoners have evolved, by 'eck as like.' true story my grandad got kicked out of a museum in barcalona for touching all the bronze sculptures with his magnet, hes a proper gypo scrap man, hed give it ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 St Georges Day. Tv repeats HP sauce Acting like ********* whilst abroad ( i dont fall into that catagory) Carling Black Label Cheering for whoever andy murray is playing. The Giro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 true story my grandad got kicked out of a museum in barcalona for touching all the bronze sculptures with his magnet, hes a proper gypo scrap man, hed give it ago! haha i'm surpised he didn't get arrested -getting his magnet out in the museum Bacon sarnies Strawberries & cream Beer Pubs Drinking Tea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams71 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 inventing sports and giving them to the world who eventually turn up and give us a good whupping at said invented sports :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrdinary Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 fish and chips not beong very good at sport saying sorry for no reason queing, and not complaing when people push in but just stare really aggresivly at them hoping they sense the anger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Fish and chips. Tea. Full English. Chicken Tikka Masala (ironically). Following sport avidly and being used to the disappointment. Swearing and cursing bad drivers. The Sun and The Daily Mail. Queuing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Thinking Pires Morgan is a c**t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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