What is Britain's greatest accomplishment?

by **saxitoxin** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:58 pm

Reacting to a reported insult from a Russian official, British Prime Minister David Cameron launched into a spirited defence of his country on Friday, rhyming off a list of British accomplishments that included philosophy, the world wide web, the abolition of slavery and boy band One Direction. "Yes we are a small island, in fact a group of small islands, but I would challenge anyone to come up with a country with a prouder history, with a bigger heart or with greater resilience," Cameron told reporters at the two-day G20 summit in St. Petersburg.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013 ... ml?cmp=rss

by **Phatscotty** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:25 pm

Saratoga

by **AndyDufresne** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:26 pm

None of the above. It is probably their free-wheeling use of the c-word.

--Andy

by **notyou2** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:45 pm

Dentistry for the unwashed masses.

by **greenoaks** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:46 pm

Colonialism

by **ManBungalow** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:54 pm

Colonoscopy

by **2dimes** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 7:26 pm

Cuisine?

by **thegreekdog** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:05 pm

Cenglish.

by **Dukasaur** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:08 pm

The constitutional monarchy -- the only form of democracy that doesn't rapidly spiral downwards into a populist dictatorship.

by **BigBallinStalin** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:18 pm

Curry cuisine.

Oh, and the Scottish Enlightenment--no thanks to the English or Welsh.

by **notyou2** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:19 pm

Haggis

by **Lootifer** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:31 pm

I voted for 1d

by **rdsrds2120** on Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:52 pm

Lootifer wrote:I voted for 1d

Save the children! They don't know that they're beautiful.

BMO

by **Gillipig** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 4:46 am

Making their language the mosts widely used language in the world. I can't think of a greater achievement.

by **chang50** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 4:49 am

The Battle of Britain 1940,standing virtually alone against the Nazi barbarians whilst other self-proclaimed lovers of freedom stood on the sidelines.

by **smegal69** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 5:00 am

Page 3 Girls

by **betiko** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:09 am

A flag that looks awesome!

by **Gillipig** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:32 am

chang50 wrote:The Battle of Britain 1940,standing virtually alone against the Nazi barbarians whilst other self-proclaimed lovers of freedom stood on the sidelines.

Are you thinking of US? Why would they care much for the freedom of the people they had to break free from?
You should also remember that US in 1940 was a regional power, not a world power. Britain on the other hand was a world power.

by **jonesthecurl** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:30 am

Britain's geatest acccomplishment: Jonesthecurl.

by **DoomYoshi** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:29 am

Repressing India and Pakistan

by **macbone** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:47 am

Duh, fish and chips.

High tea is pretty rad, too.

I thought the jonesthecurl comment was great until I saw who the author was. =)

Seriously, though, Cameron, One Direction? Is that, in his opinion, the greatest innovation to ever come from Britain?

by **crispybits** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:12 am

The industrial revolution, without which all of us would be mere starving street urchins now...

by **Serbia** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:25 am

Geoff Hurst.

Bollocks.

by **jonesthecurl** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:35 am

macbone wrote:Duh, fish and chips.

High tea is pretty rad, too.

I thought the jonesthecurl comment was great until I saw who the author was. =)

Seriously, though, Cameron, One Direction? Is that, in his opinion, the greatest innovation to ever come from Britain?

I wish that Cameron would go in One Direction, starting at the land end of a short pier.

by **thegreekdog** on Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:11 pm

Gillipig wrote:Making their language the mosts widely used language in the world. I can't think of a greater achievement.

Cenglish.