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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Brits are Blog-ERRIFIC!


It seems an exorbitant amount of my visitors call the Great Isles Home. So I figured they deserved a little toast. You see, I am a 9th generation Newfoundlander and born a Canadian. My parents however witnessed confederation and I suppose were technically born Brits, as Newfoundland was at one time claimed for England (and France at a point, but that is a history lesson which I shall not give). My ancestors, like most, immigrated from Britain in the early 1700's from the areas of Buckinghamshire and Cambridge. Rumour has it my father's photography hangs in the City Hall at Poole and my mother kept a scrapbook of news clippings and royal paraphernalia.

Yes Newfoundland, you may say, is Little Britain. Full of Irish Catholics, English Protestants and everyone in between. And of course they are devout tea drinkers...and well some just devout drinkers. I mean look at the traditional flag of the Republic of Newfoundland, looks a little familiar me thinks (Aside: they are trying to replace the current flag with the green, white, and pink...hmmm...I can't offhand think of any flags with pink in them).

But this is a toast to Brits. And why you ask should we toast Scots, Irishmen, and Brits? Well for several reasons.
  1. Home to Irish writer Marian Keyes, comedienne extraordinaire.
  2. Home to may absolute favourite singer/songwriter of the moment Damien Rice.
  3. Hugh Laurie...Loves him!
  4. Keeping on the topic of music we also have the Beatles, U2, Coldplay, Elton John, and the Darkness.
  5. Renowned for double-decker buses adorned in cadmium red, may they rest in peace.
  6. Home of Scotland Yard and those precious little hats.
  7. Maker of great cars - Austin Healey, Aston Martin, Mini Cooper (Aside: all popular surnames in Newfoundland).
  8. The have the sexiest little accents.
  9. Home to my favourite person on earth, Jude Law. Ok slightly exaggerated, but not much.
  10. They reared some of my favourite talents - the aforementioned Jude Law, the hilarious Hugh Grant, Ewan McGreggor, The fabulous muse for my Peary Caribou voice, Sean Connery, Sir Michael Caines, Orlando Bloom, and Ben Kingsley.
  11. I have not forgotten about leading women - Rachel Weisz, Dame Judi Dench (who filmed The Shipping News in Newfoundland), Kate Beckinsale, and the lovelly Keira Knightly.
  12. Should we talk sports? Hello. Britain gave the world David Beckham, I don't think we need to say anymore than that.
  13. Guiness, which we have adopted as the unofficial provincial pint (although I personally can not stomach dark ales ACK! I was once bought this dark india ale at the Blue Catfish or something... oh nevermind, tangent avoided).
  14. They gave us Cornation Street. Newfoundlanders discuss these poor characters as if they were their own flesh and blood.
  15. There is nothing as funny as British humour. I have already alluded to literature but then there is film: The Van, Fever Pitch, The Full Monty, Waking Ned Devine, Monty Python.
  16. And of course there is classic literature but I am not qualified to review such goings on. These should be obvious genius such as Shakespeare, Wilde, and Dickens.
  17. And naturally, classic film: Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Bridge on the River Kwai, Clockwork Orange (which I found apalling and disturbing, as was meant) and one of my old favourites - Born Free, except for the beginning where someone gets eaten by a Lion, From Russia With Love, Gandhi, and various interpretations of great literature (see # 16).

And that is why I love the Great Isles. To Blog-errific Brits! Here Here!

Unknown 9:23 p.m.
Comments...

mmm....jude law
mmm....hugh grant
mmm....ewan
mmm....hugh laurie
mmm...damien rice
mmm...david beckham

So much talent, so much history, so many blog fans. And you did forget someone very important....Wills!

posted by Blogger Laurie Roche : 9:32 p.m.  

and harry too. Those boys are very cute.

posted by Blogger Laurie Roche : 9:32 p.m.  

oh yes of course. William and Harry. They will someday make their mark I am sure. And cuteness is a very important factor in my reasoning, even for the cars. Hey wait... William might just be a Rat or Monkey?

posted by Blogger Unknown : 9:38 p.m.  

You watch coronation street in Canada?

Maybe your sense of humour is the reason that you get so many Brit visitors. It is certainly the reason that I keep returning.

Hugh Laurie? You're kidding right?

If you are ever in Britain, forget Guinness, try John Smith's, much nicer.

posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 9:54 p.m.  

Old School Newfoundlanders watch Coronation Street, I can not say that anyone else in Canada does.

Hugh Laurie: It is more his sarcastic, devious character that I like perhaps, and he is quite sexy. My hero.

Oh, and it has come to my attention that I omitted Colin Firth, Apologies.

posted by Blogger Unknown : 12:00 p.m.  

Actually, a good chunk of the rest of Canada watches Corrie too.

I'm several month ahead of you, nah nah nah nah nah.

posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 2:00 p.m.  

What kind of man watches Soaps? slight) I don't personally watch it so you can hold your nahs have been wasted on me.

I have been known to watch a little Y&R...a family tradition. In fact I caught someone, who shalln remain nameless, recounting the days Y&R events to another someone, also nameless. I overheard the conversation wondering oh god who is John and why is he sick? Then it struck me. Y&R phone discussion. This is what we have to look forward to in retirement. Of course, I hear one must work first to enjoy it. Bloody hell, that puts a damper on my plans!

posted by Blogger Unknown : 2:19 p.m.  

first of all, i heart the word "blogerrific"

now, for britain...

1. will & harry: should it be legal to be that cute and rich?
2. i find david beckham to be a bit... icky. like you need to take a shower after sitting beside him.
3. freely admit that i'm a beer weenie. can't do guiness.
4. nick hornby is one of my favorite writers
5. at some point today i'm going to work "bloody hell!" into my conversation

um, i had other points but i forgot. dang. maybe i'll write back when i'm actually awake.

by the way, i received a phone call yesterday from a friend that scolded me for my lack of blog posting. i resisted the urge to tell him to get a hobby and referred him to your blog instead. so in addition to cute brits, you'll soon have a contingent of teri's ex-boyfriends as loyal readers. eh. take it for what it's worth.

posted by Blogger Teri : 8:39 a.m.  

Blog-errific I say! Entertaining someone else's ex's must surely be better than tiptoeing around my own...trying not to publicly stone them or give identifiers that local people would surely pick up on. I'm proud you resisted the urge to tell him to get a hobby...stronger-willed than I.

posted by Blogger Unknown : 12:14 p.m.  


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