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06-24-2008, 01:28 PM
| | |  J.K. Rowling on Best of British list
The Daily Star is reporting that J.K. Rowling has made a list of the top 50 Best things in Britain. Jo came in at #34. 7,000 British people were polled by Holiday Inn 'to find out what we love most about Britain.' Quote:
1 Fish and chips.
2 The Queen.
3 Old-fashioned pubs.
4 Sunday roast.
5 Red phone boxes.
6 Big Ben.
7 Cream teas.
8 The Beatles.
9 The pound.
10 Royal Family.
11 Buckingham Palace.
12 Shakespeare.
13 Blackcabs.
14 NHS.
15 James Bond.
16 Routemaster buses.
17 Cheddar Cheese.
18 The Houses of Parliament.
19 Manchester United.
20 Ant and Dec.
21 Stephen Fry.
22 Cornish Pasties.
23 Monty Python.
24 Tower of London.
25 Aston Martin.
26 BBC.
27 Stonehenge.
28 Cricket.
29 Wimbledon.
30 Glastonbury.
31 Camden Market.
32 Blackpool.
33 Mini Coopers.
34 JK Rowling.
35 Edinburgh Festival.
36 Scrumpy cider.
37 Concorde.
38 Yorkshire pud.
39 Queen’s English.
40 Real ale.
41 Pimms.
42 Jaguar E-type.
43 David Bowie.
44 Prince Harry.
45 Harrods.
46 Ice cream vans.
47 The Red Arrows.
48 Margaret Thatcher.
49 Covent Garden.
50 Morris Dancers.
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06-24-2008, 01:34 PM
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| | Bicorn
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Fish and Chips at #1 LOL! 
and the Queen, the Royal Family and Prince Harry get separate entries? and where's Prince William oy!  | 
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06-24-2008, 01:35 PM
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| | Ashwinder
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Great!
Congrats to Jo then (: | |
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06-24-2008, 01:53 PM
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| | Plimpy
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ooops!her Majesty's gonna b upset...hehe..tht fish and chips beat her..haha..congrats Jo..she ranks-list tht has stuff so english!hahhaa | |
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06-24-2008, 01:57 PM
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|  Gryffindor House ModSphinx
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This list is hilarious. Makes me want to board a plane TODAY and head for the UK.  | |
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06-24-2008, 02:16 PM
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And reassures me that there is no other country that I want to live in when I grow up. *packs suitcases*
Congrats Jo! | |
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06-24-2008, 02:42 PM
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Aww, JK should be a lil higher.
And Prince Harry, but no Prince William? Shocker X] | |
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06-24-2008, 02:48 PM
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| | Glumbumble
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Congrats to J.K. again!
Loving that fish and chips is #1! Too cool! | |
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06-24-2008, 02:56 PM
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|  Assistant News AdminBanshee
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Originally Posted by Steelsheen  Fish and Chips at #1 LOL!
and the Queen, the Royal Family and Prince Harry get separate entries? and where's Prince William oy! With salt & vinegar, in newspaper!
William isn't looking as good as Harry, these days. | |
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06-24-2008, 03:04 PM
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| | Troll
Location: Florida Join Date: Mar 2008
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what an eclectic list....what about Ricky Gervais? too funny, that man... | |
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06-24-2008, 03:25 PM
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| | Hippocampus
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen Fish and Chips at #1 LOL!
and the Queen, the Royal Family and Prince Harry get separate entries? and where's Prince William oy!
when i saw the fish and chips as number one i laughed too, and that's kinda wierd that they get separate entries. =] | |
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06-24-2008, 03:44 PM
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I'm so proud to be British. I love everything on that list! I'm dying for a cream tea right now! | |
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06-24-2008, 04:17 PM
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| | Griffin
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Congratz! Fish and chips over the queen? | |
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06-24-2008, 04:41 PM
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Congrats JKR! I'd put you up way higher, but 34 is good.  | |
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06-24-2008, 05:11 PM
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| | Ghoul
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Hahahahaha! That's cool! | |
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06-24-2008, 05:50 PM
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|  McFly McFanDugbog
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Well this a weird list....fish and chips #1!! hahaha Oh JK you are better than fish & chips....hahaha | |
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06-24-2008, 08:05 PM
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| | Imp
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Congrats to J.K. !
Last edited by Lily-Evans : 06-24-2008 at 08:22 PM.
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06-24-2008, 10:29 PM
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| | Hippocampus
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oh wow I am completely in love with that list!!!!! Proper British stuff. Everything I love!
edit: pfft the list doesn't have hamleys on it! oh well. | |
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06-24-2008, 10:53 PM
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| | Hinkypunk
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That's a cool list.It was neat to see some of the stuff on it 'cause I'm not British. (live in the US)
I wonder why Cheddar Cheese is so high up there? | |
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06-25-2008, 07:34 AM
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| | Clabbert
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she should have been in the top 10 at least | |
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06-25-2008, 08:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by half_blood_prince she should have been in the top 10 at least Definitely. How on earth can Fish and Chips beat The Beatles, JK Rowling, David Bowie and Monty Python?! | |
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06-25-2008, 08:35 AM
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| | Ramora
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Wow, I love Jo so much more than a lot of that stuff, lol. And Prince William would definitely be on my top list, haha. Anyways, congratulations, Jo! | |
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06-25-2008, 09:27 AM
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| | Niffler
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Tee Hee Hee ! | |
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06-25-2008, 01:14 PM
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| | Imp
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I live in Britain, but honestly, I can't wait to leave. The list has all the great things about the country, but the trouble is that most of it is being lost... Britain is a European State... So all of you wanting to pack your bags and head over here, I'd advise you to put that on hold for a while.. As a lot of the natives are trying to jump ship. Its sad. | |
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06-25-2008, 02:49 PM
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| | Ramora
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wow thats cool?fish and chips?
congrats to JK ! | |
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