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BritERA

MyQuarters

MyQuarters

Member
Oct 25, 2017
828
UK
Welcome Brits!

It's been a long journey but we have new digs.

This thread is for British people, whether born and bred or here from lands afar. Whether you live here, you're just visiting or even if you're just interested in what passes for culture on our sceptered isle.


Details of the Christmas meet to follow.


Introduce yourselves with the following quiz!


Where do you come from? (Where do you go, where do you come from Cotton Eye Joe etc)
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to?
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end?
Favourite daytime TV show?
Fish or chips?
Daddy or chips?
What's your tipple of choice?
Favourite party snack?
Who is the best bald person?
What's your disappointing claim to fame?
What's your perfect Sunday?
Did you threaten to overrule him?
Did you threaten to overrule him?
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him?
 
BraXzy

BraXzy

Chicken Chaser
Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,431
Rule Britannia.

I'd take the quiz but I'm too busy having a cheeky midnight snack.
 
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MyQuarters

MyQuarters

Member
Oct 25, 2017
828
UK
I'm taking your answer as straight up "chips" because you can't have both.
I'm sorry, but I have to put my foot down on this.
 
Big Boy

Big Boy

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,901
Favourite daytime TV show?

Does Grand Designs count if I'm watching repeats on More4?
 
JakeG4

JakeG4

Member
Oct 25, 2017
154
Hoping to post in communities a lot more after feeling like I'd lost a limb earlier in the week. So thought I'd pop in and say Hi in BritEra from up in not so sunny Cumbria.
 
JonathanEx

JonathanEx

Member
Oct 25, 2017
717
And checking in here too. Nice to see the questions still live on.

I remember writing them on my phone in a Pizza Express. Decent pizza, that.
 
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MyQuarters

MyQuarters

Member
Oct 25, 2017
828
UK
Happy to see so many already.
How'd everyone get on last night with the frenzied launch?
I completely ballsed things up and had to get an admin to sort me out - got a password generated then lost it once I'd set it up & also used the wrong email address.
Well in, Mikeside
 
Pizza Dog

Pizza Dog

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
1,477
Alright chaps/chappettes.

Where do you come from? Born in Manchester, live in London.
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? Work in wanky media like that Nathan Barley.
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? Deep. Made something that I'm proud to leave behind.
Favourite daytime TV show? Obviously Cheap Cheap Cheap.
Fish or chips? Battered Sausage
Daddy or chips? Daddy's Sauce
What's your tipple of choice? Southern Comfort.
Favourite party snack? Those little sticky sausages. Or Party Rings
Who is the best bald person? Pep Guardiola
What's your disappointing claim to fame? I won a game of Chalk and Cheese on Mark and Lard's afternoon show on Radio 1 and never got the prize.
What's your perfect Sunday? Bed.
Did you threaten to overrule him? Yes.
Did you threaten to overrule him? ...Yes?
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? Oh god no Jeremy my life is a lie
 
Mindwipe

Mindwipe

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,223
London
Ahh. *Lays on sofa, drops crisp packets around the place to make it feel homely.*

Where do you come from? London now, generically up north originally.
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? I have one.
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? I envisage something like the end of Highlander 2.
Favourite daytime TV show? The Wright Stuff.
Fish or chips? Chips.
Daddy or chips? Still chips.
What's your tipple of choice? IPA.
Favourite party snack? Mini sausage rolls, or those caramel chocolate square things that are worse for you than eating lard.
Who is the best bald person? Mo Mowlam or Patrick Stewart.
What's your disappointing claim to fame? Quoted by the Daily Mail once about one of my other answers. Minor soap extra.
What's your perfect Sunday? NSFW.
Did you threaten to overrule him? Look, I am simply saying that...
Did you threaten to overrule him? I think this is an unhelpful tangent, the more important angle is...
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? Yes, I stood next to Paxman once in a toilet. Tall fucker. Was never going to "over" anything.
 
Gavin Robertson

Gavin Robertson

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,326
Dundee, Scotland
Hello all...

Where do you come from? Dundee born and bred
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? Online media
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? Leaving my kids something more than a wasteland
Favourite daytime TV show? What's daytime TV? Proud cord cutter.
Fish or chips? Mock chop
Daddy or chips? Daddy
What's your tipple of choice? Laphroaig
Favourite party snack? Onion rings
Who is the best bald person? Me?
What's your disappointing claim to fame? I've met several A-list celebrities through competitions I've entered.
What's your perfect Sunday? On the sofa, binging Netflix/Prime, entering competitions on my iPad.
Did you threaten to overrule him? No
Did you threaten to overrule him? Yes
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? How frightfully rude!
 
Hystzen

Hystzen

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,399
Manchester UK
Where do you come from?
Manchester

What's your job?
Running a phone support team for HMRC

What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end?
Get robot arms and legs

Favourite daytime TV show?
Four In A Bed

Fish or chips?
1/2 Rice 1/2 chips and curry

What's your tipple of choice?
Rum

Favourite party snack?
Hummus and Doritos

Who is the best bald person?
Prof X

What's your disappointing claim to fame?
I pissed and pooped next to the drummer of Enter Shikari while talking about burgers

What's your perfect Sunday?
Boxset binge

Did you threaten to overrule him?
Nobody stops Borris
 
schatuk

schatuk

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,761
Where do you come from? (Where do you go, where do you come from Cotton Eye Joe etc)
Bristol
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to?
NHS drone, specifically a radiographer
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end?
Umm, pass.
Favourite daytime TV show?
Netflix all the way, baby
Fish or chips?
Or?
Daddy or chips?
Chips
What's your tipple of choice?
Coffee
Favourite party snack?
Pigs in blankets
Who is the best bald person?
Ming the Merciless
What's your disappointing claim to fame?
I won a schools quiz on BBC Radio Devon about a million years ago
What's your perfect Sunday?
"I'm going out, love"
Did you threaten to overrule him?
I was not entitled...
Did you threaten to overrule him?
The truth of the matter is...
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him?
Well you see, the question is...

Greetings to all
 
zomgbbqftw

zomgbbqftw

Member
Oct 25, 2017
331
London, UK
Where do you come from? London (Norf)

What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? Financial Consultant

What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? Tough question!

Favourite daytime TV show? The fuck is daytime TV?

Fish or chips? Fish

Daddy or chips? Definitely not McCain chips

What's your tipple of choice? Beer or a decent red

Favourite party snack? Mini sausage rolls

Who is the best bald person? There are no good bald people

What's your disappointing claim to fame? I heckled Liam Fox once

What's your perfect Sunday? BBQ wings, beer and time in with the gf (I swear she's not watching me write this)

Did you threaten to overrule him? Overrule is such a strong word

Did you threaten to overrule him? I'm telling you, the real issue is Labour

It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? That's a simplistic view to a complicated issue, people like you are dumbing down politics


Also, big love to Mikeside who helped sort out an invite and my login/verification issues.
 
Sarah The Great

Sarah The Great

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
679
Outside Perth Scotland
A small village outside Perth in Scotland. It's cheap and there's a pub across the road

Nurse.

Take over the world

Undercover Boss

Fish supper, loads of tomato sauce

Daddy

Vodka & lemonade

They wee chocolate sponge things with the cream in the middle

Kojak

I saw Steven Tyler walking up Cockburn St. in Edinburgh one morning. I tripped and fell flat on my arse in front of him. He gave me an autograph after he'd finished laughing

Bed

Well, who can say

I may have. I may not have. It was a very long time ago

I'm going to have to end this interview now
 
Raina

Raina

Member
Oct 25, 2017
677
Where do you come from? (Where do you go, where do you come from Cotton Eye Joe etc) - uk
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? - I'm in work atm
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? - Make a game and be someone
Favourite daytime TV show? - Mythbusters
Fish or chips? - Both, with curry sauce and kebab meat
Daddy or chips? - What?
What's your tipple of choice? - I don't drink
Favourite party snack? - Party Rings
Who is the best bald person? - Chang (SNK)
What's your disappointing claim to fame? - I am a disappointment given how successful some of my relatives have been.
What's your perfect Sunday? - Civ all day
Did you threaten to overrule him?
Did you threaten to overrule him?
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him?
 
WhiskeySailor

WhiskeySailor

Member
Oct 25, 2017
96
Great to see a thread dedicated to the Princess of Pop!

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Jk

Where do you come from? London
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? Barman
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? World Peace
Favourite daytime TV show? None (Trisha was iconic back in the day)
Fish or chips? Fish
Daddy or chips? ZADDY
What's your tipple of choice? Red wine, or a nice smooth amber ale
Favourite party snack? Blood of virgins
Who is the best bald person? Me! (or Corey Stoll)
What's your disappointing claim to fame? I was hit on by a Vengaboy
What's your perfect Sunday? I've forgotten since I always work :(
Did you threaten to overrule him? Chaka Khan
Did you threaten to overrule him? Chaka Khan
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? Chaka Khan
 
Snarfington

Snarfington

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
2,929
Looking to be a bit more active here than I otherwise have been with British communities. Hello all!
 
CHK

CHK

Member
Oct 25, 2017
17
London
Hi peeps

Where do you come from? Wolverhampton (Awful Place) Live in London now (slightly less awful)

What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? Biomedical Science Graduate working at King's Hospital London

What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? Get the money dollar dollar bill y'all

Favourite daytime TV show? Daily Politics (lol jk)

Fish or chips? Chips and Curry Sauce

Daddy or chips? wut

What's your tipple of choice? Some form of Cider

Favourite party snack? Wotsits

What's your disappointing claim to fame? I come from Wolverhampton and am mildly successful

What's your perfect Sunday? Pizza, NFL and GF time (in that order =P)
 
donkey

donkey

Sumo Digital Dev
Verified
Oct 24, 2017
4,855
Ayup, BritERA. (even typing that out feels wrong, lol)

Glad to see y'all made it over relatively in one piece. :D
 
phisheep

phisheep

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes
Member
Oct 26, 2017
4,760
Where do you come from? Llanfihangel Llantarnam, or maybe Pontrhydyrun .... it's so long ago
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? I sell beads in a bead shop
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? Another 10 years would do it
Favourite daytime TV show? There's TV in the daytime these days? What is the world coming to?
Fish or chips? Lemon Sole
Daddy or chips? Tartare Sauce
What's your tipple of choice? Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Favourite party snack? Do they still do that thing where you spear pineapple chunks and cheese on cocktail s sticks and skewer them into an orange? Well it's not that.
Who is the best bald person? Yul Brynner would have made a great Doctor Who
What's your disappointing claim to fame? Came second in the flower-arranging competition at an Eisteddfod in the Eastern Valley
What's your perfect Sunday? High Mass, huge breakfast, snooze, browse and Choral Evensong
Did you threaten to overrule him? I'll help you out here Jeremy, you know you'll get better headlines if you ask the same question multiple times.
Did you threaten to overrule him? Sausage
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? Sausage

Good to be back folks.
 
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MyQuarters

MyQuarters

Member
Oct 25, 2017
828
UK
Phisheep! I tried to get hold of you on Facebook to see if you were coming here! Glad to see you did :)
 
Musha_Soturi

Musha_Soturi

Member
Oct 26, 2017
987
JonathanEx said:
And checking in here too. Nice to see the questions still live on.

I remember writing them on my phone in a Pizza Express. Decent pizza, that.
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King_Moc said:
Morning all. Northampton ERA (are we calling it that?) represent.
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Mindwipe said:
Ahh. *Lays on sofa, drops crisp packets around the place to make it feel homely.*
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zomgbbqftw said:
Also, big love to Mikeside who helped sort out an invite and my login/verification issues.
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Xun said:
Just checking in.

Sup guys.
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BGBW said:
in b4 this thread dies because of WhatsApp.

O w8, 2 l8 m8.
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donkey show said:
Ayup, BritERA. (even typing that out feels wrong, lol)

Glad to see y'all made it over relatively in one piece. :D
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phisheep said:
Good to be back folks.
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Good to see you all in here guys, hope y'all stick around
 
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