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I can't think of anything more quintessentially British* than building a massive shrubbery through a country they were colonizing solely because it helped them
by barsonme 9y ago
I can't think of anything more quintessentially British* than building a massive shrubbery through a country they were colonizing solely because it helped them tax the poor colonists better.
* Well, British at least through some point of the 1900s when they backed off a bit.
- peteretep 9y agoI can't think of anything more quintessentially British than tea and a curry.
- sundarurfriend 9y ago> tea and a curry So, the most quintessential British things are two things taken from China and India, things that serve as remnants of the colonial period? That does make a sort of sense.
- peteretep 9y agoYou should see how we came up with our language...