h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the British way.

"Not as bad as it seems"?

'Honour in Adversity'

This is actually a serious suggestion. I have long felt one of the defining points of Englishness is our love of the Heroic Failure, of Couragous and Honourable Defeat.


Geggs

hmm

so - "It's not the winning, it's the taking apart that counts"

How about - "He who dies with the most stuff wins"

Surely "He who loses the most stuff wins" is more British?

Or "He who gives away the most stuff wins"?


Geggs

How about: "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

Then we could give up on all that tiresome foreign policy stuff too.

I think it has to be non-contentious in order to include everyone. Obviously if a big chunk of the people in Britain decide the national motto isn't really for them it'll be a failure. An equivalent of liberte, egalite, fraternite is probably out since it excludes the monarchy.

Marketting speak and other such bollucks should also be right out. Britain doesn't need to be a brand. I said it should include everyone, but if the word 'inclusiveness' were actually to sneak in there it'd be a disaster.

I'd quite like a semi-jokey one actually, it'd bring a nice bit of relief to many otherwise unbearable ceremonies. But if serious things must be included, then understatement, politeness, fairness, and a general sense of pottering around in a dressing gown seem about right to me.

"Mostly harmless".

Hmmm...

How about: "There was a time when it was us that owned America!"

For Sale

"God And My Right"

RF

With a nod to history and tradition:

"Stand and deliver!"


~jwf~

Isn't that the HMRC motto?

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How about - "He who dies with the most stuff wins"
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No, that one belongs to the USians.


>>Mostly harmless<<

We wish

<<">>Mostly harmless<<

We wish>>

Imagine a toothless old dog barking about former escapades .

Scotland of course, already has a motto. "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit" (Touch me not with impunity), which readily translates into the more colloquial "Wha Daur?" (Who dares?).

Why should we be lumped with a motto showing membership of a soon-to-be-defunct political alliance?

It's rather like trying to come up with a theme tune for "Friends" during filming of the final show.

'The 80s: what was all that about then?'

God for Harry, England and St George (and our colonies)!

Who is this 'God' of whom you speak? Does she work for Ant and Dec?

Speaking of which:

'Britain: home of Ant & Dec. Draw your own conclusions.'

*%*! off Johnny Foreigner!

Britain uber allies