our national anthem

[Louster]

im quite in to bill baileys take on the anthem

YouTube - Bill Bailey - National Anthem Sugestion

This has reminded me just how great Bill Bailey is. And it's fitting in the context of the thread derail, too - I'd say one of the only real things I can see as being definitively British is this particular sense of humour. Witty and eloquent and endlessly silly. Great stuff.

 

[Jimmy]

aye he's a brill guy and his stuff is great

 

[throdgrain]

On consideration if we didnt have God Save the Queen, and couldnt have Bill Bailey, Id go for Rule Brittania.

 

[dysfunction]

I would also go for Rule Brittania if it had to be changed...

 

[DaGaffer]

The lyrics to Rule Britannia don't exactly ring true anymore do they? Plus if the jocks get independence we'd have to change it again.

 

[throdgrain]

You never know maybe one day they will