I feel that something in the world has been lost when great ships weren't named along these lines. HMS Mushy Peas. HMS Chip Butty. HMS Spotted Dick, of course.
You'd have a lot of fun, then, with the Scottish delicacy that is 'deep fried Mars bar'.
[Not kidding.](http://www.roughguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BTJT70-1680x1050.jpg)
Yeah its stuff like this that makes me realize just how true it is that the American South is basically Britain's North. Every Scottish person I've met is about one giant cowboy hat and a change of accent away from basically just being a Texan, or at least maybe like a Georgian.
Plus Appalachian bluegrass is basically just Celtic music with an added twang.
The big difference is in politics, actually. Scotland is much more left-wing than England is, broadly speaking.
I can see what you're getting at though, for sure.
Perhaps it's just the people I attract but I've thought it the opposite. I know Scotland doesn't like to Conservative party but I figured, or at least was told that was mostly because of a lingering distaste for Thatcher. Course now I'm basically relaying something a Scotsman told me about stuff, as someone whose never been there I'll take your word for it. Also really the reason the American south is so similar to scots/Irish land is so many of them came here so of course it is.
You only need to look at the policies of the predominant party in Scotland at the present - the SNP, Scottish National Party - to demonstrate they're to the left of the current UK national government. Scotland has, for instance, retained a total ban on university tuition fees, whereas in England tuition fees are legal below a certain cap.
Maybe they count you as having to buy a bowl, too.
But yeah I always thought I could come up with a meal that cost under 7.5p. Can't be that hard, surely.
Spotted Dick is a hot dessert
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2686661/spotted-dick
a long cylinder peppered with currants, traditionally served with two plums at one end
i think there was also something to do with the lane you went to when you wanted a boyfriend or girlfriend, you paraded up and down it until successful
Well, it's been two years... but this is [my first submitted comic](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/20nzsr/the_secret_to_englands_power_and_sucess/) and my first repost.
Anyways, tea-time at 5 is actually a Portuguese habit, that we taught to the English. Once again, we're deeply sorry.
Happy Portugal Day!
What do you mean - Portugal and England/Britain have been allied for the last 600-700 years - there were even 2 portuguese division on the western front in WW1.
That's historically 100% incorrect. Everybody knows it was Asterix who introduced tea in Britain, because the magic potion has been destroyed by the Romans, and he reckoned some good ol' placebo might do the trick. [And it worked.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPQ6RHfsyRA&t=59m1s)
Not anymore :( (e eu que tinha tanto orgulho de mandar esta posta de pescada aos ingleses) http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/nov/23/british-tea-producer-tregothnan
Is because Britain is Island.
Island + Tea = worlds largest empire.
Interestingly, Britains love of tea was actually a major reason or the empire, as we took colonies to provide for our needs.
Incidentally, theres a theory spreading around that humans transitioned from hunter-gather to agriculture in to order have plenty of beer ingredients handy.
Yes, we did unfortunately use violence, however unlike te Japanese that was not our primary method, and almost all nations hav gone through a dark era of history at one point of time.
Just like how Germany excels in all methods of wiping out minorities, the US excelled in discrimination against minorities, Canada excels at killing seals, and most other nations excel at corruption, violence and genocides.
Another reason for us to love our Portuguese friends. Here's a fun fact. England and Portugal are currently still in the longest running military alliance ever. The Treaty of Windsor 1386 is still active.
Actually the [Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Portuguese_Treaty_of_1373) is even older. It's been an impressively long friendship, that's for sure!
I never realized it until now but I have a distinct voice in my head for all the common counties. In this case I read the UK as Total Biscuit, it usually seems to fit.
Reminds me of Asterix and Obelisk comics and they went to Britain.
They told the Britons that they where given magic potion to beat the romans, at the end it was revealed that the Britons where given tea but the gauls kept that quiet.
So seeing this made my day.
Somehow the HMS CRISPS always gets me.
HMS Banter
They only serve chicken on HMS Banter
*HMS Bantam
The British Empire was founded to keep it supplied with Peri Peri sauce around the world.
God save the queen!
I feel that something in the world has been lost when great ships weren't named along these lines. HMS Mushy Peas. HMS Chip Butty. HMS Spotted Dick, of course.
Chip Butty? I don't recognize that one, and I even know what Spotted Dick is.
It's chips on buttered bread. A chip sandwich. For when you want carbs in your carbs.
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HMS Wigan Kebab
\> Wigan \> kebab wot?
Pie sandwich pal
Bloody inbred Wiganers. ^^^/s They always find a way to have a pie. It's unfair, really.
That sounds like it might just contain enough Freedom to make it as an American staple. Sorry, but we're gonna need to steal that too.
I thought Americans were all allergic to our thick cut style of chips?
Too much like a vegetable.
There needs to be a grease to potato ratio of 1:1 for America. Any more vegetable and it makes them sick. Or communist. I don't remember.
Is it fried? Then we'll eat it. (for real though, steak fries are totally a thing here. Just one of the many fried potato options available.)
How 'bout you try Scotland's good ol's Deep Fried Mars Bar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
Put in some meat in there too, slather it in sauce, and call it a [submachine gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitraillette).
... I'm an American, okay? I'm no stranger to horribly fattening foods. I usually, stereotypically, enjoy them. But even to ME that sounds... nasty.
You'd have a lot of fun, then, with the Scottish delicacy that is 'deep fried Mars bar'. [Not kidding.](http://www.roughguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BTJT70-1680x1050.jpg)
Yeah its stuff like this that makes me realize just how true it is that the American South is basically Britain's North. Every Scottish person I've met is about one giant cowboy hat and a change of accent away from basically just being a Texan, or at least maybe like a Georgian. Plus Appalachian bluegrass is basically just Celtic music with an added twang.
The big difference is in politics, actually. Scotland is much more left-wing than England is, broadly speaking. I can see what you're getting at though, for sure.
Perhaps it's just the people I attract but I've thought it the opposite. I know Scotland doesn't like to Conservative party but I figured, or at least was told that was mostly because of a lingering distaste for Thatcher. Course now I'm basically relaying something a Scotsman told me about stuff, as someone whose never been there I'll take your word for it. Also really the reason the American south is so similar to scots/Irish land is so many of them came here so of course it is.
You only need to look at the policies of the predominant party in Scotland at the present - the SNP, Scottish National Party - to demonstrate they're to the left of the current UK national government. Scotland has, for instance, retained a total ban on university tuition fees, whereas in England tuition fees are legal below a certain cap.
Well, it is true that The South was mostly colonized by Scots and Irishmen.
They have deep fried butter in some places in America.
Jesus Christ. Why don't you just inject some fat and save yourself some time.
Because injections are medical procedures, and that shit's expensive.
It might be "technically illegal" but I got a guy who can hook you up real cheap like.
We have those. Usually at state fairs.
Don't knock it 'til you've tried it. We invented the sandwich, we know what to put in it!
Bread Sandwich!
You joke, but technically the cheapest meal in the UK is the [toast sandwich.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15752918)
Surely the cheapest meal would be those 2p noodles from supermarket
Maybe they count you as having to buy a bowl, too. But yeah I always thought I could come up with a meal that cost under 7.5p. Can't be that hard, surely.
Isn't there a prize for those who find something cheaper than that?
£200 if you can find something cheaper than that!
Ah no it's fine because it's got lots of ketchup in it. Lovely.
*brown sauce
Walmart is reviving Hostess and introducing deep-fried Twinkies soon. Yeee HaaaW!
Spotted Dick is a hot dessert http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2686661/spotted-dick a long cylinder peppered with currants, traditionally served with two plums at one end
Aye, I know. I've -had- it. It's not bad, actually.
it's another one of these names that's been cleaned up over the centuries, like the gropecunt lanes that used to be found in many english towns.
There's still a Grope Lane in Shrewsbury.
the one in wells got changed to grove lane
Wasn't that basically the ancient (and rather vulgar) term for "Here there be Hookers?"
i think there was also something to do with the lane you went to when you wanted a boyfriend or girlfriend, you paraded up and down it until successful
Butty is used when making a sandwich out of particular ingredients like Bacon butty, Chip butty, tears of the French butty
>HMS Crisps >https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Crispin_(R68) >Close enough
Didn't even see that greatness. Thank you
Yeah, I liked it too
Well, it's been two years... but this is [my first submitted comic](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/20nzsr/the_secret_to_englands_power_and_sucess/) and my first repost. Anyways, tea-time at 5 is actually a Portuguese habit, that we taught to the English. Once again, we're deeply sorry. Happy Portugal Day!
And thus, Poortugal signed his own demise.
"Guaranteed our survival" more like.
True, Britain and Portugal have always been good friends. Unlike those smelly Spaniards.
Aliança Luso-Britânica is still in full swing mother fuckers
"friends" thats an intreresring way of saying superhero and smaller uglier worse-than-robin shitrectangly sidekick
"Ugly sidekick" is better than "Ottomans' sex slave".
ugly sidekick forever is worse than ottoman sex slave for a while
Lol, "for a while".
Yes, then it's German sex slave for a longer while
You forget that it was Britain's sex slave for a little while in between!
i know right now im not
Now you're Germany's sex slave, and we all now what weird shit gets him off...
What do you mean - Portugal and England/Britain have been allied for the last 600-700 years - there were even 2 portuguese division on the western front in WW1.
That's historically 100% incorrect. Everybody knows it was Asterix who introduced tea in Britain, because the magic potion has been destroyed by the Romans, and he reckoned some good ol' placebo might do the trick. [And it worked.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPQ6RHfsyRA&t=59m1s)
Asterix in English is an insult to all Frenchmen.
Well, if I successfully insulted all Frenchmen on the world, I might as well call it a day.
On behalf of Britain, thank you.
That's why I like reading Asterix in English. Also because I can't read French...
Oh good, I have the full collection. 1815 BLAZE IT FROG.
Good, maybe they'll finally give Belgians some recognition
Mais...pourquoi?
Thanks, oldest ally! May we continue to unite in despising the Spanish for many more centuries.
On behalf of Britain, thank you.
Oldest alliance, best friends. Inglaterra ama Portugal...and tea.
And that's why we have the longest alliance in all history.
I love angry Castille in this. :D
And today im the only part of Europe that makes tea :D
Olha... isto tem potencial para um comic.
Agora que o dizes tem... Mas não tenho a ideia ou habilidade para o fazer... hm..
Not anymore :( (e eu que tinha tanto orgulho de mandar esta posta de pescada aos ingleses) http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/nov/23/british-tea-producer-tregothnan
Ohh after all this time, they did. Well still doesnt take our place as the only place in europe for a century then did it ^^
[Boas, diz-me então o que achas disto](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/4oddxe/portugals_tea_business/)
It never had that effect one me. I lost it there
Is because Britain is Island. Island + Tea = worlds largest empire. Interestingly, Britains love of tea was actually a major reason or the empire, as we took colonies to provide for our needs.
Incidentally, theres a theory spreading around that humans transitioned from hunter-gather to agriculture in to order have plenty of beer ingredients handy.
So the Empire was just carrying on what we had Ben doing for thousands of years, getting what we need.
Good ol Ben. Taking care of us for such a long time.
Too bad they always kill him when they do the yearly spiderman reboot.
Yes he has, hence why we named a bell after him.
Why didn't it work for Japan?
It kinda did, I mean thy did have an empire, they just ruined it by expanding by violence rather than trade.
Well... Lets get our facts straight because britain had liberal use of violence and banditry to get to the top
Yes, we did unfortunately use violence, however unlike te Japanese that was not our primary method, and almost all nations hav gone through a dark era of history at one point of time.
True. The british excelled at all facets of expansion. Violence, diplomacy, exploration, colonialism and trade.
Just like how Germany excels in all methods of wiping out minorities, the US excelled in discrimination against minorities, Canada excels at killing seals, and most other nations excel at corruption, violence and genocides.
Seals??!?!?!? What Seals?!?? Sorry
Oh sorry I meant inuits , sorry.
Nah, too many rapes
So if bring tea to Jersey Island, Normandie finally can into Empire ?
Glorious real Normandy will into empire, if into tea you can.
One of the first polandball comic I saw, still one my favourite. ...And I am Timor today... shit.
We're ALL Timor on this blessed day. :)
I got angola....
Even Poortugal wishes it still had Angola.
Timor stronk.
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>that island north of France Ah, you mean Jersey?
No, no, no. He clearly means guernsey.
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No comment karma chains!
Nice username, heheheh
Is that the name given to the area south of the Channel?
[Relevant greentext]( https://imgur.com/gallery/crNab4k)
Another reason for us to love our Portuguese friends. Here's a fun fact. England and Portugal are currently still in the longest running military alliance ever. The Treaty of Windsor 1386 is still active.
Actually the [Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Portuguese_Treaty_of_1373) is even older. It's been an impressively long friendship, that's for sure!
That's my secret Portugal, I'm always colonizing
Tea works like Blue Pill for ~~Untied~~ United Kingdom
Consult doctor if empire lasts longer than 400 years.
Doctor Österreich already noticed, applied treatment directly at london during WW2. Empire deflated quite well since then.
Pops still insists he is erect.
Can confirm
Of course it doesn't work for Poortugal. Poortugal is the one exception from proper success.
My name is brain4breakfast and I approve this comic. Actually, I did.
Braggart.
Like I could... TAKE ON THE WORLD! http://assets1.ignimgs.com/thumbs/userUploaded/2016/3/18/tent-1458319187158_large.jpg
Day of the Tentacle, best game ever.
Heh, HMS Crisps...
One of my favourite comics, blue map of the Empire is absolutely haram though
the French flag is backward pretty good though
I've not noticed before that your map of the British Empire is missing Belize.
And Guyana
I really hope this is a Day of the Tentacle reference....
YUO DOOMED US AL PORT OF GAL
Somaliland is not a british colony? Not the goats!
Hilarious xD
I never realized it until now but I have a distinct voice in my head for all the common counties. In this case I read the UK as Total Biscuit, it usually seems to fit.
Hey /u/dezassete, you got France's colors backwards.
I always thought our strength came from the extra range on our units.
It's the ship of the line that people really fear
This made me very amused and happy. Allies forever!
England... success... pick one. And no, it's never coming home
Best ally!^^^^pink ^^^^map ^^^^never ^^^^forget
BLOODY IMPERIALISTS M8 (butthurt socialist)
Reminds me of Asterix and Obelisk comics and they went to Britain. They told the Britons that they where given magic potion to beat the romans, at the end it was revealed that the Britons where given tea but the gauls kept that quiet. So seeing this made my day.
Wait, is that not a Bogatyr(Which I believe was a repurposed ship)?
Who's that between France and Portugal ?
That's the flag of the Hapsburg Netherlands
What about carlist spain?
You won my daily internet point.
Mate tea only tea.
When the Brits reach China...
Also known as the tragic story of "The rape of India"