FabSwingers.com forum: Greatest Briton of all time???

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10. Churchill won in the end, who would you have voted for?

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Winston Churchill

Oliver Cromwell

Charles Darwin

Diana, Princess of Wales

Queen Elizabeth I

John Lennon

Horatio Nelson

Isaac Newton

William Shakespeare

I would have voted for Brunel. I am amazed that Diana made it on the list. The programme is 10 years old, so doubt she would do nowadays

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stephen hawkins

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

But from that list id go with darwin or newton

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Too many to list but Alan Turing would be there.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Brunel or Darwin...

John Lennon and Diana wouldn't be in my top 10,000, let alone 10 !

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Stephen hawkins"

A pretty amazing guy, must be terrible to be trapped inside your own body like that.

He has become a little pretentious with his fame though. Born in Oxford, but now speaks with an American accent!!! (courtesy of Ricky Gervais)

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By *andyguy59Man
over a year ago

Gatwick

from that list....Newton for me (He has his fingers in or on everything not just gravity and the laws of motion) Brunel a close second...

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By *inkyScot22Man
over a year ago

Anniesland

"Too many to list but Alan Turing would be there."

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

Bolton, Brunel, take a pick of any of the great inventors and engineers

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

It's worth looking at the New Elizabethan's list too. If you can listen to the whole series, even better.

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By *andyguy59Man
over a year ago

Gatwick

"Too many to list but Alan Turing would be there."

brilliant man and a sad sad story...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sir tim burners lee - inventor of the world wide web

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Sir tim burners lee - inventor of the world wide web"

Not sure he is the greatest, but I would shake his hand and say 'thank you' for getting me laid so often!!!

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Sir tim burners lee - inventor of the world wide web

Not sure he is the greatest, but I would shake his hand and say 'thank you' for getting me laid so often!!!

That's exactly why he put in the hours.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For a small island nation we have produced some outstanding people.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sir tim burners lee - inventor of the world wide web"

I'll only recognise him when it has taken off !

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Sir tim burners lee - inventor of the world wide web

Not sure he is the greatest, but I would shake his hand and say 'thank you' for getting me laid so often!!!

That's exactly why he put in the hours."

Sir Tim, Patron Saint of pervs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10. Churchill won in the end, who would you have voted for?

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Winston Churchill

Oliver Cromwell

Charles Darwin

Diana, Princess of Wales

Queen Elizabeth I

John Lennon

Horatio Nelson

Isaac Newton

William Shakespeare

I would have voted for Brunel. I am amazed that Diana made it on the list. The programme is 10 years old, so doubt she would do nowadays"

Timmy Mallett.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mr Trevithick , and no way In this world would I vote for Churchill!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet."

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

M, you've found your forum voice! I've come over all unneccessary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

M, you've found your forum voice! I've come over all unneccessary.

Haha, I am occasionally here as a guest poster!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

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I was simplifying it

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By *umsuckMan
over a year ago

Gateshead

Henry viii....He knew how to get rid of a troublesome ex!!

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

I was simplifying it

Rule 73.4(2)v.2 of the Forum code is NEVER SIMPLIFY! Someone, or 20, will pick you up on it and ask you to justify your simplification.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10. Churchill won in the end, who would you have voted for?

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Winston Churchill

Oliver Cromwell

Charles Darwin

Diana, Princess of Wales

Queen Elizabeth I

John Lennon

Horatio Nelson

Isaac Newton

William Shakespeare

I would have voted for Brunel. I am amazed that Diana made it on the list. The programme is 10 years old, so doubt she would do nowadays"

Given that it was television watchers who voted, rather than people who read books, I'm surprised they didn't vote for some fictitious character from Dead Enders or some other mind-numbing soap opera.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

All hail M king of the nerds! Lol

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

Tony Blair

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Tony Blair

That was a different series called ' Greatest Lying cunts who misled the masses'. He came second to the Pope

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

"Tony Blair

That was a different series called ' Greatest Lying cunts who misled the masses'. He came second to the Pope

Are you me in disguise ?

I once had to go into my daughter's school and explain why she kept telling her RE teacher that the Pope killed all the baby's in Africa and Nestlé mopped up the straddlers !

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

"Tony Blair

That was a different series called ' Greatest Lying cunts who misled the masses'. He came second to the Pope

Pmfsl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Too many to list but Alan Turing would be there."

Put this country years ahead of the World in technology and one of the key people (forget Churchill!) who collectively 'saved this country's arse' in WW2... and then we treated him like sh*t. Bloody disgrace.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tony Blair

That was a different series called ' Greatest Lying cunts who misled the masses'. He came second to the Pope

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

The 'Internet' (or Intranet) was invented for the US Navy in the 1950's - strange but true...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Tony Blair

That was a different series called ' Greatest Lying cunts who misled the masses'. He came second to the Pope

Are you me in disguise ?

I once had to go into my daughter's school and explain why she kept telling her RE teacher that the Pope killed all the baby's in Africa and Nestlé mopped up the straddlers !"

Quality! Thats so funny!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

The 'Internet' (or Intranet) was invented for the US Navy in the 1950's - strange but true...

Not quite true... the original ARPANET was developed by DARPA, but it was really the invention of TCP/IP by Vint Cert & co that laid the foundations for the Internet as we know it today. And then Tim Berners-Lee came along and invented the web, which brought the Internet to the masses.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah-but, no-but.....

Surely if aliens from another world where monitoring the achievements of the British race they’d be hard pushed to disregard the unifying effects of popular music and perhaps regard composers as significant individuals who posses the ability to exact positive influence over vast swathes of humanity..... ….....

But from the list..... Newton and Darwin

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

The 'Internet' (or Intranet) was invented for the US Navy in the 1950's - strange but true...

**** Warning- Nerd detected******

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

The 'Internet' (or Intranet) was invented for the US Navy in the 1950's - strange but true...

**** Warning- Nerd detected******

Aww poor M, we both are and proud of it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

M, you've found your forum voice! I've come over all unneccessary.

Would you prefer M to post then Lickety? Lol

This is what happens when I am busy all day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

The 'Internet' (or Intranet) was invented for the US Navy in the 1950's - strange but true...

**** Warning- Nerd detected******

Aww poor M, we both are and proud of it

Julie, you are correct about the more recent history of the inter/intranet, but it did all begin with the system developed for the US Navy in the 50's to send supposedly secret transmissions around the Naval 'network'... such as it was.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

The 'Internet' (or Intranet) was invented for the US Navy in the 1950's - strange but true...

**** Warning- Nerd detected******

Aww poor M, we both are and proud of it

**** Warning- Another Nerd detected--- contagion iminent******

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By *bbandflowCouple
over a year ago

South Devon

Boudica.

Caratacus.

Actual Great Britons!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

The 'Internet' (or Intranet) was invented for the US Navy in the 1950's - strange but true...

**** Warning- Nerd detected******

Aww poor M, we both are and proud of it

It was a Department of Defense funded project, but was not to my knowledge, developed specifically for or by the US Navy. Also, the Internet and intranets are different things.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well as far as I'm concerned Churchill is a great but not the greatest in my mind, for every year the majority of us all go on holiday near and far when we look to the skies we can invariably see a plane somewhere in that sky, and it's engines were invented in the U.K by a great British Man - Sir Frank Whittle so my vote goes to him

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

The 'Internet' (or Intranet) was invented for the US Navy in the 1950's - strange but true...

**** Warning- Nerd detected******

Aww poor M, we both are and proud of it

Would like to point out, it was not me posting re that, was M as he signs M off

I have been working my arse off today so not guilty

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tim Berners-Lee

For those who don't know, he invented the Internet.

No, he didn't. He invented HTTP and HTML, commonly known as the World Wide Web. Not the same thing as the Internet at all.

The 'Internet' (or Intranet) was invented for the US Navy in the 1950's - strange but true...

**** Warning- Nerd detected******

Aww poor M, we both are and proud of it

Would like to point out, it was not me posting re that, was M as he signs M off

I have been working my arse off today so not guilty

If I'd know y'all were so technical I wouldn't have simplified... He still gets my vote otherwise we'd have no Fab

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Brunel or Darwin...

John Lennon and Diana wouldn't be in my top 10,000, let alone 10 !"

I would have gone for the same two.. I wouldn't have put Churchill in my top 10000

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever.."

No idea how they got to the final 10. Like I said in the OP, how the hell Diana was on there is a mystery.

Maybe bell and Baird only did one invention each, amazing as they were, they were single occurences. Also with Bell, it is disputed if he did invent it or if it was Antonio Meucci.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Boudicca

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever.."

Sweaty Socks, you see !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Churchill for me.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Churchill for me."

I don't know how offering great insurance deals makes you the greatest Briton ever

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alexander Fleming, he has probably saved more lives than anyone in history

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't get Stephen Hawking at all. Here is a man who has put forward contradictory theories many times. Yes, he's man enough to admit he's wrong when other scientists have disproven one of his theories, so he comes up with another one and it's embraced by science as fact until it's disproven again.

Take Big Bang for example. Hawking proposed that the Universe came into existence 14bn years ago as the result of an explosion that emanated from a 'hot and dense state' (wtf does that explain?) and that the Universe has been expanding ever since. By his definition, if the Universe began with an explosion and is still expanding, then at some point the energy from that explosion must eventually subside and the Universe will stop expanding, and then it will begin contracting, eventually collapsing in on itself back into this 'hot and dense state'.

A nice tidy beginning, middle and end. Ta muchly, where's me Nobel award.

Bollocks.

Here's my problem with it:

If the Universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? What occupies the space that the Universe is expanding into, what occupied the space the Universe occupies now? (let's not forget that the Universe is also supposed to be infinite, and if it is then it must already occupy the space it is expanding into).

Now let's have a look at Big Bang. If the Big Bang theory is to be believed then everything there is in the Universe - matter, energy, anti-matter, dark matter etc etc must have it's roots in the Big Bang as you cannot get something from Nothing. Even if everything in the Universe was condensed into something a billion times smaller than an atom it still exists, yes?

My belief is that Nothing doesn't exist. There can never be Nothing, because if Nothing ever existed we wouldn't be here, yet here we are as living proof that Nothing is a paradox.

The Universe IS infinite, it has always been infinite and always will be infinate and it's been around infinately longer than 14bn years but Man seems to have a problem dealing with something that requires no explanation because it has no explanation. It didn't begin and it won't end. It is simply Here.

Great Briton? Well that'll be me then. Ta.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I don't get Stephen Hawking at all. Here is a man who has put forward contradictory theories many times. Yes, he's man enough to admit he's wrong when other scientists have disproven one of his theories, so he comes up with another one and it's embraced by science as fact until it's disproven again.

A nice tidy beginning, middle and end. Ta muchly, where's me Nobel award.

Bollocks.

Here's my problem with it:

My belief is that Nothing doesn't exist. There can never be Nothing, because if Nothing ever existed we wouldn't be here, yet here we are as living proof that Nothing is a paradox.

Great Briton? Well that'll be me then. Ta.

Wishy mate, you have my vote. There are holes in your theory though. You say that things cannot keep expanding indefinately? Well you never saw my 2nd wifes arse!

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By *andyguy59Man
over a year ago

Gatwick

" There are holes in your theory though. You say that things cannot keep expanding indefinately? Well you never saw my 2nd wifes arse! "

-made me smile.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alan Turing a genius and according to Churchill his work on the Enigma codes shortened the Second World War by two years. He is also a Mancunian !!!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Myself i would choose somebody not even on the list. Got to be sir bobby charlton for me, have you seen his ball control

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By *U1966Man
over a year ago

Devon

Winston Churchill or Oliver Cromwell from that list would add Tony Blair

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

" would add Tony Blair "

Silly man, please see previous post....

That was a different series called ' Greatest Lying cunts who misled the masses'. He came second to the Pope

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

Television, Telephone, Vaccum flask, Bicycle, Pnuematic tyre, Fridge, Tarmacadum, Steam engine,Penicillin, Radar, Insulin.

God my fingers are too sore to type any more. All from sweaty socks.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Horatio Nelson for mine. Innovative and inspirational and kept Napoleon on the continent.

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

I dont know the full list but Brunell is on it and probably the greatest engineer of his day and a sweaty sock too.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

I dont know the full list but Brunell is on it and probably the greatest engineer of his day and a sweaty sock too."

Born in Portsmouth to French father.... what part of him was Jockish?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10. Churchill won in the end, who would you have voted for?

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Winston Churchill

Oliver Cromwell

Charles Darwin

Diana, Princess of Wales

Queen Elizabeth I

John Lennon

Horatio Nelson

Isaac Newton

William Shakespeare

I would have voted for Brunel. I am amazed that Diana made it on the list. The programme is 10 years old, so doubt she would do nowadays"
Queen Elizabeth I, no question!

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

I dont know the full list but Brunell is on it and probably the greatest engineer of his day and a sweaty sock too.

Born in Portsmouth to French father.... what part of him was Jockish?"

His kilt?

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

I dont know the full list but Brunell is on it and probably the greatest engineer of his day and a sweaty sock too."

Brunel was about as Jock as me !

That's why they weren't included, they get upset and claim to have invented everything, like the Indian in Goodness Gracious Me !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10. Churchill won in the end, who would you have voted for?

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Winston Churchill

Oliver Cromwell

Charles Darwin

Diana, Princess of Wales

Queen Elizabeth I

John Lennon

Horatio Nelson

Isaac Newton

William Shakespeare

I would have voted for Brunel. I am amazed that Diana made it on the list. The programme is 10 years old, so doubt she would do nowadays"

from that list (bearing in mind there's 3 or 4 proper cunts on there), it'd have to be John Lennon or isaac newton...but neither would get my vote if I could choose from anyone ever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

I dont know the full list but Brunell is on it and probably the greatest engineer of his day and a sweaty sock too.

Born in Portsmouth to French father.... what part of him was Jockish?"

His wee little winkie! Only men with small willies build huge superstructures. It's psychological y'know. I was once built a bridge 3cm long.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

I dont know the full list but Brunell is on it and probably the greatest engineer of his day and a sweaty sock too.

Born in Portsmouth to French father.... what part of him was Jockish?

His wee little winkie! Only men with small willies build huge superstructures. It's psychological y'know. I was once built a bridge 3cm long.

Do you photo your knob next to the bridge to make it look bigger? A sort of phallic Godzilla film?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10.

maggie thatcher should been on the list for the way she handled the Argies and the Unions

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

I dont know the full list but Brunell is on it and probably the greatest

engineer of his day and a sweaty sock too.

Born in Portsmouth to French father.... what part of him was Jockish?"

Oops got it wrong twice said Brunell when I meant Telford even deleted it and now see I did the same thing again apologies to the late Brunell.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

I dont know the full list but Brunell is on it and probably the greatest

engineer of his day and a sweaty sock too.

Born in Portsmouth to French father.... what part of him was Jockish?

Oops got it wrong twice said Brunell when I meant Telford even deleted it and now see I did the same thing again apologies to the late Brunell.

Isambard would be spinning in his grave at such a slur!!!

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

"Why are Alexander Grahem Bell and John Logie Baird not on that list?????

Credited with 2 of the most useful inventions ever..

Sweaty Socks, you see !

I dont know the full list but Brunell is on it and probably the greatest

engineer of his day and a sweaty sock too.

Born in Portsmouth to French father.... what part of him was Jockish?

Oops got it wrong twice said Brunell when I meant Telford even deleted it and now see I did the same thing again apologies to the late Brunell.

Isambard would be spinning in his grave at such a slur!!!"

Think he woulld be more worried about his "Great Eastern.

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10.

maggie thatcher should been on the list for the way she handled the Argies and the Unions"

She never 'handled' the Argies.....our armed forces did

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By *umsuckMan
over a year ago

Gateshead

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10.

maggie thatcher should been on the list for the way she handled the Argies and the Unions

She never 'handled' the Argies.....our armed forces did"

As a staunce socialist and someone who disagreed with most of mrs Thatchers policies I have to say that I admire the woman. Like her or loathe her,she set her store out and stuck by her principles. A true statesperson in my opinion

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By *eneral HysteriaMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

"Brunel or Darwin...

John Lennon and Diana wouldn't be in my top 10,000, let alone 10 !"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10.

maggie thatcher should been on the list for the way she handled the Argies and the Unions

She never 'handled' the Argies.....our armed forces did"

She was there on Goose Green with black paint on her face and her battle cry at the ready, in spirit if not in body.

Margaret Thatcher took this country from one beleagured by the unions who could bring the UK grinding to a halt if they wished to a country where hard work is rewarded and employers forced to pay a decent wage for an honest day's work.

I never appreciated her when she was in power as I was young and anti-everything at the time. I wish she'd been in power a lot longer instead of being knifed in the back and replaced by John the Grey.

She should definately be on the list.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10.

maggie thatcher should been on the list for the way she handled the Argies and the Unions

She never 'handled' the Argies.....our armed forces did

She was there on Goose Green with black paint on her face and her battle cry at the ready, in spirit if not in body.

She should definately be on the list."
Margaret Hilda was the most divisive prime minister of the last century. She is responsible for the lack of social cohesion we find ourselves in now. Her polices and that of her yes men did not do anything except reinforce the class structure in this country. She was responsible for decimating the manufacturing base on which this country was built and if it was not for the Falklands war she would have been a gonna in 1983.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10.

maggie thatcher should been on the list for the way she handled the Argies and the Unions

She never 'handled' the Argies.....our armed forces did

She was there on Goose Green with black paint on her face and her battle cry at the ready, in spirit if not in body.

She should definately be on the list. Margaret Hilda was the most divisive prime minister of the last century. She is responsible for the lack of social cohesion we find ourselves in now. Her polices and that of her yes men did not do anything except reinforce the class structure in this country. She was responsible for decimating the manufacturing base on which this country was built and if it was not for the Falklands war she would have been a gonna in 1983."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10.

maggie thatcher should been on the list for the way she handled the Argies and the Unions

She never 'handled' the Argies.....our armed forces did

She was there on Goose Green with black paint on her face and her battle cry at the ready, in spirit if not in body.

She should definately be on the list."
she took power from the unions and gave it back to the people she had her idears and she stood by them so i agree wishy she should be on the list love her or hate her she did a lot of good while she was in power and atleast if she made a mistake she addmited to it

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10.

maggie thatcher should been on the list for the way she handled the Argies and the Unions

She never 'handled' the Argies.....our armed forces did

She was there on Goose Green with black paint on her face and her battle cry at the ready, in spirit if not in body.

She should definately be on the list.she took power from the unions and gave it back to the people she had her idears and she stood by them so i agree wishy she should be on the list love her or hate her she did a lot of good while she was in power and atleast if she made a mistake she addmited to it "

I do think that Thatcher is probably our greatest post War Prime Minister. Yes, she will always be a polarizing character, but she dragged the country out of the mess that was the 70's.

My family are working class and they definately benifitted from Thatchers policies. My dad nearly lost his home, because of the srikes being called at his work place and his loss of wages. My setdad was a builder and the upsurge in 80's building programmes meant he had work all the time, where as in the 70's he spent a lot of time out of work.

Yes, she was barking mad by the end of her time in power. The Poll Tax was badly thought out. But you have to salute her breaking the unions.

That all said, she would not make my Top Ten.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All those Britons who fought so we could have this debate.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All those Britons who fought so we could have this debate."
good point well made

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

"Watching a rerun of the BBC show about Great Britons. They came up with a shortlist of 10."

maggie thatcher should been on the list for the way she handled the Argies and the Unions

She never 'handled' the Argies.....our armed forces did

She was there on Goose Green with black paint on her face and her battle cry at the ready, in spirit if not in body.

Maggie decimated Britains long established manufacturing industry in just a few years the woman was only interested in the top 1% and all the rest of the lowlife were there to be trampled the woman was a wicked evil person with no remorse and I hope there is a heaven and hell as she will surely be helping the firtes to burn.

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