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Becoming a British Citizen
Nov. 9th, 2011 04:28 pm My sister, aunty_gillian says that her American husband is going to officially become a British citizen as of Monday.
She says: "I need suggestions on how to celebrate the "significance and responsibility". I'm thinking, should it be watching Coronation Street every night for a week, while drinking tea from a 'Wills and Kate' souvenir wedding mug? Or perhaps we should have a different theme each night: haggis, neeps, tatties, shortbread and whisky one night; mushy peas and tripe and mild the next, etc. He also has to affirm (in an atheistic way) to bear allegience to the Queen, her heirs and successors. And he will be eligible to vote."
I think a cream tea is called for on one day, and a proper afternoon tea (on the best china) on another.
Proctor family consensus is that obligatory films should include 'Passport to Pimlico', 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (the old one with Edith
Evans), one of the early Carry On films, Wallace and Grommet, and this clip from the Reduced Shakespeare Company
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
What rituals do my imaginative readers feel are required in order for someone to be truly British?
She says: "I need suggestions on how to celebrate the "significance and responsibility". I'm thinking, should it be watching Coronation Street every night for a week, while drinking tea from a 'Wills and Kate' souvenir wedding mug? Or perhaps we should have a different theme each night: haggis, neeps, tatties, shortbread and whisky one night; mushy peas and tripe and mild the next, etc. He also has to affirm (in an atheistic way) to bear allegience to the Queen, her heirs and successors. And he will be eligible to vote."
I think a cream tea is called for on one day, and a proper afternoon tea (on the best china) on another.
Proctor family consensus is that obligatory films should include 'Passport to Pimlico', 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (the old one with Edith
Evans), one of the early Carry On films, Wallace and Grommet, and this clip from the Reduced Shakespeare Company
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
What rituals do my imaginative readers feel are required in order for someone to be truly British?
