1. Two World Wars and One World Cup doo-dah doo-dah

2. Warm beer

3. You get to confuse everyone with the rules of cricket

4. You get to accept defeat graciously in major sporting events

5. Union jack underpants

6. Water shortages guaranteed every single summer

7. You can live in the past and imagine you are still a world power

8. Bathing once a week-whether you need to or not

9. Ditto changing underwear

10. Beats being Welsh

11. Or Scottish