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  • I have lived outside the uk now for the majority of the years of I have been able to drive.

    The winner was a foregone conclusion, transport signage everywhere else I’ve lived and driven extensively other than the uk is a patchwork mess that has clearly had exactly no thought put into it.

    by FuckButtons
  • Best of lists are always tough. In this case, is it: most iconic, most effective, most influential? I feel this way about film lists, too. The most interesting conversation is not what is the best picture, but which & how parameters are weighted: novelty, craft, cultural zeitgeist, etc.
    by heybmac
  • Surprised myself a bit with the pillar post box being my winner.

    I love the British phone box too, but I think because my childhood neighbourhood was built in the 80s I never really saw the traditional red phone boxes when I was young. They were all these, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KX_telephone_boxes

    The post boxes are lovely though and remind me of my England more than any of the others.

    by kypro
  • This is delightful. Feels like old early 2000s era click spam but the creator didn’t even bother to monetize it. The supermarine spitfire edging out that phone booth is a tough call. This honestly there is something kind of sad about the whole premise. Britain is still so stacked with talent, but it also feels like they’re getting brain drained hard and without an industrial culture to back it up a lot of this talent doesn’t get the same level of visibility as it did in a previous era.
    by blululu
  • Two interesting choices. The Tube map is on the list. It's been massively downgraded in recent years, becuase the people updating it have no appreciation of what made it great. Here's a tip; if it's not a train and it doesn't go underground then it shouldn't be on the map.

    The Union Jack is another interesting choice, because these days apparently it's a racist symbol.

    Angel of the North is another interesting choice, becuase i've been there and it's the most overrated, featureless lump of metal ever. Cool that they made it I guess, but they could have done more imho.

    by FridayoLeary
  • Concorde vs. the Union Flag? In the round of 64? Bah. Impossible to continue.

    EDIT Agh now Range Rover v Mini? What do you want from me!?

    by scrumper
  • I mostly agreed with the crowd, but the crowd picked St. Paul's Cathedral over the Mini, and that's absurd. I've never once seen a St. Paul's Cathedral on the road, and it did not appear in either version of the Italian Job.
    by SwellJoe
  • > 64 icons. Six rounds. One winner.

    The winner is Claude

    by Tiberium

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