What chav stereotypes apply to you?
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I own two Rottweilers.
I wear hoodies.
I have 3 tattoos.
I live in a rented house.
I have four children by two women.
I do my shopping in Asda and Aldi.
I smoke.
Against -
I live in Pangbourne - that's on the Thames dontchaknow!
I rarely drink and when I do its red wine.
I don't own a baseball cap.
I work more hours than I care to count.
I reckon that's about 6/10 Chav
I own two Rottweilers.
I wear hoodies.
I have 3 tattoos.
I live in a rented house.
I have four children by two women.
I do my shopping in Asda and Aldi.
I smoke.
Against -
I live in Pangbourne - that's on the Thames dontchaknow!
I rarely drink and when I do its red wine.
I don't own a baseball cap.
I work more hours than I care to count.
I reckon that's about 6/10 Chav
I smoke
I swear
I drink out of cans
I often do all of the above outside the doorway to my apartment building.
The marvellous bit, is that this is in Hong Kong, whereupon the Hongkies who live in my building see me, and firm up their stereotypical view of Brits.
I also buy expensive things that are no use to me.
I have a huge (yet s
t) tv package.
I spend too much time watching Gold Rush/Storage Wars/Jeremy Kyle when away on work trips.
I swear
I drink out of cans
I often do all of the above outside the doorway to my apartment building.
The marvellous bit, is that this is in Hong Kong, whereupon the Hongkies who live in my building see me, and firm up their stereotypical view of Brits.
I also buy expensive things that are no use to me.
I have a huge (yet s
t) tv package.I spend too much time watching Gold Rush/Storage Wars/Jeremy Kyle when away on work trips.
I listen to Hardcore/Grime/Bassline/4x4 and Heavy Metal.
I drink Stella and smoke roll ups.
I wear a 'heavy' curb chain.
My hair is usually clipper short.
I play music loudly when driving around town/through my work car park.
I work in a supermarket.
Many of my ex girlfriends are known local slappers.
I wear Nike trainers often coupled with Nike 'lazyboy pants' (trousers).
I still live at home, on the edge of an estate.
I once lived in a mobile home.
I drink Stella and smoke roll ups.
I wear a 'heavy' curb chain.
My hair is usually clipper short.
I play music loudly when driving around town/through my work car park.
I work in a supermarket.
Many of my ex girlfriends are known local slappers.
I wear Nike trainers often coupled with Nike 'lazyboy pants' (trousers).
I still live at home, on the edge of an estate.
I once lived in a mobile home.
Edited by KM666 on Sunday 28th April 22:48
I live in the East End of London.
I married a "beautician" (hairdresser and painter of nails).
I divorced the above.
I have tattoos, including on my hands.
I fathered a daughter when I was 17.
I can slip into estuary English very easily and could shock a docker with my language.
I drive a Ford Asbo.
However; my daughter is in university, my accent is usually neutral and polite, I can occasionally be seen at work in a suit, I pay the higher rate of tax and I wouldn't be seen dead in a pair of trainers, tracksuit bottoms or a football shirt.
I married a "beautician" (hairdresser and painter of nails).
I divorced the above.
I have tattoos, including on my hands.
I fathered a daughter when I was 17.
I can slip into estuary English very easily and could shock a docker with my language.
I drive a Ford Asbo.
However; my daughter is in university, my accent is usually neutral and polite, I can occasionally be seen at work in a suit, I pay the higher rate of tax and I wouldn't be seen dead in a pair of trainers, tracksuit bottoms or a football shirt.
Edited by Dixie68 on Monday 29th April 00:03
Thanks to a feckless previous occupant, I inherited a matching pair of prepayment gas and electricity meters, i.e. the kind where if you want to watch Sky* on your gigantic Brighthouse television* you'd better get shuffling down your local discount mini-market to charge up the token.
I have however reconciled it with a graspingly aspirational middle class outlook by referring to this as "premium" electricity (after all, it is the most expensive way to buy it, so it must be the best) which I buy from a local independent to keep my high street alive, rather than from a faceless corporation over the Internet. And of naturally I'm paying cash upfront in full, rather than getting my utilities on tick like the hoi polloi.
While I probably ought to get them changed out for ordinary credit meters, I have to admit there is something pleasant about not having to play the usual energy company games of a £90/month direct debit for a consistent £35/month of actual usage, or them deciding an estimated bill of three times reality is somehow more accurate than their own meter reader's reading.
* - Well, Freeview on a 6 year old Toshiba that wasn't even particularly expensive in the first place. But that doesn't fit so well with the stereotype, does it?
I have however reconciled it with a graspingly aspirational middle class outlook by referring to this as "premium" electricity (after all, it is the most expensive way to buy it, so it must be the best) which I buy from a local independent to keep my high street alive, rather than from a faceless corporation over the Internet. And of naturally I'm paying cash upfront in full, rather than getting my utilities on tick like the hoi polloi.
While I probably ought to get them changed out for ordinary credit meters, I have to admit there is something pleasant about not having to play the usual energy company games of a £90/month direct debit for a consistent £35/month of actual usage, or them deciding an estimated bill of three times reality is somehow more accurate than their own meter reader's reading.
* - Well, Freeview on a 6 year old Toshiba that wasn't even particularly expensive in the first place. But that doesn't fit so well with the stereotype, does it?
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