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Antony Moxey said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Stumbled on this on the Mash. It's about a year old so most likely a repost, but I'm not checking and I don't care.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/features/the-15-thin...
-1. Have books (eh?), a breadmaker and old furniture.Daily Mash said:
HOW working class are you? The 15 household items only the working classes own (one point for each):
1. Samurai sword, hung above fireplace in case of return to Bushido law
2. Android smart phone with Greggs Rewards app on homepage
3. Dog named after sportsperson or fictional sportsperson
4. Fantastic array of expensive electronic toys that any middle-class child would kill to play with, ignored for football
5. Digital picture frame showing slideshow of kids, other people’s kids, cars, dog as above, Greg’s stag night inc. nudity
6. Books, but not making a big deal about it
7. Televisions in ratio of 1.2 per room
8. Hand-waxed gleaming Toyota Hilux pick-up truck
9. Paved front lawn so Toyota Hilux can be parked and admired directly outside window
10. Oversized Sports Direct mug
11. Both colours of sauce
12. Ashtray
13. Fancy ashtray for guests
14. Dyson kept openly in hall, because there’s no shame in being clean
15. Two adult children, both driving £30,000 cars
And the five things no self-respecting working class family should have (minus one point for each):
Old furniture
Breadmaker
Board game The Settlers of Catan
A record player
Overachieving children desperately trying to earn their parents’ love but never filling the emptiness inside
How did you score?
15-10: You are the workingest working class, with the pride and body type of a bulldog. Truly you are the salt of the earth, to the extent that your mere touch dehydrates things.
10-5: Middle working class, with aspirational tendencies. Your Tony Parsons books and occasional purchase of smoothies could lead you on a dark path to middle England.
5-0: Always sucking up to the bosses and laughing at their golf jokes, you cross picket lines on a weekly basis and nobody will pass you the mic during karaoke.
Pleased to say I scored zero. 1. Samurai sword, hung above fireplace in case of return to Bushido law
2. Android smart phone with Greggs Rewards app on homepage
3. Dog named after sportsperson or fictional sportsperson
4. Fantastic array of expensive electronic toys that any middle-class child would kill to play with, ignored for football
5. Digital picture frame showing slideshow of kids, other people’s kids, cars, dog as above, Greg’s stag night inc. nudity
6. Books, but not making a big deal about it
7. Televisions in ratio of 1.2 per room
8. Hand-waxed gleaming Toyota Hilux pick-up truck
9. Paved front lawn so Toyota Hilux can be parked and admired directly outside window
10. Oversized Sports Direct mug
11. Both colours of sauce
12. Ashtray
13. Fancy ashtray for guests
14. Dyson kept openly in hall, because there’s no shame in being clean
15. Two adult children, both driving £30,000 cars
And the five things no self-respecting working class family should have (minus one point for each):
Old furniture
Breadmaker
Board game The Settlers of Catan
A record player
Overachieving children desperately trying to earn their parents’ love but never filling the emptiness inside
How did you score?
15-10: You are the workingest working class, with the pride and body type of a bulldog. Truly you are the salt of the earth, to the extent that your mere touch dehydrates things.
10-5: Middle working class, with aspirational tendencies. Your Tony Parsons books and occasional purchase of smoothies could lead you on a dark path to middle England.
5-0: Always sucking up to the bosses and laughing at their golf jokes, you cross picket lines on a weekly basis and nobody will pass you the mic during karaoke.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/features/the-15-thin...
I'm treating 'both colour sauces' as 'I'm only aware of two kinds of sauce' not scoring as a result.
kowalski655 said:
Nearly as bad as the couple I know who had their gorgeous slobbery Newfie put to sleep,rather than pay the extra deposit for a dog in their new flat!
OK,she WAS old and a bit ill,but even so. If we had known that was their plan,we would have taken her.
When I was a kid, some neighbours had a dog called Tina who they kicked out every morning, she was a fairly nondescript wiry, middle size mongrel, a lovely and highly intelligent, used to arrive every day at our house and came with us everywhere in the school holidays.OK,she WAS old and a bit ill,but even so. If we had known that was their plan,we would have taken her.
Anyway, I get told by my dad one day she had been run over, I was distraught, but eventually like you, do, you get over it but still missed my furry mate, anyway, years later my dad tells me she didnt get run over, the owners were moving so got her put down as they couldnt take her, where did they think she went all day, would have been better to just leave her, she was only about 8 and in good health.
southendpier said:
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/14251389.Row_break...
purchasing crap funeral flowers in a design = Council
that design being an awful dog shape = council
altering that to create a 5 legged dog to get money back from florist = council
then going to the local press for aggrieved group shot = council
Shoebury - council.purchasing crap funeral flowers in a design = Council
that design being an awful dog shape = council
altering that to create a 5 legged dog to get money back from florist = council
then going to the local press for aggrieved group shot = council
Devil2575 said:
A lad I used to know told me a story from his childhood.
His dad saw an advert for a pet rabbit "Free to a good home" in the local paper. His dad went round to get it under the pretense that it would be a pet for his son. When he got it home he killed it and cooked it for dinner.
I know I shouldn't, but His dad saw an advert for a pet rabbit "Free to a good home" in the local paper. His dad went round to get it under the pretense that it would be a pet for his son. When he got it home he killed it and cooked it for dinner.
Willy Nilly said:
southendpier said:
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/14251389.Row_break...
purchasing crap funeral flowers in a design = Council
that design being an awful dog shape = council
altering that to create a 5 legged dog to get money back from florist = council
then going to the local press for aggrieved group shot = council
Shoebury - council.purchasing crap funeral flowers in a design = Council
that design being an awful dog shape = council
altering that to create a 5 legged dog to get money back from florist = council
then going to the local press for aggrieved group shot = council
Devil2575 said:
A lad I used to know told me a story from his childhood.
His dad saw an advert for a pet rabbit "Free to a good home" in the local paper. His dad went round to get it under the pretense that it would be a pet for his son. When he got it home he killed it and cooked it for dinner.
In Trinidad last year, I drove past a sign in a shop that said, 'Rabbits for sale - pets or meat'. You don't see things like that in the UK!His dad saw an advert for a pet rabbit "Free to a good home" in the local paper. His dad went round to get it under the pretense that it would be a pet for his son. When he got it home he killed it and cooked it for dinner.
Steve
Steve vRS said:
In Trinidad last year, I drove past a sign in a shop that said, 'Rabbits for sale - pets or meat'. You don't see things like that in the UK!
Steve
My dad went thru tough times and used to know the local game keeper. Steve
A few quid here and there we have all the pheasant meat and fox skins we wanted. And for me as a toy for kids, a ducks heads with ligament connected to the mouth, very council.
The Spruce goose said:
Steve vRS said:
In Trinidad last year, I drove past a sign in a shop that said, 'Rabbits for sale - pets or meat'. You don't see things like that in the UK!
Steve
My dad went thru tough times and used to know the local game keeper. Steve
A few quid here and there we have all the pheasant meat and fox skins we wanted. And for me as a toy for kids, a ducks heads with ligament connected to the mouth, very council.
One of the very local locals (we used to call their family "the Dingles" behind their back) piped up:
"I can get you a goose for £15..."
My ears pricked.
"£20 if you want it dead."
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