Discussion
gazchap said:
irocfan said:
there was an explanation regarding this on another thread... something along the lines of "we'll help you in any and every way we can if you go public, nut if you don't and the red-tops find out (which they invariably do) then you're on your own..."
You get the same level of support whether you go public or not.1) try and stay anonymous, but the tabloids will be like a dog with a bone to find out who you are, and however much you try to keep it quiet, some bloke down the pub who knows your sister's best mate from bingo and saw her driving the smart new motor you've bought them on the quiet/strict instructions not to blab, will go to the tabloids for a pound of flesh, and once they are into you they'll never stop printing stories about you because they tracked you down and need to justify their existence.
or
2) give 'em their photo op with a bottle of champagne and a comedy sized cheque, and provided you don't have a murky/vaguely salacious past they will leave you in (relative) peace, unless your missus decides to knock off the bloke flogging her two brand new Audis, in which case you're extended fodder for The Daily Wail for a while.
Me, I'd be Foxtrot Oscaring out of Dodge the moment the money is in the bank until the heat dies down. See 1 though.
PurpleTurtle said:
As I understand it, it is more a case of your options are:
1) try and stay anonymous, but the tabloids will be like a dog with a bone to find out who you are, and however much you try to keep it quiet, some bloke down the pub who knows your sister's best mate from bingo and saw her driving the smart new motor you've bought them on the quiet/strict instructions not to blab, will go to the tabloids for a pound of flesh, and once they are into you they'll never stop printing stories about you because they tracked you down and need to justify their existence.
or
2) give 'em their photo op with a bottle of champagne and a comedy sized cheque, and provided you don't have a murky/vaguely salacious past they will leave you in (relative) peace, unless your missus decides to knock off the bloke flogging her two brand new Audis, in which case you're extended fodder for The Daily Wail for a while.
Me, I'd be Foxtrot Oscaring out of Dodge the moment the money is in the bank until the heat dies down. See 1 though.
Unless a record euromillions win, the tabloids surely won't give a tinker's cuss a week or so down the line.1) try and stay anonymous, but the tabloids will be like a dog with a bone to find out who you are, and however much you try to keep it quiet, some bloke down the pub who knows your sister's best mate from bingo and saw her driving the smart new motor you've bought them on the quiet/strict instructions not to blab, will go to the tabloids for a pound of flesh, and once they are into you they'll never stop printing stories about you because they tracked you down and need to justify their existence.
or
2) give 'em their photo op with a bottle of champagne and a comedy sized cheque, and provided you don't have a murky/vaguely salacious past they will leave you in (relative) peace, unless your missus decides to knock off the bloke flogging her two brand new Audis, in which case you're extended fodder for The Daily Wail for a while.
Me, I'd be Foxtrot Oscaring out of Dodge the moment the money is in the bank until the heat dies down. See 1 though.
AlexRS2782 said:
Copied over from the Badly Modified thread
Regarding recent posts, lottery winners?? (or lad's mag owners)iacabu said:
Saw these at a cruise in Blackburn last night
She wasn't posing, she just got in the way...saw her driving the Porsche though. Not too sure if Biggie White in the background was in the Bentley
She wasn't posing, she just got in the way...saw her driving the Porsche though. Not too sure if Biggie White in the background was in the Bentley
No, middle names are council. Spend an hour in a Magistrates to hear the names eing caloed out. In my opinion, the older the middle name, the more likely you are to let the local authority take care of your accomodation.
Usually the middle names remember dead relatives I guess.
Imagine this 18 year old is in court.
Kyle (Council given name by sag mother in 1997)
Darren (Council given name of father if known. Killed in TWOC crash 2000 aged 15)
Stephen (Grandfather still extant Born 1979 had a YTS once)
Thomas (Gt grandfather Born 1960 the last employed family member)
Henry (Gt Gt Grandfather B 1935 Hard working skilled man)
Edward (Gt Gt grandfather killed in WWII)
Add surname here.
Usually the middle names remember dead relatives I guess.
Imagine this 18 year old is in court.
Kyle (Council given name by sag mother in 1997)
Darren (Council given name of father if known. Killed in TWOC crash 2000 aged 15)
Stephen (Grandfather still extant Born 1979 had a YTS once)
Thomas (Gt grandfather Born 1960 the last employed family member)
Henry (Gt Gt Grandfather B 1935 Hard working skilled man)
Edward (Gt Gt grandfather killed in WWII)
Add surname here.
No middle name = Council?
I was watching an episode of One Born Every Minute a few years ago and I distinctly remember an extremely "Council" couple trying to come up with a middle name for their son; they had given him an awful first name that could only be described as "Council" but what was their reasoning for choosing a middle name? Was it a grand parents name, was it the fathers name, was it a great grand parents name; nope, it was a name that sounded "ok" when it came after the first name; that is Council, imagine a Jayden Keenan!
I don't have a middle name, my sister doesn't, my dad didn't; neither do his sisters, my grandad didn't, my youngest doesn't; oddly my eldest does!! We and all of the above are most certainly not "Council", it seems though that we are in the minority.
I was watching an episode of One Born Every Minute a few years ago and I distinctly remember an extremely "Council" couple trying to come up with a middle name for their son; they had given him an awful first name that could only be described as "Council" but what was their reasoning for choosing a middle name? Was it a grand parents name, was it the fathers name, was it a great grand parents name; nope, it was a name that sounded "ok" when it came after the first name; that is Council, imagine a Jayden Keenan!
I don't have a middle name, my sister doesn't, my dad didn't; neither do his sisters, my grandad didn't, my youngest doesn't; oddly my eldest does!! We and all of the above are most certainly not "Council", it seems though that we are in the minority.
HTP99 said:
No middle name = Council?
I don't have a middle name, my sister doesn't, my dad didn't; neither do his sisters, my grandad didn't, my youngest doesn't; oddly my eldest does!! We and all of the above are most certainly not "Council", it seems though that we are in the minority.
Someone saying that they are most certainly not Council I don't have a middle name, my sister doesn't, my dad didn't; neither do his sisters, my grandad didn't, my youngest doesn't; oddly my eldest does!! We and all of the above are most certainly not "Council", it seems though that we are in the minority.
ShiningWit said:
Swearing. If you cannot express yourself without swearing you live or belong on a Council estate.
Wrong!!!“The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a fking lunatic.”
? Stephen Fry
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Edited by Studio117 on Wednesday 8th April 10:04
HTP99 said:
zcacogp said:
grumbledoak said:
When in the wrong don't simply apologize, 'front' it out.
Spot on, IMHO. Taking responsibility for one's own actions is the very antithesis of 'council'.
Oli.
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