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Slinky1989 said:
It was brought to my attention the other day that there is actually an official term for this, and also explains the number of north London labour constituencies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_socialist
Surely this isn't new to you though?Slinky1989 said:
It was brought to my attention the other day that there is actually an official term for this, and also explains the number of north London labour constituencies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_socialist
They do my nut right in! Got a load of them b
hing on facebook and linking to lefty newspaper articles. I had previously thought they were fairly sane people...CarAbuser said:
-crookedtail- said:
A 'friend' on Facebook is slighty disappointed with the election results 
Got a few of the same on mine.
"Proud Mummies" and their political insights.
Still think the bourgeois lefties are worse. The people with sheltered wealthy upbringings declaring their disgust at Cameron's victory using the same arguments about food banks and the plight of the disabled/poor. I'm happy for them to donate their spare earnings to the council estates of Britain but I'd rather not give away my own.
If it's not already been added to the list I would put forward the Mondeo ST as being council.
Naughty boy Got a few of the same on mine.
"Proud Mummies" and their political insights.
Still think the bourgeois lefties are worse. The people with sheltered wealthy upbringings declaring their disgust at Cameron's victory using the same arguments about food banks and the plight of the disabled/poor. I'm happy for them to donate their spare earnings to the council estates of Britain but I'd rather not give away my own.
If it's not already been added to the list I would put forward the Mondeo ST as being council.
Edited by Kinky on Saturday 9th May 00:10
SilverSixer said:
(But next time you see a teen doing a wheelie down the street, have a look and see if you think he's more likely to end up working at Kwik Fit or going to Cambridge to do that social study paper 
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Definitely a recent yoof thing, in the 90s it was cool as f)k to pull off massive wheelies for 100m plus on your mountain bike Not like how it used to be in the old days mumble grumble etc
austinsmirk said:
Must admit I know nobody in the real world of work etc "awaiting compo"
In the world of social housing: everyone is at it.
To "Council" folk, everything seen as establishment - government, local government, insurance companies, solicitors, anybody involved in legitimate business - is against them in some way and therefore fodder from which to feed. "They", the establishment, have so much money they won't notice if they lose some. It's all fair game.In the world of social housing: everyone is at it.
I know people who have claimed compo so many times they're on a black list. They've nothing to show for it of course - it's gone in days on fags, booze, dope, parties, designer trainers for the baby........They think you're mad if you DON'T try to get some. It's a different world.
(BTW I recall riding to the local shops as an errand for my mum, cycling all the way with my hands off the bars. Not showing off, just for the fun. I did indeed live on a council estate at the time, although in those days , the 1950s, social housing was mainly for decent working people, the old-style working class who still had respect for authority, self-respect and a modicum of dignity, and were on the whole reliable and honest. That social class seems to have been eradicated - the generation of wealth from the 60s onwards means many of them are now home-owners, and what has been left behind is the permanently unemployable underclass.)
Edited by nicanary on Saturday 9th May 11:36
Road2Ruin said:
playing music too loud in the car.
Sorry, but that is very much a teenage thing, or someone who loves music. I am guilty of such things, but these days I tend to have the windows up when the music is on! I'd add inflicting anything on others that they haven't asked for - litter, noise or the like. Lonsdale. I was going to put 'elasticated denim', but that seems to be more Eastern European thing....
Don1 said:
Road2Ruin said:
playing music too loud in the car.
Sorry, but that is very much a teenage thing, or someone who loves music. I am guilty of such things, but these days I tend to have the windows up when the music is on! I'd add inflicting anything on others that they haven't asked for - litter, noise or the like. Lonsdale. I was going to put 'elasticated denim', but that seems to be more Eastern European thing....
WestyCarl said:
PurpleTurtle said:
SilverSixer
I can also teach him how to sit on the handlebars and ride backwards. That ain't council.
Now that I can do I can also teach him how to sit on the handlebars and ride backwards. That ain't council.
Never fails to impress my kids, unfortunately doesn't have the same effect on the missus.- Doffs cap* ... some local nutter showed me how to do it in my youth, and in the intervening years I've never met anyone else that can. Glad to hear the skill is shared!
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