Things which are NOT COUNCIL at all.....
Discussion
valiant said:
Having a 'man' to do jobs for you around the estate that you only refer to by his surname at all times, even to his face.
"Smithers, ensure the hounds are fed before the hunt, my good man"
That job is done by full time professionals*, employed by the hunt, not the estate handyman."Smithers, ensure the hounds are fed before the hunt, my good man"
- The sort of people who throw live fox cubs to the hounds to train them to kill foxes.
duckwhistle said:
Having a Drawing Room with a signed portrait of HM The Queen hung above a vintage French Clock, nearby your red leather chair from The House of Lords. In the entrance hall your Oar from Oxford in 1948 signed by the rest of the crew, some of whom you still see regularly. Outside, tending to the lawns old Henderson who knew you as an infant. Grandad's 1927 3ltr supercharged Bentley gently mouldering away under a cover in the Motor House. From your front door a rifle shot will land in your estate. In your study the Clock from your Spitfire alongside photographs of the bods that didn't make it. Your Gentlemanly demeanour and flawless good manners endear you to all who know you.
The bold parts sound remarkably like my grandfather, though he went to Cambridge, rather than Oxford. But his only "estate" that he looked over was a 1994 Citroen Xantia which he bought after selling a Carlton GSi! I was just thinking - there is one thing that actually unites "council" and "not council at all" , and that's having a kid that gets a 2.2 in sociology.
For "council" it's the height of poshness, the first kid in the family to go to Uni, even if it was Walthamstow Poly and they had to sell a shedload of scrap, and Nana's gold charm bracelet. Huge graduation-day photos all over the house.
For "not council at all" it's just a relief that Toby passed at any level. There had been the worry of inbreeding and whether he was ever going to learn how to write - good old Charles at Feckwit Mercantile reckoned that you had to wave some sort of certificate if you wanted to get in, not like the old days.
Huge sighs of relief from both sets of family.
For "council" it's the height of poshness, the first kid in the family to go to Uni, even if it was Walthamstow Poly and they had to sell a shedload of scrap, and Nana's gold charm bracelet. Huge graduation-day photos all over the house.
For "not council at all" it's just a relief that Toby passed at any level. There had been the worry of inbreeding and whether he was ever going to learn how to write - good old Charles at Feckwit Mercantile reckoned that you had to wave some sort of certificate if you wanted to get in, not like the old days.
Huge sighs of relief from both sets of family.
BenWRXSEi said:
Thankyou4calling said:
Plenty of people with a lot of money are very council, plenty who have little are definitely not council.
nicanary said:
I was just thinking - there is one thing that actually unites "council" and "not council at all" , and that's having a kid that gets a 2.2 in sociology.
For "council" it's the height of poshness, the first kid in the family to go to Uni, even if it was Walthamstow Poly and they had to sell a shedload of scrap, and Nana's gold charm bracelet. Huge graduation-day photos all over the house.
For "not council at all" it's just a relief that Toby passed at any level. There had been the worry of inbreeding and whether he was ever going to learn how to write - good old Charles at Feckwit Mercantile reckoned that you had to wave some sort of certificate if you wanted to get in, not like the old days.
Huge sighs of relief from both sets of family.
Spot on... For "council" it's the height of poshness, the first kid in the family to go to Uni, even if it was Walthamstow Poly and they had to sell a shedload of scrap, and Nana's gold charm bracelet. Huge graduation-day photos all over the house.
For "not council at all" it's just a relief that Toby passed at any level. There had been the worry of inbreeding and whether he was ever going to learn how to write - good old Charles at Feckwit Mercantile reckoned that you had to wave some sort of certificate if you wanted to get in, not like the old days.
Huge sighs of relief from both sets of family.
Shakermaker said:
RobinOakapple said:
duckwhistle said:
Having a Drawing Room with a signed portrait of HM The Queen
Anyone who has one of those has a forgery.Thinking that such a thing could exist = council.
vtecyo said:
AstonZagato said:
My friends are better than yours
We don't allow people like you on our shoots. Too council.
k. Most of these are not my friends - just people invited to the same shoots or who own the shoots. I am lucky enough to be mates with a chap who has some of the world's finest shooting and the people who turn up to shoot with him are rather from a totally different world.
RobinOakapple said:
Shakermaker said:
RobinOakapple said:
duckwhistle said:
Having a Drawing Room with a signed portrait of HM The Queen
Anyone who has one of those has a forgery.Thinking that such a thing could exist = council.
Ah, living the dream.
RobinOakapple said:
I didn't say who signed it either, but whoever did, it would still be a forgery.
Why? Signed by artist would be perfectly usual. However, pictures/photos of the queen are a bit Alf Garnett. Oil paintings of ancestors (preferably in military uniform) and/or gundogs are Not Council At All.
silentbrown said:
RobinOakapple said:
I didn't say who signed it either, but whoever did, it would still be a forgery.
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