Things which are NOT COUNCIL at all.....

[anonymous-user]

Mothersruin said:

austinsmirk said:

simple one.

Books.


You don't ever go into council homes and see bookcases, collections of books etc.

maybe a wall of VHS cassettes or DVD's, or PS games: but no to books.


In fact you don't ever see a child's desk/or table set aside for homework etc.


Now I wonder if there are any connections to be made here about societies impending slip downwards.

If your bookshelf is bigger than your Telly, things are going in the right direction.

If one has a cinema room in addition to a recreation tv room, should these dimensions be added together?

[nicanary]

Billiards.

Ladies "retiring" after dinner so that the gentlemen can enjoy port and cigars, plus dirty jokes and saucy photographs picked up in Marseilles.

(Not really applicable now - the internet has seen to that).

[boxedin]

Trabi601 said:

San Pellegrino.

Evian is still trading on past reputations

pfft. Italian upstarts with their flavoured bubbles.

Badoit.

[NDA]

A butter knife.

[ess]

Matt UK said:

Consideration for others.

Smiling / friendly acknowledgement of a stranger when walking past each other on a quiet street.

Happily doing things that may go unrecognised because you believe it will benefit society.

Spot on !

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[Hoofy]

NDA said:

A butter knife.

And being provided with a portion of butter in its own miniature butter dish?

[Hoofy]

And eating a single packet of crisps out of a bowl.

#preferthesinglelifewhenIcouldeatcrispsoutofthebloodypacketitcamein
#underthethumb

[Ayahuasca]

Hoofy said:

And eating a single packet of crisps out of a bowl.

#preferthesinglelifewhenIcouldeatcrispsoutofthebloodypacketitcamein
#underthethumb

This reeks of lower middle class pretentiousness.

[PAULJ5555]

Fox hunting

[InductionRoar]

Ayahuasca said:

Hoofy said:

And eating a single packet of crisps out of a bowl.

#preferthesinglelifewhenIcouldeatcrispsoutofthebloodypacketitcamein
#underthethumb

This reeks of lower middle class pretentiousness.

For added middle class pretentiousness, Tyrrell's 'hand-cooked' vegetable crisps served in a Villeroy and Boch bowl.

[Hosenbugler]

J4CKO said:

Actually cheaper to buy the good stuff in the long run, they use Sebos in hotels, so will cope with domestic, bought ours ten years ago and aside from a break in the flex that I fixed its been perfect, Dysons are fragile in comparison, see how many you see when you go to the tip.

Agree 100% regarding the Sebo, I have one of these, : http://www.vaclensa.co.uk/sebo-bs36-comfort-415-p....

Absolutely bullet proof, last for years.

[Hosenbugler]

Hallmarked silver dinner table decorations, subtley applied , too much is pretentious, as bad as plate.

Going to see Swan Lake at the Bolshoi.

[Hoofy]

Ayahuasca said:

Hoofy said:

And eating a single packet of crisps out of a bowl.

#preferthesinglelifewhenIcouldeatcrispsoutofthebloodypacketitcamein
#underthethumb

This reeks of lower middle class pretentiousness.

Was told it was bad manners. What do I know, I don't even wear a tie to work.

[Ayahuasca]

Hoofy said:

Ayahuasca said:

Hoofy said:

And eating a single packet of crisps out of a bowl.

#preferthesinglelifewhenIcouldeatcrispsoutofthebloodypacketitcamein
#underthethumb

This reeks of lower middle class pretentiousness.

Was told it was bad manners. What do I know, I don't even wear a tie to work.

Prince Charles would eat from from a bowl.

Prince Philip would eat them from the packet.

I think my new mantra is going to be 'What would Prince Philip do?'

[Yex 450]

Ayahuasca said:

Hoofy said:

Ayahuasca said:

Hoofy said:

And eating a single packet of crisps out of a bowl.

#preferthesinglelifewhenIcouldeatcrispsoutofthebloodypacketitcamein
#underthethumb

This reeks of lower middle class pretentiousness.

Was told it was bad manners. What do I know, I don't even wear a tie to work.

Prince Charles would eat from from a bowl.

Prince Philip would eat them from the packet.

I think my new mantra is going to be 'What would Prince Philip do?'

When you purchase crisps at Woburn Golf Club the bar staff open the packet and serve them to you in a nice wooden bowl. That'll do for me

[Hoofy]

Ayahuasca said:

Prince Charles would eat from from a bowl.

Prince Philip would eat them from the packet.

I think my new mantra is going to be 'What would Prince Philip do?'

Working for a b2c I think I won't be doing that.

[Digga]

Hoofy said:

Ayahuasca said:

Hoofy said:

And eating a single packet of crisps out of a bowl.

#preferthesinglelifewhenIcouldeatcrispsoutofthebloodypacketitcamein
#underthethumb

This reeks of lower middle class pretentiousness.

Was told it was bad manners. What do I know, I don't even wear a tie to work.

If you put the bowl on the floor and scoff them like a large, hungry dog then definitely.

[vtecyo]

alorotom said:

think this depends where in the country you are, when myself and the ex-MrsAlorotom had a boat and it was moored in Hartlepool, that vast majority of the other owners/sailors happened to be very normal folk just enjoying their hobby. there was only one couple marginally view themselves as better than others and in fairness they had a wealth more experience than anyone else who owned a boat there, they were full time live-aboards and have done multiple cross-atlantic voyages to the caarribean (every winter) themselves

I do actually miss the marina set sometimes, good times, plus ex-MrsAlorotom didnt really like the boat so it was peace perfect peace with just the clink of the masts and lapping water

My dad has a sailing boat moored in Lymington. It's put me off for life.

[Ayahuasca]

vtecyo said:

alorotom said:

think this depends where in the country you are, when myself and the ex-MrsAlorotom had a boat and it was moored in Hartlepool, that vast majority of the other owners/sailors happened to be very normal folk just enjoying their hobby. there was only one couple marginally view themselves as better than others and in fairness they had a wealth more experience than anyone else who owned a boat there, they were full time live-aboards and have done multiple cross-atlantic voyages to the caarribean (every winter) themselves

I do actually miss the marina set sometimes, good times, plus ex-MrsAlorotom didnt really like the boat so it was peace perfect peace with just the clink of the masts and lapping water

My dad has a sailing boat moored in Lymington. It's put me off for life.

Your dad, the boat or Lymington?

[vtecyo]

Ayahuasca said:

vtecyo said:

alorotom said:

think this depends where in the country you are, when myself and the ex-MrsAlorotom had a boat and it was moored in Hartlepool, that vast majority of the other owners/sailors happened to be very normal folk just enjoying their hobby. there was only one couple marginally view themselves as better than others and in fairness they had a wealth more experience than anyone else who owned a boat there, they were full time live-aboards and have done multiple cross-atlantic voyages to the caarribean (every winter) themselves

I do actually miss the marina set sometimes, good times, plus ex-MrsAlorotom didnt really like the boat so it was peace perfect peace with just the clink of the masts and lapping water

My dad has a sailing boat moored in Lymington. It's put me off for life.

Your dad, the boat or Lymington?

The clientelle in Lymington really. They're either better than you, or scrap merchants.