a bit council

[whoami]

St John Smythe said:

Schoffels are the very definition of council.

[Robbo66]

Justayellowbadge said:

For the sake of clarity, my 'original' remark referred to Barbour International quilted jackets.

Wax jackets remain unaffected, happy to say.

Not so.
Only those Barbour wax jackets without the International badge of chavness I'm afraid.
They are the new Burberry.
You would never see proper toff in International garb, 30 years old wax jacket handed down by Papa, no labels chucked in the back of a Forester....no private plate.
Quilted are a given.

[PurpleTurtle]

In hospital in the South East of England last week celebrating the birth of our son.

Midwife: "what have you called him then?"
Me: "James"
MW: "Nice, traditional, I like it. We had a couple of Rooneys the other week. First name."

[anonymous-user]

Robbo66 said:

Justayellowbadge said:

For the sake of clarity, my 'original' remark referred to Barbour International quilted jackets.

Wax jackets remain unaffected, happy to say.

Not so.
Only those Barbour wax jackets without the International badge of chavness I'm afraid.
They are the new Burberry.
You would never see proper toff in International garb, 30 years old wax jacket handed down by Papa, no labels chucked in the back of a Forester....no private plate.
Quilted are a given.

What about the coats in the International range that don't have the prominent badge?

[irocfan]

PurpleTurtle said:

In hospital in the South East of England last week celebrating the birth of our son.

Midwife: "what have you called him then?"
Me: "James"
MW: "Nice, traditional, I like it. We had a couple of Rooneys the other week. First name."

I weep for humanity

[8Ace]

PurpleTurtle said:

In hospital in the South East of England last week celebrating the birth of our son.

Midwife: "what have you called him then?"
Me: "James"
MW: "Nice, traditional, I like it. We had a couple of Rooneys the other week. First name."

Doesn't suprpise me.

Following the birth of our third child, I over heard a conversation between a midwife and a new mother.

Midwife - What's his name?

Mum - James

Midwife - OOh, that's very posh.

WTF?

[Johnnytheboy]

Robbo66 said:

Justayellowbadge said:

For the sake of clarity, my 'original' remark referred to Barbour International quilted jackets.

Wax jackets remain unaffected, happy to say.

Not so.
Only those Barbour wax jackets without the International badge of chavness I'm afraid.
They are the new Burberry.
You would never see proper toff in International garb, 30 years old wax jacket handed down by Papa, no labels chucked in the back of a Forester....no private plate.
Quilted are a given.

On an related note, anyone wearing a waxed leather hat like this in my area of Dorset/Somerset...



...might as well wear a sign saying "I've moved here from London"

[Megaflow]

irocfan said:

PurpleTurtle said:

In hospital in the South East of England last week celebrating the birth of our son.

Midwife: "what have you called him then?"
Me: "James"
MW: "Nice, traditional, I like it. We had a couple of Rooneys the other week. First name."

I weep for humanity

Indeed. I am not sure what element of over population will actually finish off the human race, a lack of resources to suppor the population or the increase in stupidity it inevitably seems to bring.

[irocfan]

Johnnytheboy said:

On an related note, anyone wearing a waxed leather hat like this in my area of Dorset/Somerset...



...might as well wear a sign saying "I've moved here from London"

far better than carrying an umbrella IMO

[AstonZagato]

Good for walking the dog in the rain

[R8VXF]

Saw a bloke walking down the street yesterday drinking out of one of these:

[CoolC]

R8VXF said:

Saw a bloke walking down the street yesterday drinking out of one of these he'd just nicked from the local pub:

EFA

[DeanR32]

CoolC said:

R8VXF said:

Saw a bloke walking down the street yesterday drinking out of one of these he'd just nicked from the local pub:

EFA

At least it weren't a can I suppose. Kind of "classy council"!

[ReallyReallyGood]

I'd take that back for a top up, look at the state of that head.

[JohneeBoy]

DeanR32 said:

CoolC said:

R8VXF said:

Saw a bloke walking down the street yesterday drinking out of one of these he'd just nicked from the local pub:

EFA

At least it weren't a can I suppose. Kind of "classy council"!

How old was this bloke? Once upon a time this is something I may have done too. I bet there's more than a few people on this forum who have pint glasses taken from their local pub.

[R8VXF]

JohneeBoy said:

DeanR32 said:

CoolC said:

R8VXF said:

Saw a bloke walking down the street yesterday drinking out of one of these he'd just nicked from the local pub:

EFA

At least it weren't a can I suppose. Kind of "classy council"!

How old was this bloke? Once upon a time this is something I may have done too. I bet there's more than a few people on this forum who have pint glasses taken from their local pub.

He was walking in the direction of the pub (about 10 minutes away at his drunken pace)

He was mid 30's I would have guessed.

[Hooli]

AstonZagato said:

Good for walking the dog in the rain

It's what mine is for, I tend to take it camping too as putting up tents is the modern rain dance.

[Cliftonite]

JohneeBoy said:

How old was this bloke? Once upon a time this is something I may have done too. I bet there's more than a few people on this forum who have pint glasses taken from their local pub.

Only thieves steal glasses.

[anonymous-user]

Cliftonite said:

Only thieves steal glasses.

I've stolen lots of things and I am not a thief.

[Hooli]

Cliftonite said:

JohneeBoy said:

How old was this bloke? Once upon a time this is something I may have done too. I bet there's more than a few people on this forum who have pint glasses taken from their local pub.

Only thieves steal glasses.

I managed to get one back to Essex from Eire, how it didn't break after days packed onto a motorbike I'm not sure.