A bit council (Vol 3)

[g3org3y]

austinsmirk said:

We've just removed 52 large needle boxes (full of needles/syringes) from a 2 bed flat. Unbelievably the tnt was still alive.

Junkie or diabetic!?

[CharlesdeGaulle]

austinsmirk said:

We've just removed 52 large needle boxes (full of needles/syringes) from a 2 bed flat. Unbelievably Unfortunately the tnt was still alive.

Sorry for the edit. Not very charitable of me, but FFS ...

[AppleJuice]

Posh Smart
Serviette Napkin
Toilet Loo / Lavatory
Preserve Jam
Greens Vegetables
Perfume Scent
Mirror Looking-glass
Mantlepiece Chimneypiece
Settee Sofa
Couch Sofa
Pardon? What?
Dinner (or Nothern) Luncheon
Tea (or Northern) Dinner
Sweet Pudding

Most council:
Pleased to meet you How d'you do?
How do you know that you'll be pleased to meet the person?

[ben5575]

Stopping your Zafira at a service station because your child needs a wee. Not Council.

Taking said child out of chav wagon, pulling down her knickers and holding her by the side of the car, so that she can piss in the car park, rather than take her the 30 yards to the service station entrance/toilets. Very Council.

*I may have been stopping off to feed my children a McD on the way back from a trampoline park. Council. Spending quality time with your children, not Council. It's a dilemma.

[5pitfire]

AppleJuice said:

Posh Smart
Serviette Napkin
Toilet Loo / Lavatory
Preserve Jam
Greens Vegetables
Perfume Scent
Mirror Looking-glass
Mantlepiece Chimneypiece
Settee Sofa
Couch Sofa
Pardon? What?
Dinner (or Nothern) Luncheon
Tea (or Northern) Dinner
Sweet Pudding

Most council:
Pleased to meet you How d'you do?
How do you know that you'll be pleased to meet the person?

Mostly correct, but, really - "looking-glass"...?! This is isn't Wonderland, FFS!

Also, Loo / Lavatory - wrong. It's a loo, or a toilet when addressing the lower orders so as to be understood. Lavatory is rather, erm, Hyacinth Bucket

[Europa1]

5pitfire said:

AppleJuice said:

Posh Smart
Serviette Napkin
Toilet Loo / Lavatory
Preserve Jam
Greens Vegetables
Perfume Scent
Mirror Looking-glass
Mantlepiece Chimneypiece
Settee Sofa
Couch Sofa
Pardon? What?
Dinner (or Nothern) Luncheon
Tea (or Northern) Dinner
Sweet Pudding

Most council:
Pleased to meet you How d'you do?
How do you know that you'll be pleased to meet the person?

Mostly correct, but, really - "looking-glass"...?! This is isn't Wonderland, FFS!

Also, Loo / Lavatory - wrong. It's a loo, or a toilet when addressing the lower orders so as to be understood. Lavatory is rather, erm, Hyacinth Bucket

I'm now worried that I am part Council, as I was always told to say "Pardon?", rather than "What?".

In addition, I thought there was a difference between a preserve and a jam? To save me having to email Jeremy Corbyn, do any PH-ers know?

[foxbody-87]

Europa1 said:

I'm now worried that I am part Council, as I was always told to say "Pardon?", rather than "What?".

In addition, I thought there was a difference between a preserve and a jam? To save me having to email Jeremy Corbyn, do any PH-ers know?

Loo is posh. Round here we call it the stter.

[Smiler.]

Europa1 said:

I'm now worried that I am part Council, as I was always told to say "Pardon?", rather than "What?".

Yeah, they tried that on me but gave up after a week of giving them "pardon's for tea".

[Europa1]

Smiler. said:

Yeah, they tried that on me but gave up after a week of giving them "pardon's for tea".

And also presumably for saying tea instead of dinner (based on the chart above).

[Vaud]

Europa1 said:

I'm now worried that I am part Council, as I was always told to say "Pardon?", rather than "What?".

In addition, I thought there was a difference between a preserve and a jam? To save me having to email Jeremy Corbyn, do any PH-ers know?

Random web site says:

Jam and preserves are basically the same thing and the terms are often used interchangeably.

Jam is a mixture made of crushed preserved fruit and sugar -- with or without pectin, depending on the pectin content of the fruit. High-pectin fruit will set well once the fruit and sugar have been boiled and pectin is activated. You may need to add pectin to lower-pectin fruit.

The word preserves means fruit that is cooked the same way; the only difference is that the fruit in preserves is often cut into chunks or in some cases whole, whereas jam may have a less chunky texture.

[Cold]

5pitfire said:

AppleJuice said:

Posh Smart
Serviette Napkin
Toilet Loo / Lavatory
Preserve Jam
Greens Vegetables
Perfume Scent
Mirror Looking-glass
Mantlepiece Chimneypiece
Settee Sofa
Couch Sofa
Pardon? What?
Dinner (or Nothern) Luncheon
Tea (or Northern) Dinner
Sweet Pudding

Most council:
Pleased to meet you How d'you do?
How do you know that you'll be pleased to meet the person?

Mostly correct, but, really - "looking-glass"...?! This is isn't Wonderland, FFS!

Also, Loo / Lavatory - wrong. It's a loo, or a toilet when addressing the lower orders so as to be understood. Lavatory is rather, erm, Hyacinth Bucket

Serviette and napkin. The correct name is a napkin so is that the posh or smart way to label them?

[Smiler.]

Europa1 said:

Smiler. said:

Yeah, they tried that on me but gave up after a week of giving them "pardon's for tea".

And also presumably for saying tea instead of dinner (based on the chart above).

Why would my mum want my dinner money?

Or me mam.

[Smiler.]

Vaud said:

Europa1 said:

I'm now worried that I am part Council, as I was always told to say "Pardon?", rather than "What?".

In addition, I thought there was a difference between a preserve and a jam? To save me having to email Jeremy Corbyn, do any PH-ers know?

Random web site says:

Jam and preserves are basically the same thing and the terms are often used interchangeably.

Jam is a mixture made of crushed preserved fruit and sugar -- with or without pectin, depending on the pectin content of the fruit. High-pectin fruit will set well once the fruit and sugar have been boiled and pectin is activated. You may need to add pectin to lower-pectin fruit.

The word preserves means fruit that is cooked the same way; the only difference is that the fruit in preserves is often cut into chunks or in some cases whole, whereas jam may have a less chunky texture.

You mean conserve

[Vaud]

Smiler. said:

You mean conserve

As you wish. Cooking is rarely precise in definitions and it makes no odds for this thread.

[Torcars]

road hog said:

How Council is "Tiana" ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9UFloTHpWs

She is remarkable! If Dog Star fancies a trip to Middlesbrough, I'll gladly tag along.

I think she's from the posh end of the town.

[KTF]

Torcars said:

road hog said:

How Council is "Tiana" ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9UFloTHpWs

She is remarkable! If Dog Star fancies a trip to Middlesbrough, I'll gladly tag along.

I think she's from the posh end of the town.

Parody for sure but real examples walk amongst us.

[Ari]

AppleJuice said:

Posh Smart
Serviette Napkin
Toilet Loo / Lavatory
Preserve Jam
Greens Vegetables
Perfume Scent
Mirror Looking-glass
Mantlepiece Chimneypiece
Settee Sofa
Couch Sofa
Pardon? What?
Dinner (or Nothern) Luncheon
Tea (or Northern) Dinner
Sweet Pudding

Most council:
Pleased to meet you How d'you do?
How do you know that you'll be pleased to meet the person?

[nonsequitur]

MrJuice said:

The Spruce goose said:

That is about as middleclass as it comes.

I'm meant to be middle class by virtue of my job (doctor). Instead, I do the council thing and take an empty waitrose cup and lid for when I'm running late and want to take a properly brewed tea or coffee from home. Those bodum flasks that everyone and his dog has these days are also extremely council.

Never mind about the coffee Doc, I have a painful big toe that needs attention.

[55palfers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg7-RPLB5LU

Lidl shopper?

[talksthetorque]

Cold said:

Serviette and napkin. The correct name is a napkin so is that the posh or smart way to label them?

A serviette is made of paper.
A Napkin is made of material.
So yes, serviette - council, napkin - not.