Discussion
HundredthIdiot said:
Frankeh said:
Halb said:
HundredthIdiot said:
There does seem to be some cultural "being an a
hole to complete strangers for the sake of it" characteristic which annoyed me increasingly when I lived in England, although that was almost certainly just London.
I found that with London. Least friendly majot city I have visited.hole to complete strangers for the sake of it" characteristic which annoyed me increasingly when I lived in England, although that was almost certainly just London.In London people who really ought to know better can just be incredibly thoughtless and callous - in my experience, and I worked with some non-Brits in London who felt this even more strongly. I still love London as a city, I just find some of the behaviour a bit grating.
Yet Central London is the one place where you are least likely to meet an Englishman, seeing that it is a melting pot of world nationalities and cultures.
But sorry to interrupt - whinge away about how crap England is PH'ers
mybrainhurts said:
I have to admit to no longer giving a toss, after 13 years of government shafting and creeping control...
If I were younger with no ties, I'd be out of here like a shot...
Sorry...
And where, pray tell, would you go? Or does the UK have the monopoly on the problems youre trying to get away from?If I were younger with no ties, I'd be out of here like a shot...
Sorry...
Say Australia, go on. Please say Australia - its been ages since my last Australia rant
Edited by 308mate on Tuesday 20th April 12:35
308mate said:
mybrainhurts said:
I have to admit to no longer giving a toss, after 13 years of government shafting and creeping control...
If I were younger with no ties, I'd be out of here like a shot...
Sorry...
And where, pray tell, would you go? Or does the UK have the monopoly on the problems youre trying to get away from?If I were younger with no ties, I'd be out of here like a shot...
Sorry...
Say Australia, go on. Please say Australia - its been ages since my last Australia rant
Edited by 308mate on Tuesday 20th April 12:35
Frankeh said:
DieselGriff said:
F i F said:
Sodding Welsh, coming here and stealing our women!
It's allright I got one of theirs, one of their special Ginger ones! 
The downside is that I have live there
Guybrush said:
Creeping socialism (with hints of communism) under Labour (and the Lib Dems if they had the chance) is slowly destroying what made England a great place to live.
I don't mean to offend but do you know what communism is? I think you'd be hard pushed to find any hints of it in the UK.mcbook said:
Guybrush said:
Creeping socialism (with hints of communism) under Labour (and the Lib Dems if they had the chance) is slowly destroying what made England a great place to live.
I don't mean to offend but do you know what communism is? I think you'd be hard pushed to find any hints of it in the UK.Frankeh said:
308mate said:
mybrainhurts said:
I have to admit to no longer giving a toss, after 13 years of government shafting and creeping control...
If I were younger with no ties, I'd be out of here like a shot...
Sorry...
And where, pray tell, would you go? Or does the UK have the monopoly on the problems youre trying to get away from?If I were younger with no ties, I'd be out of here like a shot...
Sorry...
Say Australia, go on. Please say Australia - its been ages since my last Australia rant
Edited by 308mate on Tuesday 20th April 12:35
Home Thoughts from Abroad by Robert Browning
Oh, to be in England
Now that April's there,
And whoever wakes in England
Sees, some morning, unaware,
That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough
In England - now!!
And after April, when May follows,
And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows!
Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge
Leans to the field and scatters on the clover
Blossoms and dewdrops - at the bent spray's edge -
That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,
Lest you should think he never could recapture
The first fine careless rapture!
And though the fields look rough with hoary dew,
All will be gay when noontide wakes anew
The buttercups, the little children's dower
- Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!
Oh, to be in England
Now that April's there,
And whoever wakes in England
Sees, some morning, unaware,
That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough
In England - now!!
And after April, when May follows,
And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows!
Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge
Leans to the field and scatters on the clover
Blossoms and dewdrops - at the bent spray's edge -
That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,
Lest you should think he never could recapture
The first fine careless rapture!
And though the fields look rough with hoary dew,
All will be gay when noontide wakes anew
The buttercups, the little children's dower
- Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!
DJC said:
There's Lancashire, there's the bds across the hills and there is everyone else.
oi! all the bds across the hills and there is everyone else.ds live in the south, north yorkshire is gods country! then there's manchester next door, everyone else and then london, the arsehole of the planetEdited by fbrs on Tuesday 20th April 15:25
speedchick said:
Red rose button holes have been ordered from the local florist, it's my Grandad's funeral on Friday, and we will be wearing them in his and my Nanna's honour, as she always had a rose for St George's Day.
Pedant mode/The true emblem of England is the White Rose, the red one is that of the Tudor usurpers.
/Pedant mode
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