Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

Scabutz said:

Lord Marylebone said:

Flibble said:

It is a bit crass to blow your own trumpet as much as this lot do.

There is a guy near me. He walks round the park and paths and picks up litter. He even bought himself a picker. Does he tell anyone, No. Does he pretend has is waste management consultant, No. Does he wear a hi viz, no. Just quietly walks around doing it for the good of everyone and wanting nothing in return.

Personally I'd be slipping this guy a tenner when I see him, tell him to get himself a few jars. I have time for people like this.

[Red 4]

It's not necessarily the T-shirt I find offensive.

It's calling themselves "The Few" ie. likening themselves to WW2 fighter pilots.

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few ..."

Oh do fk off. Cringe factor is off the scale ...

They are not flying Hurricanes or Spitfires and facing an enemy who wants to kill them, they are driving around in clapped out, modified Land Rovers in half an inch of snow.

wkers.

Edited by Red 4 on Saturday 2nd February 11:31

[Honk]

Scabutz said:

Probably working at McDonalds. Got 2 stars

One for chopping gherkins, the other for mopping piss.

[Halmyre]

I can honestly say I've never seen one of these bestickered 4x4 saviours of mankind round here (Fife/Edinburgh), or indeed anywhere else in Scotland. Or in the Lake District. I wonder what the geographical distribution is? Are they more prevalent the flatter the landscape, and the less likely of heavy snowfall?

[anonymous-user]

https://www.originalequipmentshop.com/shirts__tees...

Crass bds. Wonder if its just a T Shirt seller jumping on a bandwagon but whatever its crass and semi insulting

See a few comments popping up on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/1948OriginalEquipment/?fr...

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 2nd February 12:49

[ApOrbital]

Red 4 said:

It's not necessarily the T-shirt I find offensive.

It's calling themselves "The Few" ie. likening themselves to WW2 fighter pilots.

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few ..."

Oh do fk off. Cringe factor is off the scale ...

They are not flying Hurricanes or Spitfires and facing an enemy who wants to kill them, they are driving around in clapped out, modified Land Rovers in half an inch of snow.

wkers.

Edited by Red 4 on Saturday 2nd February 11:31

Well said red 4

[Custard400]

Halmyre said:

I can honestly say I've never seen one of these bestickered 4x4 saviours of mankind round here (Fife/Edinburgh), or indeed anywhere else in Scotland. Or in the Lake District. I wonder what the geographical distribution is? Are they more prevalent the flatter the landscape, and the less likely of heavy snowfall?

Most prevalent in council estates and social housing areas in places as rugged and inhospitable as Barnsley.

[Plinth]

ApOrbital said:

Red 4 said:

It's not necessarily the T-shirt I find offensive.

It's calling themselves "The Few" ie. likening themselves to WW2 fighter pilots.

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few ..."

Oh do fk off. Cringe factor is off the scale ...

They are not flying Hurricanes or Spitfires and facing an enemy who wants to kill them, they are driving around in clapped out, modified Land Rovers in half an inch of snow.

wkers.

Edited by Red 4 on Saturday 2nd February 11:31

Well said red 4

Exactly – just what I was thinking.
Helping other people in a difficult situation should be normal human behaviour and not require a crappy tee shirt to glorify it.
Taking a nurse to work in the snow or towing a car out of a ditch does not make you comparable to these men.

[Red 4]

The scary thing is that some of these 4x4 Warriors must think they are heroes to actually come up with the name "The Few".

I wonder if they have pictures of AA/ RAC patrols on their bedroom walls.
They must worship those guys.
The weather never stops them.

And taxi drivers ... Never known a bit of snow to put those guys off.

Top of the list must be the Local Authority gritter truck driver though.

Would you really want to get in a car with someone who relishes the thought of being thought of as a hero ? Nope, me neither.

Edited by Red 4 on Saturday 2nd February 14:04

[RDM]

Halmyre said:

I can honestly say I've never seen one of these bestickered 4x4 saviours of mankind round here (Fife/Edinburgh), or indeed anywhere else in Scotland. Or in the Lake District. I wonder what the geographical distribution is? Are they more prevalent the flatter the landscape, and the less likely of heavy snowfall?

Think this is an important point. You never hear of Rannoch moor 4x4 heroes or cairngorm 4x4 rescue.
It’s always Surrey or Devon.

[anonymous-user]

RDM said:

Think this is an important point. You never hear of Rannoch moor 4x4 heroes or cairngorm 4x4 rescue.
It’s always Surrey or Devon.

Probably because they don't feel the need to shout about it, they're just Dave and Hamish from the pub

[yellowjack]

anonymous said:

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Yes! I'm reminded of my uncle, who had a farm in the South Wales valleys. He had no tractor himself, as he was a small scale sheep farmer, but if it snowed, and they were stuck, their neighbour would attach a snowplough to the front of his tractor and clear the roads out to wherever the council gritters had managed to keep clear. Then they'd pile into a battered old Land Rover and deliver feed to any animals they had out, and pop in to see that elderly neighbours were all OK. Then they'd go home and have a cup of tea. No BBC news crews, no "kind words", and certainly no whinging on about how the local authority had failed them. It was called 'Rural Life' back then, and folk just got on with it. And as for 4x4s of the period, even if you had a posh one (Range Rover) it still had proper off-road performance and probably worked for it's living (If it would start in cold weather! )

[GOATever]

anonymous said:

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Exactly. Therin lies the key differentiator. The need to B.S. about it, and shout it from the rooftops.

[yellowjack]

Scabutz said:

Exactly. These people started when they got their first taste of a bit "power". Probably working at McDonalds. Got 2 stars and were allowed to have a bunch of keys. Had to be clipped to the boat loop, not in a pocket. The holder of the keys is God.

Generally life's losers. Instead of actual 'll y joining the police or military the get a 4x4 and pretend like they are . The t shirt above is classic, the few. Oh do fk off. If 4x4s were band tomorrow the world would keep on turning.

There is a guy near me. He walks round the park and paths and picks up litter. He even bought himself a picker. Does he tell anyone, No. Does he pretend has is waste management consultant, No. Does he wear a hi viz, no. Just quietly walks around doing it for the good of everyone and wanting nothing in return.


I don't have anything against 4x4 response. But I will rip the piss out of them relentlessly.

There's a fella near me that does this. Maybe the same one if you're anywhere near Farnborough. He's a bloody miserable bd though. Just as miserable as he was when I worked on the same site as he did, although thankfully in a different department, as if I'd have had to work with him all the time I think I'd have either harmed him, or myself! When he's out with his dog, picking litter, he carries his picker and a black bag, and I admire him for it, but his face? He just looks so miserable, and quite aggressive, like a bulldog licking ps off a thistle...

[rossub]

Here’s one....

[rossub]

Same guy...

[nonsequitur]

crankedup said:

This is Cameron's Big Society at work.

John Major , Surely.

[DonkeyApple]

nonsequitur said:

crankedup said:

This is Cameron's Big Society at work.

John Major , Surely.

It’s more Maggie’s ‘Care in the Community’ isn’t it?

[Last Visit]

rossub said:

Here’s one....

Wow if that's not a Facebook post to entice lots of 'likes' I don't know what is. Waltastic!

[Trevor450]

That guy is local to me and that sort of thing is why I couldn’t ever bring myself to join the 4x4 response. The sheer number of lights on his trucks is ludicrous.