A bit council (Vol 3)

[Vaud]

Is “naff” the same as “council”?

[MrJuice]

Snapchat=council

[williamp]

Ari said:

Oh FFS not again. Yes because you can't move for Bentleys on the average sink estate.

Tasteless? Absolutely.

'Council'? Don't be so ridiculous.

I think hes saying its council to share a ...ahem... public car park, rather then have your own car park??

[DaveGoddard]

Vaud said:

Is “naff” the same as “council”?

In this thread, everything you consider to be beneath your own lofty standards = council :P (none of it is taken too seriously).

[Vaud]

DaveGoddard said:

Vaud said:

Is “naff” the same as “council”?

In this thread, everything you consider to be beneath your own lofty standards = council :P (none of it is taken too seriously).

Oh my god. I’ve been posting my thoughts on a publically available information service.

I thought only Tarquin and Jaqueline could see this.

I must be Council!

[Whistle]

£9.99 sun holidays, I dread to think of the clientele.

[anonymous-user]

Whistle said:

£9.99 sun holidays, I dread to think of the clientele.

In the dim and distant past I worked for Carphone Warehouse, they were responsible for the 'take a phone contract and get a TV/DVD etc' offers. We used to always try TMobile as that's the only credit check they'd pass

[anonymous-user]

Can you get any more council than this, women in my Village got power of attorney from her Dad'S money and then went and spunked it on ''gifts to herself that included cash, a holiday, theatre and concert tickets and spa days. ''

Looking through her Facebook went to Vegas and a status quo .. Got three years.

[FredAstaire]

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?

What an affected column inches in the daily mail crock of st this list is..

[schmunk]

FredAstaire 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?

What an affected column inches in the daily mail crock of st this list is..

To be fair, it is from the 1950s...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_and_non-U_Englis...

[DRFC1879]

This. Coming to a council estate near you:

[austinsmirk]

you know when you think you've heard everything ?

Just listening to a colleague discussing a tenant, whom has returned a food parcel, because " the contents are not to her liking" !

remember my tale the next time you hear about a Universal Credit person "starving" !

[langtounlad]

austinsmirk said:

you know when you think you've heard everything ?

Just listening to a colleague discussing a tenant, whom has returned a food parcel, because " the contents are not to her liking" !

remember my tale the next time you hear about a Universal Credit person "starving" !

Using 'whom' and 'yourself' wrongly, especially in a call centre type phone conversation = council

[captain_cynic]

langtounlad said:

Using 'whom' and 'yourself' wrongly, especially in a call centre type phone conversation = council

Not to mention the inconsistent capitals at the beginning of his sentences. Council as Greggs I say.

Also he's assuming that the tenant required food to be donated, they could very well be able to afford food for themselves and would rather have the charity basket go to someone more deserving.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

captain_cynic said:

langtounlad said:

Using 'whom' and 'yourself' wrongly, especially in a call centre type phone conversation = council

Not to mention the inconsistent capitals at the beginning of his sentences. Council as Greggs I say.

Also he's assuming that the tenant required food to be donated, they could very well be able to afford food for themselves and would rather have the charity basket go to someone more deserving.

Whilst, on the face of it, you might be making a fair point and can congratulate yourselves on competing for the smug-irrelevance-of-the-day award, you ought to bear in mind that austinsmirk is one of our very few bona fide experts on the Council world and all of its charms, so be careful who you criticise. His contributions are much appreciated and we don't want to deter him from posting.

[MWM3]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Whilst, on the face of it, you might be making a fair point and can congratulate yourselves on competing for the smug-irrelevance-of-the-day award, you ought to bear in mind that austinsmirk is one of our very few bona fide experts on the Council world and all of its charms, so be careful who you criticise. His contributions are much appreciated and we don't want to deter him from posting.

Here here, Austinsmirk are some of the best posts on this forum.

[nonsequitur]

langtounlad said:

austinsmirk said:

you know when you think you've heard everything ?

Just listening to a colleague discussing a tenant, whom has returned a food parcel, because " the contents are not to her liking" !

remember my tale the next time you hear about a Universal Credit person "starving" !

Using 'whom' and 'yourself' wrongly, especially in a call centre type phone conversation = council

Hands off austinsmirk! He is our dedicated portal to the true council world.

[nonsequitur]

captain_cynic said:

langtounlad said:

Using 'whom' and 'yourself' wrongly, especially in a call centre type phone conversation = council

Not to mention the inconsistent capitals at the beginning of his sentences. Council as Greggs I say.

Also he's assuming that the tenant required food to be donated, they could very well be able to afford food for themselves and would rather have the charity basket go to someone more deserving.

Hands off austinsmirk (2)! Our one true link to all matters council.

Criticising austinsmirk = Council.

[g3org3y]

MWM3 said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Whilst, on the face of it, you might be making a fair point and can congratulate yourselves on competing for the smug-irrelevance-of-the-day award, you ought to bear in mind that austinsmirk is one of our very few bona fide experts on the Council world and all of its charms, so be careful who you criticise. His contributions are much appreciated and we don't want to deter him from posting.

Here here, Austinsmirk are some of the best posts on this forum.

Where where?

But yes, the insights he provides are certainly eye opening.

[Benmac]

Yep, they echo a fair bit of what I hear from my wife who also does a bit of work in social housing and used to be an EHO many years ago.

Some of the tales from those days involving pretty extreme council behaviour are almost as good as the ones about rotting corpses becoming one with the sofa they expired on, exhumations at dawn in December in misty graveyards and being showered with cockroaches.