A bit council (Vol 3)

[Spare tyre]

Speed 3 said:

The smell.

Most of my extended family lived in council houses when I was a kid and I did a milk round covering some large council estates. They all had a really distinctive singular smell. To this day I can't work out what it is but when it hits my nostrils I takes me right back to childhood. I used to think it was a combination of sterilised milk, budgies, Izal bog paper, B.O. and fags but I can't describe it any better than that. It's not just a 70's thing either, If I'm walking through one now it's still the same. I've never been in any non-council house that smells the same.

It's stale semen

In the olden days it was in those furry slippers

Now the drips are caught by fake ugg boots

[Wildcat45]

55palfers said:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5659207/To...

Getting dressed at the airport...

This needs recognition.

On first impressions, I'd be giving Dog Star a run for his money here.

[colonel c]

It would be less effort to stay at home on turn on the tap.


https://www.facebook.com/BritainBitesBack/videos/3...

[V8mate]

colonel c said:

It would be less effort to stay at home on turn on the tap.


https://www.facebook.com/BritainBitesBack/videos/3...

Bruvvers gotta steal, innit.

Later they'll be stabbing each other too.

[devnull]

This has probably been said, but early hours drinking at airports has to be properly council.

I needed to catch a 6am flight at Bristol Airport for work, so was through security by about 415am. The bar there was overflowing with pissheads, to the point there was police watching at either ends of it.

Are peoples lives that boring that excitement means having a 4am pint? This wasn't just stag groups either, plenty of parents in 2.4 kids type families at it too.

[Gad-Westy]

devnull said:

This has probably been said, but early hours drinking at airports has to be properly council.

I needed to catch a 6am flight at Bristol Airport for work, so was through security by about 415am. The bar there was overflowing with pissheads, to the point there was police watching at either ends of it.

Are peoples lives that boring that excitement means having a 4am pint? This wasn't just stag groups either, plenty of parents in 2.4 kids type families at it too.

Always found this weird. It's like the moment people step through security, the concept of time disappears. Fry up washed down with a pint of Carling. Can't think of much worse at 6 in the morning.

[V8mate]

devnull said:

This has probably been said, but early hours drinking at airports has to be properly council.

I needed to catch a 6am flight at Bristol Airport for work, so was through security by about 415am. The bar there was overflowing with pissheads, to the point there was police watching at either ends of it.

Are peoples lives that boring that excitement means having a 4am pint? This wasn't just stag groups either, plenty of parents in 2.4 kids type families at it too.

It probably is council, yes, but I take a somewhat broader view on what society must look like from the perspective of those who don't have the kind of money which PHers, naturally, swim in.

Spend all year penny-pinching so that the family gets a holiday somewhere warm each year... maybe it's understandable that the excitement and anticipation and general 'once we're checked in, the holiday is ON!' approach would come to the fore?

[devnull]

V8mate said:

colonel c said:

It would be less effort to stay at home on turn on the tap.


https://www.facebook.com/BritainBitesBack/videos/3...

Bruvvers gotta steal, innit.

Later they'll be stabbing each other too.

Don't judge everything at first impression - the comments suggest that the water was surplus after the marathon and free to take. That said, I wouldn't exactly be clamouring for it.

[alorotom]

devnull said:

This has probably been said, but early hours drinking at airports has to be properly council.

I needed to catch a 6am flight at Bristol Airport for work, so was through security by about 415am. The bar there was overflowing with pissheads, to the point there was police watching at either ends of it.

Are peoples lives that boring that excitement means having a 4am pint? This wasn't just stag groups either, plenty of parents in 2.4 kids type families at it too.

Agreed, I fly quite a bit for work and it’s always early doors flights and seen this numerous times and it’s never less surprising. It’s not limited to families and stag/hen do’s though and in the exec lounges are often over flowing at similar times with business folk quaffing booze which always amazes me. Much the same as the return flights, early evening getting yanked up in the lounge and then onboard a short haul to land and jump in the car! Mind boggling!

[tankplanker]

A long flight in economy being passed out drunk has to be preferable to being awake. Although doing this when you have kids is a big no no for obvious reasons. Also travelling economy for long haul is also council.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

V8mate said:

devnull said:

This has probably been said, but early hours drinking at airports has to be properly council.
... Are peoples lives that boring that excitement means having a 4am pint? This wasn't just stag groups either, plenty of parents in 2.4 kids type families at it too.

It probably is council, yes, but I take a somewhat broader view on what society must look like from the perspective of those who don't have the kind of money which PHers, naturally, swim in.

Spend all year penny-pinching so that the family gets a holiday somewhere warm each year... maybe it's understandable that the excitement and anticipation and general 'once we're checked in, the holiday is ON!' approach would come to the fore?

We've said it before here, but it's an internet-fact that the lower orders generally seem to have more fun than we middle-class types. Whilst we're quietly tutting in that non-inflammatory way that avoids eye contact with the beasts, they're having a high old time quaffing lager with their mates. Fact is, they don't give a st what we think.

[S11Steve]

devnull said:

V8mate said:

colonel c said:

It would be less effort to stay at home on turn on the tap.


https://www.facebook.com/BritainBitesBack/videos/3...

Bruvvers gotta steal, innit.

Later they'll be stabbing each other too.

Don't judge everything at first impression - the comments suggest that the water was surplus after the marathon and free to take. That said, I wouldn't exactly be clamouring for it.

That video has been around for a couple of years now - and it's standard practice that any bottles left over are made available for the general public & spectators to take. It does look like "grab as much as you can as it's free" - maybe they are all regulars on the MoneyGrabbiingExpert forums...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36

[Type R Tom]

V8mate said:

devnull said:

This has probably been said, but early hours drinking at airports has to be properly council.

I needed to catch a 6am flight at Bristol Airport for work, so was through security by about 415am. The bar there was overflowing with pissheads, to the point there was police watching at either ends of it.

Are peoples lives that boring that excitement means having a 4am pint? This wasn't just stag groups either, plenty of parents in 2.4 kids type families at it too.

It probably is council, yes, but I take a somewhat broader view on what society must look like from the perspective of those who don't have the kind of money which PHers, naturally, swim in.

Spend all year penny-pinching so that the family gets a holiday somewhere warm each year... maybe it's understandable that the excitement and anticipation and general 'once we're checked in, the holiday is ON!' approach would come to the fore?

I don't know, if you've been up 3 hours to get to the airport is a pint at 6am any different to a pint at 12 if you got up at 9am?

[austinsmirk]

Yep, I love a pint at 4.00 am in the airport to start my holidays. nothing like paying £7.00 for a pint of beer to get you started.

does help somewhat to cope with the tat covered tracksuited yobs and their obese wives & unruly children on the flight.

I like to sit with my headphones on, listening to a podcast whilst getting mildly drunk. in my own seat, whilst my wife has to deal with our children in a row of 3 opposite. I think I've got it pretty sorted. Roll on May to do it all again.

[illmonkey]

I'm in too, it's mandatory, regardless of time. An aussie mate was unaware of the concept and didn't believe me, until we walked into the airport at 6am and there was pretty much a pint in front of every person. Fancy that, bringing a bogan down to council level!

[berlintaxi]

colonel c said:

It would be less effort to stay at home on turn on the tap.


https://www.facebook.com/BritainBitesBack/videos/3...

Hanging around racist groups on facebook.......council as fk.

[NickCQ]

tankplanker said:

Also travelling economy for long haul is also council.

[captain_cynic]

tankplanker said:

A long flight in economy being passed out drunk has to be preferable to being awake.

I guess you're a cheap date.

For me, passed out drink is at an absolute minimum 6 pints and I have to be pretty tired to begin with for just 6 pints to do the job. Usually its closer to 8 or 10.

Drinking tends to wake me up, so after about 6 pints I'll usually be up for another 4 or 5 hours. So passed out drunk is a non-starter for me.

I tend not to drink on planes anyway although I don't mind a morning beer on holiday although that looks kind of normal as morning for me on holiday is usually after midday.

[SpeckledJim]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

V8mate said:

devnull said:

This has probably been said, but early hours drinking at airports has to be properly council.
... Are peoples lives that boring that excitement means having a 4am pint? This wasn't just stag groups either, plenty of parents in 2.4 kids type families at it too.

It probably is council, yes, but I take a somewhat broader view on what society must look like from the perspective of those who don't have the kind of money which PHers, naturally, swim in.

Spend all year penny-pinching so that the family gets a holiday somewhere warm each year... maybe it's understandable that the excitement and anticipation and general 'once we're checked in, the holiday is ON!' approach would come to the fore?

We've said it before here, but it's an internet-fact that the lower orders generally seem to have more fun than we middle-class types. Whilst we're quietly tutting in that non-inflammatory way that avoids eye contact with the beasts, they're having a high old time quaffing lager with their mates. Fact is, they don't give a st what we think.

Airports work on Vegas time. I'll always have a pint or two in the airport, regardless of the time of day outside. It's Vegas time inside.

Since my family established the truth, I've nobody to impress with abstemiousness.

[alorotom]

captain_cynic said:

I guess you're a cheap date.

For me, passed out drink is at an absolute minimum 6 pints and I have to be pretty tired to begin with for just 6 pints to do the job. Usually its closer to 8 or 10.

Drinking tends to wake me up, so after about 6 pints I'll usually be up for another 4 or 5 hours. So passed out drunk is a non-starter for me.

I tend not to drink on planes anyway although I don't mind a morning beer on holiday although that looks kind of normal as morning for me on holiday is usually after midday.

Bragging to internet strangers about “big man drinking” almost as council as it gets