A bit council (Vol 3)
Discussion
OpulentBob said:
Washing up by hand. We have developed cheap efficient machines that can deal with 99.9 percent of what we throw at them. They don't even have to be on display. Yet councillists still wash it all by hand. I bet AustinSmirk can corroborate that.
We've developed past sharing tin baths, outside latrines, and riding donkeys to work. Why do people still grab the Fairy and sponge?
We have to wash our dishes by hand. Guess I am council then. We've developed past sharing tin baths, outside latrines, and riding donkeys to work. Why do people still grab the Fairy and sponge?
you can't say washing up or dishwashers are council !! keeping the kitchen clean, however, is just a nice thing to do !!
what is council, is not having a chopping board- and slicing the worktop to pieces over many years.
or a chip/oil pan on the go forever
or those deep fat fryer things
all with filthy oil in.
saw 3 in a line once. 4 fridge freezers on the go.
bloke upstairs must have been nearly 40 stone. hadn't left the bedroom for 10 years.
no one has a clue why he's so fat.
we put a hard hat, hi viz jacket on him and sheeted him up like furniture to re-skim his bedroom ceiling.
he had a sword collection (obviously) on the wall. all very sad.
I did go in a flat once and every single inch of the work top was covered in stacked, dirty pans/plates.
as was the bathroom- the whb, the bath etc.
I said to him- wouldn't it be cheaper to actually wash up than buy plates each day.
literally nothing back from him, as tumble weed blew past us.................................
what is council, is not having a chopping board- and slicing the worktop to pieces over many years.
or a chip/oil pan on the go forever
or those deep fat fryer things
all with filthy oil in.
saw 3 in a line once. 4 fridge freezers on the go.
bloke upstairs must have been nearly 40 stone. hadn't left the bedroom for 10 years.
no one has a clue why he's so fat.
we put a hard hat, hi viz jacket on him and sheeted him up like furniture to re-skim his bedroom ceiling.
he had a sword collection (obviously) on the wall. all very sad.
I did go in a flat once and every single inch of the work top was covered in stacked, dirty pans/plates.
as was the bathroom- the whb, the bath etc.
I said to him- wouldn't it be cheaper to actually wash up than buy plates each day.
literally nothing back from him, as tumble weed blew past us.................................
Electronicpants said:
csd19 said:
OpulentBob said:
Well I think it's council and frankly I couldn't give a f
k what you all think. You probably all like Simply Red too.
Something's got him started... k what you all think. You probably all like Simply Red too. Truckosaurus said:
I've never bothered buying a dishwasher as I live alone and not seen the need.
You'd have to run it everyday with just a couple of items in it as otherwise you would have to wash pots and pans manually anyway to use the next day even if you stash a week's worth of plates and cutlery in the dishwasher. And plates are the easiest things to wash.
Cant afford a dishwasher = councilYou'd have to run it everyday with just a couple of items in it as otherwise you would have to wash pots and pans manually anyway to use the next day even if you stash a week's worth of plates and cutlery in the dishwasher. And plates are the easiest things to wash.
Flibble said:
Surely any real PHer has a man that does that sort of thing? One shouldn't concern oneself with how the cook runs the kitchen.
Exactly:[i]I really neither know nor care
For what the Dear Old Butler thought!
In my opinion, Butlers ought
To know their place, and not to play
The Old Retainer night and day.[/i]
You are officially "Not Council" if you can name the author of the above quote without searching online...
Edited by CrunkleFloop on Friday 1st March 09:55
wolfracesonic said:
OpulentBob said:
Well I think it's council and frankly I couldn't give a fk what you all think. You probably all like Simply Red too.
What make is your dishwasher OB? Any answer other than Miele marks you down as a council arrivistek what you all think. You probably all like Simply Red too. 
I use Spontex brand dishwashing sponges, slightly more expensive I know but quality never comes cheap.austinsmirk said:
he had a sword collection (obviously) on the wall. all very sad.
I had to visit a house in Fife some years ago. It also had a sword collection on the walls of a small room. Hundreds of them and pikes and battleaxes too. Broomhall House, the seat of the Earls of Elgin. 
Not council.
OpulentBob said:
wolfracesonic said:
OpulentBob said:
Well I think it's council and frankly I couldn't give a fk what you all think. You probably all like Simply Red too.
What make is your dishwasher OB? Any answer other than Miele marks you down as a council arrivistek what you all think. You probably all like Simply Red too. I use Spontex brand dishwashing sponges, slightly more expensive I know but quality never comes cheap.Was he at home a lot, getting in the way?
Eng274 said:
V8mate said:
Living alone... is that a bit council? 
Surely living alone until you want to/are ready to co-habit is the antithesis of council, compared to opting to shack up with any wheezing old doughball from down the pub, and breeding 
But... it has to be said... how soon until living alone in quite middle-classness, becomes 'house full of cats and thirty-seven tonnes of newspapers stacked in every room'?
V8mate said:
Probably. I was just being deliberately contrary
But... it has to be said... how soon until living alone in quite middle-classness, becomes 'house full of cats and thirty-seven tonnes of newspapers stacked in every room'?
I know, my first response was missing a But... it has to be said... how soon until living alone in quite middle-classness, becomes 'house full of cats and thirty-seven tonnes of newspapers stacked in every room'?
in hindsight!According to all the 'empty the hoarders house' extreme cleaning programmes I have watched, and in line with every conceivable reality TV format, there is an emotional trigger event that starts the hoarding. Some are legit, for example bereavement/widowed/overwhelmed by hobbies.
Council hoarding is usually just a lack of discipline, accumulating too much s
t for their already overcrowded house without moving other stuff on, or waiting for cousin 'Tel to borrow his works' Tipper van to do a tip run.Edited by Eng274 on Friday 1st March 12:55
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