A bit council (Vol 5)

[Mr E]

generationx said:

". But then you wouldn't want your Premium German Estate Car to be named after your household boiler...

My “premium German estate car” is called Angela

Naming your cars after German chancellors. Council.

[FatboyKim]

Spare tyre said:

I had a standard Jimny (with all terrain tyres) and got friendly with some fellas with more serious off roading kit on Salisbury plain. Nice guys, they’d let me tag along, I’d avoid the mad stuff, but have a good day out without the worry of getting stuck / broken down in a remote area

The only bit that I couldn’t stand any more was they would all refer to my tiny Jimny as a “truck”

How’s your truck, any mods planned for the truck, give the truck a good service after todays antics etc

'Truck' as a generic name for any 4x4 (pronounce it 'four-bee-four' for extra council points) is pretty council, but not as bad as referring to any 4x4 or just SUV-type vehicle as a 'Jeep'.

There's a girl at work who refers to her boyfriend's Nissan Qwishqwash as a 'Jeep' when he picks her up.

[john2443]

Kellerman said:

Really gets my goat when people call diesel "derv" or lorries "wagons".

Just talk properly you plebs.

Wagon (or waggon if we're talking about steam ones!) presumably goes back to when powered vehicles replaced horse drawn wagons so lorry is a newer addition to the language.

Wagon was certainly common usage in Yorkshire when I was young, whereas in Manchester it was lurry

[jimPH]

Mr E said:

ShampooEfficient said:

Amateur. I had Aldi potato waffles sandwiches in Warburtons white breadthe other day. With margarine. That's council.

My work here is done.

Coal BBQ, council.

[Red9zero]

FatboyKim said:

'Truck' as a generic name for any 4x4 (pronounce it 'four-bee-four' for extra council points) is pretty council, but not as bad as referring to any 4x4 or just SUV-type vehicle as a 'Jeep'.

There's a girl at work who refers to her boyfriend's Nissan Qwishqwash as a 'Jeep' when he picks her up.

I have an old Land Rover 90. I hate it when people call it a Jeep. It's not a fking Jeep. It's a Land Rover !

[Mr lestat]

austinsmirk said:

Mr lestat said:

dundarach said:

Have we had this yet

As Council as it gets!

Wonder where the profits on that are destined for. Another “new office”

Is that how his kids are paying for the extensions on their houses?

Bit like the BLM movement, buying multi million dollar houses. All mysteriously like …


I’ve a tnt who unbelievably has not been jailed for setting up a childrens cancer charity and pocketing £500 k.

Trust me, never chuck money ever to someone with a bucket and a tee shirt pretending to be from a charity.

I know they’ll be obvious exceptions but……

Well they are being investigated, not sure if they did anything wrong but it slightly taints the whole issue

https://news.sky.com/story/captain-tom-foundation-...

[R56Cooper]

john2443 said:

Kellerman said:

Really gets my goat when people call diesel "derv" or lorries "wagons".

Just talk properly you plebs.

Wagon (or waggon if we're talking about steam ones!) presumably goes back to when powered vehicles replaced horse drawn wagons so lorry is a newer addition to the language.

Wagon was certainly common usage in Yorkshire when I was young, whereas in Manchester it was lurry

Add to the list "bus" for anyone referring to a campervan.

I like the word wagon. My uncle is a trucker and he has a stammer. He was telling me a story the other day which started "I was out in the wa, wa, wa, wa, lorry"

[Dog Star]

Up here in Rossendale, Lancashire we call them wagons. I do.

[Mallard126]

Maybe it's a northern thing. I'm from Donny and also regularly call them wagons.

[HTP99]

The wife's Mancunian contingent call them wagons too.

[COM31E]

Wagons up here, too. Newcastle.

[shtu]

generationx said:

ArsE82 said:

V8mate said:

Mammasaid said:

Kellerman said:

Really gets my goat when people call diesel "derv" or lorries "wagons".

Just talk properly you plebs.

Not knowing the meaning of acronyms - council

https://www.oilfast.co.uk/commercial/what-is-derv/

And even the government refers to trucks as wagons on its website.

Referring to your estate car as a wagon just because it's German. Council.

Or just irritating.

Even though in Germany a "wagen" is a truck and an estate car is much more likely to be referred to as a "combi". But then you wouldn't want your Premium German Estate Car to be named after your household boiler...

On this topic, can we have a mention for the truly special grade of pillock who, in the UK, refer to an estate car as a "longroof"?

It's a 20-year-old mondeo, get over yourselves.

[Steve vRS]

jimPH said:

Coal BBQ, council.

Not at all. It takes effort to set up, light and then clean a proper BBQ afterwards. Propane BBQs are council.

Granted though, disposable charcoal BBQs are very council, especially as they are often left smouldering on a beach, picnic table or beauty spot.

[anonymous-user]

jimPH said:

Mr E said:

ShampooEfficient said:

Amateur. I had Aldi potato waffles sandwiches in Warburtons white breadthe other day. With margarine. That's council.

My work here is done.

Coal BBQ, council.

Gas barbecue = outside oven = external appliance = same as a fridge on the doorstep = council.

"Dazza, barbecue the chicken for us, Gas Mark 4"

[DodgyGeezer]

generationx said:

ArsE82 said:

V8mate said:

Mammasaid said:

Kellerman said:

Really gets my goat when people call diesel "derv" or lorries "wagons".

Just talk properly you plebs.

Not knowing the meaning of acronyms - council

https://www.oilfast.co.uk/commercial/what-is-derv/

And even the government refers to trucks as wagons on its website.

Referring to your estate car as a wagon just because it's German. Council.

Or just irritating.

Even though in Germany a "wagen" is a truck and an estate car is much more likely to be referred to as a "combi". But then you wouldn't want your Premium German Estate Car to be named after your household boiler...

could it be an Amerincanism and therefore a contraction of Station Wagon?

[ChevronB19]

COM31E said:

Wagons up here, too. Newcastle.

Ditto in Carlisle (although seemingly now only amongst the older population, of which I am one…)

[Om]

Dog Star said:

Up here in Rossendale, Lancashire we call them wagons. I do.

Rossendale. Council.

[kev b]

Pronounced “Waggin”

[austinsmirk]

Mr lestat said:

austinsmirk said:

Mr lestat said:

dundarach said:

Have we had this yet

As Council as it gets!

Wonder where the profits on that are destined for. Another “new office”

Is that how his kids are paying for the extensions on their houses?

Bit like the BLM movement, buying multi million dollar houses. All mysteriously like …


I’ve a tnt who unbelievably has not been jailed for setting up a childrens cancer charity and pocketing £500 k.

Trust me, never chuck money ever to someone with a bucket and a tee shirt pretending to be from a charity.

I know they’ll be obvious exceptions but……

Well they are being investigated, not sure if they did anything wrong but it slightly taints the whole issue

https://news.sky.com/story/captain-tom-foundation-...

And there’s me thinking all the walking, clapping and bloody singing for the nhs just meant someone would write a cheque for £30 m for the nhs. Then they spend it on whatever stuff they do. Eg the lots blown in one hour of operating costs I’d assume. Or buy a machine that goes ping

Or does it take millions in admin to write that cheque out ? Seemingly it does.

[944 Man]

jdw100 said:

Triumph Man said:

shih tzu faced said:

DodgyGeezer said:

Given the jacket there I can only assume that the owner is a clown

Looks like being a slightly unnerving combination of wacky / zany yet highly organised.

Looks like Colin Hunt's house, and I wouldn't be surprised if he was a serial killer.

I see Chemical Chaos has redecorated since his pad got some abuse further back in this thread.

Where are all of his white cowboy hats? The Cheshire cowboy is a style icon, you know?