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Whistleblower

Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: What I Miss From the UK |
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Just some things that I miss from the UK:
Teenage Pregnancy
Young Dangerous Hoodies
Obesity
Expensive Tax (that was when petrol was at 80 odd pence per litre)
and not forgetting
People Showing Off Their Pimped Cars
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Dome Vans Guest
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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God I miss those things so much.
Also chavs:
I do especially miss the pimped up Escorts and Cortinas. They've never heard about polishing a turd I suppose. Your pic is good, HOW CAN YOU PIMP A FORD KA????
Not being constantly hammered with images and tv programs of stupid celebs:
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WoBW
Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Location: HBC
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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1. Taking bets on when the fighting is going to kick off whenever you go to the pub.
2. Huge gangs of 14 year olds hanging around on street corners getting bladdered and shouting abuse at everyone passing.
3. Having to take out a bank loan to buy a pack of cigarettes, or fill the car with petrol, or take a taxi, or take a train. (Bad English, I know, but I was on a mild rant.)
4. Having my door mirror booted off my car weekly. Yes, I mean the mirror on the near side, not the off side.
Now, on a serious note, I do genuinely miss:
1. Going to the footy every Saturday (well, when Sky Sports hasn't hijacked the game and moved it to another day/time anyway).
2. Decent Indian food.
3. Going into a greasy spoon type caff on a Sunday morning after a night on the piss for a good fry-up.
4. The Castle Tavern (my local boozer). |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Those monthly dole cheques and the drinking binge that follows. |
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sineface

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Location: C'est magnifique
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:12 am Post subject: |
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Ready Salted Squares. |
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Whistleblower

Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:14 am Post subject: |
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Ohhh how i miss Chavs. You gotta hand it to them, they are teenagers with a vengeance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ScmLo9bPqk&feature=related
Nice to see some videos dedicated to them. Funny video of a chav who thinks he can run away from the police. |
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sineface

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Location: C'est magnifique
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:24 am Post subject: |
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Neds |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:18 am Post subject: |
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Real Chocolate. |
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BS.Dos.

Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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xtchr
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:24 am Post subject: |
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Lardy cake, mmm, sounds delicious!
People discussing, for what seems like hours on end, what route they took to get somewhere, i.e the M1 to the A3 and then onto the A1 and turn off when you get to the M51 (or whatever), etc. (I'm not British, and this used to drive me nuts when I lived there).
But hobnobs for sure.
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BS.Dos.

Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:26 am Post subject: |
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... and rain. |
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jetrash

Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Location: the united steaks
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:27 am Post subject: |
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trees fresh air bbc radio 3 the marahini(indian rsetaurant,clapham high st) pubs real beer english cheese my TVR chimera the sunday times diverse food types from around the world books the feeling you really are at the hub of the planet in london (music art media finance fashion etc)
i do NOT miss the over promoted football zzzz /chavs /tabloid press /sky tv / boy bands / girl bands /pretend TV bands/reality TV bands/reality TV the general crimminal price of everything |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:40 am Post subject: |
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People who don't know how to use punctuation. |
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jetrash

Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Location: the united steaks
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:57 am Post subject: |
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oh. gawd,the;punctuation[ mafia..
i realllllllly don,t miss "em'
slow day in hell.is it? |
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bejarano-korea

Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:00 am Post subject: |
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I'm back there now and it is blowing a gale! You are not missing owt!  |
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