I Am English
Good day yeoman folk of perfidious Albion..
I'm looking for chatter, amusement, verbal jousting. Fun and guffery in all its forms..
And human contact. Lordy yes.
Despite being a married man with oodles of kids and a full time job in a people facing profession the loneliness is palpable.. deleteddeleted 26-30 1 Response
― soref, Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
This doesn't mean much ethnically! I am a huge mixture of (mostly) European heritage, with the 'English' part including Celtic (Irish and Northumbrian) and Anglo-Saxon, and I grew up in England. My cousin traced my father's family back to the middle ages, and it's a wild mixture! :) ProfessorYaffleProfessorYaffle 41-45, F
― soref, Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
23 April will soon be upon us and no doubt the celebrations will be conspicuous by their absence yet again.
Yesterday I caught the local Area Manager of J D Wetherspoon and asked what the Company intentions were, to which he replied that they didn't usually do anything special. He was certainly on our side.
I pointed out that this was not in the National interest and therefore might be considered treasonable, and also the publicity value of being the only big pub chain celebrating. He will be at head office today and will push the issue.
I'm sure that I don't have to urge you to do likewise. Please let us know who you kick! bilnicbilnic 70+, M 3 Responses
― soref, Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
Ohhhhh very good.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:18 (seven years ago) link
It looks like the acid UKIP splash people with, but in its naturally occurring sloshy state, before they distill it
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
Wetherspoons is in the gutter
― Neil S, Friday, 2 June 2017 09:47 (seven years ago) link
70+, M
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 2 June 2017 10:06 (seven years ago) link
I pointed out that this was not in the National interest and therefore might be considered treasonable
fucking right, send all pub landlords (inc al murray, perhaps even especially al murray) to the tower of london to await their fate imo
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 2 June 2017 10:51 (seven years ago) link
btw since he didn't mention which specific celebrations he's referring to i'm assuming he's talking about the whitby goth weekend here
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 2 June 2017 10:53 (seven years ago) link
xp that fate being to spend a couple hours in the company of lamer tourists and loud parties of schoolchildren before visiting an overpriced gift shop
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 2 June 2017 10:55 (seven years ago) link
celebrating the first anniversary of man utd winning the fa cup semi final with a last minute winner against Everton, resulting in a meaty punch up in the pub I watched the game in with my brother in law
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 2 June 2017 10:57 (seven years ago) link
meaty punch up in the pub
real england
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 2 June 2017 10:58 (seven years ago) link
it certainly was
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 2 June 2017 10:59 (seven years ago) link
I must be a terrible England-hating loony leftie since I had to look up the significance of 23rd of April lol
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 2 June 2017 13:23 (seven years ago) link
Hitler's birthday IIRC
― Neil S, Friday, 2 June 2017 13:36 (seven years ago) link
Shakespeare's birthday, innit.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Friday, 2 June 2017 13:37 (seven years ago) link
Do these count:
https://media.timeout.com/images/103857418/630/472/image.jpg
https://media.timeout.com/images/103857523/630/472/image.jpg
From here:
https://www.timeout.com/london/art/12-amazing-photos-of-londons-lost-landmarks
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 2 June 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
old stuff isn't real
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 2 June 2017 13:59 (seven years ago) link
tfw you have to banter a bit w/the guys who are fixing the old leaky gutters in yr block before they start work -- this is hackney so of course they are friendly and lovely essexmen, basically apologetic for being a bit late, which it turns out is because of… THE UNIONS!
banter now slips sideways into the eternal baffled animus of the self-employed towards the power of collective bargaining: "the drivers are paid so much!"
i want to say "yes, southern shd be re-nationalised, along with the rest of the railways, its current owners and managers removed, shamed and where appropriate jailed: vote corbyn!" -- but of course i also want the gutters to be done well and quickly (as they serve the whole block and the leaks currently inconvenience others much more than me), so i smile blandly and nod along
― mark s, Monday, 5 June 2017 09:33 (seven years ago) link
had u exhausted talking about the football
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Monday, 5 June 2017 13:05 (seven years ago) link
http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/1872-width/images/print-edition/20170603_FBP001.jpgfrom an economist piece. It seemed right to park it here.
― calzino, Monday, 5 June 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
needs to be here
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBl1SzVXkAMMGuN.jpg
― ogmor, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 08:33 (seven years ago) link
Greg Knight?
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 09:00 (seven years ago) link
*sings along*
― mark s, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 09:03 (seven years ago) link
it's tempting to believe that that song really captures the feeling of being a tory
― ogmor, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 09:11 (seven years ago) link
think it might be the b-side to this old school banger:
https://www.discogs.com/Martin-Harvey-Maggie-Will-Always-Be-Around-Vote-Conservative/release/4753029
― del esdichado (NickB), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 09:22 (seven years ago) link
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sounds about right
a slightly more bombastic earlier work! https://audioboom.com/posts/2308707-vote-conservative-martin-harvey?t=0
― ogmor, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 09:35 (seven years ago) link
oh my gosh
― del esdichado (NickB), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 09:50 (seven years ago) link
Vengaboys
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=xOHY8ZyK0Aw
― Alba, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 09:57 (seven years ago) link
Best Real Britain of 2017 so far!
― syzygy stardust (suzy), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/11/mayor-andy-burnham-condemns-manchester-protest-against-islamist/
A few members of the crowd brandished a pig's head - a taunt to Muslims who do not eat pork - and took turns taking bites out of it.
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Monday, 12 June 2017 10:45 (seven years ago) link
nothing says you're a valuable member of a civilised society like patiently waiting your turn to gnaw on a pig's head in the street
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 12 June 2017 10:48 (seven years ago) link
Future Prime Ministers do more than bite pig's heads though amiriteHIGNFY?
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Monday, 12 June 2017 10:55 (seven years ago) link
just one of the many overlaps between the edl and the tories tbh
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 12 June 2017 10:57 (seven years ago) link
wouldn't sausages have been easier?
― koogs, Monday, 12 June 2017 11:58 (seven years ago) link
thx for the mental image of a young and eager david cameron pleasuring himself with a sausage
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 12 June 2017 12:00 (seven years ago) link
possibly while an exhausted and detumescent boris johnson, misted in a sticky spray of meat juices, looks on approvingly
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 12 June 2017 12:04 (seven years ago) link
just found out that in 1672 the dutch ATE their then-prime minister, johan de witt (along with his brother), in a protest against incompetence
they were likely encouraged in this act of politically symbolic cannibalism by william prince of orange. this belongs in the REAL ENGLAND thread bcz 16 years later the english hired william prince of orange to be our king william-and-mary, and shortly after this unleashed the curse of orange on ireland
― mark s, Monday, 12 June 2017 12:08 (seven years ago) link
somewhere out there there's a parallel world where the orange order's tradition is eating the rich instead of bowler hats, sashes and the least rousing marching bands ever
yet more evidence that we're living in the darkest timeline
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 12 June 2017 12:35 (seven years ago) link
having said that they're not rousing, i should give the bastards credit for unfailingly managing to wake me up on pleasant summer saturday mornings when they march past my house
scares the shit out of the cats, too
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 12 June 2017 12:37 (seven years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/12/no-10-refuses-to-confirm-queens-speech-will-go-ahead-next-monday
"Any delay in the Queen’s speech would be difficult to accommodate, given the monarch is scheduled to attend Royal Ascot from next Tuesday until the end of next week."
― mark s, Monday, 12 June 2017 12:42 (seven years ago) link
brenda's got her hat all picked out and everything
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 12 June 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link
for want of a horse
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 June 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
Thousands of bees swarm into car in Hull
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-40252990
― nashwan, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 11:03 (seven years ago) link
The 'title' options when purchasing tickets online for Royal Ascot pic.twitter.com/QVzs6mmoOl— James McMath (@MrJamesMcMath) June 12, 2017
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 11:20 (seven years ago) link
Captain The Jonkheer
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 11:23 (seven years ago) link
Boy The Absolute
― nashwan, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 11:24 (seven years ago) link
mates, look whats happening
https://image.prntscr.com/image/Nk1J9GjwS5_5mbfXTghVUg.png
― saer, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 11:26 (seven years ago) link
that list has gotta be a poll shurely
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 11:32 (seven years ago) link