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- cherub0
Chavs, how do they work?
-How would you define a chav?
-What the fuck is it with chavs and burberry? Is burberry like their spirit animal or something?
- what year is it? i miss chavskingsteven
- ha, a friend got ticked off recently because she described a bunch of post-hipster Hackneyites as 'chavvy' - apparently that was not PC of her, lolNairn
- chavs are basically the white underclasshans_glib
- mmm, it's a bit more nuanced than that - they're definitely part of the white underclass, but they're a product of it, not it in its entiriety.Nairn
- This is why I asked for a definition.cherub
- derogatory term for young people from lower income families c. 2000-10. britian's last true fashion sub culture. now kids come pre-lobotomised/ tiktok enabled.kingsteven
- eh, I remember chavs not being a new thing in the early 90s. Or 'charvers' as they say in certain parts.Nairn
- Funny - where my gran lived there was a distinct difference in the kids I 'grew up with', some of whom would definitely fit the chav description. Neds, rather.Nairn
- I got totally shit-faced on Bucky, sitting in the drizzle on a 70s era Catholic school's steps, when I was about 15. Poor Gran just thought I was ill...Nairn
- ..tried to give me a 'cure' made up of something like milk and a drop of whisky the morning after. i winced like fuck. Grandad knew it was electric juiceNairn
- For me, coming from sunny Spain, it was an interesting cultural dip.Nairn
- yeah, not at all new to the 2000's but that was the era of the chav, synonymous with the impending death of subcultures and the middle class :)kingsteven
- now it would seem youth culture is just cyborgs wearing an homogenised amalgamation of hip-hop and terrace fashionkingsteven
- In the north west they are called scallies. Basically a shit taste in sports cloths and bad attitude to life. You can even have rich chavs too.Chimp
- whatthefunk2
- Good for the cash money money.PhanLo
- https://i.ytimg.com/…Nairn
- Yes! And Irish LOLHayzilla
- oey_oey0
Can I have a glass of wa-ha?
- grafician0
How long until you kick Boris out?
- When the inbred old fuckers who run this shipwreck of a country decide he's outlived his usefulness the press barons will decide who they want next.Wolfboy
- My guess is 9 months to a year. The next PM will be Sunak or Gove.Wolfboy
- he's doing a great job! how dare you :)fadein11
- Sunak looks pretty good actuallygrafician
- on TV, but Sunak is a tiny person, shorter than Macron. Not that there's anything wrong with that but it's going to play against him within the party for sure.kingsteven
- Sunak and Macron sound Romulan or somethingscarabin
- I'd trust a Romulan more than I'd trust Sunak.Wolfboy
- scarabin1
Can you do a pretty good american accent?
- We have a munchkin filter for thatfadein11
- lolmonospaced
- derp de derp derp derp 'murica!trooperbill
- A no would sufficescarabin
- cherub0
What is a 'speccy bam' mean literally?
How close did this man come to getting smacked?
- Hahahah
Speccy = bespectacled
Bam = nutter (I think?)Nairn - so, a spectacle wearing weird person/freak?cherub
- I have to be honest I don't know what nutter means.cherub
- Madman. Crazy fucker. Bam is derogatory, but not overly so.Nairn
- Like, if a friend did something stupid you might get call them a 'daft bam' or somethingNairn
- It's short for 'bampot' https://stooryduster…Brabo_Brabo
- "ya prrrrrrrick"Hayzilla
- Hahahah
- scarabin0
Do you really give trick-or-treaters money on halloween?
How big a deal is halloween where you are?
- It's become a whore of a holiday that sucks the biggest commercial dick. All shops have Halloween themed bullshit. Gone are the days of a ghost story and...Morning_star
- ...bobbing for apples. I prefer to stay in with my kids, take drugs and perform a black mass.Morning_star
- yeah, fuck the amerikisation of halloween and all its shitty ripoffs. i have no part in it, preferring to wait a few days for some propah british pyromania.hans_glib
- +1 for the pyromania. Outside the US Halloween is a retail celebration. I miss fireworks, can't understand what Aus has against them and bonfires ... ...MrT
- It's popularity kind of plateaued in about 2005. Only people with kids under 10 trick or treat. Although since COVID it has pretty much stopped.Hayzilla
- And No... We never give out cash. Ever.Hayzilla
- cherub0
Does anyone ever really expect the spanish inquisition?
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- stoplying0
Based on the amount of sports betting/gambling advertising I see on Premier League jerseys, how prevalent is gambling among your average British citizen?
- It IS prevalent - 2:1
It IS NOT prevalent - 11:4Morning_star - <doesn't know anything about football>
I think that shit's for the int'l, asian market
</doesn't know anything about football>Nairn - Team sponsorship got fucked up the ass about 15 years ago. Shit's crazy these days.Nairn
- However much it is, I bet it won’t be as prevalent as it is down under.MrT
- Considering all adverts during matches say 'bet responsibly' I'd say they have a problem with people betting irresponsiblyIanbolton
- MrT: I read that the country has less than 1 per cent of the world’s population but more than 20 per cent of its slot machinesIanbolton
- It IS prevalent - 2:1
- utopian-3
Is British food really that bad?
- Of course not.MrT
- nope its yummytrooperbill
- Nope it’s actually quite good.Chimp
- NoHayzilla
- Definitely not, we rinsed our colonial territories for some mighty fine cuisine. Most of it evident in some form of another in our high streets.Morning_star
- Define badOBBTKN
- lolcherub
- elahon0
What's the deal with "spotted dick"? I've had it, and it's tasty, but that name, man.
- 'Dick' as an insult is basically an Americanism that got real traction sometime in the 70s or 80. Prior it was a name / pet name with no penile associationNairn
- Well, other food names, too. Blood sausage, mucky dripping, clotted cream, it all sounds gross.elahon
- Blood sausage is Black Pudding - not sure I've ever heard of 'Mucky dripping' (that DOES sounds gross!) and clotted cream is .. well, clotted.Nairn
- Not sure what is worse sounding, blood sausage or black pudding, hahahaelahon
- for those that don't like the idea of blood, white pudding is also available.hans_glib
- spotted dick is a suet pudding, has currants in it (hence spotted) and has to be eaten with custardhans_glib
- And these postcodes have aerosol cheese in cans. The bloody nerve of it.MrT
- hotroddy2
Do you think you'll live to see England in a world cup final?
- Rugby, Football or Cricket?Chimp
- I might have seen England win Italia 90 if it wasn't for Paul Parker: Perhaps I would have if it wasn't for Paul Parker: https://www.youtube.…Chimp
- @Chimp (vid unavailable, but assuming it’s the german goal in the semi) nothing wrong with what Parker did; it was Shiltons fault for being so fucking old...Wolfboy
- ...and leaden of foot. Don’t forget he couldn’t out jump an Argentinian midget when he was 4 years younger.Wolfboy
- _niko2
You say maths and not math but then you say sport and not sports.
explain.
- it's short for 'mathematics' - the study of a group of topics, hence the pluralisation - not 'mathematic', which doesn't really make sense.Fax_Benson
- whereas 'sport' can be defined as any singular physical activity, rather than one or more of a multiple, so doesn't need to be pluralised. Maybe?Fax_Benson
- Fax knowsoey_oey
- epic_rim1
When the time of day is 16:00, do you say 16 o'clock or just pass out from drinking all day?
- During these covid times, almost the latter. Give us some credit though - three huppny's worth of warm afternoon shandies get us through to at least 174532Nairn
- The UK doesn't use 24hr time because no-one can count past 12.face_melter
- 24 hrs is written and, i think generally used in the uk - but you'd say 'four o'clock', in the process doing some magical chrono-linguisitc translationNairn
- actually, being british, you'd probably say tea timehans_glib
- Nairn0
In relation to cake and cheese: I'm not a huge fan of Christmas Cake, but yoy lot do realise that there's a world of opportunity to be had by pairing a sharp cheddar with something sweet, right?
A personal favourite is Halva and Cheddar (thin equivalently-thick slices of each in a high fat laminate of deliciousness).
When I've smoked a bit too much and am desperate for some sweet munchies I've been known to spread blocks of mature cheddar with nutella and omg, as I write this I don't know whether to drool or throw up at the thought.
- Yoy lot, oy vey!Nairn
- I love apple slices with cheddar.elahon
- Veda, is an Irish malt loaf traditionally eaten with cheddar. It's incredible, not too sweet but just an incredible combo. I've seen it in asdas around London.kingsteven
- apparently the closer to 50/50 combination of fat and sugar you get the less your body is able to tell you've had too much... we develop a sense for this overkingsteven
- time that affects how we select food. it has been argued that legislation like the sugar tax should actually target foods that are closer to this ratio...kingsteven
- glazed donuts and cheesecake are two examples. but i mean theres no way to regulate a cheese and nutella sandwich :Dkingsteven
- throw a bit of salt or glutamate on there and, done. perhaps even... no. dare i say it? the breath of citrus - a light wafting of delicate lemon mist? *cumsNairn
- Sorry, 'one twelfth hundredth and twelfth of a cup' of light lemon misting.Nairn
- wensleydale is the correct cheese to have with a rich fruit cake.hans_glib
- scarabin1
How many maths are there?
- How many mathematics are there?Continuity
- Onescarabin
- The 's' at the end of the word would suggest otherwise. Hence, the abbreviation 'maths'.Continuity
- 3 main branches. Functional analysis, abstract algebra and topology&geometrydrgs
- garbage1
- Those fries are proper crunchy!grafician
- They're so good. They're at my corner pub, which probably gives away where I live, but I don't care.garbage
- ^only if we come to visit, you're goodgrafician
- All are welcome, just as soon as the world stops ending itself.garbage
- looks good but what is the green thing?kingsteven
- here you generally need to ask for cod in a normal chippy... fish and chips (fish supper) usually plaice. most will have 3-4 options for fish.kingsteven
- pub grub usually cod tho. good they've got the tartar sauce. do they do mushy peas?kingsteven
- Wait, you're in the Seattle?!grafician
- The green thing is the thing you throw away. And yes, Seattle. So what's the normal fish for fish and chips?garbage
- it's different all over the UK, cod is the 'traditional' fish for fish and chips. here it's plaice, some areas its haddock. i'd often go for whiting. which iskingsteven
- essentially just a smaller kind of cod. cod is overfarmed wild and bred in farms so it's often 2x the price to buy and many folks don't realise the difference.kingsteven
- When I was a kid I used to catch, clean and cook whiting. That takes me way back.garbage
- whatthefunk1
- this is more efficient in terms of traffic flow.renderedred
- Went round this once in a Berlingo while looking for the Citroen garage because our brakes had gone during a tour. Swindon is a unique place on earth.kingsteven
- look kids... Big Ben... ...Parliament!!PonyBoy