Or, to use the language of estate agents
It was a quiet neighbourhood, with a park and plenty of local colour.
( Kroney, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 8:42, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Honestly, Eastern Europe looks like Hampstead Village in comparison.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 8:44, Reply)

Having been to a number of ex Soviet bloc cities
I can honestly say there are parts of the South East, in fact parts of Surrey, in which I'd feel more nervous during an ill-advised late night stroll.

Nobody beats the English for random acts of senseless violence, for example.
( Kroney, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 8:46, Reply)

Rightly so.
Small towns = trouble, from my experience.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 8:47, Reply)

We're famous world-wide for our prediliction for drinking and fighting.
I've actually got an amusing story that I shall tell you on Saturday about our reputation abroad. Whilst we're drinking, I mean. And probably shortly before we riot.

The ex, in a rare moment of sense, was entirely appalled by British society.
( Kroney, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 8:50, Reply)

The noble days of Empire truly are long gone, are they not?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 8:51, Reply)

Then, as now, it was the Saxon peasant underclasses
that murdered each other in doorways.
( Kroney, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 8:52, Reply)

True indeed.
The serfs have been revolting since the dawn of time.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 8:54, Reply)