No
We shove whippets up our arses and eat flat caps
( disasterprone gets up at 4am every day. Lordy., Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:17, Reply)

Even further south
here in south east Kent we're closer to France than London.
I like the wine and the cheese but the French smell.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:17, Reply)

Anything south....
Of Birmingham is ok in my book.
North of there they eat their children and sodomize whippets in the street.
(DonaldSinden, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:15, Reply)

Right, son....
The North is a wonderful place to live/be as the natives tend to be friendlier. There are, in general less socio-economic differences between inhabitants and there is less crime (despite the odd high crime centre).

The prices are lower, there is a much lower reliance upon image and being seen to be 'cool' and the North is where almost every musical/artistic movement of the last twenty years has come from the region (Northern Soul/Trance/Acid House/Britpop and so on - obviously Bristol led the trip-hop etc revival).

There are hills, scenery and mighty vistas; it is less crowded and it is much more relaxed.

The South is a wonderful place (I love Dorset) in many respects, but the North is where I'm from, and therefore is somewhere I naturally love and believe is superior, in the same way I believe England is the best country in the UK and Britain is the best place in Europe.

Oh, I am however an uncultured yob, and to confirm this would like to say "Up yours fuckface!" to Cpt Haddock.
( disasterprone gets up at 4am every day. Lordy., Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:15, Reply)

North v Southeast
They're both awful.

The south west beats them all hands down (except for the caravanners driving erratically along the A30)
(Prawn, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:11, Reply)

Captain Haddock
I love it when you call me gritty !!!
( big-girl's-blouse wants a spanging pan for christmas, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:10, Reply)

The North Sucks
The mere fact that not one of you 'gritty' northerners has come up with a coherent argument as to why its so wonderful, (and saying its further from the French is not an answer, Disasterprone, it merely proves you are an uncultured yob), is testament to this supposition.
(DonaldSinden, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:08, Reply)

Europe
I've never met a German I liked apart from my mother.
( big-girl's-blouse wants a spanging pan for christmas, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:05, Reply)

who cares
as long as we move on from North/South
( disasterprone gets up at 4am every day. Lordy., Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:05, Reply)

North and South unite
and have a go at the French...

It's worked for centuries!
( disasterprone gets up at 4am every day. Lordy., Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:01, Reply)

'I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony'
Come on guys - lets bury the hatchet - hold hands - and admit were all lovely.
( big-girl's-blouse wants a spanging pan for christmas, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 16:00, Reply)

i think
we've all had e-north of this - there's no easy southlution...
( rachelswipe why am i still at work? it's fucking friday night!, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:59, Reply)

Very good...
But many in the south ara insoutherable....
( disasterprone gets up at 4am every day. Lordy., Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:58, Reply)

do you mean...
the north is full of ace-holes?
( Vipros too orangey for crows, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:54, Reply)

Rubbish!
The North is ace!

Although PJM makes a good point..
( disasterprone gets up at 4am every day. Lordy., Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:52, Reply)

jealousy....
....is more attractive than foolishly convincing oneself of an untruth

as we all know, the North has been forsaken by all that is good and great.

I am however willing to concede that most of the South is crappy as well. With odd pockets of alrightness.
( Vipros too orangey for crows, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:47, Reply)

WTF!
I cant believe this is being debated again. We all know northeners are Gods chosen ones.

Jealousy is not an attractive trait.
( big-girl's-blouse wants a spanging pan for christmas, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:42, Reply)

East vs West.
Lets start up a new thread, although my money's on the East side winning.
(monkeyboyalpha is old enough to know b3ta, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:42, Reply)

North vs South
South:

Jordan
Jodie Marsh
Victoria Beckham
Jamie Oliver

North:

Terry Christian (the twat from The Word)
Liam Gallagher
John Prescott
Sonia

I call that a draw.
(PJM Does not love Liberace, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:38, Reply)

Disasterprone
Face it, you come from a run down cesspool, arse end of the UK, with a couple of pretty national parks.
(DonaldSinden, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:31, Reply)

automated rocket launcher?
where's the fun in that.

I say we attach them to our cars* (proof of at least 10 years' residence required) and change the law to allow us to let rip at caravans at will.


*for car, read tractor/cow
( Vipros too orangey for crows, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:31, Reply)

My dad
is a regular nocturnal rambler. In a bid to stop his naked, 3am tea and toast making he sought medical help. The doctor gave him the useful advice of 'make sure you deadbolt your front door'. Great. Bloody quacks.
(brycemonkey No fatal accidents since:, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:29, Reply)

I'm with Vipros
...we should set up machine gun emplacements on the M5. And some sort of automated anti-caravan rocket launcher system would improve things around here no end.
( reallywittyname veraciously conspues lexiphanicism on, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:29, Reply)

Cpt Haddock
Fook off! The East is inbred, The West is Beautiful but full of murderers, The South is wank, The North is wonderful!

Now let's pick on the Scots or Welsh for a bit...
( disasterprone gets up at 4am every day. Lordy., Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:27, Reply)

Northerners.
...seem more twattish re: Southerners than Southerners are re: Northerners.
(Big D, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:27, Reply)

Disasterprone
Be consistent man, either you like the south or you hate it. Southerners hate all northerners, the only reason we visit the north at all is to put much needed money in the hands of northern businesses and stop you all from shitting in the streets for another year.
Now go and lean on that lampost at the corner of the street, etc etc.
(DonaldSinden, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:25, Reply)

I see
the South doesn't include the South West

does this mean that the Northerners regard it as the honorary North, and therefore have no qualms about coming down and messing up my August?
( Vipros too orangey for crows, Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:23, Reply)

Outside toilets?
What's a toilet?

Do you mean a poohole in the ground?
( disasterprone gets up at 4am every day. Lordy., Wed 29 Aug 2007, 15:22, Reply)