The Prodigal son only stopped off for a nightcap
My childhood was a rough and tumble one with parents who squandered money. Teenage years were spent dodging the occasional flying milkbottle and hiding from the gangs. I left home at 20, lived local then moved 400 miles away. Worked, played had a summer of love in a Travellers convoy. Returned to society, got in with a bike gang. Became a play-thing for a Hells Angels moll (very scary), fought with Skinheads, fought with Police. Worked again - got laid off. Decided to meet with my parents and posho Cousins for the first time in 20 years. I wore a suit and never told them anything about the past, they had just come back from a holiday that cost £33,000 for a week in Wales.
The atmosphere was strained with me being well dressed and behaved but veeerrry tough and them with what appeared to be their only pleasure - dining out. My cousin 'J' was in the SAS for two years and knows Colonel This and Brigadier That, whereas I was hardened by street fighting and didn't flinch much when faced with the steely gaze. "Oh, this conservatory cost £60,000" and "We just like the BMW 840" but all their wealth can't buy them health eh?. An amusing few days.
(luckylife , 0 guests and 3 bots are online, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 16:50, 11 replies)

So, um,
wut?
(username failed moderation, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 16:52, closed)

Star wars yeah?

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 16:54, closed)

Fucking hell
for £33,000 you could buy Wales
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 16:57, closed)

Yeah
But it'll still be shut when you get there.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 17:04, closed)

I'd want a lot of change.

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Wed 26 Mar 2014, 17:04, closed)

Yeah....
Change #1: Pave over Swansea.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 17:19, closed)

I think I'd also reopen all the coal pits...
...just to close them down again.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 17:52, closed)

Yeah, I could probably take you.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 16:59, closed)

It's a tough competition but I think you've consistently won Dullest And Most Pointless Person On Earth for the last few weeks.
Well done.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 19:16, closed)

That's high praise coming from the current title-holder
and reigning champion of 2013
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 19:47, closed)

The £33,000 was just to get over the bridge!

(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:11, closed)