Pigeon Chavs
Me and Mrs. Bad_Dogg moved into our house nearly two years ago and the it was a nice quiet neighbourhood.

We live in an old picturesque terraced cottage with a quiet old lady on the one side and a pigeon fancying family on the other.

I get home one day minding my own business when I hear a blazing row between the mother and the 18 year old daughter. It soon becomes clear that she's pregnant (the daughter). Much arguing insues with liberal uses of the 'F' word.

Anyhow, to cut a long story short, the parents move out and leave the daughter and her chap to live in the house which is for sale. Now these 2 can argue, every other word is f*ck, and they've got more dogs than the RSPCA. Sometimes the arguement will spill out onto the street with him storming off saying f*cking this, f*cking that and her shreiking something you can't understand. Some days he'll say something classy like he'd f*cking hit her if she wasn't f*cking pregnant.

Now these 2 are what I call common!

We keep hoping someone will buy their house, but it's an overpriced sh*t-tip that will never sell, let alone in the current climate.

Other things I consider common are:
- Bacardi Breezers
- Ford Focus (Fords in general really)
- Staffordshire Bull Terriers

I'm getting quite snobby in my old age ;)
(Bad_Dogg, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:31, 11 replies)

Fuckin' staffs...
may well be fuckin' common, but they're fuckin' also fuckin' generally quite fuckin' lovely. At least mine fuckin' is. Fuckin' loves people. Not other fuckin' dogs, mind, she fuckin' 'ates them.
(No offenc - not to be confused with no_offenc, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:56, closed)

I cannot tolerate Staffies or their owners.
They have no purpose.
They're not working dogs, they're working-class dogs...... actually, that's not quite true. How can the owners be working-class when they're on the dole?

*expecting flames from aggressive staff owners*
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:11, closed)

My parents own one
Lovely friendly temperament, that's all that matters. They don't care that it's "common".
(I have a face also had a sig on, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 12:07, closed)

Thought that might rattle a few cages...
Very nice dogs I'm told, but it's not the dogs so much as it is the people that own them. There may of course be exceptions, I live to be suprised though I rarely am
(Bad_Dogg, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:16, closed)

Nothing wrong with Fords
In particular, the Focus is a supreme car - I'd have one in an instant if I had to downsize at all.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:12, closed)

Good cars yes...
But sooo common! You can't drive a mile down the road without seeing 5 of the things.
(Bad_Dogg, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:19, closed)

Fords common?
Not all Ford built cars- Volvos, Jags (until recently) etc are hardly "common". Frequently seen maybe but not common.

Also my lovely Ford Probe isn't common- there are 4 in this city, making it less common than Aston Martin DB9s!

Bacardi Breezers and their alcopop ilk really are awful things. Guaranteed hangovers (so you can go on and on about how drunk you got last night on 5 breezers) and loads of sugar (so you get hyper and fight or pass out, again leading to "I was so fookin drunk last night! SIX breezers AND a shot o' voddy!".

I'd say hitting women just isn't on either, but in these days of equal opportunities I'm clearly mistaken... that PC brigade- wife-beaters, the lot of 'em!
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:17, closed)

I thought...
that the Ford Probe was actually a Mazda build with Ford bits added on, similar to the old 121/Fiesta.
( VandenPlas can't think of anything clever - no change there!, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:28, closed)

Indeed it is!
Well, sort of. Mazda provided the drivetrain but Ford did the chassis/suspension/etc. It's actually quite different to the MX-6 that it shares an engine with.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:17, closed)

Nay
Granted the Probe's not a common sight (a reason for that maybe?).

Working in the car industry I get to play with a lot of new cars and the Fords always feel the least special. That coupled with how cheap and boring yet very popular the Focus is leads me to calling it common.

As for Fords other brands - they no longer own Jaguar (which is owned by Tata) and Volvos aren't as special as you may think they are; solid yes, well put together no.
(Bad_Dogg, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:28, closed)

I just couldn't think
of any other Ford owned car company than Jag and Volvo- and I did acknowledge that Jaguar wasn't owned by Ford anymore!

From what I've heard, the Probe's uncommon because it was vastly overpriced. It is, however, a rather nice car. Smooth engine, 1997 spec so it's an all-leather interior which is comfy (300 days on the first day I got it and I have less of a twinge in my back than I do getting up from bed).
And the Americans didn't like it because their fuel prices had fallen, completely swiping the market from under its feet. If they'd been able to stick a V8 in the thing it'd have done much better!
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:16, closed)