Having now read most of the answers…
I have come to the unavoidable conclusion that the most common thing in the world is…

… Um...

…me.

I do/have/wear/say so many of the things that people have listed. I guess that’s what happens when your from Basildon.

It’s a bloody good job I’m thick skinned really.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:22, 9 replies)

Ya poor sod.
S'aight mate, I'm from 'Arlow.
( Cawl, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:28, closed)

I also
was born in Arla, proper Essex me

been slowly creeping north ever since.

got an ors in aahs in arla

I possess a horse in my house in Harlow
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:11, closed)

basildon bond
my family seems to have been described to a tee.

i am from Braintree, only 45 mins from your good self. And born in Colchester - so have taken a hammering there too!

In Dorset these days, but Essex loud and proud.
( bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:29, closed)

Hmmm...
So, we've got the Essex Boys here then?

Like I said, born in Harlow.
I'm from the farmery part though, all fields, not so many knob-ends.
( Cawl, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:33, closed)

Hmm
seem to have proved my own point too.

I meant "you're" not "your"
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:40, closed)

Yeah, but, no, but
Self-awareness is not very common.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:52, closed)

*joins club*
I too am an Essex Boy.

Well, I'm Danish, but I grew up in Felsted and then Braintree.

'ave it!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:46, closed)

i went out to Sankey Soap in Manchester
i thought the north was supposed to be avin it large.

They were no-where near what i expected. No one was so mullered they had their shirt off (well there was one....) and the really did not know how to ave it.

I managed to get a massive together to go see a good mate from Arlow play Ashton Gate fest in Bristol. He plays live techno and done some vinyl but got the 2.15pm slot. there was 600 people chilling, and about 12 of the Essex massive at the fron running round and giving it the large. They knew they had to up their game when they saw the massive.
( bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:03, closed)

nyyyeeahh!
This is massive. And made my day.


I am a few years out of the Motherland now, but everytime i drive round the M25 and get to the sign that says Essex i toot my horn and shout Nyyeeeah! I am back.
( bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:59, closed)