My best mate from school went and got married about 15 years later.
He'd been a bit of an unexpected surprise in that his average-good a-levels led to an engineering degree, then on to a problem-solving consultancy and oddly, to a firm of London Square Mile fund managers where he took his accountancy exams and managed some commodity specualtion stockbroking. So he invited me to come to his wedding, do one of the readings (best man duties was obviously his brothers anyway so I was still flattered, even if it was the lyrics to a Depeche Mode song called Somebody...).

So in front of a church full of his family (who knew me) and his work friends (who didn't know me) and his fiancee's family and friends (who didn't know me) I read out words such as 'they may even be perverted' and 'she may not always agree with me'.

Come the reception I was put on a table with his work mates who all knew each other and were chatting about Glyndebourne and skiing holidays and new Porsches and multimillion dollar takeovers and Uncle Sir Dickie and his stud farm and collection of Rembrandts.

Eventually, someone on the table singled me out and said 'I'm sorry,we don't know who YOU are'.

So I said-"I'm a diagnostic engineer for Jaguar, my last holiday was my honeymoon 9 years ago and I drive a Rover 400. I've also known Carlos since he was 6."

Silence on the table until one of the blokes summed me up (incorrectly) as thus- "..so you work on cars? Then you're a mechanic?"

and as one they all turned back to their own conversations and ignored me for the rest of the meal.

Still mates with my friend Carlos though :-)
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 12 May 2011, 19:59, 8 replies)

Carlos works with wankers

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 12 May 2011, 20:07, closed)

Ah well, perhaps- it's to his credit that he still remembers his old muckers from back in the old town
plenty of other folks would quietly discard their humble past in order to keep up with the Smythes.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 12 May 2011, 20:15, closed)

That's the other half for you.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 12 May 2011, 20:24, closed)

Do people really choose not to associate with someone based on what job they do?
Ignorant fuckers.
(maggotriddendirtbox fast, feral and sharp as a tack since, Fri 13 May 2011, 7:54, closed)

On the other hand, they're well-bred and highly-educated fuckers.
Which in society's eyes makes their behaviour not only OK, but something to aspire to.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 13 May 2011, 16:59, closed)

Hmm, so they say.
I prefer "something to despise".
It's possible to make a good salary and not be a total cunt about it. Problem is that too many people believe the corporate bullshit.
( Fathter Puddytat Kill Kill dat widdle boid is mine on, Sun 15 May 2011, 20:54, closed)

Is that "Well Bred" or Inbred?

(Sir Tainley Barking Ezekiel 23:20, Tue 17 May 2011, 0:28, closed)

Nothing to do with salaries or corporations.
It's just another case of normally unacceptable behaviour being validated by the behavers' social circles.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 17 May 2011, 1:19, closed)

If
I was to have the lyrics to a Depeche Mode song read out at my wedding i think it would have to be "Wrong"
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Fri 13 May 2011, 14:13, closed)