May I be the first to wish you all a merry saturday afternoon
I just became a bit more welsh. Found myself in a hotel bar with some guy singing 'wedding-singer' songs. Then a lock-in in a pub the size of a living room where everyone knew each other and there was some pretty bad karaoke where every other song was Stereophonics.

To balance things, when I was in London, I once found myself in a community centre with lots of people round a piano singing 'Let's all go down the strand..."

Tell me about when you found yourself in surrounded by a real-life stereotype
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:08, 78 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

They really sang Let's Go Down the Strand?
Thought it was just in Esatenders.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:16, Reply)

yeah, it really happened
it was a real cockney sing-along. I really had to try hard not to laugh out loud (this was the days before lolling)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I'm sat by the river having a pint and waiting for lusty. Not a stereotype but it's fucking lovely
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:18, Reply)

aww man that sounds brilliant

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:21, Reply)

Occasionally in Irish pubs
they do start irish dancing and singing the 'auld songs.'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:20, Reply)

for real?
I'm english and I need to know what stereotype I should adhere to
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:22, Reply)

I adhere to the stereotype
of sitting in those irish pubs and occasionally talking loudly about the Queen
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:33, Reply)

haha
i do not doubt this
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:34, Reply)

this:
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1171257
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:44, Reply)

nice
I do own a brown and gold trilby, that sounds like a good start
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:45, Reply)

My brother went through a trilby phase
aged 8. Best dressed kid ever
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:47, Reply)

hats are the best item of clothing

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:54, Reply)

I can say I care for them
I prefer the wind in my hair
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:58, Reply)

but hats offer you so many more
dramatic gestures. Doffing and gesticulating and exaggerating your boredom/embarrassment by hiding beneath it. Hats are the ideal accessory for being eccentric.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:12, Reply)

I thought that was a pipe/slippers combo

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:16, Reply)

a pipe would be good for gesturing
but not slippers
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:17, Reply)

but they are so comfy

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:35, Reply)

In the local Irish club they all sing the national anthem at the end of the night.

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:24, Reply)

I have been in a pub in Germany
where people were wearing lederhosen and doing the thigh-slapping, beer-waving, singing-dancing thing. Not ironically, either.
(berk, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:28, Reply)

Did you mention the war?

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:31, Reply)

No.
they were all a lot bigger than me.
(berk, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:33, Reply)

were they slapping
your thighs?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:35, Reply)

No.
My life isn't interesting enough to feature anything quite that odd...
(berk, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:38, Reply)

a friend of mine
always has odd stories which seem to have him blundering into bondage parties and being shown around foreign cities by the local mafia boss. I'd think these were made up, but he genuinely seems to have these things just happen to him
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:42, Reply)

There is easy way to get that way
1. Never turn down anything that seems like fun

2. another drink is always a good Idea

3. Be affable and open above all else

4. "Why not?"
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:18, Reply)

yup
I like that phrase "whatever doesn't quite kill you, makes a good anecdote".
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:22, Reply)

Click

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:24, Reply)

Did you slap your own thighs?

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:41, Reply)

just went for Hypnotheorpy and it turned into something called NLP and I think I booked in a grand's worth of stuff.
But now instead of being on the verge of an anxiety based OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT, I'm picturing lots of dogs
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:29, Reply)

fluffy dogs?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:35, Reply)

All kinds of dogs ! Different dogs each time.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:36, Reply)

I am _such_ an autistic sometimes.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:37, Reply)

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( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:48, Reply)

good to have variety

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:37, Reply)

My mum's a trained hypnotherapist, it's not her job or owt though.
I never let her do it to me though because I'm afraid she'll turn me into a robot who does nothing but hoover the stairs and clean dishes.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:39, Reply)

She's not allowed, she'll be thrown out the council of cungerours.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:46, Reply)

This took a minute.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:04, Reply)

I was in America recently
I felt like a stereotype with my tweed jacket and mug of milky tea.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:44, Reply)

People who have milk in tea need shooting.
And sugar...don't get me started on sugar.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:47, Reply)

I'm sweet enough as it is, thankyou very much

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:48, Reply)

you are wrong
both is best
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:50, Reply)

I can sympathise with your view
now that I have met people who genuinely think herbal 'tea' counts as actual tea
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:53, Reply)

it's a drink, but not like real tea
last night I had deep fried green tea ice cream, it was lovely
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:54, Reply)

That sounds win.
My favourite tea is green with lemon.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:55, Reply)

i went through a phase of drinking black tea
the reason being that when I was working in Paris the people I worked with took the piss when I asked for tea instead of coffee and I was too embarrassed to ask for milk. I was forced to have black tea for 2 months as a results
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:02, Reply)

Karma:
the French at my work now cant get enough of tea with milk.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:02, Reply)

Turkish tea is quite good
with mint and honey
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:02, Reply)

No no no.
Wrong wrong wrong.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:54, Reply)

i have a mug of it right now
and i can assure you it is excellent
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:55, Reply)

Might put the kettle on in a bit
I had a litre of black coffee a while ago to facilitate getting my crappy flat in order.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:59, Reply)

I only drink coffee in the mornings now.
Due to not being able to sleep.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:06, Reply)

I used to have an espresso machine on a timer next to my bed
best alarm clock ever
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Milky tea is wrong
a dash of milk is good, but an excess of milk, and any sugar at all marks you out as a wrong un
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:06, Reply)

Sugar=window licking.
Official.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:08, Reply)

my friend theorised that only smokers have sugar in tea
but I disprove this, I have half a sugar and have never smoked
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:10, Reply)

I smoke and dislike even a hint of sweet in my tea

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:11, Reply)

i shall pass this information on to her for her research

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:12, Reply)

FOR SCIENCE!

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:15, Reply)

On Monday I'm going to see Chas and Dave, in London, with a London Girl,
And we're getting a lift home in her uncle's black cab. Short of the cast of Eastenders turning up and singing 'Consider Yourself' at me, I don't think it can get any more Cor Blimey.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:08, Reply)

If he has a pearly king suit on,
this will be excellent.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:11, Reply)

As long as he's got a chunky Albert chain I'll respect him.
You have to respect a man with a chunky Albert chain. Even if he's talking shit. If he's eating a spare rib while doing this, his word is Law.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:15, Reply)

Albert chain?
Is that like a chain attached to a willy piercing?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:16, Reply)

Haha! Nope.
It's a bracelet with, like, a bar, like on a pocket watch.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:18, Reply)

Is this one of those ID bracelets?

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Nope.
Someone look it up. I'm on my shit phone y'see.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:22, Reply)

I have a silver one that my mummy gave me

(Bazongaloid, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 15:43, Reply)

Silver doesn't have the same air of geezer, but is my favourite colour of all the metals.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 16:03, Reply)

I'm not very Geezerish
so it's probably just as well
(Bazongaloid, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 16:07, Reply)

I thought I'd see you last night.
Dj's taken the vapours.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 16:12, Reply)

*London doris.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:11, Reply)

She's a proper doris and all.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:16, Reply)

theres a bird repeatedly banging my window. its a blue tit.
There you go I'm giving you the opportunity to be funny on a plate.
(PsychoChomp, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:24, Reply)

fnar fnar

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:30, Reply)

um, ok, here goes:
hey chompy? when you say blue tit, do you mean it's the lifeless breast of one of your victims dangling outside your window from your makeshift gallows and repeatedly hitting the window?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:40, Reply)

oh, come on!
that was fairly good, right?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:49, Reply)

no i was hoping for let her out then.

(PsychoChomp, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:50, Reply)

or at least turn the heating on....

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 15:29, Reply)

I met a bunch of people off the internet.
And every one of them was a fat, sweaty palmed virgin with a complete collection of Start Trek DVDs. Including the women.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sat 16 Apr 2011, 15:34, Reply)