Ahhh, the South.
The verdant, glorious, sunny south. Inspiration for Tolkein’s Shire and the setting for countless other classics of English literature from Laurie Lee’s ‘Cider with Rosie’ to Thomas Hardy’s fictional ‘Wessex’, the beautiful landscape is matched only by its polite and genteel inhabitants. Not for us the relentless grimness of ‘Kes’ or ‘Boys from the fucking Blackstuff’. No, thank you. Something a little more refined for us. With less mining and pigeon-fancying.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:17, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Oliver Twist

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:18, Reply)

Yeah, I watched 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' last night too

( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:19, Reply)

Nil by mouth!

( girlinthehole, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:19, Reply)

Ahh The South
Having to sell both kidneys to pay a weeks rent for a one bedroom, rat infested hovel, surrounded by darkies. Suicide bombers. £5 pints
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:19, Reply)

Haha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:20, Reply)

I have no issues with any of this.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:21, Reply)

we get most of our suicide bombers from yorkshire and lancashire these days
fitting whippets with rucksacks, apparently.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:21, Reply)

As someone with a foot in both worlds.
The North is better, cheaper and generally friendlier. Londoners are cunts.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:21, Reply)

I've lived in both
and i'm with you, though I'm not sure it's Londoners per se. I think it's more that so much of London's population is transient and the place is so huge that people aren't interested in being friendly towards strangers. Some people like that, some people don't. Horses for courses, innit?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:24, Reply)

London is a nice place to visit.
You couldn't pay me enough to live there though.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:27, Reply)

I think this is the problem for most people

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:28, Reply)

*is cunt*
I hate people I don't know
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:25, Reply)

*knocks gently*
The areas of Shropshire and Worcestershire around Brum were the inspiration for Tolkein's Shire. I'm pretty sure that's not the south, old chap.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:20, Reply)

Does that mean Birmingham was the inspiration for Mordor?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:22, Reply)

Wolverhampton, actually. Seriously.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:24, Reply)

That explains FreeFair then.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:25, Reply)

I think he's Bert.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:30, Reply)

Really?
What makes you think that?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:32, Reply)

You're not Bert
So it must be the other new guy

Morning
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:37, Reply)

Fair enough so!
Morning all.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:38, Reply)

The first person he actually insulted was a board regular, rather than everyone
He's up himself, is the exact sort of character we can't stand around here, and as such is pushing everyone's buttons. That's Berting.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:37, Reply)

But pushing people's buttons is fun!
Sometimes.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:38, Reply)

Given that you've never "pushed someone's button" you're not in a position to judge.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:41, Reply)

But your head is one big button, isn't it?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:48, Reply)

maybe, but only because the inhabitants were so malnourished they effectively suffered from dwarfism
leading to the creation of Hobbits
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:23, Reply)

I never let anything so dull as facts get in the way of a good rant.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:23, Reply)

Too fucking right, sir.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 9:24, Reply)