Time for a threadjack.
Probably more for the Northerners here, but sod it. Someone called me a Northern Monkey yesterday, and then seemed very put out when I referred to them as a bog-dwelling troglodyte.

Was I wrong to be harsh, or should they take it on the chin?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 12 Jul 2011, 9:49, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I think you were wrong, you pigeon-fancying, coal-eating outdoor-lavatory-having cuntstain.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 9:53, Reply)

Y'see, that was funny.
His was just the un-original boring stereotype.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:01, Reply)

You're not a monkeyhanger bastard are you?

( Peej, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 9:56, Reply)

Fuck off am I.
I can tell the difference between homo sapiens and some orange tart in a short dress.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:00, Reply)

Good good

( Peej, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:03, Reply)

One thing I'll never understand
Is why some people think it's a good idea to put makeup on with a plaster float.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:07, Reply)

My stock response to 'Northern Monkey' is 'Southern Fairy'

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:00, Reply)

Yeah, but he's from Cambridgeshire, so that doesn't really count.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:02, Reply)

As an Essex boy who now lives
In the frozen cultural wasteland that is Cumbria... I can categorically state that you ARE a Northern Monkey, and you should have meekly accepted this and tipped your hat to your betters
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:05, Reply)

Essex boy in ironic "i'm better than other people" shocker

( Kroney, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:06, Reply)

Its the Orange glow
that makes us that much better
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:17, Reply)

Nah mate, that's just Bradwell.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:19, Reply)

Hello pot, this is kettle, come in, over!
If you can't find culture in Cumbria, then you're fucked mate.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:07, Reply)

The only culture here,
Is beneath the fingernails of the farmers
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:16, Reply)

hahahaha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:21, Reply)

Are you kidding me?
Vindolanda? Hadrian's Wall? Lake District? Daffodils?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:22, Reply)

Not wishing to fans the Northern flames...
But Vindolanda is in Northumberland...
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:31, Reply)

Barrow in furness is a fucking great shithole

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 10:33, Reply)