by "the real middle classes"
you mean "you", right?

is it finished yet?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 9:44, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

It's precisely that view of me from down his nose which defines "the real middle class"
Or as they prefer to be known, upper-middle class.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 9:46, Reply)

The reason I look down my nose at most people is because most people are short.
I'm not sure you can be upper middle class unless you were born into the middle classes. You need a private education and some tenuous link to aristocracy.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 9:50, Reply)

I think Monty has some tenuous link to aristocracy

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 9:53, Reply)

Didn't his dad trip up the Queen mother once?

( girlinthehole, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 9:55, Reply)

Stamp collecting?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 9:58, Reply)

It's under wraps for the winter.
And while I do an unnecessary amount of research into insulation.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 9:47, Reply)