The North/South divide.
I just read that the dividing line is roughly from Gloucester in the South West to Lincoln in the East - that doesn't seem right does it? My Dad used to say that the North was above Birmingham and the South below with The Midlands being a 'Golan Heights' no-mans-land and have lived by that since.

I bet a lot of people are confused about if they are a soft shandy drinking ponce or actually a pie-munching, flat-capped monkey.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 13:59, 26 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

It depends whether you're a Northerner or Southerner
If you're a Southerner, anywhere north of the Watford Gap is up north.

If you're of the ale-drinking persuasion, then anywhere south of about Sheffield is down south.

In conclusion, everyone thinks the Midlands is a shithole.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:03, Reply)

*ahem*??
Sam I'm an ale drinker AND southern, so suck on that ale-flavoured lollypop!

Although it's all south to me now.. Even scotland!
(darras jeg har en grevling i hodet. Grevling, grevlang, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:06, Reply)

us people in the far south
(not the shit south east, but the good south west)

we drink ale too, and generally produce better ale than the losers up north
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:18, Reply)

Yeah, yeah
everyone's bit of the country is so much better than everyone else's bit of the country.

Harveys Ale (brewed in my home town) is awesome and that's pretty far south east.

Mind you, I still hate Kent.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:24, Reply)

Al, you have a point
but the south west is without question the best part ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:27, Reply)

I live in the Midlands
and I like to munch soft shandy pie, if you know what I mean.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:27, Reply)

Well...
I'm from the Saaaf-East.
It's not great.
I like the countryside, but it's boring.
I've got no particular loyalty to Essex, either way.
( Cawl, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:28, Reply)

high five!
Vipros I originate from the south west also! Hurrah for us.
(darras jeg har en grevling i hodet. Grevling, grevlang, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:33, Reply)

*high fives darras*
where are you from?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:34, Reply)

@darras
surely you mean 'high six!'?
( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:35, Reply)

Salisbury
home of five rivers lots of pubs and crappy nightclubs ;)

Oh and that big stone circle also. You?
(darras jeg har en grevling i hodet. Grevling, grevlang, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:35, Reply)

^^^^
This!

edit - refering to mictoboys post.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:36, Reply)

@mictoboy
I must admit that you have confounded me dear chap! I blame it on the norwegian finance system.

But what?
(darras jeg har en grevling i hodet. Grevling, grevlang, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:36, Reply)

Flat capped monkeys
Are indigenous to Hartlepool and nowhere else on the planet.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:37, Reply)

i implied that you lot are all inbred mutants
as a humourous jape
( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:38, Reply)

They don't last long in Hartlepool though
When the locals see them, they hang them on the nearest tree.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:39, Reply)

Indeed
www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartlepoolmonkey.asp
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:39, Reply)

All monkeys
Must be shaved prior to said hanging. It's the (by-)law.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:41, Reply)

@micto
you may have a point.. But I shall furiously deny it!
(darras jeg har en grevling i hodet. Grevling, grevlang, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:44, Reply)

In my head
Anywhere north of Bristol is t'frozen north.
Anywhere further east than Weymouth is faaaakin London.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:49, Reply)

@darras
I'm in Exeter and lived nearby for almost 20 years.

from High Wycombe originally, but that part of my life didn't count.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 14:50, Reply)

As a "slap bang in the middle" Midlander................
I know that anywhere south of J1 of the M6 is soft shandy-drinking poofter territory and anywhere north of Wolverhampon is flat-cap-and-whippet-land.

Coventry is an elysian land, populated by hard-bitten yet poetic, erudite folk who will kick your face in while quoting Proust.

Well it's got me and Pooflake living here so it can't be ALL bad!
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 16:44, Reply)

Coventry?
Don't you all have dead eyes, like a shark? That's what I remember.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 17:03, Reply)

The old geography Tees-Exe line,
mouth of the Tees to the mouth of the Exe :-)
(The Oscillating Gibbon is eating curried squid, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 18:54, Reply)

I spent a happy 6 years in Coventry.
But half of those years I was pissed and the other half I was stoned.

Still..... happy days : )
( girlinthehole, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 20:37, Reply)

I've spent 48 years in Coventry
More than half of them drunk AND stoned!
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 23:46, Reply)