Plus, anytime
our Government did somethign we didn't like, we could block the Chunnel and riot. I'd be well up for that, but the majority of the country sees that kind of behaviour as suspiciously continental.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:23, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

suspiciously continental?
phrase of the day, surely?
(JohntheDane, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Y'know
I was walking around Birmingham on Saturday, and was reminded by just how much I hate England. Far too many people, most of whom were obese (some grotesquely so), all barging into me and never once apologising.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:27, Reply)

Oh, this country's people have turned into
a total shower of bastards. I can't fucking stand crowds as a result of it. Everybody appears to have the "I'm alright, Jack" mentality now.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:29, Reply)

I blame Thatcher
We need a good cull.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:31, Reply)

What we need
are for people to stop "nurturing" their children and start walloping them again.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:33, Reply)

I found myself agreeing with Edwina Curry on this one yesterday
Well, not the walloping bit, but the laying down the law occasionally so that the real world isn't a hideous affront to their 'rights'.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:34, Reply)

Completely agree too

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:36, Reply)

That's spot on
A major problem is people feel entitled to so much. They believe it's their right to be given x, or to do y. Violence is not the answer, Necessary Force is though ;)
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:39, Reply)

This.
My parents smacked me throughout my childhood, and there's nothing wrong with me.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:36, Reply)

Mine did too
Not that I enjoyed it, but somehow, I've got to appreciate it. There's nothing better than a good spanking sometimes ;-)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:37, Reply)

Ohhhhhh
Don't get me started, you're talking about something entirely different here ;)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:40, Reply)

Kinky bitches

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:45, Reply)

No idea what you're on about 0 :-)

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:47, Reply)

Nice smiley!
And each to their own, whilst I'm not-into-that-sort-of-thing, I'm more than happy to accommodate if the woman requests such!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:49, Reply)

Then you are a fine man, a good man

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:53, Reply)

But not always a gentle man ;)

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:56, Reply)

And sometimes, Lab, that's what's needed
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( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:57, Reply)

I play to the mood
But am always happy to take requests!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:59, Reply)

Spoken like a true DJ

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 12:00, Reply)

*finger pistols*

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Mine rarely did
Because the threat of it was enough.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:38, Reply)

that explains your face.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:39, Reply)

yeah
Whilst I suspect that my mum could have achieved the same results without losing control and giving me a right glauming, we'll never know, so I choose a bit of occasional fear over 'reasoning'. There's a time to debate and a time to know best.
And my parents weren't overly strict. They let me explore boundaries and be responsible. But if that didn;t work out there were consequences. I'd say I've turned out alright.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:40, Reply)

It was the following through on threats as well, Kids have to learn there are consequences to their actions.
If my mum threatened a punishment, like no tv for a week or whatever, she always carried it out, no matter how guilty she felt afterwards.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:43, Reply)

Exactly
Nowadays, people repeatedly threaten things and the kids know for a fact that, if anything, the actual punishment will only be a fraction of that.
Kids can be disciplined AND happy.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:45, Reply)

If I had a pound for everytime I've heard a parent say
"Now this is your last warning, Mummy won't tell you again"
More than once in the space of two minutes, I'd have a very large pile of money.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:49, Reply)

My mum used to say
"I'll give you three. ONE... TWO..." and it was over and done. She never got to three.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Same here.
My mum never talked about herself in the third person to me either. I wonder if there's a connection.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:58, Reply)

god yeah
I can't imagine my mum saying "Not now, mummy's tired..."
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 12:00, Reply)

Haha, no, me neither.
Actually, I've never called my mum "mummy". And I stopped calling my dad "daddy" when I was about four.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 12:09, Reply)

My mum did my head in
So there was a lot of "I'm telling my daddy on yooooooo!"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 12:23, Reply)

good shout fella.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:41, Reply)

You don't complain enough in this country by far
What is this stupid ban on hose pipping in the North, when it's raining here every day? The only reason why there's not enough water is because the pipes are crap. I can't believe nobody has said a word and demand United Utilities (or whoever) to fix the pipes and stop making the public to pay for their problems. Grrr
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:28, Reply)

The British, and the English in particular
are a strange breed. For the most part they keep to themselves, don't like to make a scene and generally behave in an insular manner (as Labia has pointed out, quite often to an extremely selfish extent). But push them too far and suddenly they're invading you.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:31, Reply)

I think your invasion time is long, long time ago dead
How can you explain that you're the only country not complaining about the stupid meassures taken by the goverment, and the fact that bankers fucked up but it's us paying for it?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:35, Reply)

People complain
But nobody does anything about it. I wish we could have had the Athens riots here, but knowing the fucktarded population of England they'd probably kick the windows of the local Lloyds bank in, rather than marching on Canary Wharf.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:37, Reply)

That's what the Argentinians thought :P
No, I'm only kidding around, third rate countries don't rock boats.

We are complaining, but being English it's a low muttering rather than a yell. Most people here just aren't confrontational until they're pushed beyond tolerance, then we snap.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I don't know if I'm looking forward or scared to see the snapping
As Labia just said, we'd probably get a lot of mad chavs breaking into banks and rioting.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:42, Reply)

Pretty much, yeah

( Kroney, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:43, Reply)

"Don't like making a scene" "insular manner"
Give me a fucking break. The anount of vile pikeys in replica shirts shouting their way through playgrounds/pubs/shopping centres etc of England, far surpasses that of any other Euro nation.
This mild mannered England populated by reserved and polite folk was a myth put out to increase the sales of Enid Blyton books, and is now only believed by xenophobic Mail readers.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I think you'll find
that "most people" are the middle English Tory types, not chavs. You can't disagree with a sweeping generalisation of an entire nation by pointing out one sub-culture. That's like saying "the English don't wear green, look at the Goths!"
( Kroney, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:42, Reply)

There are no goths to look at.
The sun is shining and they are all inside pretending to read Camus.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 12:18, Reply)

I don't like goths
They refer to themselves as "beautiful people", thus flying in the face of all the evidence to the contrary. I just can't get along with people who're capable of that amount of self-delusion.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 12:22, Reply)

I have to say
that I was quite dissapointed when I came here. I was expecting a lot of gentlemen and ladys walking around, being polite and offering tea at 5 o'clock. I discovered a new England in Stockport.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:43, Reply)

I would be delighted to offer to take you for some afternoon tea

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:45, Reply)

You live in an ideal town for 'tea-taking'.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 12:19, Reply)

Your discovered old England
in Stockport. The Victorians invented the other one.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 11:46, Reply)