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Differences between Brits & Americans.

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by JR, Dec 11, 2006.

  1. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    IIRC, private school over there is actually called public school.

    Of course! Why wouldn't you refer to some of the world's most exclusive schools as "public"? ::)
     
  2. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    Yeah, I think I encountered a heavily "U" crowd in Cambridge. What a bunch of pricks. I caught shit all night at this pub because I was wearing a baseball cap..."Yank" this and "Yank" that. Suck my Celt-o-tool, posh public-school nob-ends. I'm sure there were friendlier pubs in town.

    I don't wish I could be like David Watts. ;)
     
  3. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    Well add a Cantabrian to the list. In my hometown, you have the divide between those who either are going or went to the University, and the others. My Parents both went, but had to work to get there. You do get a lot of people who are in because of who they know, not what they know. It has changed a lot since I left though.
     
  4. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    Because they are publicly run, not state run.
     
  5. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    GB_Hack, do you know the Hardy family that lives in Mystole?
     
  6. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    No, It's been six years since I've been home.
     
  7. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    I used to work for William Collins Publishers (before Rupert Murdoch devoured it).

    The company was divided right down the middle: there were the U wankers from Oxford and Cambridge and then there were the thugs from the East Side of London and Glasgow.

    Best anthropological fun ever.
     
  8. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    Glaswegian thugs! Yobbos!

    That was a good time I had back then. Jolly olde England.

    When You're Young
    by The Jam

    Life is timeless, days are long when you're young
    You used to fall in love with everyone
    Any guitar and any bass drum
    Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young
    Life is new and there's things to be done
    You can't wait to be grown up
    Acceptance into the capital world
    You pull on some weed, then you pull on someone when you're young

    But you find out life isn't like that
    It's so hard to comprehend
    Why you set up your dreams to have them smashed in the end

    But you don't mind you've got time on your side
    And they're never gonna make you stand in line
    You're just waiting for the right time

    You're fearless and brave - you can't be stopped when you're young
    You swear you're never ever gonna work for someone
    No corporations for the new age sons
    Tears of rage roll down your face
    But still you say "it's fun"

    And you find out life isn't like that
    It's so hard to understand
    Why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam

    It's got you in its grip before you're born
    It's done with the use of a dice and a board
    They let you think you're king but you're really a pawn

    You're fearless and brave - you can't be stopped when you're young
    You used to fall in love with everyone
    Any guitar and any bass drum
     
  9. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    So you're telling me that Brits run their mouth too much when they don't know what they're talking about, and are big-time drunks.

    And Paltrow thinks we're idiots.
     
  10. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    That pub thing must have been ages ago, because now everyone wears them. Where were you? I preferred the Spread Eagle and the Anchor.

    And yes, a lot of us are big time drunks, who know everything. So there.
     
  11. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    It was 1989. Can't remember the pub in Cambridge. I was only there for a weekend.

    My local in Camden Town was The Hawley Arms. Clash on the wall, Pogues on the jukebox, real ale on tap.

    Alcohol abuse was encouraged. My dorm had a pub attached to it.
     
  12. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    Ah, that's nothing. My "Public school" had its own bar, so we could learn who to drink responsibly.

    Fat lot of good that did.....
     
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