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Yes. To me the issue of northerner and southerner is silly, just as westerner and easterner. We are part of the UK a union of four nations. Professional scribes who indulge in this silly game only do so because as its pre-Christmas, little happening locally that is newsworthy, so some junior is sent off to find something to fill the space in the newspaper. There are incidently many thousands of so called northerners living in the south so as time progressess this type of description appears more silly.

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yep they do but they havent realised that 999 is a free call :D

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surely you are now taking the **** , dont you realise a **** take when you read one :rolleyes: :D :D :D

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Ahhh!! this is boring........ :td:

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or is it annoying you ;) :D :D :D

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Can someone close this thread it's passed its sell by date.

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so it is then , sorry i will leave it alone now :erm: :D :D :D :D

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Is this southern disease catching? What are the chances of we northerners who moved dahn sarf years ago becoming soft and effete. I've got to admit that I've noticed a tendency of late to sticking out my little finger whilst drinking tea, and I'm really worried when I find myself saying, "Another cup, vicar?", even when there isn't a vicar within miles of me.

Fortunately, I have not yet lost my taste for black pudding, so there's hope yet.

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:tu: :tu: :tu: , move back up north quick :disturbd: :D :D :D

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Thats quite right, not yet terminal.
Black pudding indeed.

Things that annoy me about the South.

1/ London
2/ The accent
3/ The ponciness
4/ the price of things
5/ The genetic inability to drive if your born south of Sheffield
6/ lack of use of indicators and the observation of speed limits.
7/ the lack of green open spaces
8/ the fact they have way way way more polution than we do
9/ the gits always nick our water
10/ the fact that the further south you drive th elonger it takes to get anywhere

Things I like about the North
1/ the people
2/ The climate, balmy in the summer and nice and cold with snow in the winter
3/ the amount of Southerners that have realised the errors of the birthing and moved North
4/ Most local Derbys in football
5/ our heritage, first passenger railway, the amount of archaeological remains here, the beauty of the North yorkshire moors national park, the birth place of captain cook, John walker, inventer of the safety match, Brian clough, we had great, world famous bridge builders.
6/ The site formerly known as ICI, love it or hate it, it shaped our region, it also did wonders for the war effort.
7/ the open space, people here dont live crammed in or on top of one another.
8/ Metro centre, always good for annoying chavs
9/ My home town, was once officially the cheapest place to live in the UK
10/ I think the North East is pretty well situated for everywhere, lakes is only 2 hours away, so is Scotland. We can sail to Scandanavia, fly to Ireland in about 30-40 minutes, and if we have to go to London its only 45 mins by plane, you can be there and back before it gets to you.

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born in boro, live down south, depends on the weather whether i'm northern or southern :PP: :PP: :PP: :PP: :PP:

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London is cool in places.

So? We talk proper...
Stereotype. I've lived in or around London all my life, and the only ponces I know are from up north..
Agreed.

And northerners can drive?
Erm, Kent & Cornwall have hundreds of miles of open spaces.

Dunno about that.
Dunno, but I am pretty sure most of the water in my area comes from Kent.
Nope.
How come, whenever I have seen any Ibiza Uncovered style programmes, they always star northerners and the Welsh?
How come every northerner I have ever met (whereever in the north they come from) moans that we southerners get the best weather then and it's too cold in the North?
Maybe they are just making the mistakes?
Depends on the teams.

See my previous answer about open spaces. My uncle lives in Kent, and is around 1/2 a mile from his neighbours.
Naah, we just have Lakeside, Bluewater, Dartford and Croydon for that..
Fair enough.
I'll remind you of that next time we arrange a meet...

Anyway, I live in a nice area (one of the nicer parts of Bromley). If I want City life, I can get a train to London in 40 minutes. If I want to go out into the country, I can WALK for 20 minutes and go out into the countryside in Kent. I can do it in less that 5 minutes by car..

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Too bluddy right I'm a softie.Who the hell wants to live in northern climes?4 years in in the county of Durham cured me of ever wanting to live anywhere where it snows EVERY winter. :p:

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I hope that is for proper black puddings, from Bury et al, inside real intestine skins, with lumps of white fat, not those horrid circular discs of mush served at most hotels south of Brum.:)

PS, One of my brothers lives in Horsell Park. Woking. I have visited him many times and apart from the ridiculous house prices I find it a very nice place. :tu:
The other brother lives in Luxulyan, Cornwall, very nice there too, just a pity there is little or no work for anyone in that area.

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Doesnt anyone think that comparing where we live is pretty childish?!?