Southerners are softies. Official.

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.

Originally Posted by Scooby

Do they have phones up there?

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

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Gogogo

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.

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

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

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

Ahhh!! this is boring........

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Gogogo

Ahhh!! this is boring........

or is it annoying you

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

or is it annoying you

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

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Gogogo

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

so it is then , sorry i will leave it alone now

[Theodoric]

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.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Theodoric

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.

, move back up north quick

Originally Posted by Theodoric

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.

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.

[Graham F]

Originally Posted by Mal

I thought you were a northerner then, seen as you support Middlesbrough, or do you not support your local team then?

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

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by timewarrior2001

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

Things that annoy me about the South.

1/ London

London is cool in places.

2/ The accent

So? We talk proper...

3/ The ponciness

Stereotype. I've lived in or around London all my life, and the only ponces I know are from up north..

4/ the price of things

Agreed.

5/ The genetic inability to drive if your born south of Sheffield
6/ lack of use of indicators and the observation of speed limits.

And northerners can drive?

7/ the lack of green open spaces

Erm, Kent & Cornwall have hundreds of miles of open spaces.

8/ the fact they have way way way more polution than we do

Dunno about that.

9/ the gits always nick our water

Dunno, but I am pretty sure most of the water in my area comes from Kent.

10/ the fact that the further south you drive th elonger it takes to get anywhere

Nope.

Things I like about the North
1/ the people

How come, whenever I have seen any Ibiza Uncovered style programmes, they always star northerners and the Welsh?

2/ The climate, balmy in the summer and nice and cold with snow in the winter

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?

3/ the amount of Southerners that have realised the errors of the birthing and moved North

Maybe they are just making the mistakes?

4/ Most local Derbys in football

Depends on the teams.

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7/ the open space, people here dont live crammed in or on top of one another.

See my previous answer about open spaces. My uncle lives in Kent, and is around 1/2 a mile from his neighbours.

8/ Metro centre, always good for annoying chavs

Naah, we just have Lakeside, Bluewater, Dartford and Croydon for that..

9/ My home town, was once officially the cheapest place to live in the UK

Fair enough.

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.

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..

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.

[iadom]

Originally Posted by Theodoric

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

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.
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.

[Kliro]

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