[i]- 10% of country folk can't identify a Starbucks.
- 22% of rural adults could not identify a mad tramp. 1 in 10 thought he was a telephone box.
- Two-thirds didn't understand a pedestrian crossing.
- 32% referred to the underground train as "the metal worm". [/i]
Sorry to backtrack a bit. But I larfed at this, thank you.
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Nice one Graham...
And do the yute in Laaahndaaaahn not need Yute Projects to give them something to do rather than raping old ladies and dealing smack? I was under the impression that yokel yute didn't need yute clubs because they went fishing, learnt to recognise various sorts of trees, got off their tits on strong organic cider etc.
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I've never yet met a bunch of locals looking uninviting,[i]I've been in a couple in Wales where they have been openly hostile, presumably because we are English.[/i]
Are you sure?
No, I just made it up, I was imagining it when I was followed into the toilet and they 'joked' about the '****ing' English.
Without knowing where you were or how you were acting, it's difficult to comment,
But you will anyway and jump to fatuous conclusions to boot?
For what it's worth it was the Station Inn in Porthmadog.
Hard to tell how people mean what they say, but the welsh, as with the scots, have a distinctly dry sense of humour which can come across as hostile. It's down to how you take it IME, I've spent months in total all over Wales and yet to hear anyone comment unless we were rowdy, and then a quick joke back with them gets a laugh and it's all smiles.
What disappoints me is that so many know about the countryside. If there were less than there would less idiots coming out and then wanting the rural areas to provide entertainment and totally out of character stuff like public loos, and tourist centres. why come to the country side to have it like home. Its like going abroad then eating English and expecting the locals to understand you. Must admit cyclists are as bad as anyone in that respect. complaining about a lack of showers at Cwm Carn. the whole damn building shouldn't be there.
Smiffy: are you talking about The Hunters' Lodge?
I'm usually in the back or side room on Friday's between 7:30 and 9pm.
[i]"kids in the cities do have more access to many more forms of intellectual stimulus, and opportunity for interaction with other people, than their rural counterparts"[/i]
err, really, how so? Do explain?
BTW: I'm rural and a bit slow on the uptake. Is RudeBoy aka PaddedBra aka FredDibnah? It's a wild guess.
Watch out, buzz - Rudeboy will accuse you of misquoting, you've left a couple of words off that quote.
When I went to uni there was a cow field nearby. One of my friends saw cows for the first time and was amazed how big they were. She expected them to be about the size of labradors...
some amusing stuff in there
I think you learn about what surrounds you as it is unavoidable and what interests you because it interests you
I know the obvious stuff, but I'm no professor of the countryside, I live here and work in it.
I'm pretty ignorant of towns and cities as I don't live there and have little desire to be there. This lack of knowledge makes it a daunting place, highlighted by the rumours and media to give an impression of drugs, stabbing, shoot-outs, hoodies, gangs, clamping, theft, highly strung people - why do I want to go?
And we defend what we like and know.
Lived in the Countryside, and now living in a small city (Beijing) I soooo miss the Countryside, the rolling hills, the arguments with the walkers for not getting out of the way in time (yeah I do have that now)
I blame the parents (in the UK)( and Government, for cutting back on transport services), for not taking their offspring to see what marvels are in the countryside.
Last year took the wife, camping for the night, North of Beijing, it was her first time camping under the stars, camp fire, cooking food, freezing in the morning dew... loved it, can't get enough of it.
When we got back to Beijing, first thing she said was thank you, as if she hadn't met me, she would never have been introduced to the outdoor life.
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Smiffy: are you talking about The Hunters' Lodge?I'm usually in the back or side room on Friday's between 7:30 and 9pm.
What a dreadful pub the Hunter's was last time I was there! Poisonous beer and matching landlord. Always preferred the New Inn...