Reports that Britain now has seven social classes were greeted with a sigh of relief from a nation of people too lazy to have individual characteristics.
[url= http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/britons-still-relying-on-class-system-for-their-personalities-2013040364532?fb_action_ids=10151577205447268&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151577205447268%22%3A319789224790398%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151577205447268%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D ]Teacher Emma Bradford said: “I’m more than happy to let my entire value system be decided by a set of arbitrary economic guidelines.
“Without a strong, detailed class system I’d have no reference points, I could end up watching Antiques Roadshow while drinking an Oasis, wearing a top hat and stroking a staffordshire bull terrier.[/url]
Depressing. We are all individuals and born equal. The decent chap who fixes my car is as important as me.
i agree, we are all equal. some more so.
We are all individuals
I'm not.
The chap who fixes my car is better than me.
From The Good Life:
Margo: Did you, or did you not see a pale blue envelope cellotaped to the handle of your pick-axe this morning?
Arthur Bailey: Yes, I did.
Margo: And what was written on that envelope?
Arthur Bailey: N.B.
Margo: Well?
Arthur Bailey: Well, I'm not N. Bailey. I'm Arthur Bailey. A.B.
Margo: You stupid man!
Arthur Bailey: You can't talk to me like that.
Margo: I can, because I pay your wages, and get off my carpet. For your information Mr. Bailey, N.B. means Nota Bene.
Arthur Bailey: Who?
Margo: It's Latin.
Arthur Bailey: Oh. Well, I come from Balham.
Margo: Very well. The fact that you come from Balham probably does excuse your ignorance of even elementary Latin. It does not excuse ignoring a written instruction which is sellotaped to the handle of your pick-axe.
Arthur Bailey: Written instructions are for white collar workers. I'm manual.
Margo: I see. So unless a sign reads: "Keep off the grass, Mr. Bailey, and all other manual workers", you ignore it, do you?
Arthur Bailey: I didn't mean that.
Margo: Well, what do you mean Mr. Bailey?
Arthur Bailey: I mean it's up now. It's a fait accompli.
Margo: Oh, so we know French in Balham, but no Latin?