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It's a term often used on this forum, so it should be simple enough to describe in a few words?


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:51 pm
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If you get out of the bath to have a wee


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:52 pm
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If you care about being called being middle class and actively deny it then you're almost certainly middle class. Especially if you claim to be working class.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:52 pm
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the bbc


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:53 pm
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Google for the Two Ronnies sketch.


 
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pay for your kids education? eat sushi? car worth more than your bike?

I don't really know to be honest, but I guess that I am middle class


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:53 pm
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If you were made unemployed then your father (or mother) have chums who could slot you into a role without having to go through the normal recruitent process.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:54 pm
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you're middle class if you take your pony to the vet to be put down.


 
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If you're on stw, you're almost certainly middle class.


 
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If you own your house? 😉

To me its mainly defined in terms of work - white collar worker = middle class. However its a damn sight easier to say someone is middle class than to define why.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:55 pm
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*Settles down in wingback. Pours a hefty cognac*

WOOLY MAMMOTH! Hoardes of them!


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:55 pm
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If you think that you have been screwed every time the budget is released, you're probably middle class.


 
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you muppet CFH - they're just Elephants wearing fur coats!

(if you can tell the difference you're middle class)


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:56 pm
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If you can swear in French, but not in Latin.


 
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If you tut


 
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If you blow your nose rather than constantly sniff all the time


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:58 pm
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PMSL @ Clubber!


 
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if you can afford to be a 'mountainbiker'


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:58 pm
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If you blow your nose rather than constantly sniff all the time

sniffing all the time = coke habit = very middle class 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:01 pm
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I had this argument with my housemates,

One earns an unfathomable ammount designing bits of some kind of laser wepon (not sure if involves sharks though).

The other is an IT security consultant.

Both were absolutely adament that they were working class, despite the fact we were living in a very nice house, with on average 2 cars each!


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:01 pm
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If you shower before work - middle class
If you shower after work - working class


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:03 pm
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If you shower before going to work - middle class
If you shower after work - working class

So what are pronstars?


 
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What if you shower before and after work? 😉

[edit] TSY maybe they are working middle class [edit]


 
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If you shower before going to work - middle class
If you shower after work - working class

So what are pronstars?

Classy. Erm. Apparently.


 
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You don't bother showering - upper class / tramp.


 
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sniffing all the time

Nah, that just means dodgy sinuses/deviated septum (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it).

tinas - anyone who denies being middle class is middle class.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:05 pm
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Take two bottles into the shower?

Not me!

I like to take a keg.


 
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If you own your house?

To me its mainly defined in terms of work - white collar worker = middle class. However its a damn sight easier to say someone is middle class than to define why.

I would most definitely not say that this is the case.
It's not defined by money.

I'm not sure what is middle class though. The closest I can come up with is a something woolly and self deafening like "middle class is subscribing to the ideals held by the middle class". The class thing is a bit of a bollocks way to identify yourself or others in todays socity imo.

The majority of people are middle class now.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:05 pm
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If a dilemma is the household is the stopper from your hip flask getting stuck under the breadmaker*

*pook, 2010.

Actually...

Upper class: breadmaker = ms tibbs, the cook
Middle: Panasonic bm3
Lower: lidl


 
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What if you shower before and after work?

You're a sweaty mess 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:06 pm
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My definition ... combined income more than £100 per year.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:06 pm
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Middle class = not having Heinz beans with your Sunday roast.


 
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Both were absolutely adament that they were working class, despite the fact we were living in a very nice house, [b]with on average[/b] 2 cars each!

So two cars each then 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:07 pm
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with [b]on average[/b] 2 cars each!

You're middle class if you unnecessarily embelish your sentences 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:08 pm
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So what are pronstars?

Porking class?
Under-class?


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:09 pm
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One might have one car, and the other three?


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:09 pm
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If you correct people just to appear clever, then you're ****yclass.


 
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no comma necessary there dd 😉


 
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So two cars each then

No, I had one (and bought my 2nd not long after moving out), housemate one had 3, housemate two had 1. All cars (apart form my midget) under 3 years old.

wikipedia:

Achievement of tertiary education.
Holding professional qualifications, including academics, lawyers, chartered engineers, politicians and doctors regardless of their leisure or wealth.
Belief in bourgeois values, such as high rates of house ownership and jobs which are perceived to be "secure".
Lifestyle. In the United Kingdom, social status has historically been linked less directly to wealth than in the United States,[3] and has also been judged by pointers such as accent, manners, place of education, occupation and the class of a person's family, circle of friends and acquaintances.[4] [5]
Cultural identification. Often in the United States, the middle class are the most eager participants in pop culture whereas the reverse is true in Britain.[6]


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:11 pm
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LOL at Clubber and M_F

The last time this thread came around I said...

'When you get upset because Waitrose have run out of nonpareils capers'


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:11 pm
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Both were absolutely adament that they were working class, despite the fact we were living in a very nice house, with on average 2 cars each!

So two cars each then

always knew your maths was shite m_f.

1 & 3 cars, = 2 cars each on average 😛


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:11 pm
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Middle class = having lemongrass in the cupboard, and knowing how to use it.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:13 pm
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no comma necessary there dd

🙂

See my previous post...

(But you're still wrong)


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:13 pm
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LOL @ the tag 😀

If you post in this thread...

Probably by someone claiming not to be 😆


 
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