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What makes you an aristocrat? (Light hearted!)

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hatethinkingupnamechanges · 15/05/2019 14:40

You know thing about how posh people don't buy their own furniture? (I learnt this from watching Downton Abbey.) I'm looking around my two bed, ex councilflat and I actually haven't bought any of my own furniture, it's all inherited from my gran (as we were clearing out her house at exactly the same time as I was moving into mine), my gran's friends, passed on by relatives who emigrated, or left by the previous owners of the flat.

As I do not buy my own furniture, I am therefore proclaiming aristocratic status. 🤣

What makes you an aristocrat?

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Aimily · 15/05/2019 14:44

I will join you on that proclamation as the word aristocrat derives from the Greek word aristokratia, which itself comes from the root words aristos, meaning "best," and kratos, meaning "rule."

I am the best at something I'm sure and I rule my house 😂

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hatethinkingupnamechanges · 15/05/2019 14:59

Excellent Aimily! I'm sure we'll be called to sit in the House of Lords by next Tuesday.

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BillywigSting · 15/05/2019 15:01

I'm claiming aristocracy because my great grandfather owned a ruin of a castle.

It's called glenart and is in Ireland

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 15/05/2019 15:03

DH attended a 'finishing school for Junior Members of the Aristocracy'. (Professional college)
He's the son of a Yorkshire bus driver... He finds this hilarious!

GBroGal · 15/05/2019 15:07

The roof leaks in the east wing - well, it's actually the flat roof of the downstairs bathroom extension of a two up/two down terraced house.

SecretWitch · 15/05/2019 15:07

I am v. aristo as I often found in muddy wellies. I assume everybody meets everyone at the polo grounds. (Or Waitrose)

MrsTerryPratchett · 15/05/2019 15:10

I know the words to Auld Lang Syne and don't cross arms. Like the fucking Queen and shit. Innit.

JaneJeffer · 15/05/2019 15:10

I live in a country house therefore I am an aristocrat (so what if it only has three bedrooms).

BlackPrism · 15/05/2019 15:13

I don't shower everyday, I can ride a horse, I have eaten caviar and champagne in the last 30 days and I was recently upgraded to first class on an aeroplane for no cost.

(It may just be part of my job but I feel I qualify to be a marquess)

BarbaraofSevillle · 15/05/2019 15:23

SIL called me posh once. I don't know if it's because of the horse spa (yes, seriously) I can see out of the back window of my ex LA semi country abode or my filthy estate car, complete with muddy wellies, but she must have said this before she knew about my sweary, pint drinking, everyone in my family being miners, factory workers or barmaids side.

I come up as Elite in the BBC class test too, but that is obviously a load of shite.

ineedaknittedhat · 16/05/2019 16:23

I have a solid silver teapot and like to eat salmon and cucumber sandwiches 😁

Greenvalleymama · 16/05/2019 16:37

I have nearly all the essentials of a lady of the manor (Land Rover/ yellow Labrador/ black cocker spaniel and muddy wellies). Just need to find a manor to occupy...

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 16/05/2019 16:42

DD was served her juice in a crystal wine glass at an event on Saturday.

ScreamingValenta · 16/05/2019 16:43

Everything in my house is covered in dog hair! That's a trademark of large country houses* Grin

*My house is neither large nor in the country.

IJustLostTheGame · 16/05/2019 16:46

I have a drawing room.

It's where DH draws up diagrams for work
Grin

SneakyGremlins · 16/05/2019 16:47

Someone else paid for all my furniture Wink does that count?

FurrySlipperBoots · 16/05/2019 16:47

I have a friend who works as a groom to a family of aristocrats. They spend tens of thousands on sending their daughters to boarding school, while not being able to afford to replace the broken window panes in their mansion so they have a howling gale blowing through. It's very bizarre.

FurrySlipperBoots · 16/05/2019 16:49

Oh, and I nannied for a family posh enough to have had their portraits done in oil paint, and hung up in their hall alongside their ancestors. Sorry but that's hilarious. Who has a giant portrait of THEMSELVES hanging in their house?!

Pinkarsedfly · 16/05/2019 16:49

I can pronounce Featherstonehaugh and I have too many dogs.

dudsville · 16/05/2019 16:52

I just need to Google and then I'll come back and tell you!

userabcname · 16/05/2019 16:53

Rumour has it (disclaimer: rumour started with great-grandmother who was a bit batty before she died so not a reliable source) that my maternal line descended from a dalliance between a maid and Lord of the manor. Apparently this explains a family double barrelled surname we have - one more common name is hers and the other posher one is his. Of course, this could well all be total bollocks but I shall use this mystery Lord as my claim to the upper echelons.

dudsville · 16/05/2019 16:58

So i just took this quiz on how aristocratic i am, and imagine my surprise ok but to discover I'm "not at all". I suspect foil play so I'm having the makers of that quiz sacked.

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hatethinkingupnamechanges · 16/05/2019 16:58

ScreamingValenta Mine is covered in the fur of a currently moulting rabbit who seems to think he's a cat, so it's probably just as well I didn't pay for my furniture.

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FurrySlipperBoots · 16/05/2019 17:00

Also, if your cousin is also your OH, you're probably an aristocrat!

Burlea · 16/05/2019 17:06

My 2 X's great grandad was the eldest son of an Earl. He fell in love with a girl who lived on a barge(2x's great grandmother), married her and was disowned.