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Upper classes gravel their drive; lower classes use concrete

106 replies

Spearpeas · 05/04/2022 19:43

Did anyone else see this article about upper and lower classes last weekend in The Daily Mail?

It says things like, ‘Upper classes wear clothes that are out of fashion; lower classes wear clothes that are in fashion’ and ‘upper classes go horse riding on holiday; lower classes do binge-drinking and get sunburned’.

Was it an April Fool?

It’s just that I now keep doing it in my head: ‘Upper classes draw water from a well; lower classes use a tap’ … ‘Upper classes drink Pepsi; lower class people drink Coca Cola’ etc.

So, please enlighten me: was it an April Fool? Because it really can’t have been for real … and what are yours (lighthearted)? (Upper classes do x; lower classes do y) …

OP posts:
chisanunian · 05/04/2022 20:14

The upper classes don't go horse riding on holiday, they do that at home.

ShowOfHands · 05/04/2022 20:18

We need our driveway resurfaced and gravel is the cheapest option by far. Which to be fair, does fit the upper class families I know. They don't like to spend money on trifling things like driveways. They tie up their cash in draughty old family seats and abandon the car on the perimeter of the estate when it gets stuck in the mud. Where it slowly rusts and is colonised by rare bats. True story.

MrsWooster · 05/04/2022 20:18

@Pyri

What’s the difference between a swimming costume and a swimsuit?!
Bathing costume darling, according to Saint Jilly of Cooper
LittleBearPad · 05/04/2022 20:20

Isn’t it from a new book? It seemed very generic to me. Watching the English by Kate Fox (I think) is much better

Pyri · 05/04/2022 20:20

@MrsWooster you better let the author of that article know then!

comfortablyfrumpy · 05/04/2022 20:21

Lots of gravel. Must be Upper Class then.
News to me! (And anyone who knows me Grin)

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Spearpeas · 05/04/2022 20:23

Names
Upper classes: Queen, Duke, Prince
Lower classes: Wayne, Jane, Zain

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jytdtysrht · 05/04/2022 20:24

It’s just drivel

TerraNovaTwo · 05/04/2022 20:25

A gravel drive does not look classy.

SpaghettiNotCourgetti · 05/04/2022 20:28

@TerraNovaTwo

A gravel drive does not look classy.
How dare you
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Spearpeas · 05/04/2022 20:29

@jytdtysrht

It’s just drivel
Yes! But isn’t it a joke?

There are lots of versions of this sort of thing, but this one must be a send-up?! It was published on April 1st.

It is like when Pippa Middleton did that book about how to have a party by wrapping up presents in coloured paper.

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SommerTen · 05/04/2022 20:32

I'm posh because I share my driveway with the peasant next door.

mumonthehill · 05/04/2022 20:33

My mum read this and actually rang to tell me that she was going to have to get new plates as hers were square and not round!!! Should have known it was from the Daily Mail!!!

godmum56 · 05/04/2022 20:35

@RichardMarxisinnocent

I am very surprised to learn that I am upper class due to wearing clothes which are out of fashion.
I have never in my entire life worn clothes that are in fashion.....does that make me REALLY posh?
godmum56 · 05/04/2022 20:35

oh and PS concrete drives are not allowed now, private drives and paved parking has to be water permeable

freesoul12 · 05/04/2022 20:37

@Fordian

I have resin.

Deal with that....

😂😂😂

that must be high upper class lol
NoWordForFluffy · 05/04/2022 20:38

@jytdtysrht

It’s just drivel
Is that a contraction of 'driveway gravel'? 🤔
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Spearpeas · 05/04/2022 20:39

@mumonthehill

My mum read this and actually rang to tell me that she was going to have to get new plates as hers were square and not round!!! Should have known it was from the Daily Mail!!!
At least she has plates …

I must admit to feeling a bit smug when I read that upper class people have untidy homes; lower class people are tidy, clean and like things that have been designed.

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Mellowyellow222 · 05/04/2022 20:39

I think it must be a joke. Lower class to buy clothes from m&s but upper class to buy their bedding😂😂😂

Painiscrap · 05/04/2022 20:39

@EileenGC

I don’t even have a drive, what class does that make me? Grin
Probably the same as me, the class no one gives a shit about!
JaninaDuszejko · 05/04/2022 20:40

@Pyri

What’s the difference between a swimming costume and a swimsuit?!
The same difference as between scent and perfume or a sitting room and living room.
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Spearpeas · 05/04/2022 20:40

@godmum56

oh and PS concrete drives are not allowed now, private drives and paved parking has to be water permeable
Someone needs to tell Detlev Pilitz. Do you think he is on mumsnet?
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godmum56 · 05/04/2022 20:41

@freesoul12
Fordian
I have resin.

Deal with that....

😂😂😂

that must be high upper class lol

nah its wannabe if you have to resin your gravel.

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Spearpeas · 05/04/2022 20:42

[quote godmum56]@freesoul12
Fordian
I have resin.

Deal with that....

😂😂😂

that must be high upper class lol

nah its wannabe if you have to resin your gravel.[/quote]
I assumed this was something to do with drugs.

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theschitt · 05/04/2022 20:43

@Fordian

I have resin.

Deal with that....

😂😂😂

Environmental unaware peasant