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What makes a person 'common'?

926 replies

Karlwho · 10/07/2019 20:37

In your opinion. Just interested.

OP posts:
swimwithaview · 21/07/2019 21:43

Is keeping fish common? Asking for a friend.

HairyDogsInUnusualPlaces · 21/07/2019 21:48

I believe keeping fish is fine, but videoing them is very common.

HairyDogsInUnusualPlaces · 21/07/2019 21:48

Boiling fannies...common or uncommon?

swimwithaview · 21/07/2019 21:50

Well none of the best people boil vegetables these days. I’d say fannies are the same.

DanglyWhoreTassels · 21/07/2019 21:51

Yes and trying to make a career out of videoing your fish is practically social suicide!

Boiling fannies, I think ... posh!

DanglyWhoreTassels · 21/07/2019 21:54

Oh so should we all be steaming our fannies?

HairyDogsInUnusualPlaces · 21/07/2019 21:58

I do mine sous vide (that sounds like a posh way of cooking, doesn't it?)

DanglyWhoreTassels · 21/07/2019 22:05

Well now Dog funny you should say that because my fanny is always served Deconstructed, Al Dente and with a Foam Jus!

DanglyWhoreTassels · 21/07/2019 22:05

Becoz I am Posh AF!!!

YoThePussy · 21/07/2019 22:26

I think deep fried is best, nothing more exhilarating than lowering yourself into the chip pan

DanglyWhoreTassels · 21/07/2019 22:31

Well Yo I will try anything once ...

ThighsRelief · 21/07/2019 22:31

Sous vide would require un Bain Marie which is posh, but then a Hostess Trolley which is common.

HairyDogsInUnusualPlaces · 21/07/2019 22:33

Do you batter it first, Pussy?

DanglyWhoreTassels · 21/07/2019 22:45

YoPussy do you add any sauces?

I need to know am about to launch Fanny Batter

Hey folks is that common or classy? Just need to know where to set the price point?

YoThePussy · 21/07/2019 23:13

Have been serving on a bed of cockles and wrinkles but quite like the idea of a foam jus Dangly.

SlocombePooter · 21/07/2019 23:22

Thigh I misread you as referring to boiled flannels, for a moment I thought we were back on the laundry thread!

ThighsRelief · 21/07/2019 23:24

I always have capers to spare.

swimwithaview · 21/07/2019 23:24

cockles and wrinkles Grin

I can’t eat anything that hasn’t been ironed.

DanglyWhoreTassels · 21/07/2019 23:27

Yo I think between us we have managed the concept of 'Posh Fanjos' so where are we placed in the market? What will our brand look like? How shall we price?

We need to engage 'blue skies thinking, outside if the box on this' because 'teamwork makes the dream work' Smile

YoThePussy · 21/07/2019 23:34

You say wrinkles, I say winkles, I type without my glasses on!

Dangly we need to grasp the green nettle on this one.

DanglyWhoreTassels · 21/07/2019 23:39

Yes we do Yo and then we can move forward with best practice in mind with a fast track to the game plan!

YoThePussy · 22/07/2019 00:02

I will order some flip charts and some sparkly marker pens I know how to use excel sort of, we can make this work.

DanglyWhoreTassels · 22/07/2019 00:22

Going forward this is a huge piece of the pie!

YoThePussy · 22/07/2019 00:29

I can do pie charts as well!

Celestine70 · 22/07/2019 00:36

I am working-class I might be called common, I swear, I have a tattoo, I also have a degree (first class), when I am talking to other local 'common' people I use a local dialect and words that 'non-common' people might not understand. I also own my own home, something I never thought would be possible when I was young. However, I am very self-aware of my origins. So I wouldn't swear in public for example but I will swear with friends like me. So, maybe common is someone who doesn't know they are common and just behaves however they want regardless of the situation or surroundings or who they are with? Gemma in Corrie comes to mind :) But is being common really a thing? Surely it is certain behaviours rather than the person who is common? It is an old-fashioned term that is quite judgemental of people.