Do you live in a bohemian household?

[mousiemousie]

What are its characteristics if so?

[PeachyClair]

Nah, that's a gert dirty Ippy.

Glasto tyopes are Chelsea Hippies.

Wrinklies are older people, crusties are dirty older people who use string to keep their trousers up

[Gem13]

Buckets - how did you guess it was in the south west?

Not Glastonbury but close. Close enough to call the local festival 'Pilton'.

[Tinker]

I suspect having a pension rules out bohemia.

[joelallie]

Go on tell Gem! I live near(ish) Glasto and I could take a few guesses but I'd love to know...

[PeachyClair]

Nobody here knows what I mean by Pilton Festival

I'm getting homesick for a bunch of Ippies LOL!

[joelallie]

Is that dirty ippies Peachy? Or crusties......

Did you say you were doing Carnival at the weekend? We went on Friday (of course) and it was very good but too cold!! DS#2 told me he wanted to go home about 9.30 so of course I had to......

[Bucketsofburntdinosaurs]

Is a Chelsea hippy a yippie? (yuppy hippie)

[joelallie]

No it's a chippy....mind you my DH's is a carpenter but he'd kill me if I ever called him a (c)hippy! Never trust a hippie and all that

[Tortington]

with muchio embarassment i said such a thing to a fellow mumsnetter - i meant it as high compliment - this was around 4 years ago - i think she was seriously mortally offended. she still loves me. but ever since i shiver at the term. i thought it was a nice thing to say - refering to off beat trendy ness - a hippy chic - which i think is lovely

i think she thought i was saying she was scruffy! i was not her home is lovely

[PeachyClair]

We went friday too kids were in it Saturday and this Saturday is just 'for fun'.



Actually I rather like Glastonbury, and it's nice once the competitive bit is over for us.

FIL is a carpenter who calls himself a chippy, others just call him Cowboy

[LadyMacbeth]

I live near Glastonbury too, have always referred to the festival as Pilton. Would love to know the village/town in question Gem! It does sound a wee bit familiar !

[Gem13]

[mousiemousie]

Right, I have compiled a boho-ometer. How bohemian are you?

Have you ever posed naked as an artist?s model? 10 points for yes, bonus 10 points if you also had sex with him/her afterwards

Are you bisexual? 10 points for yes

Do you define yourself as an artist (even if your boss defines you as a systems analyst)? 10 points for yes

Do you have a car less than 10 years old? Deduct 10 points for yes unless it is borrowed from a rich pal

Can you remember if your friends? houses are clean? 10 points if you?re not sure/ have never really thought about it

Do you despise neat box houses and conventional lifestyles? 10 points for yes

Do you ever deliberately exercise? 10 points for no

Is it more important to have read a novel during the week or to have cleaned the toilet? 10 points for the novel

Was your first home a garret? 10 points for yes

Do your kids have airy fairy boho names? Add 2 points for each name, 5 more if you have changed your own name along these lines, even if only unofficially

Is your primary relationship what you would call ?unusual?? 5 points. Bonus 5 points for each other sexual relationship you are currently invovled in

Do you consider yourself an intellectual? 10 points for yes

Do you drink more than the government recommended amount? 10 points for yes, bonus 5 if you don?t know the govt recommended amount

Are you musical? 5 points for yes

Are you financially irresponsible? 10 points for yes

Do you love one-off creations and despise anything mass produced? 10 points for yes

Do you and your kids like to wee outdoors? 5 points for each of you who do

Is your house somewhat run down? 10 points for yes

Do you live in a cheap area? 10 points for yes

Do you have locks on the bathroom door(s) ? deduct 5 points for each

Do you like velvet in your home? 5 points for yes

Do you love the colour purple? 5 points for yes

Do you have an open fire? 10 points for yes

Do you have brightly coloured silk underwear? 10 points for yes

Have you ever had an STD? 5 points for each time

Finally, add 5 points for each different cat you have fed in the last year

[Ilovemyboy]

rofl

[lulumama]

a very poor 92 - see...contrived shabby chic , definitely not BOHO......!!!!

[PeachyClair]

130.... until you get to the cats

that's around 20 I guess, can't be bothered to add it up (and no I don't have STDs and I'm neither busexual nor in a novel relationship)

[joelallie]

130 - might be more but I'm not sure how you would define my kids's names - boho or not - I think it depends on your viewpoint (compare to all the Tylers and Kylies in school they probably are)

[holidaymum]

150 I am Bohemian but I hate labels, too conventional

[Blu]

LOL at your test, Mousie!

[NotAnOtter]

FABULOUS mousie!
I am like a demi boho mum.
Old school friend recently described me as a frustrated hippy. Arty but anal me!

[lou33]

130 my house is always a mess, i think it is changing soon though

[moondog]

psml at Mousie's quiz (I daren't take it-would disappear in a puff of sandalwood) and Hatwoman's G plan table.

I definitely think Boho involves extra marital shagging.

The most Boho family I know (father presently artist in residence at Isle of Sheppey prison) have lots of long haired nymphette daughters,who were wont to drift around the house in flimsy batiked sarongs or swing languidly in the hanging basket chairs in their living room.

There were always plenty of young men with wispy beards paying court,invariably rolling joints.

Mere and Pere did a lot of wife swapping.

Funnily enough, the only son cleared off to Sweden and became a successful banker.

[mousiemousie]

Demi boho mum - like it
So there are a few sub cultures out there...the bobo and the demi boho

am fascinated by the posts on this thread

I am a bit of a wannabe, maybe a demi-boho