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What Class do you consider yourself and why?

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 00:07

I have always considered myself working class as I work for a living..I've been to university, got a degree and have a professional qualification but recently at work I heard a couple of colleagues speak of themselves as middle class...doesn't really matter I suppose, just interested in opinions!!

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 01:01

Well done darling...the contented little baby thing is working then?? ( Lights big squib and runs for cover!)

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 01:02

Never mind Monty..I'm sure the help gets them just sparkling though for you!

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juneybean · 04/10/2009 01:07

Napkin?!!? Serviette?!!? Surely a bit of kitchen roll suffices no?

Is that my lower class coming out....

BiteOfFun · 04/10/2009 01:08

Top class, that's all.

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 01:09

Juney...an absorbent sleeve is all you really need....

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teamcullen · 04/10/2009 01:11

Your wrong about the blossom hill gem- Its lambrini or strongbow in this neck of the woods. Especially for the beautiful outdoor smoking rooms bus stops

Monty100 · 04/10/2009 01:15

Gem - oh he does.

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 01:15

Is it better to drink it out of a blue plastic bag or a paper one? I suppose it's more environmentally friendly to use a paper one...and don't forget your napkin for your cheesy chips!

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 01:17

Oh how very modern of you Monty, to have a male housekeeper!

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Monty100 · 04/10/2009 01:19

Gem I know. It was just a fluke of nature.

Cheesy chips . Now there's a one. How very Belgian.

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 01:30

What about cheesy chips with garlic mayonnaise? Essential gourmet gunk in my student days. Also there is a local fast food emporium that produces a very popular dish of pitta bread, chopped breaded chicken breast, garlic mayo, chili sauce and....SALAD!! It's like having a big old chicken fried rice with curry sauce and a diet coke....not that I've ever done this...(AHEM)

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teamcullen · 04/10/2009 01:31

wrong again gem- its milky bars... they need the silver paper you see.

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 01:34

Oh teamcullen...I'll never look at a milky bar in the same way again

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teamcullen · 04/10/2009 01:35

Im off to bed now,as Im being very environmently minded cos the lecky will go off

teamcullen · 04/10/2009 01:37

have you never seen a milky bar on the floor and thorght, ahh some poor little kid has dropped his milky bar?

It wasnt the poor little kid

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 01:40

Too traumatised to even think about that...are you serious????

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 01:43

I'm so niaive

Heading for my 4 poster, duck down bed now which has been turned down by the butler...complete with chocolate on pillow......OH NO.. It's a milky bar!!

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teamcullen · 04/10/2009 01:48

Deadly serious, I used to walk through this skanky market taking DD to school when she was little. All kinds used to hang around by there.

I used to think ahh poor kid dropped his chocolate, but then I noticed poor kid must drop his chocolate all the time in the same spot

It took me a while to cotton on, probably after seeing so many smack heads asleep on the beds outside the second hand furniture shop.

I started walking the long way to school after that.

teamcullen · 04/10/2009 01:53

Its lucky I didnt say I was middle class in my first post. I would have definatly been outed after my superior knowledge of milky bar wrappers

Then again I could have said I found out after taking part in Secerate Millionaire

Speaking of which this weeks SM was in my neck of the woods,

How did I miss him

teamcullen · 04/10/2009 01:55

secret- doh

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 02:03

Hee hee...this thread started out unnecessarily serious for a Saturday night but thank goodness it got lighter..!!

Nightie night campers!

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Monty100 · 04/10/2009 17:02

Garlic mayo is alioli surely you know lol. Homemade by the help of course.

But where can I get a cheap nice deep fat fryer for my hand cut refried frites?

notagrannyyet · 04/10/2009 17:23

But if you went to university you must be middle class OP.

I'm working class because my parents were, or maybe I'm middle class because I married DH and he is.

And then there's what you call things...

Settee or sofa
Lounge or sitting room
Loo or toilet or lavatory
Sevviette or napkin....periods?

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geminigirl · 04/10/2009 20:47
  1. Couch
2.Sitting Room
  1. Loo
$. Napkin

Nah..I don't really know what class I am, as I said, I consider myself working class because I have to work for a living but was just interested to hear my colleagues speak of themselves as middle class...anyway, it doesn't make any bloody difference to my salary!

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Morosky · 04/10/2009 20:56

Working class because most of the people I know are middle class and I feel different to them. I have a middle class lifestyle and tick all the middle class boxes but feel working class. Middle class people amuse me in an affectionate way.