General Chat

I just can't win when trying to hide,
wish I was a politician, would have worked then.

but they have run away and hid themselves, so I am out of luck.

I would not try to avoid them, I'd love to go into question time and ask a few questions the public want answers for.

Gov Gen is on different side of the fence to where little Johnny howhard and Costello are, I'm sure if either of those 2 went walking by a regular person in the street, they do their best to avoid, just look at the way they spoke and act in parlaiment, they deffinately showed they were not concerned for the working class.

I think it should be ignored,
Why should we be forced to say;
"The glass is half empty"
when we have always said;
"The glass is half full"

???

My dad brought us up to speak to Kings and beggars the same way. Have of admit to speaking to both!!
My dad's view was that education wasn't the lynchpin - ignorance was.
A person may have all the money in the world and the best education money an buy, but if he is ignorant it will always show.
A person may be living on the streets, full of alcohol and drugs, never had a proper schooling - but will be a better man than the stockbroker who sneering at him, shows his ignorance.

I always find it funny when someone with money thinks they are better than me. I know I am better than them when it comes to living on nothing!!!

maggie

Class is more than just a knowledge of etiquette and which fork to use.

Whether we like it or not we tend to feel more comfortable in one social group rather than another. It may be the one we were born into or perhaps we have changed because of who we like and the sort of job we do.

Our family histories are made more interesting because they tend to be made of a mixture of people. We've probably all got families with members who have done well for themselves while others have ended up poorer and perhaps less educated than earlier ones.

I suppose we all tend to find our own group normal and the behaviour of others perhaps odd or even something we dislike.

Class is an emotive word and tends to have implication that one social group is better than another but people who are real ladies and gentlemen are the sort who'd be polite and well behaved in all situations.

As Errol says newly gained money doesn't make class but many of those with so called old money are no better behaved.

Sue

couldn't agree more Errol - money and class are invariably strangers to each other

Class has absolutely nothing to do with money - the Beckhams have money but no class. Alan Sugar has money but no class. They know which is the most expensive wine on the menu but do they know which glass to drink it from?
Class is an in-built thing and always will be.
Quite simply - you cannot buy it!

Good argument there col.

Dont think it happens so much nowadays as in the 50'c/60's when i was growing up. Now ithink the "elite classes" and i say that tongue in cheek are as badly or worse behaved than you average pleabian society.

i live in a wealthy county so they say, and have seen them at hunts, race meetings etc , christ what a bad mannered shower of a*******s

How many people really believe there to be a need for political
correctness?.
How many like me think Class Distinction, the father and
mother of P.C.?.
Who remembers the TWO RONNIES scetch, their take
off on class??.
Class distinction continues the need for the ime better
than you, but not as good as him brigade.Why???????
Because it lays out guide lines on what a person may or
may not do in front of a third party.The nobs call it Ethecut
peasants like me call it ,SSsssshhhhh the Doctors coming'
Quite its the headmaster.' Not infront of the vicar ,put the
budgey in the other room quick. The middle class ladies
are coming with old shoes, run quick nell and bring the best
china mind,
Oh its master Robert squires son,clever him went to
public school'

well what do you all think?

colin F