Brendan

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I will say that reading Catch 22 was a bit of a > life-defining moment when I realised that systems > and authority figures really were petty and absurd > and I wasn't alone in thinking that. My mind has > not changed much since then. That just brought back a memory of reading catch-22 in maths class and spontaneously laughing out loud at something in the book. I had the book slid inside my file as I wasn?t supposed to be reading during the lesson. The teacher came to see what I was laughing at, took my book away and sent me to the office for a caning. I ended up in the deputy head?s office explaining myself. Turned out it was his favourite book so he let me off with a ?don?t do it again.?

I am starting to get a general profile of the type of people who spend too much time on internet forums here: Lazy, tardy, liberals.

*Shuffles in wearing dressing gown and slippers holding an ice pack on his head* Zombies has some fruit juice in them don?t they? I?ll have one, sounds like a healthy breakfast.

Insolent was a word that used to come up on mine quite often. Which is teacher speak for telling your parents, ?I don?t like being made to look stupid by your gobby little brat.? Pa was a headmaster so he knew exactly what it meant and would only encourage me. Come to think of it there may be a reason he didn?t send to his school. :-S

Economic Left/Right: -8.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00 Almost exactly the same as Nelson Mandela which is fitting I suppose.

did I read that correctly? :-S

lozzyloz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Kerplunkkkk!!! I'm not sure what Green Day?s first full length studio album has to do with anything.

Sean as I said in my earlier post, I am not always to be taken 100% seriously; what I was saying was a cathartic, tongue in cheek rant. I spend my life writing considered objective rubbish so it is nice to come out with some shouty opinionated rubbish once in a while. I rather enjoyed the All Bar One comment. Emphatically I do realise that most estate agents are just normal people doing a job. There is however justification for people?s prejudice, as there is with many other industries where being a bit of a bastard is seen as a good thing. I think the UK property boom/bust nonsense over the past few years has probably exacerbated peoples? annoyance with the whole property industry. Most people however would never be so shallow as to judge someone personally on their choice of career but those cars are still ugly.

seanmlow Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have found in my line of work the ones who are > angry are the ones who can't afford a nice house - > or get a decent mortage. > > The ones have all this in place are lovely... Hmm I just read this sentence. I don?t see what someone?s ability to provide you with a good commission has to do with them having good taste or not. Are you suggesting that not liking branded cars has got something to do with sour grapes over having to pay more of ones money for a home than is strictly necessary? Mate there is a whole bag of justification for them grapes but the cars don?t come into it. The cars are just ugly.

"It is you who are the ball lickers."

I wasn't having a go at estate agents there actually* but rather the marketing and advertising industries. Stop getting so defensive. You wanted to know what type of feelings branded cars evoked in people and I am using every stereotype in the book to tell you. The aesthetics of the things bugger up the scenery. Now if an estate agent rocked up in a car that displayed some good taste I would be more likely to be pleasant with them. *Although I still consider them fair, albeit easy game.

Lord

The last time I went to church it was pronounced dio-sees That was a catholic church in Seffrika though.

Not a type of budget building material readilly available in the East Dulwich area then?

With tradesmen they usually have a description of what they do and their phone number, websites etc on their vans so it is useful information pertinent to a small business. The cock on estate agents cars is just ?marketing? slogans and logos and the like. Thought up by people who have silver widescreen televisions on laminate floors to watch Chelsea matches on. plegh gak eerg. And to be honest we don?t need to know their phone numbers they have dirty great offices on the high street and widely recognised corporate identities already. I get enough of it stuffed through my letterbox I don?t need it fowling up my line of vision when I?m having a stroll too. Pardon my tourettes folks. Friday afternoon and all that.

I have a degree in English and I have to say I have no idea what those little squares mean. Fuckit I can?t hardly spell.

I suppose if I wasn?t ranting (it is worthwhile never to take me too seriously) what I would be saying is yes use unbranded cars because branded are ones cheesy and tasteless. In my opinion they conjure up images of a sales person in B&Q or the like all got up in a branded uniform rather than the competent professional one would hope is dealing with the sale of their house. EDITED coz I carnt spill

Right I think in principle Estate Agents are unnecessary but that doesn?t mean I haven?t? had cause to use them and yes I suppose they do need cars but fleets of branded cars are vulgar. These crass things parked around the place with paint jobs only an estate agent could love are nauseating to look at and just unnecessarily abrasive to the locals (ie your potential clients). I mean seriously those minis and the beetles could only be thought of as nice by the type of person who when they first walked into an All Bar One thought, ?Hmmm.. this is nice and swish.? EDIT: for spelling

arse

silly

super

So these guys say they can give me 24meg broadband. www.bethere.co.uk Well that is all depending on where you live and the exchange etc. But at the moment I have 8meg and in reality get around 7.8meg so near as makes little difference. Thing is I have never heard of them before. Anyone had any experience of this service provider.

This is what the Daily Mash has to say on the matter: "We?ve got drug addicted skanks and boys in too-tight trousers who think that copying their dad?s records note-for-note is the height of musical originality."

Leigh

You aren't going to be doing a Queen cover are you?