Things that I hate about the West

[????]

Scrumpy...If I want to get trollyed I'll choose something that's fizzy that doesn't look like a kidney disease urine sample thank you

The Wurzels...enuff f*cking said

The fact that what once felt like a vaguely alternative part of the country is now packed to the rafters with yuppie scum, their restaurants and their kids celebrating getting their nowadys p!ss easy A Levels en mass.

[Jeremy]

I hate the word "alternative".

[Jah Lush]

Good holiday was it Quids?

[????]

Nope. Going the week after next. Just getting my eye in early.

[kpc]

Good opening salvo. What about those Kernow stickers on cars. Almost exclusively no further west than Chiswick.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

The tumbleweed gets me every time.

[Alec John Moore]

I was thinking of US cultural imperialism but then what about The Simpsons?

[HonaloochieB]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> I hate the word "alternative".

I know, but what else is there?

[Ted Max]

Matri Pellwo. Ccok.

[Mick Mac]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Good holiday was it Quids?

Sounds like too much work and not enough Guinness has made quids a dull boy. Beyond the Pale.

[????]

As a migrant worker in the emerald isle I'll not hear a bad thing about it...that includes from you, Sean, Declan or Piers' missus...I'm reversing a trend of centuries.

[Mick Mac]

Nice to see Ireland providing employment to our English friends.

It might be a while before we find english people, early morning, congregating on Dublin street corners, looking for work though,

As Christy Moore would say:

Any chance of a start , no , ok.

[????]

My canal digging is fooking sh1t hot

[DJKillaQueen]

What quids said in the OP.......and I'll add 4x4's and Tom Cruise too.

[woofmarkthedog]

I know but...

The EAST is far worse

No restaurants or A levels

( not even scrumpy )

W**F

[Jah Lush]

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> Nope. Going the week after next. Just getting my

> eye in early.

Err...considering your opening salvo...why?

Find yourself a nice pub around midday and drink a healthy gallon of Bitter & Twisted. Repeat dose daily. That should get you through. Just don't hit any Hoorays on your way back to the hotel.

[Narnia]

???? Wrote:

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> As a migrant worker in the emerald isle I'll not

> hear a bad thing about it...that includes from

> you, Sean, Declan or Piers' missus...I'm reversing

> a trend of centuries.

Reversing a trend..........shure you boys had employment there for centuries keeping the local rabble down.

[MrBen]

I'll see you down there Quidsy. For I'm going fly fishing and for that the west country is superb.....and if you know where to go, not a hooray or Jamie Oliver diffusion in sight. Just me, a burbling river, the wildlife and hopefully a nice meal and a birthday pint with at the Arundell Arms after....:)-D

[Marmora Man]

MrBen Wrote:

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> I'll see you down there Quidsy. For I'm going fly

> fishing and for that the west country is

> superb.....and if you know where to go, not a

> hooray or Jamie Oliver diffusion in sight. Just

> me, a burbling river, the wildlife and hopefully a

> nice meal and a birthday pint with at the Arundell

> Arms after....:)-D

Aaahh - the Arundell Arms.I used to live within 3 miles of there, and enjoy a spot of fly fishing too. Now full of envy.

Some other positives for the West - North Devon - scruffy, agricultural, beautiful walks and seasides. A few really good restaurants, builders that not only turn up but also clean up after they finish work, my first married home, the birth of my two sons, one day I'll return on the proceeds of selling off in ED.

[Narnia]

???? Wrote:

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> As a migrant worker in the emerald isle I'll not

> hear a bad thing about it...that includes from

> you, Sean, Declan or Piers' missus...I'm reversing

> a trend of centuries.

So Quids, if you are complaining about the 'West', what's the Emerald Isle......the Wild West?

[HonaloochieB]

The Hammersmith Odeon, the Shepherd's Bush Empire and the Inn On The Green are all fine spots.

Don't know what you're kvetching about Quids.

[katie1997]

I found some pure uadulterated (unpolished) beautiful pieces of real amethyst on a beach in Cornwall.

There are fabulous tin mines (yes, really) Clotted cream teas. Pirates and shipwrecks. Famous Five country. Rolling hills. Sea.

Stay away from Padstein and you'll be fine (tu)