ED Ten Years From Now...?

[Chillaxed]

What LM said. H was right to call her out.

[Jeremy]

Yep. Arguing with Huguenot can be like banging your head against a brick wall, but surely m&m didn't expect to get away with a tirade like that without ruffling a few feathers.

[dulwichtoo]

Hugenot moved away from ED to the Far East many moons ago to make his fortune probably after being educated at great expense by the British State he continues to frequent and comment freely on a local forum which indicates he probably has too much time on his hands and is missing the old place.Dont worry about him he is undoubtedly very intelligent and in typical alpha male style is determined to be right in logic at every turn. This usually results in a friendless situation which means you spend excessive time on internet forums. Jacks did a great job , are real people and are sorely missed but Im sure they ll be back in some context and contributing to the British economy in some way or other. Its not about being right Hugenot its about being happy which are not neccesarily the same thing.

[Zebedee Tring]

You said it Jeremy, I didn't.

Argument, if this means a polite agreement to disagree is one thing, but aggressive put downs in a supposedly superior sounding tone are quite another

[*Bob*]

Is it possible to 'politely disagree' with someone who thinks you - and your wife - and your children - are tw@ts?

"Hello. I think you, your wife - and your children - are tw@ts."

"Ooh. I politely disagree."

[Zebedee Tring]

If the opening post is polite, there should be a polite response. If the opening post contains insults about another poster or (say) their family, then of course that doesn't apply.

And I think that you know that, *Bob* (can't do smileys but just imagine a smiley!)

[*Bob*]

Yes, but then as you can see for yourself, the useful, polite debate found on the first page or two has been entirely de-railed by the usual, predictable, chippy attack on those "awful", "stuck-up" middle class "snob" parents and (sure as eggs) their "snotty obnoxious" children - and predictable fallout thereafter.

I am imagining smileys, as we speak.

[Huguenot]

Well I see your point ZT, and that's why I'm thinking you maybe haven't had time to read the thread?

Here's m&m fairy's opening comment:

I'm not pigeon holing everyone in ED but by god there is an awful lot of stuck up, pretentious people living here.

Billy Connolly hit the nail on the head when he was quoted saying - "he gets on well with working-class and upper-class as both groups of people had nothing to prove to anyone; the working-class knew who they were; the upper-class had so much money they had no need to prove anything."

Too many middle class snobs In ED and their gaggle of snotty obnoxious children running around trying to rule the world.

KFC, McDonalds, Primark & Wetherspoons on the high street? it's just round the corner!

And here is my follow up:

You've confused yourself m&m fairy - if the middle classes are 'snobs' they wouldn't be shopping at Primark, eating at McD's and drinking at Wetherspoons would they?

Am I right in saying you used to run Jack's cafe serving frittatas and pastrami (surely the snack du jour of the middle class snob)? Hating your customers and abusing them on social media probably won't help your business much?

I hope you'll agree that besides highlighting the hypocrisy of her being willing to take the middle class pound at the same time as insulting them behind their backs, my response was the very soul of temperance.

[Jeremy]

Zebedee Tring Wrote:

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> head against a brick wall >

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> You said it Jeremy, I didn't.

Haha... I reckon H would admit that when he disagrees with someone on here, he tends to go for the jugular. I've certainly been on the end of it a few times.

But on this occasion I do agree with his point.

[macrobana]

Why did Jacks close?

[henryb]

Not enough middle class snobs and thier obnoxious children frequenting it presumably.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Was it ever open?

macrobana Wrote:

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> Why did Jacks close?

[MrsMangle]

Stop your bickering and pigeon holing people, or I will get Bouncer on to you!

M&M fairy: God still loves you. Even if a lot of people with kids in ED don't (now).

Jeremy. Your earlier comment about loud-mouth, rugby watching " Claphamites" .......seems to have been wiped. Anyway...Don't generalise or we will have to put you in that not-so-clever camp with M&M.

Cheerio then.

[LondonMix]

Cried with laughter!

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote:

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> Was it ever open?

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> macrobana Wrote:

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> > Why did Jacks close?

[Jeremy]

MrsMangle Wrote:

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> Jeremy. Your earlier comment about loud-mouth,

> rugby watching " Claphamites" .......seems to have

> been wiped. Anyway...Don't generalise or we will

> have to put you in that not-so-clever camp with

> M&M.

Really? Strange.

I've nothing against Clapham, or people who watch rugby... I only find a specific subset of loud-mouthed faux yuppies - swaggering around wearing rugby shirts with upturned collars - rather foolish.

[Otta]

What Jeremy said!