The Great British Class Calculator...

[Huguenot]

:)

You might be doing a tribe thing there alice?

I think to statisticians (or number monkeys like me) your 'class' is just a data hump on a graph.

For others it's a world view, and how they choose their mates, or their enemies.

For Louisa it's how she chooses which exhaust pipes she puts bananas down.

[DaveR]

I agree with H (shock). At the individual level a result can easily be dismissed as bollocks and irrelevant, but at the statistical the results are probably quite robust. The significance is not the label but what the label means in terms of predicting behaviour, especially when that behaviour is not easily predicted by straightforward economics.

[Annette Curtain]

It didn't even ask "what type of oil do you cook with"

I mean WTF

*wipes mouth with serviette napkin*

[LadyDeliah]

I'm emergent service worker class aparently!

[Otta]

You and me both LadyD.

[MrBen]

alice Wrote:

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> ..so what would be relevant..

I'll tell you. Olive trees. No olive trees, two olive trees or an olive grove?

[numbers]

Sue Wrote:

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> numbers Wrote:

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> -----

> > Agree with jah. Loada bollocks and bollocks to

> it

> > all.

> >

> > Cringing when I see people post their category

> on

> > Facebook. Only the British eh!

>

> Xxxxx

>

> Ah come on numbers, it's just a bit of fun.

>

> Like what Family Guy character you come out of a

> quiz as (Damn. I wasn't Brian :)). )

:))

I know its only a bit of fun Sue, obviously I *am* Brian, not sure I can talk about Shakespeare at length tho ;-)

to prove it here's my FG quiz result:

"You are Brian Griffin! Intelligent, well spoken, and...a dog. Literally. Your humor is somewhat dry at times but then again so are your martini's. Your half dog/half human characteristics make you infinitely interesting. Who else do you know who can talk about Shakespeare yet also lick his own b ..."

[El Pibe]

How's that novel comin along numbers, you know...the novel you've been workin' on? You know the the one, uh, you've been workin on for three years? You know the novel. Got somethin' new to write about now. You know? Maybe a, maybe a main character gets into a relationship and suffers a little heartbreak? Somethin' like what... what you've just been through? Draw from real life experience? Little, little heartbreak? You know? Work it into the story? Make the characters a little more three dimensional? Little, uh, richer experience for the reader? Make those second hundred pages really keep the reader guessing what's going to happen? Some twists and turns? A little epilogue? Everybody learns that the hero's journey isn't always a happy one? Oh, I look forward to reading it.

[numbers]

soon, El Pibe, soon.

(actually just realised I really *am* Brian, oh my god)

[Saffron]

ClareC Wrote:

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> Whatever happened to Ian Easy (hugs)?

Ah, that's my DH... he's been through the spin cycle of daddyhood the last few years, often works seven days a week, then falls asleep in front of Match of the Day. The intro music is practically a lullaby. (Does that count for anything on the Class Calculator?) ;-)

[Saffron]

alice Wrote:

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> considering class irrelevant has a direct

> correlation with being a member of the established

> middle class

It's not that class itself is irrelevant. Class can be relevant to many things.

It's the way in which one chooses to define "class" that can make the outcome irrelevant to the individual.