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Subject: BS: Our neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: jimlad Date: 24 Jan 03 - 04:25 PM Our neighbourhood is so posh that when the fire department are called they use Perrier water to put out the fire. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Allan C. Date: 24 Jan 03 - 04:31 PM ...that even the winos dress in black tie |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: YOR Date: 24 Jan 03 - 04:31 PM All the cars in all the driveways actually run. And big SUV's fit big heads. :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 24 Jan 03 - 04:33 PM People keep fresh fuit on the sidebord even when nobody's sick ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Sorcha Date: 24 Jan 03 - 04:38 PM The toilet paper is 24 karat gold tissue.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 24 Jan 03 - 04:41 PM Voices from the bedroom shout "I'm arriving! I'm arriving!" |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Amos Date: 24 Jan 03 - 04:50 PM You could put your whole home into one of their garages, and you'd be more than happy to trade up for their guest-house... A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Don Firth Date: 24 Jan 03 - 05:05 PM The rusted out Chevy in the yard next door is not sitting on concrete blocks, it's sitting on a pedestal designed by Henry Moore. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Jock Morris Date: 24 Jan 03 - 05:34 PM 'Sex' are what they put the rubbish out it. Scott |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Long Firm Freddie Date: 24 Jan 03 - 06:13 PM Our neighbourhood is so posh that they get out of the bath to have a pee. LFF |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: bill\sables Date: 24 Jan 03 - 06:18 PM they bring their fish and chips home in fiddle cases and wear their yachting caps while they are eating |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: MMario Date: 24 Jan 03 - 07:14 PM ...the dogs have valets. ...all the taxis are limousines. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Michael Date: 25 Jan 03 - 06:01 PM ---that every house has two bath tubs - one just to keep the coal in. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: CarolC Date: 25 Jan 03 - 06:13 PM They paint the dead possums in the middle of the road, and stretch limo SUVs use our parking lot for turning around. (This is all true.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 25 Jan 03 - 06:17 PM It's so posh, the neighbours daughter got married and she didn't have to !!! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: alanabit Date: 25 Jan 03 - 06:20 PM Mrs Arkwright wears Versace when she's scrubbing the doorstep. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Bill D Date: 25 Jan 03 - 06:39 PM our birdfeeder has its own postal code |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Bill D Date: 25 Jan 03 - 07:03 PM "They paint the dead possums in the middle of the road" no! really?....I can't imagine such a thing! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Mr Red Date: 25 Jan 03 - 07:23 PM .... They take the milk bottles (cartons?) off the table as soon as there is a knock at the door. May not be funny but it was certainly still true of middle-class UK in the 50's. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: CarolC Date: 25 Jan 03 - 07:38 PM Wow! Did you take that picture Bill? We had one almost exactly like that one (the lines were a tad closer together on ours) in the middle of the road just outside our apartment complex. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 25 Jan 03 - 07:57 PM Well of course we still have milk bottles. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Bill D Date: 25 Jan 03 - 08:01 PM *grin*...no, I didn't take that, I just save funny pics I find, since I can't always be sure of finding them again. They sometimes come in handy.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Don Firth Date: 25 Jan 03 - 08:16 PM Funny one, Bill. A friend e-mailed that to me a few months ago with the caption "Not My Job!" Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Dave Swan Date: 25 Jan 03 - 09:14 PM They ask the firemen to take the servant's entrance. No joke. It's happened to me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Neighmond Date: 25 Jan 03 - 10:15 PM the cop pulls you over don't want your permit and papers, but rather your finantial statement. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Bill D Date: 25 Jan 03 - 10:41 PM oooh, Dave!...did they ask you for a menu of exotic waters to put on their fire? *giggle*... "No hydrant stuff, boys, hook up the Perrier truck" |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: GUEST,Muskrat Date: 26 Jan 03 - 01:48 AM Our fire department has an unlisted number! The books in the library are all leather-bound. They don't have restaurants -- dial a number, and the chef comes to you. The beat cops are all lieutenants or higher. Families hire someone to watch the nanny. The Democrats are all Republicans The ATMs don't give out bills smaller than a $100 KFC sells fried squab The doctors make house calls* * no, I'm exaggerating here! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: mouldy Date: 26 Jan 03 - 02:46 AM The dogs wear diapers. They wouldn't let the Coal Board call the new local pit after it - 'tis true! A rather select village just outside York did that, so I was told, and forced them to call the pit "New Selby". Ah well, I think the pit's shut now anyway. Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Gareth Date: 26 Jan 03 - 05:36 AM The Tattoo's are spelt correctly. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Hrothgar Date: 26 Jan 03 - 06:26 AM Without even a feral apostrophe, Gareth? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 26 Jan 03 - 06:37 AM Apostrophe man strikes again! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 26 Jan 03 - 06:55 AM The grafitti on the wall is written in copperplate LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Charley Noble Date: 26 Jan 03 - 10:50 AM Father now pisses in the dishwasher rather than the kitchen sink, but he still complains about the dirty dishes... Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Alice Date: 26 Jan 03 - 11:40 AM The house plants are taken care of by a hired interior horticulturist (no kidding, contract interior horticulturist is my part time job). Alice |
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Subject: Lyr Add: MY SUGAR IS SO REFINED From: Jim Dixon Date: 26 Jan 03 - 07:13 PM Lyrics copied from http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/newbonham/6/mysugarisrefined.htm Also found at http://www.geocities.com/makebelieveballroom2002/easy65/sorefind.htm (The latter also has a midi file.) MY SUGAR IS SO REFINED (Words by Sylvia Dee, music by Sidney Lippman) My sugar is so refined! She's one of them high-class kind. She doesn't wear a hat; she wears a chapeau. She goes to see a cinema but never a show. My sugar is so refined! She's got a real high-class mind. She never buys a dress; it's always a frock. She always winds her timepiece up, but never her clock. She says "tomahto" instead of "tomayto." She says "potahto" instead of "potayto." And you should see how she holds a cup of tea With just two fingers while she sticks out three! My sugar is so refined! She's one of them high-class kind. She never shares a kiss; she lets our lips unite, But, oh, it feels like kissing and each kiss is dynamite! I wonder what she thinks of each time I hold her tight? Oh, she's so refined! My sugar is so refined! She's one of them high-class kind. She never says "goodbye;" it's always "farewell." She always says "magnificent;" she never says "swell." My sugar is so refined! She's got a real high-class mind. She never eats a meal; she dines or she sups, And dogs are little canine friends; they're never just pups. She says "banahna" instead of "banana." She says "piahno" instead of "pianna." And you should see how she sits on her settee With cake and coffee balanced on one knee! My sugar is so refined! She's one of them high-class kind. She acts just like her name is Missus Van Der Loon, And though I love my sugar, and though we'll marry soon, I bet that she'll read Shakespeare the whole darn honeymoon. Oh, she's so refined! [Popularized by Johnny Mercer in 1946. Also recorded by Nat "King" Cole, The Hi-Lo's, and Peggy Lee. You can hear a sound sample at Barnes & Noble.] |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Deda Date: 26 Jan 03 - 10:09 PM Here in over-educated Boulder the definition of a doctor making a house call is a PhD who's delivering pizza. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Gareth Date: 27 Jan 03 - 02:13 AM The abandoned cars are Rollers. Gareth |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Micca Date: 27 Jan 03 - 04:58 AM If I might quote the inimitable Miles Wooton " Its a Sunday supplement world 25 minutes from town theres a new Aston Martin half way up the drive in case the Alfa Romeo breaks down..... Justin Has just joined the Army and Emma has bought a new horse Mummy and Daddy are both holding hands not with each other, of course |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Charley Noble Date: 27 Jan 03 - 08:43 AM Jim, thanks for posting MY SUGAR IS SO REFINED. I can hear a squeaky echo of Johnny Mercer's voice coming out of our old radio. Here's an appropriate verse and bridge from "The Gentrification Blues": Well, I looked out the windows, I looked in the doors – They were hanging up the chandeliers and sanding the floors; I got the gentri---, gentrification blues; The rent sign said "$550, one floor through." Bridge B: Now we've got Haagen-Daze ice cream and the New York Times, 'Cause the real estate agents brought in their own kind; But good-bye to Bustelo and the people who drink it; Good-bye to integration and the people who think it. Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Trevor Date: 27 Jan 03 - 09:24 AM The rates are laike the maice but bigger.... Girls get married BEFORE they're pregnant.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Nemesis Date: 28 Jan 03 - 07:04 AM Micca.. you a fan of Miles? I'll have to ask him what he'd say these days :) ! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Micca Date: 28 Jan 03 - 07:59 AM Hille, YES!!! and I have been known to sing some of his songs notably"Not much fun being a Gnome" and even "Multigrab and Unibrew"!! on occasion. Please convey my thanks and appreciation for his splendid songs to him, if/when you see him. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Bat Goddess Date: 28 Jan 03 - 08:12 AM Back in the late 1970s when $100 bills were a LOT scarcer (and went a lot further), the attendants (yes! attendants!) at the coin-op laundromat in Kennebunkport, ME could (and would without complaining) make change for one. While I was working in the local hardware store I had a woman, in all seriousness, apologise to me profusely for subjecting me to her domestic perfume and not the French perfume she normally wore. One day I had a summer resident come in and buy a bunch of stuff for the household and then, before he left he remembered another problem that needed solving: he had something with a bit of rust on it. I suggested naval jelly, but he said, "No, no, it's just a little surface rust; a damp cloth could wipe it off." So I then suggested solvent alcohol or rubbing alcohol so that it wouldn't promote further rusting. He looked confused for a moment, then yelled, "I'll use gin! I have more of it!" and walked out the door. Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Troll Date: 28 Jan 03 - 10:45 AM The zip code is unlisted. troll |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: nickp Date: 28 Jan 03 - 11:21 AM A 'creche' is what happens when two cars collide - or does that only translate in the posher part of the UK? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Charley Noble Date: 28 Jan 03 - 07:59 PM Well, here's another organizing song from the draft Housing Songbook: "The involuntary displacement of the elderly, minorities and other low-income people from existing housing became a major organizing issue in the late 1970's. This song describes the strong attachment people have for their neighborhoods, the planners and speculators who threaten the residents, and the people's determination to fight back. The original composer of this song, Tony Heriza, was a housing organizer in Cincinnati's Over the Rhine Neighborhood at the time and his song was featured in a housing slide show We Will Not Be Moved produced by Community Media Productions." Words by Tony Heriza © 1979 Further adapted by Charles Ipcar in 1981 Tune: parody of Mountain Song by Holly Near © 1978 Hereford Music (ASCAP) Recorded on We Won't Move, Folkways Records FS 5287 You Can't Just Take Our Homes Away I have lived in this city, As my mother did before me, And you can't just take my home away, Without me fighting, No, you can't just take my home away! Well, you make your city plans, Try your damnedest to ignore us, But you can't just take our homes away, Without us fighting, No, you can't just take our homes away! These old buildings raised our children, And 'tho it's true they need repairing, You can't just take our homes away. (As above) We have lived in this city, Through hard times we've helped each other, And you can't just take our homes away. (As above) You drive a big Mercedes car, You have a fancy education, But you can't just take our homes away. (As above) And if you think you can displace us, Then you haven't seen our faces, No, you can't just take our homes away. (As above) We have lived in this city, Ties are deep and they are many, And you can't just take our homes away, Without us fighting, No you can't just take our homes away, Not with us watching, No, you can't just take our homes away! Warm regards, Landlady's Daughter, not to be confused with Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: SINSULL Date: 28 Jan 03 - 10:34 PM Guess this fits here: A parking garage in NYC had a unique holiday tradition. They post a list of the names of people who rent spots with a listing of the dollar amount of their Christmas tip. Tacky and tasteless by itself but then came the competition to be the highest tipper on the list. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Mr Red Date: 29 Jan 03 - 08:09 AM Gareth - Sorry, not convincing - you gave the game away truly refined peole never call them rollers - they are always a "Royce" don't ya know? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Nemesis Date: 29 Jan 03 - 06:21 PM one can tromp through dog doo in a range of Heritage Lottery funded period colours ... not just white |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Gareth Date: 29 Jan 03 - 06:37 PM Sorry Mr Red - You will understand if I say :- "You can take the man out of the Valley's, BuT you can't take the valley out of the man !!!!" Substitute " Beamer" for "Roller" Gareth |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Art Thieme Date: 30 Jan 03 - 01:09 AM When I was singing on steamboats on the Mississippi River, I learned that the word POSH came from the fact that the prevailing winds on an ocean voyage took the cinders flying out of the stacks and deposited the soot on the passengers sitting on the starboard side (right side) when the boat was outward bound. The port side (left side) was relatively clean. When the ship was Homeward bound, the port side was dirty and the starboard side was clean. That made "P"ort "O"ut and "S"tarboard Home, or P.O.S.H. -- the preferred place to be when crossing the ocean. For what it's worth. Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Nemesis Date: 30 Jan 03 - 09:09 AM Micca: I have sent off a very cold pigeon with a pint of Harvey's strapped to it's leg to the Lord Nelson (it IS Lunchtime!!) and await his Wootoness's response |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: GUEST,Mikey joe Date: 31 Jan 03 - 07:29 AM ...they have the big issue delivered.
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Subject: RE: BS: The Neighbourhood is so posh that.... From: Trevor Date: 31 Jan 03 - 09:59 AM 'When I was singing on steamboats on the Mississippi River'. How cool is that! |
