Who's taken a beating?

[EternalOptimist]

And avoid diamonds at all costs... trust me...

Dont you think it's time to let go ?

[Churchill]

And avoid diamonds at all costs... trust me...

I buy them but they're never mine. Funny that, eh?

[Dow Jones]

Suggestion

If you speak with a nice (so-called posh) accent or a Southern/Cockney one, DO NOT try and be 'friendly' with the locals from the 'provinces' as you will more-likely-than-not endanger yourself. Just walk in, as in a Clint Eastwood western, order your drink and observe. If anyone wishes to talk to you, then look them up and down and decide if you need to respond with a grunt or a few words. After a while or even a few times, they'll get the message. Works in the most dangerous places all over the world, eg Baghdad, Beirut, Liverpool, etc.

[Bagpuss]

No problems that I've seen in London. And in the past I did quite often stagger back from the pub in quite rough areas. Saw quite a bit up north when I lived there though. It's them northern monkeys.

Don't lie SAS you admitted last week you had an incident on this very site. The difference is, in the North you could be punched, in London you would be stabbed. Never seen many fist fights in London, but I have seen knife attacks which is worse a black eye or bleeding to death?

[TimberWolf]

If you speak with a nice (so-called posh) accent or a Southern/Cockney one, DO NOT try and be 'friendly' with the locals from the 'provinces' as you will more-likely-than-not endanger yourself. Just walk in, as in a Clint Eastwood western, order your drink and observe. If anyone wishes to talk to you, then look them up and down and decide if you need to respond with a grunt or a few words. After a while or even a few times, they'll get the message. Works in the most dangerous places all over the world, eg Baghdad, Beirut, Liverpool, etc.

Here's a top tip for asking directions nicely in New York:
"Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the Empire State Building, or should I go **** myself again?"

My most embarassing trip to the pub oop North I had was when I had a contract in Harogate. I went into a strange sort of pub across the street from my cheap bedist and discovered when inside it was a working mens club or somesuch rather than a pub. Anyway they seemed friendly enough and served me and I went on to their fruit machine. I won £60 in pound coins almost straight away, and the machine took ages to empty. One guy was making some kind of fuss and his mates were trying to talk him out of something. He was only a little chap but even so I was feeling pretty rotton for having emptied their machine and offered to buy everyone a drink. The barman was a good guy and wouldn't have any of it it and said he knew me and that I was his guest. Anyway I thought I'd better not hang around and legged it with pockets full of their pound coins.

[Bumfluff]

Platpussy is due one

[EternalOptimist]

Don't lie SAS you admitted last week you had an incident on this very site. The difference is, in the North you could be punched, in London you would be stabbed. Never seen many fist fights in London, but I have seen knife attacks which is worse a black eye or bleeding to death?

funny that, now that you mention it I never saw anyone get stabbed oop here. Don't underestimate the structural dislocation that can be inflicted by a doc martin though

[Bagpuss]

Here's a top tip for asking directions nicely in New York:
"Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the Empire State Building, or should I go **** myself again?"

My most embarassing trip to the pub oop North I had was when I had a contract in Harogate. I went into a strange sort of pub across the street from my cheap bedist and discovered when inside it was a working mens club or somesuch rather than a pub. Anyway they seemed friendly enough and served me and I went on to their fruit machine. I won £60 in pound coins almost straight away, and the machine took ages to empty. One guy was making some kind of fuss and his mates were trying to talk him out of something. He was only a little chap but even so I was feeling pretty rotton for having emptied their machine and offered to buy everyone a drink. The barman was a good guy and wouldn't have any of it it and said he knew me and that I was his guest. Anyway I thought I'd better not hang around and legged it with pockets full of their pound coins.

Well considering Harrogate is one of the Richest towns in the UK they were probably embarrased/insulted that you thought they would be jealous

[snaw]

Don't lie SAS you admitted last week you had an incident on this very site. The difference is, in the North you could be punched, in London you would be stabbed. Never seen many fist fights in London, but I have seen knife attacks which is worse a black eye or bleeding to death?

Eh?

I think you'll find that the knife culture thing is confined to a few dodgy areas in London which most of us here are never gonna visit. You don't see or hear about stabbings outside of those areas.

Some of you guys have a really fecked up view of London.

I feel much less safe in most small towns in Britain - or some cities (Glasgow for example, I love it - but I've seen worse there than anywhere else I've ever lived).

[TimberWolf]

You should be more worried about heart disease, or being killed by cheese

The major causes of death in the UK are. . .having a sizeable piece of cheese land on your head: 2 per cent

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