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How posh are you

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    #81
    Originally posted by IR35 Avoider View Post
    I've lived and worked in the UK for nearly 30 years. If I've ever met a posh person, I didn't really notice. I really can't take class seriously as a concept with any relevance to my life.

    (I'm not denying that red trousers and a certain accent might lead me to automatically classify someone, just don't believe that the classification would make any practical difference to anything.)
    Tax avoidance can be an indicator.
    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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      #82
      Originally posted by IR35 Avoider View Post
      I've lived and worked in the UK for nearly 30 years. If I've ever met a posh person, I didn't really notice. I really can't take class seriously as a concept with any relevance to my life.

      (I'm not denying that red trousers and a certain accent might lead me to automatically classify someone, just don't believe that the classification would make any practical difference to anything.)
      I have, he was a Tory MP that we used to visit now and then. He lived in a rather large house in the country but he was actually quite a nice chap.
      Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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