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Previously on "How can one explain Essex?"

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by NickyBoy View Post
    Careful fat man. Don't have a heart attack.
    Careful or I will sit on you on the bench.

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  • NickyBoy
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Settle down little one.
    Careful fat man. Don't have a heart attack.

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  • Batcher
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    Actually TOWIE is based around the town that I lived in and even went to school for a few years, I even remember going into what was once a pub but is now the nightclub that is frequented by these people. What about Geordie Shore or the one in Wales or Liverpool, or even this reality TV show: Luton Airport (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or this up and coming show (possibly featuring you Channel 4 series to take
    A couple of years ago I was in a nightclub in Liverpool with cast members from Desperate Scousewives, Geordie Shore, Big Brother, The Valleys, X Factor & BGT. The unisex toilets were the place to be

    I've met a few from TOWIE and they are, on the whole, quite nice.

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Settle down little one.
    You tell him chubba!

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by NickyBoy View Post
    I'm an Essex boy and I can confirm I do have a burning desire to smash in suitys face, but I don't think that's a uniquely 'Essex' reaction to interacting with him.
    Settle down little one.

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post
    Suity - Have the Germans heard of a place called Bradford in West Yorkshire?
    They ought to have done, there's a district called Little Germany so named because of the number of German merchants doing trade there during the industrial age. There is also a Hamm Strasse in the centre (and, correspondingly, a Bradford Road in Hamm).

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  • Bunk
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Essex is frequently poked fun at
    Not usually by people from Luton

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  • NickyBoy
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    I'm an Essex boy and I can confirm I do have a burning desire to smash in suitys face, but I don't think that's a uniquely 'Essex' reaction to interacting with him.

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  • scooterscot
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    Simples:

    In Germany sex is a procreational activity.

    In Essex it an alternative to shaking hands.

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Suity - Have the Germans heard of a place called Bradford in West Yorkshire?

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    They already have our best export sitting in their office.
    You work for a whisky distributor?

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by Churchill View Post
    It's not just Essex, it's representative of the general moral and intellectual decline of UK society as a whole, led by the younger generations.

    I think Germans as a whole have more respect for education and moral behaviour.

    Explaining Essex to the Germans is not highlighting our best exports.
    They already have our best export sitting in their office.

    Agree with your comments about intellectual and moral decline though.

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  • Churchill
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    How can one explain Essex?

    It's not just Essex, it's representative of the general moral and intellectual decline of UK society as a whole, led by the younger generations.

    I think Germans as a whole have more respect for education and moral behaviour.

    Explaining Essex to the Germans is not highlighting our best exports.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    Actually TOWIE is based around the town that I lived in and even went to school for a few years, I even remember going into what was once a pub but is now the nightclub that is frequented by these people. What about Geordie Shore or the one in Wales or Liverpool, or even this reality TV show: Luton Airport (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or this up and coming show (possibly featuring you Channel 4 series to take
    Fair enough.

    My colleagues here already know a lot about Frau D btw

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Well I'm not sure where you hail from young Barrydidit, but in the UK Essex is frequently poked fun at, so much so that they made a TV show about it called "The only way is Essex". DYOR.
    Actually TOWIE is based around the town that I lived in and even went to school for a few years, I even remember going into what was once a pub but is now the nightclub that is frequented by these people. What about Geordie Shore or the one in Wales or Liverpool, or even this reality TV show: Luton Airport (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or this up and coming show (possibly featuring you Channel 4 series to take

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