Reply to: Grimsby

[LondonManc]

why the feck are you called Dallas then?

Would you really name yourself after one of the tulipholes mentioned?

[NibblyPig]

<scratches chinny> HH&H ?

Not familiar with that acronym I'm afraid.

Residents of the English town of Grimsby have been outraged that their home has been portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen as a rubbish-strewn, violent ghetto in which drunks urinate from windows and mothers hand children cans of beer in the street.

I can't think of a more accurate description, except perhaps if you add an insane presence of police vans & police in the city centre on a friday/saturday night to cart off all the scrappers.

[SueEllen]

why the feck are you called Dallas then?

So she should be called "Grim"?

(I was going to write something ruder.)

[original PM]

Born in Burnley, schooled in Blackburn and uni'd in Dundee

why the feck are you called Dallas then?

[cojak]

Is it any worse than sneering at Toffs?

Generally speaking, those sneering at Toffs haven't pitched it as a money-making enterprise.

[DodgyAgent]

Or as one of the Meme's doing the rounds on Facebook puts it:


For those following the direction is the article, make sure you don't have to make a pit stop in Doncaster. Even the Army won't go near it. I don't blame them, I live within 20 miles and try to avoid ever going any closer.

Is it any worse than sneering at Toffs?

[FatLazyContractor]

And the relevance to Grimsby is....

Hey old son .... She came in to say a hi to me in my thread as she has a crush on me.

You got a problem with that ?

[TheFaQQer]

Born in Burnley, schooled in Blackburn and uni'd in Dundee

And the relevance to Grimsby is....

[DodgyAgent]

WTF are you on about?

The bald baddie in the movie reminded me of you

[FatLazyContractor]

Born in Burnley, schooled in Blackburn and uni'd in Dundee

Dallas ... Welcome back

[clearedforlanding]

Or as one of the Meme's doing the rounds on Facebook puts it:


For those following the direction is the article, make sure you don't have to make a pit stop in Doncaster. Even the Army won't go near it. I don't blame them, I live within 20 miles and try to avoid ever going any closer.

When travelling to from LKX to my pad in Yorkshire, I have the choice of changing at Doncaster or Hull. I always choose Hull. That should say it all.

[Dallas]

Born in Burnley, schooled in Blackburn and uni'd in Dundee

[DaveB]

Or as one of the Meme's doing the rounds on Facebook puts it:

Privately schooled, Oxford educated multi-millionaire invites us to laugh at his latest creation. A man wth no job and 11 kids.

For those following the direction is the article, make sure you don't have to make a pit stop in Doncaster. Even the Army won't go near it. I don't blame them, I live within 20 miles and try to avoid ever going any closer.

A place full of in-bred, piggy-eyed, adidas-wearing, chavish oiks and their orange-faced breeding partners, who all live on a diet of Iceland budget sausages and Sunny D, with their feral offspring running around making the place look like something that would scare the shyte out of Tolkien and Charles Dickens.

Although not a garrison town in the mould of Aldershot, Osnabruck or Chatham, its female denizens have a reputation to rival their garrison counterparts. The town has the unique distinction of having the highest AIDS/HIV and teenage pregnancy rates in the country. This is a remarkable achievement in light of the fact that many of the local 'talent' have the same characteristics, physique and vocabulary of Vicky Pollard.

There are several prison establishments in the area, one of which is responsible for training prison staff in riot control techniques. At the end of these courses it is tradition for course members, (many of whom are ex-forces or ex-miners and not easily fazed or scared), to complete their training by visiting many of the hostelries of Doncaster on their last evening.

Veterans of this hardening process have distinguishing characteristics such as the thousand yard stare and other symptoms similar to PTSD. Those displaying the severest symptoms appear to be those who were naive enough to remain sober during the ordeal.

Let's face it, if you built a wall round the pit villages of South Yorkshire and gassed the inhabitants like badgers then the gene pool would improve and the crime rate would drop to near zero. Doncaster? You have been warned!

[Troll]

Having spent the first 18 years of my life in Grimsby

<scratches chinny> HH&H ?

[darmstadt]

Its Grimsby Up North....

Residents of the English town of Grimsby have been outraged that their home has been portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen as a rubbish-strewn, violent ghetto in which drunks urinate from windows and mothers hand children cans of beer in the street.
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The Grimsby Telegraph has followed the story keenly and many readers have taken the opportunity to vent their outrage.
“The problem I have with this man, is that he was welcomed into this town and treated kind and well, he then goes away and then tulips on the town,” said one reader.
“Those who thought this would be good publicity for the area are so wrong,” wrote another. “He is taking the piss out of you. All he wanted was the Grim part of Grimsby and anything that looked Grim ... that's how he works. You've been had.”
However, others chimed in to say that the fictional Grimsby was on the whole an accurate portrayal of the depressed Lincolnshire town.