Originally posted by trev33Talk about your princess and the pea. If there were 46 people in a pub, according to BPM, you could expect to see roughly 20 of female persuasion. But using trev33's heightened sense of all things mathematical, the same pub really only has 16 women in it. You know, because the extra four is SUCH an exaggeration, right? Do you really think trev33 was so attuned to the crowd as to discern that missing group of four?
google it
'great britain' - england, scotland, wales.
'britain' - england, scotland, wales, n. ireland.
'uk' - england, scotland, wales, n. ireland.
'british isles' - england, scotland, wales, the island of ireland.
these are the facts.
i've been to blackpool, liverpoo, manchester and london and don't recall noticing the female populatio ...[text shortened]... t come anywhere close to the passion and atmosphere i witnessed at one boca match.
Let's do some real math. BPM lives in Blackpool whereas trev33 is but a passerby. What are the chances that BPM's perception of his home pubs is closer to reality than trev33's perception? I'd put those odds at 10-to-1, in favor of BPM.
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Originally posted by FreakyKBHif you could read you'd see he's talking about the whole of england... his little blackpool is insignificant in the national picture. being a seaside town which is popular for hen nights it would be unsurprising if it was above the national average. which is probably why his view is so inaccurate.
Talk about your princess and the pea. If there were 46 people in a pub, according to BPM, you could expect to see roughly 20 of female persuasion. But using trev33's heightened sense of all things mathematical, the same pub really only has 16 women in it. You know, because the extra four is SUCH an exaggeration, right? Do you really think trev33 was so ...[text shortened]... loser to reality than trev33's perception? I'd put those odds at 10-to-1, in favor of BPM.
btw using your math, it's not just 4 less females, with the added 4 males the swing of 8 would be notable.
i bet £100.
Originally posted by trev33You always did have an eye for the laddies. Extra 'd' intentional, mate.
if you could read you'd see he's talking about the whole of england... his little blackpool is insignificant in the national picture. being a seaside town which is popular for hen nights it would be unsurprising if it was above the national average. which is probably why his view is so inaccurate.
btw using your math, it's not just 4 less females, with the added 4 males the swing of 8 would be notable.
i bet £100.
Originally posted by HandyAndyThe use of the word female in this context is a different argument altogether.
So you're saying that the four females are still there, but they're now disguised as males. Is that customary in Britain?
You probably wouldn't want to marry any of them, even if the law does insist they be called females.
Barmaids and tourists being the exception of course.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI never said this word until I was exposed to the hooligans of RHP.
'arsed', is a very bad word in Scotland, a swear word in fact, a 'cuss', word i think you guys say, one would be liable to having ones mouth washed out with soap (happened to me once when i was young), in England they use this word freely and it does not seem to have the same degree of severity attached to it. I've even heard English Dj's say it on the radio, a Scottish DJ would never use this word in public.
But this isn't the first time I've used it, and it won't be the last time.
Sounds like you Scot laddies need to lighten up a little.
🙂
Thanks Jon.
I must admit I started this thread at 2am UK (or British) time after a heavy nights drinking in Blackpool (full of beautiful women by the way) lol.
It was a wind up to get a reaction and for my own amusement.
Anyway I'll be in the towns boozers tonight and will take some crowd shots so Trev can count out whos who and do some maths % for us all.
Have a great weekend chess folk!
Originally posted by BlackpoolmadI do not see how you can even possibly make this statement with a straight face.
7. Football culture is like nowhere else in the world here. We are fanatical, passionate folk, be it for our town, or country. English men generally support the town/city football team where we come from, even if the team is lower league, we stay loyal. In fact, people that support teams like Manchester United because they win things are refered to as plastics.
Football was invented in America. Oh, wait, you meant soccer, didn't you?
"Football culture is like nowhere else in the world here." Again, I think only Americans can make this statement. Oops, oh yeah, you were talking about soccer.
"Plastics"? In America, we call this "jumping on the bandwagon", and it's considered bad form. This doesn't stop anyone from doing it, though.
And this, "English men generally support the town/city football team where we come from...". Oh really? Only English men? Plenty of American women fancy American football. I suspect English women do, too, then. 😀
Originally posted by RevRSleekerActually, I don't mind the Brits spelling their words however they like. It's only when they deem me some sort of cretin for spelling the words correctly that I get my knickers in a bunch.
Oh how I wish I'd have spotted this when having the time to address it ..perhaps later lol. This is a wind up....right ??
And yeah, I confess I knew it would start a fight... oops, I mean a conversation. 🙂
Originally posted by Suzianne
[b]I do not see how you can even possibly make this statement with a straight face.
Football was invented in America. Oh, wait, you meant soccer, didn't you?
American football is based on rugby dear. Except you need all padding and the game lasts for too long.
"Football culture is like nowhere else in the world here." Again, I think only Americans can ...[text shortened]... d MK are even more despised than plastics or band waggoners.
Anyway Su, whats for tea?
Originally posted by SuzianneSu?
Actually, I don't mind the Brits spelling their words however they like. It's only when they deem me some sort of cretin for spelling the words correctly that I get my knickers in a bunch.
And yeah, I confess I knew it would start a fight... oops, I mean a conversation. 🙂
Are you seriously saying we English changed the launguage by adding things on to OUR laungauage?
Has it occured to you that the English launguage was formed in England?
Ever heart of the Oxford dictionary, or Cambridge dictionary?
Oh and American Football is based on rugby which makes it an English invention, but Americanized and played in all over the erm?
Country of America.
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Originally posted by BlackpoolmadWe tried to correct the inaccuracies of the language after we moved over here to this better country with more room, but the English keep getting all "Oxford this" and "Cambridge that" on us.
Su?
Are you seriously saying we English changed the launguage by adding things on to OUR laungauage?
Has it occured to you that the English launguage was formed in England?
Ever heart of the Oxford dictionary, or Cambridge dictionary?
Oh and American Football is based on rugby which makes it an English invention, but Americanized and played in all over the erm?
Country of America.
"Based on rugby"? This is like saying Kevlar body armor (an American invention, btw) is based on chainmail. American football is NOT rugby.
And FYI, you had it right the first time, it's Suzi, not Su. 😕
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Originally posted by Blackpoolmadlaungauage? launguage?
Su?
Are you seriously saying we English changed the launguage by adding things on to OUR laungauage?
Has it occured to you that the English launguage was formed in England?
Ever heart of the Oxford dictionary, or Cambridge dictionary?
Oh and American Football is based on rugby which makes it an English invention, but Americanized and played in all over the erm?
Country of America.
maybe it would be less embarrassing if the americans had created the LANGUAGE and you were just learning 😛