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Why are posh people so scruffy? Hilarious article
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While I may have serious issues with some of the attitudes therein, it's certainly true that the (English, at least) Upper Classes have always behaved in this way. I do wish Boris Johnson would tidy himself up in public; when he appears representing London abroad it seems to me that it reflects ill on London when he doesn't make an effort for his hosts. And there we are back to the debate, I suppose, about when it is appropriate or not to dress according to the feelings of others rather than what you want to do yourself....
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Words to live by: lol
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wow as someone who is called "danny tanner" by her family and teased that i have serious OCD when it comes to cleanliness,
as well as being a germaphobe and hypochondriac (wow sound like i am describing woody allen) i was absolutely horrified by that article i could not live like that but my sisters home is very much like the homes described. :eusa_doh: i guess i am not cut out to live the life of the british upper crust
as well as being a germaphobe and hypochondriac (wow sound like i am describing woody allen) i was absolutely horrified by that article i could not live like that but my sisters home is very much like the homes described. :eusa_doh: i guess i am not cut out to live the life of the british upper crust
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I used to know a British MP who was also a baronet. He always went around with half of his lunch and the contents of an ashtray down the front of his suit. Bespoke, rumpled, covered in Partagas ash and scrambled egg, he was still remarkably debonaire.... He caught a hot young wife, too, but she may have just been in it for the title......
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Why? Because they can afford not to be hurt by our critical slings and arrows.
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Watched 2 episodes of "Hoarders" the other day. By the time they pulled the 3rd. dead cat carcass out of a lady's disaster from Gretna, Louisiana I nearly lost my lunch and dinner.
Mental illness evidently crosses all classes.
I am a neat freak and this pushed me into overdrive. Not as bad as I used to be but cannot even remotely understand people like this. At all.
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Because its hard to kind good help these days.
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Because he's Boris and therefore just plain amazing. He may not be the best mayor London's ever had, but he's definately the most awesome.
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As always, the comments are often just as interesting as the story.
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Richard Warren said:
That's it, I think. Same reason that some people live in squalor when their wife or mommy isn't around.
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And the same reason why we have to clean up twice as much trash off the floor after opera shows or classical music concerts as we do after a regular movie. "Go ahead and throw it on the floor -- they get paid to pick it up."
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Wealthy, tousle-haired William F. Buckley wore buttondown shirts with frayed collars and cuffs. The cuffs of his chinos were also frayed, and his shetland sweaters often had a moth hole or two.
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Wealthy, tousle-haired William F. Buckley wore buttondown shirts with frayed collars and cuffs. The cuffs of his chinos were also frayed, and his shetland sweaters often had a moth hole or two.
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Sorry, you're honestly telling me that Boris is considered unkempt or untidy or disrespectful in this picture, which accompanied the article. Seriously guys, are people to criticise so thin on the ground? This is what is called persona, and with BJs absurd populist stance, it's the only thing that gets him elected. Every other week we're hearing people rant about stuffy buttoned up politicians (just look at the risible track of the Prince Charles thread in "Suits"). Damned if they do and damned if they don't. They can't win.
Damn that chick behind him to the right is hot.
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Damn that chick behind him to the right is hot.
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Seems like lots of the posh people would rather be comfy like Onslow and Daisy rather than to keep up appearances like Hyacinth and Richard
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Baron Kurtz said:Sorry, you're honestly telling me that Boris is considered unkempt or untidy or disrespectful in this picture, which accompanied the article. Seriously guys, are people to criticise so thin on the ground? This is what is called persona, and with BJs absurd populist stance, it's the only thing that gets him elected. Every other week we're hearing people rant about stuffy buttoned up politicians (just look at the risible track of the Prince Charles thread in "Suits"). Damned if they do and damned if they don't. They can't win.
Damn that chick behind him to the right is hot.
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:eusa_clap I agree Baron, that Lotus Flower behind him is hot.
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