Well that's it then - I'm Posh!

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 15:16

Apparently if you can answer three or more of these questions Yes, then you are Posh (just like me )

1. Do you go to the Opera/Ballet

2. Do you have a cleaner

3. Do you wear clothing brands such as Hackett or Barbour

4. Do you have an interest in horses/sailing

5. Do you spend over £10 on a bottle of wine

6. Do you still tell people what school you went to even though you are in your 30's

7. Do you shop at Waitrose

8. Do you say 'supper' instead of dinner

9. Do you greet people with a kiss on both cheeks

10.Do you have an Aga

11. Do you drink Earl Grey / specialist Teas

12. Do you know what Prosecco is

13. Do you eat Hummus

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 15:20

im common



kav

TopTen


Joined: 15/04/2009
Posts: 1246

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 15:26

Don,t forget Bill you have to say barth not bath

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 15:34

TopTen, is one taking the urine? )

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 15:36

Oh God, that's terrible, I am really common!

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 15:39

HIYA Bill, we with my results on the survey im in your league xx

sloan



Joined: 24/02/2009
Posts: 808

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:03

Don't agree with the criteria ... but they definitely make me posh! My Irish docker grandfather will be turning over in his grave!

everon


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:07

I'm well posh! x

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:09

Probably questions 5 - if you eat out anywhere here - 9 - 11 and 13 apply to most Turkish Cypriots, so we fit in well!

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:09

at bingo shout "bungalow "not "house"

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:10

1. Do you go to the Opera/Ballet? Only when accompanying Royalty



2. Do you have a cleaner? Do I have a cleaner what?



3. Do you wear clothing brands such as Hackett or Barbour? Do they sell Barbour in Jermyn Street?



4. Do you have an interest in horses/sailing? Didn't know horses could sail but I seen plenty of white horses when out sailing!



5. Do you spend over £10 on a bottle of wine? I spend £10 on the cork...



6. Do you still tell people what school you went to even though you are in your 30's? Yes but only because I'm still undergoing education...



7. Do you shop at Waitrose? Too cheap, Fortnum & Masons for me...



8. Do you say 'supper' instead of dinner? only when it follows Luncheon and High Tea



9. Do you greet people with a kiss on both cheeks? Both cheeks of what?

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:12

10.Do you have an Aga? No but we knew the Aga Khan... How would we know, servants go into the kitchen



11. Do you drink Earl Grey / specialist Teas? Earl Grey is not a Specialist Tea, Orange Pekoe is my tipple...



12. Do you know what Prosecco is? Yes, I use mixed with peach juice doesn't everyone?



13. Do you eat Hummus? Only with smoked Salmon and Caviar

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:16

If you use the word "posh" then you are definitely not.

everon


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:18

Groucho! so funny! x

sloan



Joined: 24/02/2009
Posts: 808

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:20

Port out ... starboard home... those of us old enough to remember the Raj do not find the term problematic.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:20

i second that evron. Did POSH come from rich passengers on ships going port side out, starboard home. x

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 16:43

im common as muck, but happy !

dizzycows


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Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 18:00

Groucho that is so meeeeeeeeeeeeee, and we haven't even met darrrrlinggg.(ha ha)

newlad



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Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 18:02

Common as muck me,

Paul.

Scoty


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Posts: 846

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 18:43

re msg 1 - which 3 actually apply??



Is 5 of these acceptable and I certainly ain't posh!!

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 20:28

Paul. I'm so sorry not to be able to converse with you anymore. One doesn't converse with the lower classes. )

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 20:39

Scott. If you can say yes to 5 of them then you are Posh (like me).



Toodle pip - just off for a Pimms! )

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 20:46

Dunno...didn't really understand most of the questions....so does that mean I am common? Or fick?

Jetski


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Posts: 584

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 20:53

Good grief Groucho- I trust all your coments are 'tougue in cheek" - otherwise we'll all feel you're from the Esentepe brigade!

ang1706


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Posts: 570

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 21:01

Sent these questions to my daughter who is at UNi and guess what NOT one of her friends were posh!!

Ailletoo


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Posts: 1003

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 21:12

MMMMM!!! wondered what results you expected from this question....

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 22:09

ang message 25, get her out of the Uni immediately! ) )

cyprusairsoft



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Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 22:26

posh shes to skinny

only drink earlgrey so im alittle posh lol

ang1706


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Posts: 570

Message Posted:
04/06/2010 22:37

Haha wish I could as she is costing me a small fortune!!

begonia


Joined: 19/05/2009
Posts: 229

Message Posted:
05/06/2010 13:35

You don't have to be 'posh' to go to University. Or even clever.

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
05/06/2010 13:54

My neighbours have a Butler with a missing left arm.



Serves 'em right.

rowlo



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Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
05/06/2010 20:15

we have sky multiroom , my neighbours kids think were posh , we live in a one bedroom flat ? lmao,

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
05/06/2010 20:18

Rowlo. ) ) )

Pippie


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Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
05/06/2010 20:50

Even though I can give 3 positive answers I think I'd still rather claim to be common - as down to earth as they come and proud of it, that's me!



In case you're wondering which 3 I scored points on:

6 - still able to tell people which schools I went to, yes but probably only cos I'm not yet too old to have forgotten!

9 - kiss on both cheeks, yes but only only since I arrived here and I've a sneaky feeling that's cos the people I'm now mixing with think it must be the thing to do! Where I come from it's one kiss on the cheek and just throw you arms around each other for a lovely big hug. Is the two cheek thing a Turkish norm cos all my Turkish Cypriot friends do the two cheeks too.

13 - hummus - the only definite yes I think I can hold my hands up to!! Therefore, definitely common!

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
05/06/2010 22:54

Pippie



With you 100% on your last post.



Do you think we'd be considered 'posh' if we ate taramasolata (?spelling)



Jean

McSteviet



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Posts: 1089

Message Posted:
05/06/2010 23:35

Just........

McSteviet



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1089

Message Posted:
05/06/2010 23:43

Rowlo, if you lived in a studio, or bedsit, then that would really be posh.

Mc

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
06/06/2010 00:04

Msg 34 Point 9

Twice! Try living in Brittany (BZH), France, its bloody 5 times to everyone on meeting and saying au revoir!



Richard

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
06/06/2010 00:09

Re : Msg 35,



Dear Jeannie,



congratulations! Just one mistake in your tarama...



Referring you to my message 13: it is really common to say "I am posh". One never says it, one just knows.

Upper class people never use this word. They say : "They are our people".



Love,



Clarissa

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
06/06/2010 06:50

Pippie



"as down to earth as they come and proud of it, that's me!"



This phrase could just as easily be uttered by many a 'toff'...



I've known many people from upper-class backgrounds who's like to think or regard themselves 'down to earth'. I've certinaly met plenty who wore the most raggedy old clothes for huntin' shootin' and fishin' and were too careful with their money to buy new just because their old ones were looking past their best.... Often patched elbows and darned socks were in evidence



They certainly didn't ponce around the 'family estate' with brushed suede shoes, highly polished brogues and brand-new hacking jackets over mole-skin troos.



Where the posh snobbery comes in is the middle-classes with aspirations to upper-class status... that's where one gets the pretensions of designer labels and all that they betray. Nice clothes are OK, fashion victim? Not OK.. They stand out a mile as definitely aspirational 'posh' which ironically is very far fro

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
06/06/2010 06:51

cont....



They stand out a mile as definitely aspirational 'posh' which ironically is very far from posh...





Don't you just hate it when the character count does not work and the system truncates your post! Doh!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
06/06/2010 06:57

P.S.



Posh people walk their own dogs... they don't have flunkies, they may well have staff to help them run their busy lives but never so that they can merely do nothing for themselves. Old money doesn't thrive on a feckless lack of activity.

Pippie


Joined: 02/12/2009
Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
07/06/2010 10:35

Groucho, re. your msg 10 - well I didn't like to say ...



I'll just finish glueing the sole back on my shoe now before I take the dog for a walk!!!

measey


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Posts: 1037

Message Posted:
13/06/2010 14:14

as my mate branson says im normal.

sloan



Joined: 24/02/2009
Posts: 808

Message Posted:
13/06/2010 15:25

Going back to the original list, I would have thought that most people living in North Cyprus would have done 9 and 13 as a matter of course. Just a matter of finding number 3.