Being from Medway...
...I grew up with a myriad number of annoying, common twunts. Let the list begin:

*The sayings "At the end of the day" and "In an ideal world"

*Going to your 'nan's for tea'.

*Incorrect spelling of their/they're

*Jewellery that depicts family status eg 'MUM' or 'SISTER' on a ring. Do you need a reminder???

*Talking about/watching the X Factor

*Having a union jack/bulldog/football team badge/Chinese characters tattooed on your person.

*Bomber jackets

*Women who wear tshirts with sexy or gorgeous or anything of that ilk on them.

More to come, I'm just choking with rage right now...
(Eldoofus, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:36, 22 replies)

EDITED
YAY!!

Thank you, you've made an old fart very happy. :D

*glees*
*clicks by way of an apology and because you're a ginger and Monkeysexes like that kind of thing*
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:39, closed)

Always good
to meet a ginger fan. I'm thinking that all my peers who called me ginger pubes at school secretly liked the ginger thing too. Maybe not...
(Eldoofus, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 18:37, closed)

I'm from Medway too.
In Chatham, I am particularly impressed with the sign in the window of the 'cigaretes' [sic] shop at the front of that In Shops/Trafalgar place near the grim end of the High St. I like to buy my 'choclete' there.

And the lovely statue by the station with a traffic cone permanently stuck on his head.
( gypsy turnips, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:53, closed)

Ah the statue with the cone on his head
does anyone actually know who he is? The poor bastard. And oh how I miss the Trafalgar centre, and I do believe its pronounced 'chocklit'

Apparently there are twins in Chatham called Thunder and Lightning. Sadly not totally unbelievable...
(Eldoofus, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 22:39, closed)

Oh my...
I'm gonna show just how nerdy I am now...

He is Thomas Waghorn, and I think he came up with a new trade route to India, or something.
I heard that he is pointing to India, but I'm pretty sure thats wrong.
( WeakLemonDrink, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 0:08, closed)

sittingbourne massive
Theres a healthy medway / swale population on b3ta which cheers me...
(wrigglesworth, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:13, closed)

Ah, Chatham... My home town...
I believe this is the place you are talking about! :D


( WeakLemonDrink, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 23:20, closed)

hah!!!
yes! that's the exact one. did you take that photo? i took a pic of it once.

i want a pack of crips now.
( gypsy turnips, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 23:31, closed)

Well,
I didn't take it sadly, I... er... 'borrowed' it from a friends Facebook account.

It's right up there with photos of the Cone Man, and "Billy the Quid"!
( WeakLemonDrink, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 23:57, closed)

there's a facebook group
with lots of those photos and it's dedicated to how shit chatham is :)

there's also a billy the quid group, hehe.
( gypsy turnips, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 0:08, closed)

Ha ha
That photo is the best thing I've seen in a long time. Oh how it makes me pine for Medway. I heard Billy got an ASBO. Its great to find fellow anti-Chatham types
(Eldoofus, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 10:26, closed)

damn
ive got korean on my arm :(
(Dr Zoidberg is going for a scuttle, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:00, closed)

Hey!
I have my surname (Tong) tattooed on my arm in Chinese.

Mind you, I actually know what it means, and haven't just blindly picked one "coz it looks cool innit".
(jamesthegill opens new tabs with his scroll wheel, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:32, closed)

mine is
korean for 'Member of the Tae Kwon-Do International Group'
(Dr Zoidberg is going for a scuttle, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:35, closed)

Oi!
I've been wearing bomber jackets off and on since before you were conceived, and I am afraid that all available scientific evidence states that....

Bomber Jackets have been 100% the doggies danglies for ever.

So there.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:52, closed)

Oops
should have written no offence on the post, I'm talking about v naff chinese characters picked at random at the tattoo parlour that are supposed to mean "love" but probably mean soy sauce or something. I will however make no apologies for british bulldog tattoos.

Bomber jackets...only on certain types. I'm haunted by memories of bright orange ones with Spice Girl transfers on them.

And if ever I make a spelling mistake it is always ironic. Hmm
(Eldoofus, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 22:35, closed)

Thank heavens for that.
What spelling mistake? I see no spelling mistakes around here.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 9:11, closed)

Oh...
I've got a football club tattoo - agree about the Chinese character thing though, how can you be sure it doesn't say "Special fried dog bollocks in sweet and sour sauce"?
( snee held his breath since, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:07, closed)

Bomber Jackets
You're 'choking with rage' about bomber jackets? I have a very nice one from Aeroleatherclothing.com in Galashiels, and what are the crew of bombers meant to wear? Taekwondo suits?
(Benzyl, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:03, closed)

I thought you could have "myriad something" or "a myriad of something", not "a myriad something"?

And if we're going to get SUPER picky; it's the Union Flag. It's only a Union Jack when flown from the back of a ship.

But even I call it the Union Jack in general.
(Musuko, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:41, closed)

That is pretty super picky
but I take it on board. I have a confession...I wrote my post at about 5:25 in the office so didn't go through it as thoroughly as I normally do. Also didn't take into account bomber jacket/Chinese tattoo fans. Or bombers.

May have to look up correct use of 'Myriad' - its a great word.
(Eldoofus, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 18:35, closed)

HA!
My Hockey team beat your hockey team last sunday! Ner ner ner!

:-D
(once_upon_a_time, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 0:08, closed)