The North South divide

[Paul.M]

What do the southerners think about the north and what do the northerners think about the south? Is it true that darn sourth they are all shandy drinkers and up north they hang monkeys? What's myths have you got? This is not having a go at anyone, just having a laugh at ourselves. what do you like best Yorkshire puddings or jellied eels? What's great about your neck of the woods? We are all proud about where we are from, tell us why So the next time we are in your area we can check it out for ourselves.

 

[Phil]

real yorkshire puddings are not made by aunt bessie that southern beer tastes fine when i was last down there

i hate london hate it !!i worked down there 4 years ago and was driven mad by that dam traffic. 18 hours to get from leeds to Eurostar and back up
i once got put by the company in the travel lodge by the docklands and had to travel to the west end every day what a journey that was. makes our rush hour up here look like play time

 

[Paul.M]

1-0 to the north

 

[Phil]

also was a little gem the company booked us in here every bad review is right and the ones who left a good one must be used to some right dumps. yak yak yak

 

[Phil]

i like the south just not the capital i suppose if i had even the slightest of clues of how to get around london without sat nav i would have been a dam site easier

 

[Phil]

cornwall is fantastic talking of the south and the isle of sheppey

 

[Sintra]

It's gotta be the North. The North of Ireland that is. Soda bread, guinness, potato bread, harp lager, champ, bushmills whiskey, scallions, home to the current british champions (soccer), hilden ale, vegetable roll, irish stew, dulce, boxty, lough neagh pollen. What more can i say.

 

[Phil]

ill second that sintra, my other halfs family are from the south

 

[Sintra]

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[Paul.M]

It's gotta be the North. The North of Ireland that is. Soda bread, guinness, potato bread, harp lager, champ, bushmills whiskey, scallions, home to the current british champions (soccer), hilden ale, vegetable roll, irish stew, dulce, boxty, lough neagh pollen. What more can i say.

Out of the 14 things you have just listed, I'll have to Google 6 of them. I haven't been over there yet (although my dad went fishing there every year for 20 years and loved it) and look forward to trying the things I haven't heard of before. Thanks Sintra.

 

[accordfire]

Oh........

Well, Sussex has lovely snow lately, quite reminded me of the REAL stuff I used to see as a lad in Glasgow (well, just outside it - they even used to nick the snow in certain parts of Glasgow!).

To be honest boys, I'm still a Scot at heart, fiercely patriotic for the place, not the politics, but I like Sussex too - although after thirty years mostly down here, I still find some Southern ways hard to follow.

From experience, a northerner will trust you first, and unleash the vengeance of hell on you when you let him down. Southerners seem to do it the other way round.

Then there's the beer - it IS beer up north - it's fizzy damn water down here, or worse - that crap they grow in fields and mash down into what they call bitter - so would I be if I had to drink the stuff.

I remember taking a girlfriend up to see some pals many moons ago. I forgot to warn her (at the time) that spirits were (then) sold in 1/4 Gill measures, as opposed to the cheapskate 1/6 Gill down here. That was amusing.

London is what London is really - glad I work in it rather than live in it, mind. I think I'm a city boy at heart, though I love countryside - just can't stay away from cities too long.

Absolutely still hate the fact nobody down here has heard of Strathaven toffee or any other kind of tablet - it is NOT f'in Fudge!!!!

Lorne Sausage - Iceland were doing a lame version of this, but nothing like proper Lorne Sausage. Mutton pies. Black pudding - even when you can get it down here, they have no idea how to cook it, and most of them look at you like you've eaten something that caused the last plague.

Hills. Down here, they think the downs are damn near a mountain range - it doesn't go up more than about ten feet at its highest point, for god's sake. They're not hills, they're barely bumps!

The south has got some good points though - the train going north, for one. Seriously - France and Duty free is closer (though I'm not sure France being closer is good in any way really).....

Population - I still can't get over how much easier it is to get about up north - and understand fully why a lot of northerners can't get their head around a six mile trip taking three hours in London.

I'm not doing very well on the South winning in any way here - yet, I live here, and I have some great pals, enjoy my life, and probably wouldn't seriously consider moving north again - I do get up there enough these days though to be truly multi-national.

Hmm. Have to think some on somewhere the south DOES beat the north now. If I can.

 

[Paul.M]

I do believe that is 2 - 0 to the north. Let's see what stick we get in the morning

 

[Phil]

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you may laugh shes a real dragon her grandma used to curse like a trooper in english but would not here of teaching me anything in Irish she said it was against her strict religion to swear?? yep they are all strange must be something in the water

 

[Phil]

I do believe that is 2 - 0 to the north. Let's see what stick we get in the morning

2 of the admins are from the south so it looks like your accounts gone in the morning was nice chatting to you

 

[Paul.M]

2 of the admins are from the south so it looks like your accounts gone in the morning was nice chatting to you

It's ok Phil, I'll just do a 4 weeks fast track course and become a plumber and Join their forum

(ps. Why is the grass greener down south? Coz their all up here walking on ours.)

 

[Phil]

my mate way way sount on the scillys . he says the grass certainly isn`t greener he wants back up here

 

[Sparky Ninja]

Hey I'm Berkshire born and Berkshire bred, and I prefer the north. Except for maybe when I travel abroad.. I'm not keen on Manchester airport that much.

 

[Paul.M]

Is it just us northerners still awake at silly o'clock in the morning on a school night? Head teacher will not be pleased.

 

[Phil]

Hey I'm Berkshire born and Berkshire bred, and I prefer the north. Except for maybe when I travel abroad.. I'm not keen on Manchester airport that much.

should try leeds and bradford. horrible little airport leeds has parking attendants that think they have some sort of role where they have to upset at least 200 people a day

 

[Phil]

Is it just us northerners still awake at silly o'clock in the morning on a school night? Head teacher will not be pleased.

i am up just after 7. its all those years on nights i am lets say a little nocturnal now