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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 5:21:31 AM

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When have you ever seen a chav playing rugby?

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 5:55:43 AM

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remember when john major crammed a hamburger into the clearly unwilling maw of his own daughter to show how unafraid he was of the mad cow? good times. good times.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 6:40:33 AM

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Wasn't John Major was John Gummer Minister for Agriculture & viral infections

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remember when john major crammed a hamburger into the clearly unwilling maw of his own daughter to show how unafraid he was of the mad cow? good times. good times.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 6:42:01 AM

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Fair point, well made.

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When have you ever seen a chav playing rugby?

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 6:48:44 AM

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oh that's right. it was john major who let will self snort heroin on his jet.

i have a hard time keeping up with british politics. house of cards WAS a documentary, right?

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Wasn't John Major was John Gummer Minister for Agriculture & viral infections

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remember when john major crammed a hamburger into the clearly unwilling maw of his own daughter to show how unafraid he was of the mad cow? good times. good times.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 6:50:59 AM

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oh that's right. it was john major who let will self snort heroin on his jet.

i have a hard time keeping up with british politics. house of cards WAS a documentary, right?

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Wasn't John Major was John Gummer Minister for Agriculture & viral infections

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I have no prior knowledge & couldn't possibly comment.

Frnancis Urquhart was a hero of mine but then I have issues.
remember when john major crammed a hamburger into the clearly unwilling maw of his own daughter to show how unafraid he was of the mad cow? good times. good times.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:21:24 AM

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You'll be saying "The Hunt For Tony Blair" wasn't a documentary next...

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:24:18 AM

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it would of been if I'd had owt to do with it, chavvy pit bulls & baseball bats to the fore.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:24:59 AM

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i can see that. francis urquhart was kind of a cross between sir humphrey and pat bateman. very appealing to me as well.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:28:23 AM

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Good TV show as well. Did you see Edge of Darkness?

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:30:11 AM

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Dammit I have not seen Edge of Darkness yet but dad and I howled over House of Cards.

I official love Niney's kid. When he's not activating his vengeance glands.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:32:32 AM

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Sorry for butting in here. I am a Brit living in the US but I don't know what a chav is. Can someone explain?

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:33:21 AM

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Forget the film with Mel the bigot Gibson it's shite compared to the tv series.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:35:04 AM

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Forget the film with Mel the bigot Gibson it's shite compared to the tv series.

Well right I thought you meant the TV show. I pretty much avoid anything with Mel.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:41:03 AM

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Sorry for butting in here. I am a Brit living in the US but I don't know what a chav is. Can someone explain?

Think lower class thug in knockoff togs... on one of the interweb dealios it said "Burberry troglodyte" which rates a gigglesnort!

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:42:01 AM

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Some of them even spell their tattoo's correctly

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 7:48:27 AM

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Sorry for butting in here. I am a Brit living in the US but I don't know what a chav is. Can someone explain?

There's a couple of Brit comedians who take the piss out of chavs. You'll probably be able to find some clips on youtube. One is called Lee Nelson and the other is Devvo. Quite funny, especially knowing that chavs actually thought they were the real deal when they first came out...

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 8:05:33 AM

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A few synonyms for "chav" might narrow down what folk are getting at, diaperslave. A few good ones are "burberry ape", "ned", scratter", "charva" (a much older term), and the like.
Certain social commentators (most notably Julie Burchill) have argued that this is at root nothing more than the traditional middle class contempt for the lower orders. While chavs are by and large proles, they're also badly dressed proles, who cultivate ignorance as though it was a precious resource and collect asbos the way stray cats collect fleas. This seems to be more where the resentment comes from. Doing a search on any UK paper's website should pull up plenty of research material.
There's a bit of an overlap with the US wigga, and a frequently hilarious misuse of black slang by deeply racist boys so white they make Johnny Winters look like the late Louie Armstrong. Other chav peculiarities are a conviction that talking in a high pitched whiney voice makes them sound intimidating, and going around mob handed in flocks.

Asides from the parodies BHG mentions above, David Sascha Cohen-Barron's Ali G is a chav to the core...

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 8:28:56 AM

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Yay Moonhead I love the scuzzy white boys talkin all urban black innit. Especially when they are overlaying a deep dialect like black country or Barnsley. We have a pair in Utch & fuck me they are so speshul in their MUFC shell suits & white trainers.

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RE: So Britain has its share of idiots too....... - 12/27/2011 8:32:48 AM

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Wasn't John Major was John Gummer Minister for Agriculture & viral infections

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