PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Common People is always de rigeur though.
PiotrGreenholz01
What tiny social rule in the UK did you only realise existed after accidentally breaking it?
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Do you know anyone who used to be famous but now... isn't?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Hope so. Seems a lovely bloke. Like most British metal icons.
There's a great Andy Edwards podcast just with Bryan where he talks about a young obsessive Lars Ulrich coming to stay with him before Metallica got big
Do you know anyone who used to be famous but now... isn't?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
There was a prequel where he escaped the Nazis & ran a corner shop in South Yorkshire. It was hilarious.
Do you know anyone who used to be famous but now... isn't?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
The guitarist Brian Tatler was just living in a bog standard house when he was in a documentary a few years ago.
Do you know anyone who used to be famous but now... isn't?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
A Photoshop sub will eat up tens of thousands
How many sugars in your tea/coffee, how many do you drink a day, and how many cavities have you had? Age please too
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
2 in tea, 2 in coffee, mid 50s, no cavities (not since early teens anyway)
What “old people” names will make a comeback when children of the 80s have grandchildren?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Phlegm & Viennetta
Are GCSE’s as serious for your life as the teachers say they are?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
They're a significant first step into adult life.
I was sick of school at 16, & I f***ed up my O levels, then my A levels, then dropped out of a one year course, then signed on & it took me years to even vaguely sort my life out - I think I became acclimatised to failure & to the inevitability of letting myself down.
So basically don't let yourself get used to that. Keep moving forward & pushing yourself. Acclimatise to pushing yourself & achieving goals.
Is it necessary for a teenager to avoid dressing head to toe in athletic clothes like a whole set?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
It's important not to display any sign of individual identity unless you get noticed. Mass-produced light grey sportswear will help camouflage you against London's timid drabness.
Men - where are you getting your 'nicer' clothes?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Crockett & Jones really do exemplify the Terry Pratchett 'value of good boots' thing. My oldest pair I bought in 2004 & they still look good & are very comfortable. My other pairs are around 10 years old & look almost new.
Men - where are you getting your 'nicer' clothes?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Just bought some decent shirts from Jack & Jones online. Reduced to £17.50 each - organic cotton. Nothing exciting but they seem fine for everyday wear.
How do you feel about all the British mocking on social media?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Pretty unimpressed. We're much better at doing it ourselves.
For those who work in theatre and film in the UK, who is generally not a nice person to work with?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Are those really his ears?
For those who work in theatre and film in the UK, who is generally not a nice person to work with?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Lol, who told you that??
For those who work in theatre and film in the UK, who is generally not a nice person to work with?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
The sheen is definitely starting to come off Michael isn't it?
What’s the worst place you have ever been on holiday?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I didn't know there were sights in LA.
What’s the worst place you have ever been on holiday?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I once had to sit & listen to a barber telling me how once a year he'd meet up in Thailand with his friends from all over the Europe and they'd sit around with Thai women on their laps who - & I quote - "were 21 but looked 12..."
I don't think they were 21.
This was about 30 years ago. I hope the old, fat fuck is long dead.
What’s the worst place you have ever been on holiday?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
You're assuming the monkey was trained. It might just have been a ne'er-do-well.
What’s the worst place you have ever been on holiday?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Egypt.
Everyone had their hand out for baksheesh.
I think Egyptians have noticed Western tourists don't give a fuck about them, & are only there for the pre-Islamic stuff out in the desert.
Has margarine fallen out of fashion?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Olive spread should be green surely? Or black.
Has margarine fallen out of fashion?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I read somewhere that it used to be dyed pink because butter manufacturers didn't want it to be mistaken for butter. I hope that's true.
Is the British tendency towards modesty and self-deprecation damaging?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I think you have a point.
There's a risk it can become an internalised tall poppy syndrome & hold people back.
Modesty is fine. Self-deprecation - which I'm guilty of - can be infuriating. And, if you're working class, I think it is debilitating because the system isn't going to help you much. You have to have solid self--belief to rise. Even the performative self-deprecation that is often socially & culturally appreciated can undermine that
Did you grow up with someone who became famous?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
His son Archie was a very talented actor who starred in So Awkward, a CBBC comedy. I watched it with my kid & it was a real bonding experience for us , laughing at the same stuff. It was a shock when he suddenly died.
Did you grow up with someone who became famous?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
This is the approach to art criticism we actually need.
Did you grow up with someone who became famous?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
His son died in his sleep a few years ago.
Did you grow up with someone who became famous?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
A relative in Derby knows his family & said he was a bit of a thug.
Who are some celebrities who still speak with a true RP accent (aside from the obvious ones)?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Not a celebrity, but Rory Stewart?
Anyone who says 'iss-yew' rather than 'ishoo'.
Is Royal Tunbridge Wells posh?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
There are plenty of areas that aren't at all posh. But there are some insanely big houses hidden behind big hedges. Also great leafy avenues.
It's also a strangely boring town considering the wealth there.
What's the most out of date thing you have eaten?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I only finished stuff I'd bought during lockdown about 3 months ago.
What's the most out of date thing you have eaten?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I once ate an entire yellow sticker cheesecake for 4 that was reduced to 60p from £5. I wolfed it down as its final minutes of safe eating ticked by. I would probably have felt less ill if I'd eaten some of it beyond its best before date, or just eaten half, but you've got to get your money's worth.
What's the most out of date thing you have eaten?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
You will.
I Have To Ask?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
It's also about the sheer delight of the heat.
What’s a small “unwritten rule” in the UK that everyone just somehow knows?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
There are actual signs on escalators saying to stand on the right. It's hardly an unwritten rule.
What things are you convinced are largely liked/disliked because people are so used to hearing they should like/dislike them?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Michael McIntyre has funny bones even if his material isn't overly brilliant.
What was takeaway coffee culture like in the 1980s-2000s?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I can just about remember big takeout coffees from sandwich places in London in the early 2000s, but they were impractical & crap & nothing like what we have now. So, yeah, not really a culture of takeaway coffee in any meaningful way. Just sugary brown liquid to wash down the crappy bread roll with.
What fact makes you feel incredibly old?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I'm 55 & don't feel old. I've realised I still buy books as if I'm preparing for life. I'll never read all of them.
I just can't get it into my head that, with my particular health issue, it could be all over in a couple of years.
I still don't feel old though.
What was takeaway coffee culture like in the 1980s-2000s?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Best to stick with a cuppoccino
What was takeaway coffee culture like in the 1980s-2000s?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
There was a coffee place at the top of Afflecks Palace in the early 90s. Basic cappuccinos in those big cups etc
What was takeaway coffee culture like in the 1980s-2000s?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I went to coffee places in Soho & in Manchester in the early 90s, before Friends arrived. The idea was already seeping over from the US. A couple of big sofas, big cups, chocolate powder on 'frothy coffee'. The coffee wasn't particularly good.
What was takeaway coffee culture like in the 1980s-2000s?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
OP is asking about 80s & 90s.
What do you wish you could tell your younger self?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
It's often easier to be kind than to be right.
Who's the Greatest British Jazz musican of all time ?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Derek Bailey
Did you grow up being smacked for misbehaving? If you did, do you think it helped or hindered you later in life?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
It helped in that I figured out early on never to get caught doing anything I could possibly get a smack for.
What's our general opinion on Nick Cave nowadays?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Regurgitating the fetid Islamist propaganda of rapists & murderers is bad. I don't expect you to say it back.
What's our general opinion on Nick Cave nowadays?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
No.
One day you'll realise who it was who was actually gaslighting you. But it will be too late. You'll have spent your life as a puppet of Islamism.
What's our general opinion on Nick Cave nowadays?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
There was no genocide.
Glad to help.
What's a saying that you're sick of hearing?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
For the next seven minutes, yes.
What decision in your 30s had the biggest positive impact on your life?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
I had about 3 separate year long bouts of taking them in my early 30s, and by about 37, I'd moved beyond the miserable depression of teenage years & 20s.
So I haven't been on them for over 10 years or so. But I feel there was Before Antidepressants & After Antidepressants, and I'm still holding it together with the knowledge of how dark things can be.
What decision in your 30s had the biggest positive impact on your life?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
It was a revelation to me to not mind being alive for the first time in years...
What decision in your 30s had the biggest positive impact on your life?
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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit
Taking antidepressants.