Upper Middle Classisms

RATM

Right well most people in Ireland can be considered to be middle class, although it is true to say that class in Ireland is nowhere near as distinct as it is in the UK but it is still prevalent nonetheless.

And then we have the upper middle class- thats those lot who aspire to be in the full blown upper class but have neither the wherewithall or the spondulix to make it.

An example of this lot is that twat Richard Corrigan's programme on RTE 'Corrigan's City Farm' about growing your own food and the like. It's such upper middle class drivel, it involves people with way too much time on their hands rearing their own chickens, growing spuds and veggies, no doubt rocket leaves and zuchinni are involved with this lot too. Corrigan even had the gall to suggest that 'we should all be growing our own food'. Well good for you if you have the time on your hands but some of us have to work for a living, often way more than 40 hours and tending to an allotment after a 60 hour week is just out of the question.

Another is Saturday's Irish Times magazine. Week after week you are guaranteed allotment this, allotment that, eco this, eco that, farmers markets all over the shop and then a food review by that other bastion of the upper middle classes, Tom Doooorley.

Do these people ever work at all or do they just sit around allotments sipping cheap cava wishing it was champagne?

What other upper middle classisms get on your wick ?

Orizio

I'm afraid you have come on the wrong website to complain about the Irish middle classes my friend.

dr.bollocko

RATM wrote: »

An example of this lot is that twat Richard Corrigan's programme on RTE 'Corrigan's City Farm' about growing your own food and the like. It's such upper middle class drivel, it involves people with way too much time on their hands rearing their own chickens, growing spuds and veggies, no doubt rocket leaves and zuchinni are involved with this lot too.

It's courgette darling.

RonMexico

Sorry I am too busy with my allotment to reply to your drivel.

Hagar

Cocks a snoot at the OP's allotment and move on to watering the Oregano.

biko

People that have an old MG that they're doing up for the veteran car race in August*

*hint of jealousy

markok84

RATM wrote: »

And then we have the upper middle class- thats those lot who aspire to be in the full blown upper class but have neither the wherewithall or the spondulix to make it.

pish posh there is no such thing.

fryup

the irish make the worst snobs, the brits are much better at it (years of practice)

tribulus

OP serious question: What name do you give to the handheld device that operates a television?

My name is URL

The funny thing is I have an allotment, and I'm as classless as they come tbh

I mainly grow weeds though

The only Upper Classisms I can't stand is all that Fintanist bullshoite

Latchy

Leaves a bag of ' last weekend away in Cannes ' clothes outside OP's door

And no , I'm not upper middle class

IPushButtons

I think your spot on

markok84

dr.bollocko wrote: »

It's courgette darling.

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Gummy Panda

fcuking high-co's!!

markok84 wrote: »

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Stop trying to arouse Nurse Bollocko

Latchy

fryup wrote: »

the irish make the worst snobs, the brits are much better at it (years of practice)

I said that in another post recently to

phasers

If you cant tend to an allotment how do you have time to post on a forum? you're just lazy you are.


Also culchies grow vegetables and therefore it is not middle class.

asdasd

OP, we all despise the Upper middle claasses ( well except for the we-know-their-kinky-despite-that-restrained-ice-cool-horsey british female middle class thing) but city allotments are for people without gardens.

The poor.

Gazza22

A peasant complaining, how revolting!

Fratton Fred

Organic ****ing cous cous

TheZohanS

You do realise that you can grow spuds/carrots in a dustbin in the back of your garden/balcony?

For seeds and a bin it only costs around €40. They're practically maintenance free.

It would take more time/money/effort to go to the supermarket to buy them than growing your own.

Bananas might be tricky tho!:)

SEPT 23 1989

Food was the one of the last refuges of the snob during the Celtic Tiger

jester77

Well OP, you obviously didn't grow up during the last recession where not having cabbage and spuds growing in your garden meant no dinner!

galwayrush

We employ a gardener.;)

Latchy

I grew marajuwana till I discoverd it was illigal

Disease Ridden

Most people in this country are either the undeserving poor (ie.dolesters) or else they are working class. The majority are not middle class OP.

wudangclan

could class-baiting be considered a from of racism?

stovelid

Needs a smidgen of ginger, imo.

Latchy

tut tut

Toots

stovelid wrote: »

Needs a smidgen of ginger, imo.

And I've got a bottle of Cava that would compliment the whole thing perfectly.

dr.bollocko

Toots* wrote: »

And I've got a bottle of Cava that would compliment the whole thing perfectly.

Cava? My mate imports wholesale. I'll hook you up with a Charles Orban that'll knock your socks off what what.

My name is URL

wudangclan wrote: »

could class-baiting be considered a from of racism?

Yes

beating slaves is frowned upon these days

ibtl?

KTRIC

My name is URL wrote: »

Yes

beating slaves is frowned upon these days

ibtl?

I wouldnt beat slaves, we have someone to do that.

Leprachaun

I'm quite happy in my position of upper upper class tbh. Anything with 'middle' in it just doesn't sound affluent enough.

Capt'n Midnight

TheZohan wrote:

Bananas might be tricky tho!:)

We're already the biggest exporter of bananas and he wants us to produce more :rolleyes: