Prides actually an awful feckn thing!

u_c_thesecond

Tonight I Had a dinner party (a cheap come dine with me thing- 4euro wine and all that lol ) and of course the recession came up...

One of my friends mentioned she had seen a programme from usa last month, where a family were majorly in debt, and instead of taking away their kids ponies/dirt bikes/ not having oysters for dinner/ trying to get help with debts etc.... They were getting loans/on loans/ on loans... because"They didnt want their kids to suffer"

Ya because a debt collector bursting into your house isint going to traumatise them at all!!!

Jeez i remember living on beans , bread and noodles as a kid so my folks could pay the morgage, we used plastic bags with string tied to it for a kite, and were delighted when mam got us Puma runners from the 2nd hand shop. Im glad i grew up that way! Made me appriciate what i had!

BTW - im 25 , i know i sound 50 but im 25! Its never to young to appriciate the good old days:)

orourkeda

In the immortal words of Marsellus Wallace in pulp fiction

"f*ck pride"

u_c_thesecond

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

we used plastic bags with string tied to it for a kite

Didn't everyone

€0.15 for a plastic bag now though :pac:

Savage Tyrant

Pride was a brilliant MMA Company....I'm sorry they're gone. :mad:

Latchy

Fecking plastic bags are everywere these days , polluting the envoirment

what's the topic again ? ...oh yeah ...awful fecking thing that aul pride

ascanbe

It comes before a fall, they say.

u_c_thesecond

RoverJames wrote: »

Didn't everyone

Thats my point:) Heard a kid screaming in a shop for a 15euro kite the other day and i remember thinking "I could make you one for under a euro and itd fly better:rolleyes:

grizzly

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

Jeez i remember living on beans , bread and noodles as a kid so my folks could pay the morgage, we used plastic bags with string tied to it for a kite

You had string? Luxury!

policarp

Tell that to a group of lions.

starbelgrade

It's amazing how television perforates people's lives. Instead of just having people round for dinner, loads of people say that they're having a "Come Dine With Me" as if they were on telly.

No. You're just having people round for dinner.

And talking to a pretend TV camera while you prepare the meal alone in your kitchen doesn't make it any more than that.

Wolflikeme

With good parenting, you can be taught to appreciate things regardless of how much money you have/had.

We were never in want growing up because my parents work really hard (I'm not saying others didn't!). However, everything we got we were explained how lucky we were etc. etc. Our parents were great that way and I appreciate the smallest tokens, which I never expect anyway. If anything, it's probably why I'm more of a giver these days!

ascanbe

In keeping with Good Friday and this pride based thread, here's a tune from AH's very own Christ-like figure.
He's certainly been crucified in this forum often enough..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Pnlhs7grQ

tayto lover

You're going to have fierce trouble with your stomach after eating that stuff.

Latchy

policarp wrote: »

Tell that to a group of lions.

They are reasonable animals .......I'm sure they would listen

Iang87

I think the thread name is wrong. Stupidity is an awful thing

gurramok

What did you have for dinner? Ye had wine?! Ye are going straight to hell :mad:

starbelgrade

gurramok wrote: »

What did you have for dinner? Ye had wine?! Ye are going straight to hell :mad:

It was €4 wine. More of a vinegar than a wine.

u_c_thesecond

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's amazing how television perforates people's lives. Instead of just having people round for dinner, loads of people say that they're having a "Come Dine With Me" as if they were on telly.

No. You're just having people round for dinner.

And talking to a pretend TV camera while you prepare the meal alone in your kitchen doesn't make it any more than that.

well i have a portable and a vcr in the next room so yes we were on telly:rolleyes:

A "Come dine with me" makes us feel rich in a recession. Whats wrong with that???

Sorry i offened you,How dare we try and feel equal!!!

Are you Finished your caviar sir???

mikom

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

Jeez i remember living on beans , bread and noodles as a kid so my folks could pay the morgage, we used plastic bags with string tied to it for a kite, and were delighted when mam got us Puma runners from the 2nd hand shop. Im glad i grew up that way! Made me appriciate what i had!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOWJECdobqk

Logical Fallacy

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

Pride was a brilliant MMA Company....I'm sorry they're gone. :mad:

All that fight fixing and Yakuza trouble eventually caught up to them.

WindSock

What have you got against the gays now?

Penfailed

ascanbe wrote: »

It comes before a fall, they say.

Who're 'they'?

ascanbe

Penfailed wrote: »

Who're 'they'?

They are those who say that.

orourkeda

pride's a piece of sh1t when you look at it

dlm

grizzly wrote: »

You had string? Luxury!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeXMKygwSco

starbelgrade

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's amazing how television perforates people's lives. Instead of just having people round for dinner, loads of people say that they're having a "Come Dine With Me" as if they were on telly.

No. You're just having people round for dinner.

And talking to a pretend TV camera while you prepare the meal alone in your kitchen doesn't make it any more than that.

Well, the entire point of "Come Dine With Me" is that it isn't just having people round for dinner. It's a competition where the quality of the food is judged by the guests and guests take turns hosting their own dinner parties. Anytime I've heard anyone saying they're doing "Come Dine With Me" means that there is at least a series of dinner parties and some even do the whole judging thing, with prize money going to charity.

Liam Byrne

I'm confused........is the OP suggesting that a single pride is OK, and that it's only when there are plural/multiples that it's awful ?