Black & White Stripey Tops - irrational dislike

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I've just had an email offering these

 

[Skim]

 

[WouldBe]

Of course, how can there be any doubt.
Who would want to hang two massive football scarves in their home.

Newcastle fans?

 

[ska invita]

Newcastle fans?

Haven't they suffered enough?

 

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Haven't they suffered enough?

No.

 

[hitmouse]

I couldn't live in a house with stripes, admittedly. Plaid is better in all things.

fixed your typo

 

[farmerbarleymow]

fixed your typo

Tartan wallpaper would be quite interesting.

 

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Tartan wallpaper would be quite interesting.

Of course, that depends on which tartan?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Of course, that depends on which tartan?

True - some are nicer than others.

 

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True - some are nicer than others.

Also have to be careful with its association. Not classical, but sticking to a theme

 

[WouldBe]

Also have to be careful with its association. Not classical, but sticking to a theme
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How hard would it have been to make the stripes line up on the tip and bottom.

 

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Guess what I got in the sales today!

I feel like a million bucks. Or Richard Ayoade.

 

[ska invita]

bonjour mon amis

 

[ska invita]

What a wonderful time it is to be alive!




1 million points if you can recognise the films from which the last two screengrab posts have come

 

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This is the best way for admiring black and white stripes The People's Choice Award | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Natural History Museum

 

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They are everywhere and clearly the height of fashion right now

 

[ska invita]

They are everywhere and clearly the height of fashion right now

i know .. its awful

 

[hitmouse]

Found some great pictures of Stiv Bators and the Dead Boys:

 

[ska invita]

Found some great pictures of Stiv Bators and the Dead Boys:

Thats right, rip it up

 

[hitmouse]

How about this 1877 cartoon from Punch?

 

[ska invita]

How about this 1877 cartoon from Punch?

its amazing how badly comedy dates isnt it?

yet stripes timelessly the butt of jokes though

 

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This is in an incredible house. There are many more stripes on the walls in it.

 

[hitmouse]

RIP to a true icon:

 

[ska invita]

Che Guevara on that raft when he leaves the leper colony

Classic stripey top wearing middle class wannabe revolutionary "going travelling" on his gap year

 

[ska invita]

time to reach for the big guns

 

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[braindancer]

Stay away from Lewes bonfire Ska - it's a hotbed of stripes.

 

[ska invita]

Stay away from Lewes bonfire Ska - it's a hotbed of stripes.

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out of itnerest do you know the symbolism of these fire barrows?

 

[braindancer]

out of itnerest do you know the symbolism of these fire barrows?

I'm no expert in the traditions of bonfire but I don't know that there's any symbolism in the barrows themselves. The flaming torches are discarded on the street when they've almost burned out and they get picked up and stuck in the barrows.... I may be wrong though!