Brixton chitter chatter and news and updates (Feb-Aug 2011)

[twistedAM]

With cupcakes! And frozen yoghurt!

Of course, with a 50s housewife theme.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

With cupcakes! And frozen yoghurt!

and breast ice cream

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

<sticks fingers in ears>

You may have to shop there as everything will seem so expensive back here in the UK, you'll be tempted to go in and get a 50p tee-shirt

 

[teuchter]

Why has the title of this thread had "news and updates" added to it? Why was this necessary?

It is a very unwieldy title now.

 

[twistedAM]

Why has the title of this thread had "news and updates" added to it? Why was this necessary?

It is a very unwieldy title now.

I think we should scrap the chitter chatter bit...would fit better with the brixtonbuzz twitter link-up, eh editor?

 

[xsunnysuex]

And yet another beautiful sunset over Brixton.

 

[miss minnie]

Wow!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I went into Tesco in Acre Lane today. I've not been in there for at least 5 years. What a shithole.

Only went in because I was going to Diamond Merchants which was shut

 

[quimcunx]

Hendo checked with their press office. They say no. I'd say it's more likely to become a Primark.

I thought for a minute there you said Waitrose had said it's more likely to be a Primark which would be a bit hmph.

 

[nick h.]

Plenty of empty tables at Franco Manca right now..

 

[ajdown]

Another fatal stabbing at the top of the hill sunday night.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12604139

 

[Janh]

Coppers on bicycles and cars descend on Barnwell Road a few moments ago and take away two men.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Another fatal stabbing at the top of the hill sunday night.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12604139

Never heard of either of those roads. Not exactly on the Hill are they?

 

[ajdown]

Just off of the south circular, beyond New Park Road.

Would "North Streatham" be better for you then?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Just off of the south circular, beyond New Park Road.

Would "North Streatham" be better for you then?

Well it ain't exactly Brixton Hill is it! North Streatham will do, although personally I would call it South Streatham as the bottom of it's down here and that's the way my direction works

 

[ajdown]

Is that a bit like the "South Chelsea School of English" above the Body Shop opposite Brixton tube station then?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Is that a bit like the "South Chelsea School of English" above the Body Shop opposite Brixton tube station then?

Yep, Brixton's so trendy and vibey and edgy, there's a few from Chelsea who knew it was "beep beep" decades ago, so they extended their boundaries so they too could be part of Brixton

 

[editor]

"in motion" meme takes off.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

"in motion" meme takes off.

It's all your fault. If you hadn't quoted Mr Loughborough Junction, this wouldn't have happened. I'm going to go and replace all my "in motion" posts and replace them with beeps

 

[editor]

I like "in motion." It's replacing 'vibrant' and 'edgy' when I'm trying to take the piss out of yups and estate agents.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I like "in motion." It's replacing 'vibrant' and 'edgy' when I'm trying to take the piss out of yups and estate agents.

*disapproving glare*

 

[teuchter]

I wonder who the yup/estate agent was who wrote these articles:

Anyone that ever made it to the old CoolTan building in Coldharbour Lane will remember its unique and vibrant atmosphere.

We tend not to agree: it'll take a lot more than a few sushi bars to kill off the colourful, exciting, edgy and unique character of Brixton.

 

[editor]

I wonder who the yup/estate agent was who wrote these articles:

Anyone that ever made it to the old CoolTan building in Coldharbour Lane will remember its unique and vibrant atmosphere.

We tend not to agree: it'll take a lot more than a few sushi bars to kill off the colourful, exciting, edgy and unique character of Brixton.

I think the bigger question here is what kind of sad pathetic prick trawls through articles from over a decade ago to try and prove an irrelevant point?

The words weren't so entwined in estate agent-speak back then and Brixton was a very different kind of place.

 

[Crispy]

 

[twistedAM]

Well it ain't exactly Brixton Hill is it! North Streatham will do, although personally I would call it South Streatham as the bottom of it's down here and that's the way my direction works

Lets call it South Brixton then. Incidentally I drove past a black cab that wiped out a phone box just before South brixton aka Streatham Hill Station. was a nasty looking crash with the cab's front all smashed in and the phonebox totalled. Must have been going some speed to do that and it's not often you see a black cab in a bad smash like that.

 

[twistedAM]

I like "in motion." It's replacing 'vibrant' and 'edgy' when I'm trying to take the piss out of yups and estate agents.

We should get John Barnes to do a rap about it.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Lets call it South Brixton then. Incidentally I drove past a black cab that wiped out a phone box just before South brixton aka Streatham Hill Station. was a nasty looking crash with the cab's front all smashed in and the phonebox totalled. Must have been going some speed to do that and it's not often you see a black cab in Brixton

Very true

 

[teuchter]

I think the bigger question here is what kind of sad pathetic prick trawls through articles from over a decade ago to try and prove an irrelevant point?

The words weren't so entwined in estate agent-speak back then and Brixton was a very different kind of place.

Don't worry, google does it for me in milliseconds.

I don't know when the articles were written but they are definitely online now, in 2011. Maybe you could edit them to bring them up to date linguistically.

But I'm a bit confused about what the words "edgy" and "vibrant" meant back then, compared to what they mean now when a yup/estate agent uses them.

 

[editor]

But I'm a bit confused about what the words "edgy" and "vibrant" meant back then, compared to what they mean now when a yup/estate agent uses them.

Maybe you should just take your irrelevant and pointless bleating elsewhere because I doubt if anyone gives a fuck, really.

 

[twistedAM]

Very true

Actually seems it was a pretty serious accident. TFL, BBC reporting bus lane still closed. I must have been less than a minute behind it. There still seemed to be steam/smoke coming out the front of the taxi and a couple of guys from the local takeaway or latenight grocers were kinda looking panicked.