Doing London things you've never done

[hash tag]

The fresh stuff downstairs, bread, veg, meat and cheese is pretty good.

"very good" prices also.

 

[Pickman's model]

Don’t think I ever went to the London Dungeon. The out-of-work actors who bark for it always put me off

Yeh the out of work actors aren't barking for free you know, they're in work actors

 

[Pickman's model]

"very good" prices also.

It all tastes better shoplifted

 

[hash tag]

It all tastes better shoplifted

You have to get past the doormen on your way out though.

 

[Pickman's model]

You have to get past the doormen on your way out though.

The trick is to say 'excuse me'

 

[hash tag]

The trick is to say 'excuse me'

please.

 

[Pickman's model]

please.

By the time please flutters from your mouth you should be over piccadilly and halfway to sackville street

 

[klang]

How exactly do skateboards reproduce?

they are up to dirty tricks.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I haven't seen the Harrison H4 sea watch because it's on display at the Royal Observatory, not the Science Museum as I had been led to believe.

e2a: Turns out it's not even on display. Now I'm very glad I didn't queue up for ages to get into the Royal Observatory.

It definitely used to be because I went once and was almost moved to tears.

 

[isvicthere?]

How many boroughs are there?

32, plus the City which is not a borough, but a unitary authority.

 

[Pickman's model]

32, plus the City which is not a borough, but a unitary authority.

a corporation even

 

[isvicthere?]

a corporation even

Yes, you´re right.

 

[existentialist]

I've never been in Harrods, seen The Trooping of the Colour or eaten pie and mash.
And so it shall remain.

I once accidentally saw the Changing Of The Guard at Buck House, but only because I was walking from Victoria to Piccadilly at the time. That was 5 minutes of hoping nobody I knew saw me I don't particularly want to relive

 

[existentialist]

God no. I put the London Eye in the same category as Lion King. Over my dead body.

I've done both . Twice

 

[Spymaster]

God no. I put the London Eye in the same category as Lion King. Over my dead body.

The LE is probably the only London attraction I do want a go on.

 

[Pickman's model]

The LE is probably the only London attraction I do want a go on.

yeh but you told me you'd like to be on the controls and see how fast it would go

 

[Jimmy Don't]

There's fuck all there except a (very pretty art deco) tube station and some posh houses (footballers and a Daily Mail columnist)

There's Trent Park if you like nature and yomping through woods

 

[ElizabethofYork]

The LE is probably the only London attraction I do want a go on.

I've been on a couple of times and enjoyed it. Not sure why some people are being a bit snooty about it.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I’ve been on it. Years ago with another urb. It’s not that great tbh. Looking over some buildings to see more buildings for 45 minutes.

 

[Spymaster]

I've been on a couple of times and enjoyed it. Not sure why some people are being a bit snooty about it.

Yes, other than the cost I can’t see much to dislike unless you’re stuck in a pod with Bahnhof Strasse.

Generally speaking, I think tourists do quite well for attractions here, apart from some bonkers pricing, but that’s the same as Paris; and Venice and Switzerland make London look like an absolute bargain.

 

[clicker]

The LE is probably the only London attraction I do want a go on.

It's just so slow. Out of the looooooong 45 minutes, it's probably only at peak view for 10? The other loooooong minutes are spent going up or down, with a view not dissimilar from any 2nd floor building along there.
And it's slow.

 

[A380]

"very good" prices also.

If it's a nice day you can get fantastic bread, cheese and/or ham and make a lovely sandwich to sit and eat in green park for about the same price as a MacDonalds...

 

[Pickman's model]

If it's a nice day you can get fantastic bread, cheese and/or ham and make a fantastic sandwich to sit and eat in green park for about the same price as a MacDonalds...

the only difference being you're talking about the price of a mcd's restaurant

 

[A380]

the only difference being you're talking about the price of a mcd's restaurant

On a sunny day I know where I'd rather be. But I guess us proles shouldn't aspire to nice things and should know our place...

Besides, if you don't have milkshakes* the price inside a McDonalds is the same as take away. Get with the programme.


*I can't imagine you with a Maccie's milkshake TBF...

 

[marty21]

I have never seen, let alone been in, Fortnum and Mason.
I am inclined to believe it may not be real.

I have been - had a lovely afternoon tea there, it's a lovely place to go. They now have mini Fortnum and Masons about too - one in St Pancras Station, and in in the city somewhere.

 

[marty21]

I’ve never been to Borough Market despite being a bit of a foodwanker, if we’re talking nightlife, never went to Fabric.

Have been to Borough Market - I was never a big club goer so missed out on Fabric and all the others tbf

 

[Pickman's model]

On a sunny day I know where I'd rather be. But I guess us proles shouldn't aspire to nice things and should know our place...

Besides, if you don't have milkshakes* the price inside a McDonalds is the same as take away. Get with the programme.


*I can't imagine you with a Maccie's milkshake TBF...

a mcd's restaurant is a building, i was referring to the price of the building. this was a rare lapse into hyperbole for me, but it seems you didn't get it

 

[Pickman's model]

Have been to Borough Market - I was never a big club goer so missed out on Fabric and all the others tbf

you preferred dancing round the cheese stalls and through the spice shops

 

[marty21]

and i've never stayed in a hotel in london

I've never had to stay in a London Hotel - but when I worked at Dolphin Square (about 20 odd years ago) I was a duty manager, and every couple of months had to be on duty, which involved being on site for the weekend, and staying in their hotel, which was a great perk tbf.

 

[A380]

a mcd's restaurant is a building, i was referring to the price of the building. this was a rare lapse into hyperbole for me, but it seems you didn't get it

Oh I see. Have a retrospective