Laurence Fox. The twat.

[LakieLady]

East Grinstead is in East Sussex

West Grinstead is in West Sussex.

They are some distance from one another

East Grinstead is in West Sussex! The border between the two is south of East Grinstead, and north of Forest Row, the latter being in East Sussex.

 

[Ax^]

parents could only harrow it was a struggle

 

[zedr]

I'm listening to the Jon Ronson podcast about the culture wars atm. It always starts with that clip of Fox on Question Time getting called a privileged white man and it's funny (or depressing) how his life from that moment seems entirely based around trying to prove that he doesn't have any privilege.

 

[Lotte]

He went to fucking Harrow.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

This is a classic of the 'Same name, different place' genre.

Coach sets off from Belgium and puts 'Wales' in the sat nav. Ends up in the mining village called Wales between Sheffield and Rotherham.

Belgium fans drive to Wales in YORKSHIRE after sat-nav mishap

The fans, who had set out for their country's crunch Euro qualifier against Wales in Cardiff, rang a Belgian radio station to reveal their plight

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[Voley]

Enjoyed that King Biscuit Time ta.

 

[eatmorecheese]

The tone of this thread has really improved over the last few pages, something Fox could never achieve

 

[tim]

He went to fucking Harrow.

However, he did manage to underacheive quite spectacularly.

 

[LakieLady]

The tone of this thread has really improved over the last few pages, something Fox could never achieve

This thread also has a great title. Puts a smile on my face every time I see it.

 

[cupid_stunt]

This thread also has a great title. Puts a smile on my face every time I see it.

Does me too, and the PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat one.

I am guessing these thread titles wouldn't be allowed on AV?

 

[Boo Radley75]

Does me too, and the PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat one.

I am guessing these thread titles wouldn't be allowed on AV?

Would depend on who made the thread.

 

[Sweet FA]

This thread also has a great title. Puts a smile on my face every time I see it.

Take down your 'castle', twat told

I'm surprised this story hasn't made it here already (unless I'm searching it wrong). In a nutshell: twat with more money than taste builds a mock castle without planning permission and disguises it under bales of hay for four years. After which he takes the bales of hay down, believing he...

www.urban75.net

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Would depend on who made the thread.

Only allowed on here cos ed's the OP for this thread, normally they're puritanical about swearing, a casual blaspheme enough for a perma-ban...

 

[cupid_stunt]

Only allowed on here cos ed's the OP for this thread, normally they're puritanical about swearing, a casual blaspheme enough for a perma-ban...

Boots on lads, the bullshit is getting deeper.

 

[Yossarian]

I think it's something to do with filters in places like libraries blocking the site when certain words, apparently not including twat, are used in thread titles, which is probably why this thread doesn't have its rightful name - 'That Stupid Fucking Cunt Laurence Fox Talks a Lot of Shit'

 

[cupid_stunt]

I think it's something to do with filters in places like libraries blocking the site when certain words, apparently not including twat, are used in thread titles, which is probably why this thread doesn't have its rightful name - 'That Stupid Fucking Cunt Laurence Fox Talks a Lot of Shit'

IIRC, only 'cunt' is banned from thread titles on urban, for that reason.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

IIRC, only 'cunt' is banned from thread titles on urban, for that reason.

The reason I have never started a thread.

 

[DaveCinzano]

The reason I have never started a thread.

But all those classics we have missed

• My favourite big-brand butter
• Best place to visit in Lincolnshire
• What was the name of Sesame Street's number-obsessed vampire puppet in the Northern Irish dub?

 

[Ax^]

The reason I have never started a thread.

*writes that one down

 

[8ball]

IIRC, only 'cunt' is banned from thread titles on urban, for that reason.

There are many other banned words and terms, it’s just that cunt is different because liberal use is allowed/tolerated/encouraged in the actual thread content.

 

[brogdale]

Back on thread with more SNDP/'Greater Orpington' trivia....



I'm sure, like me, you've always puzzled over why Knockholt station (above) is nowhere near Knockholt village, or Knockholt Pound for that matter. Puzzle no more; Wiki informs me that:

The station serves several small communities in the Sevenoaks district in addition to Knockholt; Badgers Mount 1.3 km (0.81 mi) to the southeast, Well Hill1.3 km (0.81 mi) northeast, and Halstead2.2 km (1.4 mi) south. Within the Bromley borough Pratt's Bottom is only 2 km (1.2 mi) west-southwest; and also Chelsfield (although having its own railway station, is in parts closer to Knockholt station) at about 2.7 km (1.7 mi) to the north and west. To avoid confusion with Halstead in Essex it was named after the next closest village.

 

[AverageJoe]

Back on thread with more SNDP/'Greater Orpington' trivia....

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I'm sure, like me, you've always puzzled over why Knockholt station (above) is nowhere near Knockholt village, or Knockholt Pound for that matter. Puzzle no more; Wiki informs me that:

I a similar geographical area, Penshurst Station isn't in Penshurst. In fact nowhere near. It's in Chiddingstone.

 

[brogdale]

I a similar geographical area, Penshurst Station isn't in Penshurst. In fact nowhere near. It's in Chiddingstone.

Is there a SNDP that might explain that?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I'm sure, like me, you've always puzzled over why Knockholt station (above) is nowhere near Knockholt village, or Knockholt Pound for that matter. Puzzle no more; Wiki informs me that:

to put it simply, some stations got put where the railway was, rather than the railway (and therefore the station) being put near the town / village.

 

[brogdale]

to put it simply, some stations got put where the railway was, rather than the railway (and therefore the station) being put near the town / village.

Of course, but that wouldn't have allowed me to be so on-thread! It's the naming bit that I like

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Of course, but that wouldn't have allowed me to be so on-thread! It's the naming bit that I like

maybe the south eastern railway didn't want to have a pratts bottom station. or badgers mount. and well hill could have been confused with (eltham) well hall station (no longer there - the current eltham station replaced it and eltham park some time in the early / mid 80s)

 

[brogdale]

maybe the south eastern railway didn't want to have a pratts bottom station. or badgers mount. and well hill could have been confused with (eltham) well hall station (no longer there - the current eltham station replaced it and eltham park some time in the early / mid 80s)

The, geographically proximate, logical name would (now) seem to be Pratt's Bottom, but I'm not sure how big PB was in 1876 when the station was opened by SER.

 

[brogdale]

Got to say that I'm drawn to this and intend to make a (60+ 'free') journey down to Knockholt very soon...

It is in Travelcard Zone 6 and is located next to the Greater London boundary with the Kent district of Sevenoaks. The boundary is the farm bridge at the southern end of the platforms.

LB Bromley is such a mad geographical unit it almost deserves its own thread.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

i think wikipedia may have not quite got its facts right.

it was halstead station until 1900

Knockholt Station

Got to say that I'm drawn to this and intend to make a (60+ 'free') journey down to Knockholt very soon...

i have an idea that someone did a blog of visiting everywhere with a station in zone 6. i can't remember if they actually finished the mission - i can't find it on the web now...

 

[brogdale]

i think wikipedia may have not quite got its facts right.

it was halstead station until 1900

Knockholt Station

i have an idea that someone did a blog of visiting everywhere with a station in zone 6. i can't remember if they actually finished the mission - i can't find it on the web now...

Diamond Geezer?