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How do you make friends with posh people?

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  • thorsoak
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    Daily Rail is addressing your problem today Spinkzy! - see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3432551/Etiquette-expert-William-Hanson-reveals-12-silent-ways-judging-social-class.html
  • PasturesNew
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    Find one that's on their way down the social ladder, that has drink/drug problems, then sleep with them .... that'd work.

    Might be your only way in. Hanging onto somebody they're trying to ditch.
  • pigpen
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    Spinkz wrote: »
    I got the dog, but a pony is a no no! This is no joke, i was bitten by a pony when i was a kid :eek: they are not as friendly as they look.


    Horses and cows.. the most terrifying creatures ever to draw breath!! Gimme a T-rex any day!
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  • arbrighton
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    Spinkz wrote: »
    Its been my life long dream of mine to attend the henley royal regatta but i'm really struggling to get in with the in crowd :(


    Anyone can attend HRR.... And buy badges for the relevant bits if they go to the HRR website far enough in advance. Sorry, too practical a solution?
  • pollypenny
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    Slinky wrote: »
    What colour were the chinos though?

    http://lookatmy!!!!ingredtrousers.blogspot.co.uk/

    Oh darn it, the !!!! are the naughty f word



    Red trousers are, to me, the symbol of a certain type of English man. :p

    I was amused to see one guy in our Tesco and clocked him as English. Strangely another red trouser-wearing guy appeared and they started braying at each other.

    Rare beasts in North Wales. :)
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    (Pity they are mangled by this autocorrect!)
  • pollypenny
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    libra10 wrote: »

    Invent a double-barrelled name, preferably a career in the military, Major Spinkz-Fortiscue sounds good.


    You're sure to fit right in with the posh bods.


    Good luck spinkz!



    More double-barrelled names here in Wales than anywhere. Pretentious people don't want to be plain 'Jones', you know.

    What happens when Miss Fletcher-Jones marries Mr Morris-Davies I don't know. :p:p
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  • System
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    arbrighton wrote: »
    Anyone can attend HRR.... And buy badges for the relevant bits if they go to the HRR website far enough in advance. Sorry, too practical a solution?
    Its not the solution for what i'm looking for. I want to go and be in with the in crowd, thats why i'm asking how to make friends with posh people and not how to buy a badge off of a website :D
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  • tomtontom
    tomtontom Posts: 7,929 Forumite
    Spinkz wrote: »
    Its not the solution for what i'm looking for. I want to go and be in with the in crowd, thats why i'm asking how to make friends with posh people and not how to buy a badge off of a website :D

    Maybe stop thinking of them as "posh people"? And ignore most of the stereotypes on this thread!
  • System
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    tomtontom wrote: »
    Maybe stop thinking of them as "posh people"? And ignore most of the stereotypes on this thread!
    Calm down tomtom its only a light hearted discussion :)
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  • arbrighton
    arbrighton Posts: 2,011 Forumite
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    Spinkz wrote: »
    Its not the solution for what i'm looking for. I want to go and be in with the in crowd, thats why i'm asking how to make friends with posh people and not how to buy a badge off of a website :D

    So really it's NOTHING to do with HRR then.
    And if you see them as so different from you, almost inverse snobbery, they're not going to want to make you one of them.
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