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Haha, I bet Pedro's wishing he hadn't bothered asking now. Good ol' East Dulwich Forum; full of kindness, charity and community spirit :)-D

How old and geriatric do some of you sound? [cough, cough....silver fox etc] A good few of you bah-humbug types should take care not to trip over your zimmer frames on your stairway to mediocrity. Why not embrace difference for a change, don't shove it away in Peckham while East Dulwichites become carbon copies of each other. It would be my humble suggestion that you very quickly rubber stamp this fantastic idea, head down to Pedro's tattoo shop, get inked, get laid, and you never know, it may help you to ease the hell up. ughhhhh I need a drink.

Why are they 'clowns'? I had them round tonight, they are genuine, and the gentleman was perfectly understandable. We had our insulation done a few years ago, brought about by these guys from the council stopping by the house - it cost us zilch. Very happy with it. They're only asking questions, if you don't want it just politely decline!

god, sometimes this is the most depressing forum ever. You lot bitching incessantly, everyday it's the same. I dare you to have a day where only positivity comes out of your gob! I didn't think so...

You tell 'em Sue! What is all this age talk anyway? And why do we have to become stereotype carbon copies of the walking dead the second we move to SE22, count me out of that one. "Isn't a pub crawl a bit childish? No one seems to have questioned it's merits as something to do." That's probably because the rest of us are attempting to lighten up in our 'old age'.

I'm with bsand. It's a shame cause the beats, and the flow of the rap are well written; ok it's not shakespeare but it flows. It's just sad that they'd probably stab you for the time of day. Whoever wrote it is talented, hope it's not wasted.

I don't even know where to start with this post!

I can't even believe this conversation has lasted this long, but while we're still on the subject it is my personal belief that people shopping with children should be forced to do their shopping outside of Zone 2, and perhaps, in fact yes, can we ban prams in ED coffee shops outside of the hours of 9-11am? I'm joking of course.....well kinda

Not to make light of this but, personally, I've always wanted get wolf whistled at!

I'd hardly describe it as disgusting, I'm sure it takes balls and copious amounts of ingenuity I reckon. Sometimes I wish I had the courage to give up my squeaky clean suburban lifestyle, and live a little more 'freely'

Good grief Sean, what are you the word police? I'm with the others, there does appear to an increasing undercurrent of nastiness in the area. We live on Crystal Palace Road, and were broken into while we were upstairs asleep. They stole lap tops, bags wallets etc, thanks to friendly neighbours we got our cards back after debris was strewn across nearby gardens. That was the second time, the first time someone took an axe to our shed and stole our bikes. It happens. It happens everywhere. Hopefully by people talking about it, it increases people's vigilance.

berryberry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If people are dealing drugs in your area it is > because people in your area are buying them. Couldn't agree more. I'm always surprised by the naivety of posts like this. Yes it goes on, and to be honest it isn't just the dregs of society dealing it or buying it. It's not just the blacks, the homeless, the jobless, the underclass, the poor, the gun brandishing rejects messing up the leafy suburbs scaring the locals, or the Peckham-ites daring to wander into ED in hope of doing some business. It's just as much the 'normal' people like you and I. The educated pulling up outside an affluent front door, because they know that's where the goodies are kept. I know because it happens round the corner from me, but we almost never wake the neighbours on the way out.

New Bhoy, certainly not wanting to be hugely provocative, but out of interest - why did you find them leaning on your fence so offensive? Were they damaging it, or is fence leaning reserved for family, friends, and aquaintances?

Ahh ha, let the sarcy comments begin.... Perhaps if you're hanging out in the frozen meat section - maybe that's what you do bagpuss, you sound like a cold sorta person, but come on, doesn't feel like that in the big sainsbury's or even in Somerfields....so 'I think you'll find' - oh give it a rest..just put the heat on and love.

Maybe it's just me, but did anyone notice how cold it is in there, absolutely baltic I tell you - for goodness sake put some damn heating on!

God - after reading this thread, I am soooooooo relieved to be gay!

WOW you must've been horrified!

I would agree whole heartedly - but it's not the point I'm making!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The point is the level of horror/shock if it did occur - God do I have to spell this out. There's a big difference in acceptance between a straight couple showing any level of affection in a pub and that same affection from a gay couple. If we had equality - you'd see it far more frequently, cause we gays are bloody everywhere. PDS's? God that term makes me wanna heave - sounds like an STD

MitchK Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why do gays need their own pubs nowadays? Just go > to a normal pub like everyone else. what? you mean like 'normal' people? :) That's a goodun. I agree - let's attract more gays!!! It's a gay world afterall. They should turn the drum into a gay bar... I agree, I think the point is not to exclude anyone, but I think we can all be sensible and sensitive to know that if people understand that a bar is gay by reputation, not just gay friendly, then we gays will tend not to worry too much if our hand slips onto the thigh of our partner.... I mean however the hell 'gay friendly' you say 'straight' bars may be in ED, if I was to launch into a game of tonsil tennis with the guy next to me, as the lovely straight gentry would not hesitate to do, I'd probably get lynched or at best draw looks of horror or disgust. Come on people, we aren't quite there yet! I say open a gay bar, and all you straightie 180's can come and play, it'll be fun!!! We'll listen to decent music and if I get to chatting you up and you don't like it - you can f$?""% off to the bishop xx

I don't know about anyone else, but when I've been away and I turn the corner into East Dulwich - I breathe a sigh of relief!!

Hear hear!!

Would everyone just relax :) I don't feel picked on at all, I was finding it all very amusing, and am not even slightly slighted, but thanks to everyone for jumping to my rescue. I have a big enough gob on me to deal with any cheeky sods that come my way - but yeh it was all in good humour! You know, I've lived in ED for four years, I check the forum regularly, and post when I feel challenged to do so. So, not the ED/forum virgin you may think. The blinking orange/lemonade thread was not posted so seriously - call it a bit of social observance that's all.

Dulwich_ Park_ Fairy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Quite, he sounds like the worst type of orange > juice drinking, salad muncher imaginable. Without > meaning to be too offensive, we're better off > without his type in our pubs. Back in the day he'd > have been lucky just losing ?3.20 if he ordered > that at the EDT. Not that it's at all the point - but for the record, there is nothing wrong with my alcohol intake, I was dragged up in Glasgow so could probably drink you all under the table. I was in the EDT at 11am doing my accounts on my laptop, and using the WIFI - I can't work at home....so yeh accounts and morning and slight hangover = orange and lemonade. And, without 'meaning to be too offensive' I'm not the one with 'fairy' as my forum name. :)

I'm seldom found supping sunday roast anywhere other than the Forest Hill Tavern - it's great value at something like 8 squids and is always freshly made and the gravy's always piping hot....AND there are hardly any f&*%?ing child buggies clogging up the entrance :)

hello! - what about the bland expensive orange juice!! Look I'm a man about town, I drink all the time in ED and the shitty centre so it's not like I've got my head in the sand - but seriously I hadn't noticed the price hike! But then it's seldom I'm found not drinking the hard stuff....seems a reasonable excuse to carry on downing the units.