Worlds squarest teenagers on 4. Staggering!
psymon
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Programme about Amish kids visiting UK. Sheltered doesnt begin to describe it.
They cant swin.
They have never seen the sea / beach.
They only have one book (fictional story called "the bible")
Bikinis are "challenging".
"God hates low necklines".
"Trousers are the clothes of men".
Kids toy dolls have no faces.
Creativity is boastful.
They cant dance or grow flowers.
They cant swin.
They have never seen the sea / beach.
They only have one book (fictional story called "the bible")
Bikinis are "challenging".
"God hates low necklines".
"Trousers are the clothes of men".
Kids toy dolls have no faces.
Creativity is boastful.
They cant dance or grow flowers.
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psymon wrote:Programme about Amish kids visiting UK. Sheltered doesnt begin to describe it.
They cant swin.
They have never seen the sea / beach.
They only have one book (fictional story called "the bible")
Bikinis are "challenging".
"God hates low necklines".
"Trousers are the clothes of men".
Kids toy dolls have no faces.
Creativity is boastful.
They cant dance or grow flowers.
sounds like a good straight upbringing, it is how i am raising my children when i make some.0 -
sheepsteeth wrote:people think i am joking when i say i would get beaten twice daily whether i had done anything wrong or not
Do you think that was anything to do with saying 'I'd love a go on that' whilst pointing at your fathers belt ?0 -
*AL* wrote:sheepsteeth wrote:people think i am joking when i say i would get beaten twice daily whether i had done anything wrong or not
Do you think that was anything to do with saying 'I'd love a go on that' whilst pointing at your fathers belt ?
hahaha, not really. it was my old dear who dished out the wallopings as my dad was down the pit, would come home after smashing coal off a seam all day and not be in the mood to waste his beer drinking energy on battering me and my brother.
a single stern lok from my old man would be all i needed to behave.0 -
psymon wrote:Programme about Amish kids visiting UK. Sheltered doesnt begin to describe it.
They cant swin.
They have never seen the sea / beach.
They only have one book (fictional story called "the bible")
Bikinis are "challenging".
"God hates low necklines".
"Trousers are the clothes of men".
Kids toy dolls have no faces.
Creativity is boastful.
They cant dance or grow flowers.
Bit of balance though...
They don't go about wanting to stab people
You won't see these kids jumping about wasted on booze or drugs
They treat people with respect (something which seems to be dying out these days)
dey dun't speek like chav innit!
They don't immerse themselves in the materialistic society which is corrupting everything.
Which I'd agree their cultures take things a touch too far you can't argue with alot of the ideals they aspire toFormally known as Coatbridgeguy0 -
sheepsteeth wrote:a single stern lok from my old man would be all i needed to behave.
I'm 41 this month, and that still applies....0 -
*AL* wrote:sheepsteeth wrote:a single stern lok from my old man would be all i needed to behave.
I'm 41 this month, and that still applies....
thing is, it made me the decent honest bloke i am today and my old man is a legend and i love spending time with him.0 -
psymon wrote:they are actually given the option of going on a bender and leaving when in late teens, but they all seem to return to their community.
i respect how they live...its just the god crap that bothers me.
and theyd probs only be allowed fixie / single speed / rigid.
i like god though, i dont like church but i reckon god is a good sort.
god wouldnt ride a hippy bike.0 -
god would ride this
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Coatbridgeguy wrote:Bit of balance though...
They don't go about wanting to stab people
You won't see these kids jumping about wasted on booze or drugs
They treat people with respect (something which seems to be dying out these days)
dey dun't speek like chav innit!
They don't immerse themselves in the materialistic society which is corrupting everything.
I used to know a British Mormon who never swore, never smoked, drank or took drugs and was generally excited by everything he saw as he had lead a crazily sheltered life. He hit 16ish and started dabbling in drink etc. and the last I heard he was thrown out by his parents and was unemployed in a council flat and had taken to class A drugs...
People need to make mistakes and screw up as teenagers if they are to ever calm down as adults.0 -
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Bloody hell, what a bunch of old men!
"Kids these days..."
There aren't many kids who want to kill people, being amish doesn't stop you killing people, it just means you have to do it the old fashioned way
Also, if you needed regular beatings to behave, then I reckon your parents did something wrong.0 -
Pitchfork through the eyes is a good old world way of doing it
Thing is while I think a bit of balance is the way forward (I'd class my own upbringing that way) I have alot of respect for how they carry themselves and to it simple...I'd rather have a bunch of amish living next door than your usual late teens-early twenties types (unless they were hot females and I could stare)Formally known as Coatbridgeguy0 -
sheepsteeth wrote:bails87 wrote:
Also, if you needed regular beatings to behave, then I reckon your parents did something wrong.
not if those beatings were pre emptive. You can't pre-emptively stop something that you don't expect to happen. WMDs excepted of course.CoatbridgeGuy wrote:I'd rather have a bunch of amish living next door than your usual late teens-early twenties types (unless they were hot females and I could stare)
What is the "usual" early twenties type then? 0 -
bails87 wrote:sheepsteeth wrote:bails87 wrote:
Also, if you needed regular beatings to behave, then I reckon your parents did something wrong.
not if those beatings were pre emptive. You can't pre-emptively stop something that you don't expect to happen. WMDs excepted of course.CoatbridgeGuy wrote:I'd rather have a bunch of amish living next door than your usual late teens-early twenties types (unless they were hot females and I could stare)
What is the "usual" early twenties type then?
Well round my way the teens upgrade from buckfast and hash to cocaine and stella...also spend any remaining money on small hatchback cars with blue leds at the bottom and the vehicle equivilent of putting a quenchie cup in your back tyre to make it sound noisy.Formally known as Coatbridgeguy0 -
We have those kinds of teens/early 20s round here as well though, but the optimist in me says they're not the majority.0
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Sadly where I live it does tend to be that it's between them or spacemen caked out their tits on heroin.
As I love providing evidence.....
http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/lanarkshi ... -26941972/
this is also worth a read...
http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/lanarkshi ... -26843707/Formally known as Coatbridgeguy0 -
Maybe you only notice the loud, annoying ones, and the normal ones go by unnonitced?0
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snappsymon wrote:sorted me right out.
still scared to smoke, at 30 years old
didnt drink till i was 18
i give up my seat for grannies on busses and hold doors open for people.
dont get me started on kids today! 2 words.....national service.0 -
yeehaamcgee wrote:Maybe you only notice the loud, annoying ones, and the normal ones go by unnonitced?
Before I leave this country for good (sometime second week in September) I invite you to come and spend a week with me.
Then you will understand
(I'm presuming fellow Scots on here already do ) Formally known as Coatbridgeguy0 -
Coatbridgeguy wrote:yeehaamcgee wrote:Maybe you only notice the loud, annoying ones, and the normal ones go by unnonitced?
Before I leave this country for good (sometime second week in September) I invite you to come and spend a week with me.
Then you will understand
(I'm presuming fellow Scots on here already do )
we'll swap. there's a road where every morning without fail there's a police car or van parked up along with regular patrols. I've lost count as to how many people have been killed this year. 0 -
We get the meat wagons up my way far too often for my liking.
You guys ever seen this site? Some of it is a bit "hmmm" but does capture the mood pretty well
http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Coatbridge/No ... orstthingsFormally known as Coatbridgeguy0 -
Coatbridgeguy wrote:We get the meat wagons up my way far too often for my liking.
You guys ever seen this site? Some of it is a bit "hmmm" but does capture the mood pretty well
http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Coatbridge/No ... orstthings
According to that, the worst thing about where I live is that there's no butchers shop in the town centre! 0 -
I can see why someone would have the rage on about a lack of butcher shopsFormally known as Coatbridgeguy0
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i just looked up my town on there, very out of date apart from that pretty much spot on.Coatbridgeguy wrote:We get the meat wagons up my way far too often for my liking.
You guys ever seen this site? Some of it is a bit "hmmm" but does capture the mood pretty well
http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Coatbridge/No ... orstthings0
