Non-motoring > What Would Ali G make of this?	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: mikeyb	Replies: 41

Fri 16 Dec 11 09:37   What Would Ali G make of this? - mikeyb

I wonder if Ali G would approve? www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-16213204 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 09:48   What Would Ali G make of this? - Zero

They can call it what they like, It will still be Staines to the locals, and it will still be a dump. Last edited by: VxFan on Fri 16 Dec 11 at 10:16 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 09:51   What Would Ali G make of this? - Iffy

With a nod to The Frost Report, or whichever programme it was. I live in Weybridge and I look down on him. I live in Woking and I look up to him, but down on him. I live in Staines, and I know my place. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 09:52   What Would Ali G make of this? - Hard Cheese

>> With a nod to The Frost Report, or whichever programme it was. >> >> I live in Weybridge and I look down on him. >> >> I live in Woking and I look up to him, but down on him. >> >> I live in Staines, and I know my place. >> What if "I" live north of Watford Gap Iffy? Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 09:56   What Would Ali G make of this? - Zero

>> What if "I" live north of Watford Gap Iffy? you have no place. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:04   What Would Ali G make of this? - Iffy

...What if "I" live north of Watford Gap Iffy?... You look down on all the stupid place name snobs in Surrey. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 09:51   What Would Ali G make of this? - Hard Cheese

I know it well, the bit by the river is nice and that is what they are trying to market, makes sense to me. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 09:56   What Would Ali G make of this? - Zero

I know it well as well. The bit by the river is not nice. Staines is a deeply unattractive bit of the river. That stretch from Chertsey to old Windsor is featureless and lacking in any aesthetic beauty at all. The bridges are ugly the town is ugly the landscape is ugly and the people are ugly. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:01   What Would Ali G make of this? - rtj70

As place names go (and not commenting on them but just the names), which sounds better: - Staines - Egham - Old Windsor - Datchet Staines sounds naff. Not as bad as Sluff (Slough). Now I really dislike Slough. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:01   What Would Ali G make of this? - Zero

Even the Swans and ducks at Staines are ugly Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:04   What Would Ali G make of this? - henry k

Remenber it does have a bypass - at least on one side so you also avoid the gasometer. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 12:30   What Would Ali G make of this? - wotspur

most birds in and around ST.aines are UGLY !! Iffy I don't live in Weybridge, but near by, I don't live in Walton on Thames ( or Moscow on Thames as its becomming, - NOT even Oatlands is good enough for me - its Oatlands Villiage Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:19   What Would Ali G make of this? - Manatee

I've just had to Google Ali G to find out who he is. What has he to do with the price of fish? Staines seems to have missed an opportunity here - the new name includes 'Staines'. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:25   What Would Ali G make of this? - R.P.

Nameplace snobbery not limited to the South - Wirral and Cheshire have their own snob values (Humph would tell you more) - Cheshire boundaries are particularly flexible. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:29   What Would Ali G make of this? - CGNorwich

Its easy to judge towns with aspirations to be middle class - Just check if they have a Waitrose. Staines passes the test . Slough doesn't. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:37   What Would Ali G make of this? - devonite

It may be better for the economy if they could get the River Severn to join up to the Thames, then anything south of that could just "float away"! ;-) ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:58   What Would Ali G make of this? - henry k

>> Its easy to judge towns with aspirations to be middle class - Just check if >> they have a Waitrose. Staines passes the test . Slough doesn't. >> >>Staines sounds naff. Not as bad as Sluff (Slough). Now I really dislike Slough. >> Would Sluff on Thames improve things??? Will Staines on Thames mean that all the prat navs will struggle to find Waitrose ??? Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 11:22   What Would Ali G make of this? - rtj70

>> Would Sluff on Thames improve things??? No. It's a bit of a dump. The office made is look better than it is. Huge Tesco there. I once parked in a car park behind one of our offices in Slough and there was a badly burned out car in there. Quite a new Golf GTi. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:47   What Would Ali G make of this? - rtj70

>> Cheshire boundaries are particularly flexible Indeed. We are in Cheshire. We are just over 40 miles from Chester. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 10:49   What Would Ali G make of this? - R.P.

Chester is no longer in Cheshire ! Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 11:20   What Would Ali G make of this? - rtj70

I know they split the old Cheshire County Council (that was headquartered in Chester) into Chester East and West. But I had assumed Chester was still in Cheshire. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 11:24   What Would Ali G make of this? - Roger.

I like Pratts Bottom! Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 11:25   What Would Ali G make of this? - neiltoo

I'll let him know. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 14:17   What Would Ali G make of this? - bathtub tom

>> I like Pratts Bottom! Each to their own Roger (is that a verb?). My taste's more conventional: g.co/maps/eak4v ;>) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 11:42   What Would Ali G make of this? - John H

>> I've just had to Google Ali G to find out who he is. >> It seems you lead a sheltered life. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 14:28   What Would Ali G make of this? - Bagpuss

There is a Siemens office in Staines. I wonder what they say when they answer the phone? Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 14:40   What Would Ali G make of this? - sherlock47

There is a Siemens office in Staines priceless - Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 14:48   What Would Ali G make of this? - Zero

Its a pity Wang never had an office there. Their engineering service department used to be called Wang care. Last edited by: Zero on Fri 16 Dec 11 at 14:49 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 14:49   What Would Ali G make of this? - Runfer D'Hills

MD was a Mr Bates allegedly. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 14:52   What Would Ali G make of this? - Zero

No it was Dr. An Wang, who then passed on the MD's chair to his son Fred Wang. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 15:05   What Would Ali G make of this? - Hard Cheese

Their sales guys were, er, drove Wang cars ... Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 16:37   What Would Ali G make of this? - Manatee

>> There is a Siemens office in Staines. I wonder what they say when they answer >> the phone? I wondered how we were going to get that joke in. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 16:55   What Would Ali G make of this? - rtj70

>> There is a Siemens office in Staines. I wonder what they say when they answer >> the phone? They have an office in Sunbury and another in Hayes. I don't suppose that makes the joke work. I don't think Otis ever had an office in Reading either. Edit: Someone no doubt will Google and find they do have an office in Staines itself :-) Last edited by: rtj70 on Fri 16 Dec 11 at 16:58 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 17:05   What Would Ali G make of this? - Zero

indeed they do Siemens Building Technologies Hawthorne Road Staines Middlesex London England TW18 3AY Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 17:26   What Would Ali G make of this? - Bagpuss

>> indeed they do Yes, I've been there - used to be a customer of mine. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 17:42   What Would Ali G make of this? - rtj70

So likely to answer the phone with: "Hello, Siemens Building Technologies...." ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 17:44   What Would Ali G make of this? - Zero

no - you would have to ... now and again... just to lighten the burden of a dreary day. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 22:19   What Would Ali G make of this? - Dave_

>> So likely to answer the phone with I used to have to call a depot where the phone was answered with "Good afternoon, XXX Plant Lifting and Handling Northampton, XXX speaking. How may I lift and handle you?" Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 18:10   What Would Ali G make of this? - AnotherJohnH

>> I've just had to Google Ali G to find out who he is. >> >> What has he to do with the price of fish? >> ISTR his is a member of "Da Staines massiv!". Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 18:45   What Would Ali G make of this? - Hard Cheese

>> >> ISTR his is a member of "Da Staines massiv!". >> Nah, his is a member of "Da Staines-upon-Thames massiv! Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 19:09   What Would Ali G make of this? - Manatee

>>>> What has he to do with the price of fish? >>ISTR his is a member of "Da Staines massiv!". I am obliged to counsel. It seems I have taken my aversion to recent popular culture a bit too far. Last edited by: Manatee on Fri 16 Dec 11 at 19:11 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 16 Dec 11 22:26   What Would Ali G make of this? - Dog

I haven't got a clue oo Ali G is (wife would know, but is in Essex) I used to go to Staines quite a lot as a kyd, Penton Hook was my favourite night fishing haunt, Staines on Thames sounds absolutely re-dic-ulous IMO! Reply to this message | Report message