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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11515027Did I miss something? In 30 years of living in Swindon I don't recall ever hearing anyone refer to it as Swindump. A shit hole, a dump, a fucking dive and so on, plenty of times but never Swindump.
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« Reply #1 on: Monday, October 11, 2010, 17:14:21 » |
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I've just seen that - fucking cheek. Basingstoke = Amazingstoke!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, October 11, 2010, 17:15:24 » |
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basingstoke is a shithole, amazingstoke  |
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, October 11, 2010, 17:16:21 » |
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Basingstoke is a fucking shithole of the highest order.
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, October 11, 2010, 17:17:08 » |
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I call it Swindace
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, October 11, 2010, 17:17:36 » |
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I've never heard Swindump. Bath on the other hand, is commonly known as "The Tub"
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, October 11, 2010, 20:58:58 » |
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I've never heard Swindump. Bath on the other hand, is commonly known as "The Tub"
only among wanky students |
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, October 11, 2010, 21:44:35 » |
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Basingstoke is a fucking shithole of the highest order.
Not really as true as it used to be. Its town centre certainly takes the piss out of ours . Because they had a forward thinking town council that knocked 80% of it down and started again. While Swindon missed the boat and so instead erected a twisted bit of metal and put a few shit lights in the path by the Brunel. And yes I've lived in both places. Slough (pr:sluff) and Aldershot - now there's real shitholes. |
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, October 11, 2010, 21:45:38 » |
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only among wanky students
Tossers, the lot of them. |
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, October 11, 2010, 22:44:35 » |
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Not really as true as it used to be. Its town centre certainly takes the piss out of ours . Because they had a forward thinking town council that knocked 80% of it down and started again.
While Swindon missed the boat and so instead erected a twisted bit of metal and put a few shit lights in the path by the Brunel.
And yes I've lived in both places.
Slough (pr:sluff) and Aldershot - now there's real shitholes.
Slough town center dicks all over swindons. Tossers, the lot of them.
People who over-use 'the tub' annoy me nearly as much as those who over-use the word 'banter' |
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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 07:47:52 » |
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Not really as true as it used to be. Its town centre certainly takes the piss out of ours . Because they had a forward thinking town council that knocked 80% of it down and started again.
While Swindon missed the boat and so instead erected a twisted bit of metal and put a few shit lights in the path by the Brunel.
And yes I've lived in both places.
Agree with some of that (and Swindon having missed the boat, in particular), but not the bit about Basingstoke town centre. We're within easy reach of Reading, Basingstoke and Guildford. Reading and Guildford we go to fairly often, but never Basingstoke. It is new, but still feels a bit tacky to me. You just know it isn't going to age well. Reading has a much better centre. Anyone who thinks Swindon is soulless has never been to Basingstoke. And don't get me started on Bracknell. |
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« Reply #11 on: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 07:56:56 » |
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I quite like those lights in the ground and the new benches  |
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« Reply #12 on: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 08:27:14 » |
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Basingstoke is a fucking shithole of the highest order.
Bit harsh mate.. I live in Basingstoke and it's fine. Have you ever been to Hull? |
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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 08:35:22 » |
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And don't get me started on Bracknell.
I used to have a house there for a while (I won't say "live" because it would be inappropriate). The only thing that should get started on Bracknell is a Vogon Demolition Squad. |
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 09:29:43 » |
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Not really as true as it used to be. Its town centre certainly takes the piss out of ours .
Does Basingstoke have a Town Centre? I used think the signs on the ring road that said 'town centre' was a practical joke, 'cos if you daft enough to follow them you got no-where near it, forever doomed to travel round the ring road permanently. |
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