Not trying to be funny, or excuse violent behaviour in any way, but what reaction did you expect from the drink spilling guy?

and the same to the stone throwing.
leave them to it unless you're wearing body armour and carring a rather large gun cos they ain't gonna listen - or care and they will react.

That last post shows just how easy it is to fall into the trap of labels - I used the pronoun 'them' without explicity defining who I was referring to.

It's the people whose personalities lead them to exhibit anti-social behaviour that I hate, not simply people who happen to wear a certain type of clothing, or come from a certain background.

So it's not the group of "townies" you hated just the individuals who caused you and others harm. That's good.

I'm sure he feels differently now.

When I was at university, the enemy of us students was the 'townie'. A Townie is, to all intents and purposes, what a chav is now. It was someone who probably lived and worked in the same small place they grew up, left school as soon as they could and got some sort of manual job. Many of them may have worn the same sort of clothes (Ben Sherman shirts) but it wasn't the way they looked, or what job they did, or their background which led us to hate them. It was their ignorance and, more specifically, the fact they revelled in their ignorance - it was a badge of honour to them. We'd gone off to university to learn more about the world, about ourselves, about other people - to broaden our minds. Their minds were closed. We were capable of having discussions with each other in a mature way, with reason and logic. Townies would seek to resolve arguments in their favour using intimidation and violence.

So you think of yourself as better than them?
This attitude can't have helped the students ingratiate themselves with the local population....!

Someone has to do those manual jobs mate and if they are proud of it good luck to them.

Why shouldn't they be happy and proud to live the rest of their life where they were born?

Did you really HATE them?

There is a new takeaway in Ware just opening called DRUM 'N BASE.

They sell Chicken (DRUM)
and Pizza (BASE)

I work in an office, wear a suit etc etc. However, the people I work with are generally middle class uni grads. I am born and breed in Harlow and therefore talk a bit rough innit.    The people in my office have often made jokes towards me about being a chav because of where i live and how i talk. I just laugh it off.

To me a Chav is young, wears dodgy sportswear and plenty of bling.  They generally hang around shopping centres in groups and intimidate people. They don't actually have to be commiting crimes to be a Chav. It's more of a LOOK they go for more than their actions. That just how I see it.

So I have one opinion of what makes a Chav and my work collegues think I qualify as a Chav.

This doen't help this discussion at all! It's just my observations

What can i say? I was mulitabling and messed it up

Unlucky.
to make you feel better I was playing one of the new HORSE sit n goes on Stars and made a house aces full. I had bet on every street and rammed the river to the max.
The game had changed to Razz 

I have too much to do. No real reason just busy.
I also forgot/too lazy to book a hotel.
I'm playing live poker 3 or 4 nights a week locally so am not too fussed about missing it. The expolsion in live poker near me would be one reason this event has not been that important to me as it was for BB2.

Cross off Harltlepoolfan and myself.

Why what's up with it?

I've been warned for similar matey

i object to your title

What the grammer or the content 

The video footage shows Steve pulling the barb from his own chest before dying moments later. His Manager is calling for the tape to be destroyed after the police finish with it.

I expect it will be on youtube within the month.

I would pay serious money to watch Hamed.
I loved watching him fight in his prime.
I have all his tapes recorded from ITV back in the day. One early fight the commentator was going on about how this would be a real test for "young" Hamed and that this fighter had never been knocked down in 40 odd fights. The bell goes, Hamed hits him once and he goes down. Just brillant.

Tightend is right. In the past I have posted Jokes and "funny" pictures which have caused offence. The ban was not for the one issue and followed other warnings.

I just seem to post the wrong thing. When I saw the ban on my email that evening I was sure it was a mistake as I didn't think I done or said anything of issue. I do tend to say the first thing that comes to mind which causes problems. I will only post about poker from now on.