http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thin...er-understood-the-appeal-of-a-posh-watch.html

Spoiler:

 

I'm born, bred and raised in NYC and know far too much about English culture; both contemporary and traditional.

And, I'm not just born in NYC. A good part of my family goes back 10+ generations.

So, how the hey do I know right away what a "hen night in blackpool" is?

I can't believe I'm an Anglophile. What a looooooser I am. I feel exactly like the character Mark Renton giving one of the most epic rants in screen history as he described what
losers the Scottish are for being ruled by the English. Hahaha

he was right. How do you English do this to everyone???

 

This is a more provocative article than you would imagine Rich. The telegraph is very much a Conservative publication (that is Conservative with an upper-case "C" - as in the political party) so, this hits at their core readership.

A hen night in Blackpool is taken to be about as tacky as it comes and to add the stretched Hummer is just emphasising this. Any stretched limo type vehicle is considered gauche in the UK and the stretched Hummer is the pinnacle of this, so he is saying that an expensive watch is the epitome of tackiness - hence, also his reference to Chavs. I don't know what you call them in the States, but in Australia, they are Bogans.

Unfortunately, the writer defeats his own argument by drawing the comparison between a Jaguar and a Ford Mondeo vs. a high-end watch and a Casio. Perhaps, if he thought about an Rolls Royce and a Ford, he would see things more clearly.

 

Centuries of practice

 

I think the article is a good conversation piece, not unlike the object of the writer's scorn. At least it beats talking about the weather.

 

Oh , definitely. The Telegraph already has a "counterpoint" published and done.

I don't want to go charging into the swamp of persecution / victim politics but I'm far more offended by these modern dciks jetting around in Gulfstreams and telling us plebes to ride a bike. Bikes are for little kids, exercise and warm climate third world nations (except for the Netherlands).

but, I can afford a nice watch and a nice car but not a private jet so most likely I'm just jealous of those who can. NO. wait: I'm jealous of the people who fly around on private jets and don't lecture me. I want to be like them. I look up to them.

I resent the clowns who fly around on private jets and tell me to ride a bike to work. That's a distinction and a difference.

 

As they say, "If it flies, floats or fcuks, it's cheaper to hire it."

 

I don't want to go charging into the swamp of persecution / victim politics but I'm far more offended by these modern dciks jetting around in Gulfstreams and telling us plebes to ride a bike. Bikes are for little kids, exercise and warm climate third world nations (except for the Netherlands).

Whooa im from england and ride a pushbike! I do it for fun and excercise, i walk to work so i dont need a car or the added expense of something i dont use. The article hopefully doesnt represent everybody in the uk and in my eyes everything above a casio could be considered a luxury item.

 

Coming from a guy who owns art galleries.

 

Do own a bit of art myself.

The author of the article owns nitre clubs, and Art galleries selling million dollar art works and he's having a hard time working out a expensive watch purchase.

Sorry didn't want to waste time on this (guy,idiot,I'll say guy to be nice) guy....

 

Just goes to show that the author is fine with his own chosen form of materialistic douchebaggery, but scorns any other type.