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From: Silk on 8 Jun 2010 15:27
On 08/06/2010 13:13, John wrote:

> Are such tributes left by people who can't be bothered to go to the funeral?

It's a chav/pikey thing.
From: JNugent on 9 Jun 2010 02:43
damduck-egg(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote:

> Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

>> On 08/06/2010 13:13, John wrote:

>>> Are such tributes left by people who can't be bothered to go to the funeral?
>> It's a chav/pikey thing.

> Could be the Irish /Catholic influence where religious outpourings are
> generally more public .

It is not that. I have never seen one of these impromptu shrines in Ireland,
or in France or Italy. Have you?

> The background of the person whose shrine I mentioned up thread I
> don't know but she was one of 7 children and I believe the family
> name has Irish origins.

<disbelief>
From: Adrian on 9 Jun 2010 04:27
PeterG <petergraill(a)yahoo.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> http://acappellaontheworld.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc03415.jpg
>
> That has been aroubd since September 1977, Get It On

Ah, yes... The man remembered for his cover version of "Tie a yellow Mini
round the old oak tree..."
From: Adrian on 9 Jun 2010 05:08
McKevvy <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

> This actually looks like some sort of formal garden that would require
> planning permission. No wonder the cooncil are pissed off with it.

One of our local ones.

http://snipurl.com/x8rol

Now four years old. I know for a fact it's four years old, because it was
some fuckwitted kid rushing back to catch a World Cup match on the
telly...
From: Silk on 9 Jun 2010 14:41
On 08/06/2010 23:57, damduck-egg(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:27:06 +0100, Silk<me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> On 08/06/2010 13:13, John wrote:
>>
>>> Are such tributes left by people who can't be bothered to go to the funeral?
>>
>> It's a chav/pikey thing.
>
> Could be the Irish /Catholic influence where religious outpourings are
> generally more public .

Last time I was in Pikeyland, the taxi driver had a local radio station
on and the news bulletin included details of the funerals for that day.

It's a strange place, so it is.
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