Things which give you higher social status

BBDBB

Big Bottom wrote: »

Living at home with parents = lowest rung of the ladder

nah, living at home with your partners parents is even lower

For Forks Sake

Having a scent of leather and wealth about you.

seenitall

thingamagig wrote: »

Overt signs of wealth make you look refined and classy alright!! And remember to keep telling us plebs how rich you are.

LOL, if that was aimed at me, I'm about as rich as a church mouse. Lord how I wish you were right!

Big Bottom

This wont go down well with some but smoking 'weed' = very low status.

shopaholic01

Big Bottom wrote: »

This wont go down well with some but smoking 'weed' = very low status.

Obsessed much?

thingamagig

Seen
it all, no not aimed at you in the least! It's very much based on
personal experience. A good mate comes from an old school gentry family
and their house is always freezing and they are frugal... was basing it
on the opposite of that;) So there is a bit of truth in the advert that's on tv at the moment

NuckingFacker

Having a 131 reg van.

In my circles anyway.

up for anything

Fur coat AND knickers.

Therightway

up for anything wrote: »

Fur coat AND knickers.

Us plebs can't afford knickers

Steve O

Gold plated dildos.

Capt'n Midnight

Big Bottom wrote: »

Living at home with parents = lowest rung of the ladder

Gosh !

I shall implore upon them to vacate the west wing at their earliest opportunity.

kirb42

TANK TOP AND SLACKS.....

Capt'n Midnight

For Forks Sake wrote: »

A monkey butler.

A winged monkey butler.

thingamagig

Therightway wrote: »

Us plebs can't afford knickers

Ah the recession has hit us all hard, but going wihout undies? Surely the SVP could rent ya out some?

Therightway

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

A winged monkey butler.

Only gives you higher status in some fringe circles.

Mardy Bum

A large library, plenty of land and a few yeoman at your disposal.

greenflash

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

Three ply ass wipers

Three Thai ass wipers.

And I don't even own a donkey

For Forks Sake

Therightway wrote: »

Only gives you higher status in some fringe circles.

If you're gonna do it, do it in style....

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,708159,00.html

Edmundo and Pedrinho the monkey

In 1999 genteel Brazilian striker Edmundo, also known as 'The Animal', faced prosecution by animal welfare groups after hiring an entire circus to perform in his back garden to celebrate his son's first birthday. At the party he got the chimpanzee Pedrinho drunk on beer and whiskey. The two elephants in attendance stuck to water.

xLexie

A nice garden in front of your council house and a front gate, bitches love front gates

Capt'n Midnight

Therightway wrote: »

Only gives you higher status in some fringe circles.

well obviously you need the red slippers

Ted_YNWA

thingamagig wrote: »

Ah the recession has hit us all hard, but going wihout undies? Surely the SVP could rent ya out some?

i don't want somebody's sloppy seconds.

belcampprisoner

losing all your properties to nama

microsim

Travelling business class on Etihad to the Seychelles and feeling pity for the Oz emigrants in steerage.

keeponhurling

I often go to the Hibernian Club on St.Stephen's Greens for breakfast, wearing a monacle, and ribbing other CEOs about their golf handicap wbile arranging to meet at Portmarnock that weekend.

I also wear a big scarf, regardless of whether the weather is hot or cold.

JustAThought

Big shopping Spending all the time, never knowing how much is your account, always confident that there will always be enough .

bette

Golf sticks and expensive Penneys style clothing with logos.

Larianne

Going to/having a degree from Trinity College Dublin.

smcgiff

Someone that DOESN'T post on boards.ie

smcgiff

Larianne wrote: »

Going to/having a degree from Trinity College Dublin.

Knowing to call it The University of Dublin

Larianne

smcgiff wrote: »

Knowing to call it The University of Dublin

But then the riff-raff will ask "Where's that?". :cool:

Capt'n Midnight

smcgiff wrote: »

Knowing to call it The University of Dublin

When the lecturer says "good morning"

The students in Dublin University say "good morning sir".

In the Dublin Collage of a national university they grunt back.

In Dublin City University they write it down.

stefan idiot jones

My nationality. I come from the Mumbles Regiment of the Jones Army.

Capt'n Midnight

Lifts in your shoes.

srsly78

smcgiff wrote: »

Knowing to call it The University of Dublin

You would be very surprised how many TCD grads do not even know the name of their uni.

Nappy

Drinking an obscure non cheapo beer from a bottle.

Driving comfortably around town in your bath robe and pyjamas.

Having a girlfriend/boyfriend.

Not following the masses.

Grayson

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Lifts in your shoes.

That's higher standing, not status.

bacon n eggs

Wearing Pjs outta the house at all does not give higher status here, more or less to fecking lazy to dress.

EazyD

Big Bottom wrote: »

This wont go down well with some but smoking 'weed' = very low status.

Big Bottom=Clueless (Equal sign ensures it's a fact)

Capt'n Midnight

Grayson wrote: »

That's higher standing, not status.

But being taller does provide measurable socio-economic benefits.

af_thefragile

Money. Of course.

You could be the biggest uneducated, uncouth prick in the town but if you have money, people will want to be around you. Such is the power of wealth.

As Tony Montana put it. First you get money, then you get the power then you get all the women!

wolfeye

Having a mastery of the art of sprezzatura .

Pug160

Difficult to answer as one person's definition of a high social status might differ to another person's.

NuckingFacker

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Lifts in your shoes.

Only if the lifts are mahogany lined and have a full-time operator with a witty line in cheeky banter. Escalators are soo common though.

Leather elbow patches or a smoking jacket, falcon perched on your forearm.

Maybe referring to your "good friend" Hugh Hefner simply as "Hef". Always a sign of taste and good breeding.

Chemical Burn

When the number on your house is spelled out in words.

I have Three hundred and seventy two on my porch instead of 372

bacon n eggs

facepalm

Fr_Dougal

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

When the lecturer says "good morning"

The students in Dublin University say "good morning sir".

In the Dublin Collage of a national university they grunt back.

In Dublin City University they write it down.

I see the standard of education in Dublin University hasn't changed.

Capt'n Midnight

Deleted User wrote: »

Maybe referring to your "good friend" Hugh Hefner simply as "Hef". Always a sign of taste and good breeding.

Indeed.

But not necessarily good taste or good breeding.


Gotta love the Aussies though , on hearing the name "Bríd" their reaction was "but that's what animals do ! :eek:"

IrishExpat

Lands.
A title.
And an army.

... or I'm watching too much Game of Thrones.