BBC Calculator to determine your class

[aaa]

A link to determine your class is here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973

Think it might be a bit broken though, as I can out as "Elite". No way does that fit me.

[Max Demian]

Yeah I come out as Dalit. But then it only looks at what you are
currently doing - nothing about your origin or education. If a middle
class person lost his job or had a business that collapsed, he might
have no income or savings and be unable to afford to go to the opera
&c. The property of class is more persistent than that and is more
about how you think of yourself - for example how do you regard
education - as a way of bettering yourself (working class) or your
birthright (middle and upper).

They might as well ask what you wipe your mouth with after eating -
napkin (upper and upper middle), serviette (lower middle) or sleeve
(lower).

--
Max Demian

[Paul Cummins]

In article <5i7pl8lvohgq0ui08...@4ax.com>,

max_d...@bigfoot.com (Max Demian) wrote:

> They might as well ask what you wipe your mouth with after eating

Er... I use the fitted cleanser...

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ----

[AndyW]

On 03/04/2013 22:32, Max Demian wrote:

> They might as well ask what you wipe your mouth with after eating -
> napkin (upper and upper middle), serviette (lower middle) or sleeve
> (lower).

How should I know what my butler uses for the task?

Andy

[Max Demian]

Yeah I suppose the upper classes have slaves to lick them clean.

Another is whether you have serviette/napkin rings to keep the item in
between meals. The upper classes have napkins freshly laundered for
every meal and folded into swans &c., and so have no need of rings.

--
Max Demian

[Max Demian]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 23:15 +0100 (BST), Harveste...@gstgroup.co.uk
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

>In article <5i7pl8lvohgq0ui08...@4ax.com>,
>max_d...@bigfoot.com (Max Demian) wrote:
>
>> They might as well ask what you wipe your mouth with after eating
>
>Er... I use the fitted cleanser...

You mean your tongue?

--
Max Demian

[richardm...@googlemail.com]

I had no idea that listening to rap was
considered cultural.

[Steve Firth]

Oh dear no. Whereas napkin is U, folding a napkin into an origami animal is
rather non-U.

--
<•DarWin><|
_/ _/

[Frederick Williams]

I was amused by

"Class has traditionally been defined by occupation, wealth and
education. But this research argues that this is too simplistic,
suggesting that class has three dimensions - economic, social and
cultural."

So

economic, social and cultural

are three "dimensions", but

occupation, wealth and education

aren't.

--
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by
this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting

[kat]

Max Demian wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:34:26 GMT, "aaa" <an...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> A link to determine your class is here
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973
>>
>> Think it might be a bit broken though, as I can out as "Elite". No
>> way does that fit me.
>
> Yeah I come out as Dalit. But then it only looks at what you are
> currently doing - nothing about your origin or education. If a middle
> class person lost his job or had a business that collapsed, he might
> have no income or savings and be unable to afford to go to the opera
> &c. The property of class is more persistent than that and is more
> about how you think of yourself - for example how do you regard
> education - as a way of bettering yourself (working class) or your
> birthright (middle and upper).
>

I tried this with two different income levels but all the other answers the
same ( retirement having cut our income). One was Working Class, the other
Elite. It seems income is everything.

--
kat
>^..^<

[Paul Cummins]

In article <ithql8ho9v2s7kg31...@4ax.com>,
max_d...@bigfoot.com (Max Demian) wrote:

> You mean your tongue?

Indeed - is that now part of its purpose and design?

[Max Demian]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:43 +0100 (BST), Harveste...@gstgroup.co.uk
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

>In article <ithql8ho9v2s7kg31...@4ax.com>,
>max_d...@bigfoot.com (Max Demian) wrote:
>
>> You mean your tongue?
>
>Indeed - is that now part of its purpose and design?

If long enough, you don't need to carry a pocket-handkerchief.

--
Max Demian

[Owain]

On Apr 5, 3:23 pm, Max Demian wrote:
> If long enough, you don't need to carry a pocket-handkerchief.

Or a super suckulator

Owain