reasons why EastEnder's isn't like real London
Scud
<mar...@martinsewell.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:49:51 +0100, Simon Hewison
><spam...@zymurgy.org> wrote:
>
>>1. Everyone who lives in Albert Square who has a job works in Albert
>>Square. Nobody commutes to other parts of London (or anywhere else).
>>2. Although the Queen Victoria is a pub that serves pub food (see the
>>menu on the wall, which often offers home cooked food), after many years
>>of close scrutiny, there is no evidence of a pub kitchen where the food
>>might be prepared.
>>3. Everyone who lives in Albert Square knows all of their neighbours.
>>
>>Anyone got any more?
>
>Real London is far less realistic.
Hi all,
Okay her's my two pence worth.
No Internet or conversations about.
No Satellite dishes anyway.
No DVD players
Although some have mobile phones-wouldn't almost everyone have one.
No bank. The only cash machine is in the Walford Station and even then
there's no ad for 'Link'
No mention of school, although we've just done the exams, still there
has been no teacher parent evening and the conversation after.
No one has every won on the lottery or scratch cards. For that matter,
they've never even spoke about the possibility of their life changing
as a result. Hang on a minute-could Billy be holding something back?
No burps or farts!!!!
No discussing the football results and more especially, England's
qualification to the World Cup.
No conversation about the Royal Family unless you count "I'm popping
over the Vic"
No one ever finishes a pint or a short, at todays prices you're
looking at £2.00 a time. They only finish a drink if they're on a
bender.
No policeman on the beat. Considering all the crime that goes on there
you would imagine the local police showing some interest in the
everyday goings on.
No one has every paid for a crime which they have committed.
That'll do.
regards,
Scud
Andy Clews
> No one has every won on the lottery or scratch cards. [...]
Yes they have. Big Ron was written out (after actor Ron Tarr's death) by
him winning a shedload on the lottery and toddling off to Spain to open up
a bar (as one does :-)
> No burps or farts!!!!
I'm sure I've heard the occasional burp in EE, during sessions in the Vic.
> No one ever finishes a pint or a short, at todays prices you're
> looking at £2.00 a time. They only finish a drink if they're on a
> bender.
In the cafe, no-one ever seems to /start/ a meal, let alone finish it. As
soon as a meal gets served, someone walks in the door and the would-be diner
promptly walks out :-)
> No policeman on the beat. Considering all the crime that goes on there
> you would imagine the local police showing some interest in the
> everyday goings on.
> No one has every paid for a crime which they have committed.
And no-one ever wants to call the police when a crime gets committed.
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Bob Rumsby
>No one has every won on the lottery or scratch cards. For that matter,
>they've never even spoke about the possibility of their life changing
>as a result. Hang on a minute-could Billy be holding something back?
>
Yes they did. Big Ron won the lottery. thats how they wrote him out.
>No one has every paid for a crime which they have committed.
Wrong again. Arthur did time for stealing the Christmas Club money,
and Grunt did time for assaulting a Police Officer.
bfn
BobR
I believe that a self-righteous Liberal Democrat with a cause
is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude
Not by Greg
Scud
Okay, but Big Ron passed away a few years ago. Surely someone else
would have won something more by now.
Come on, Andy, you would expect the occasional bobby on his beat.
Scud
Scud
>>Wrong again. Arthur did time for stealing the Christmas Club money,
>>and Grunt did time for assaulting a Police Officer.
And what was the total time they served? What? 6 months max.
but you have to go back a couple of years to find someone.
Bob Rumsby
Agree, but thats not the point. You said NOBODY served time for the
crimes.
Oh BTW, didnt Pat also do time for DUI, etc.
Andy Clews
> Okay, but Big Ron passed away a few years ago. Surely someone else
> would have won something more by now.
The odds on two people in the same street/square winning a lottery shedload
(enough for it to be life-changing) even within several years, are pretty
darned narrow, I would think. Come to think of it, though, you never see
people buying lottery tickets in EE. That would seem to be a good move if
you wanted to win the lottery :-)
> Come on, Andy, you would expect the occasional bobby on his beat.
I would, yes, but I didn't dispute that, did I? I commented that people in
EE never seemed to want to call the cops. Do pay attention at the back,
there :-)
Andy Clews
Square seems to have a disgusting, greasy, artery-clogging fry-up for
breakfast every day? Especially Roy! He had a near-fatal heart attack a
few years back, for heaven's sake - how come he has done *nothing* to
improve his cardiovascular health since then? No exercise, non-stop
stress, and all he ever eats is a Full English with side orders of buttered
toast with extra lard, before popping over to the Vic for a few pints of
maximum-beergutness bitter to wash down his lamb lasagne (made with
generous helpings of full fat cream, maximum cholesterol cheese, extra
lard, and genuine 100% fat bastard saturated fatness beef dripping)!
I'll get my coat.... :-)
David Quinton
<A.C...@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk> wrote:
>I've just thought of another thing. Why is it that every resident of the
>Square seems to have a disgusting, greasy, artery-clogging fry-up for
>breakfast every day? Especially Roy! He had a near-fatal heart attack a
>few years back, for heaven's sake - how come he has done *nothing* to
>improve his cardiovascular health since then?
I think you may find that this is how the mojority of middle-aged used
car dealers would react to a "health scare"?
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Hydeall
Didn't Dot Cotton use the internet to do research on Ethel's illness or was it
Mark's HIV or both?
Adam J
You Wrote About "Re: reasons why EastEnder's isn't like real London".
> Didn't Dot Cotton use the internet to do research on Ethel's
> illness or was it Mark's HIV or both?
Dot used the computer at the video shop with robbie and Barrys help,
I am sure it was about Marks HIV but don't quote me on that,
cya
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Adam J
> Dot used the computer at the video shop with robbie and Barrys
> help, I am sure it was about Marks HIV but don't quote me on that,
Asif instead of robbie
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> Dot used the computer at the video shop with robbie and Barrys help,
> I am sure it was about Marks HIV but don't quote me on that,
I think she used *that* computer to research HIV when Nick told her he had
contracted it in prison. Didn't she use Nigel's computer to research Mark's
HIV?
cat
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> You Wrote About "Re: reasons why EastEnder's isn't like real London".
>
> > Didn't Dot Cotton use the internet to do research on Ethel's
> > illness or was it Mark's HIV or both?
>
> Dot used the computer at the video shop with robbie and Barrys help,
> I am sure it was about Marks HIV but don't quote me on that,
>
> cya
> --
>
> Adam James
>
Nick, as he at one point claimed he had it and he needed money (Dot's money,
for a change) for medicines.
Adam J
You Wrote About "Re: reasons why EastEnder's isn't like real London".
> To be picky, Dot used the Net to gather info about HIV not for Mark
> but for Nick, as he at one point claimed he had it and he needed
> money (Dot's money, for a change) for medicines.
Thanks cat, got confused :o), i remember that now, I hope Nick
comes back he is brilliant,
cya
Natasja Bulkmans
For a change?! Nick's always after Dot's money!
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