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argh, come on - not picking up on cockneys in general, just a few of them. like saying american white trash is not slashing all americans, innit. i dont wanna live anywhere else than east london, i love it here.
Sincerely hope this is the last contribution to this very failing thread. apologies to everyone, since i started it.On behalf of all Cockneys you are forgiven... May you hear the chimes of the old Bow bells in your sleep.
In all honesty, It was obviously meant with the very best of intentions... And all this self righteous "I would have done this, I would have done that" is a load nonsense..
If any of you want to become a bike recovering vigilantes our dear city offers plenty opportunities every night or the week.
This Geezer would have got his £60 one way or another, best he got it from someone honest like Nikola. So at the very least some disappointed soul will get reunited with their bike... Now next time she's gonna think twice before doing such a thing, and that time it might be yours! -
wiki:
Pearly Kings and Queens, known as pearlies, are an organised charitable tradition of working class culture in London, England.
The practice of wearing clothes decorated with pearl buttons originated in the 19th century.[1] It is first associated with Henry Croft, an orphan street sweeper who collected money for charity. At the time, "Costermongers" (London Street traders) were in the habit of wearing pearl buttons along the seams of their trousers. Croft adapted this to create the 'pearly suit' to draw attention to himself and aid his fund-raising activities.[2][3]In 1911 an organised pearly society was formed in Finchley, north London.
Croft died in January 1930 and his funeral was attended by 400 followers from all over London, receiving national media coverage. In 1934 a memorial was unveiled to him in St Pancras Cemetery and at a speech to mark the occasion he was said to have raised £5,000 for those suffering in London's hospitals.The statue was later moved to the crypt of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster. The inscription reads:“ In memory of Henry Croft who died January 1st 1930 aged 68 years. The original Pearly King. ” The pearly organisation is now known as the Original London Pearly Kings and Queens Association. Following disagreements, a rival London Pearly Kings and Queens Society has also been set up and another called the Pearly Guild. Each group is associated with a church in central London and works to raise money for London-based charities. -
cockneys were originally a half-man half-fish hybrid that came to london from the depths of the Thames
as time went on they evolved to adapt to life based primarily on land but they still retain a fondness of eels (their primary food source in the water).
the shiny buttons that adorn the suits of their descendants now are representative of the scaled skin of their ancestors which were eventually shed following their prolonged land-based existance.
it is a little known fact that h.p. lovecraft wrote the dunwich horror after living in the east end among the cockneys in the summer of 1912.
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OMG. I just read all this.. some of the comments (happily all from people I have yet to meet) are downright ridiculous.
Its clear that Nikola purchased the bike in good faith. I would want someone, anyone on here to do the same if it was my mercian. . . yet people are getting hung up on details that TRULY are not important. What is important is a genuinely good intention and the use of the forum to reunite someone with their beloved bike.When did you decide to lose sight of that?
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which of our explanations you believe balki is entirely up to you but I will say that wikipedia is an unreliable source as anyone can edit it with any old nonsense they just made up so always take their 'facts' with a pinch of salt. ;)
To be fair, I've never met a fish that didn't speak with a cockney accent.
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OMG. I just read all this.. some of the comments (happily all from people I have yet to meet) are downright ridiculous.
Its clear that Nikola purchased the bike in good faith. I would want someone, anyone on here to do the same if it was my mercian. . . yet people are getting hung up on details that TRULY are not important. What is important is a genuinely good intention and the use of the forum to reunite someone with their beloved bike.When did you decide to lose sight of that?
Something like this is the answer, I think... .though I'd rather this pikey, cockney, half black, half white pole didnt get 60 quid.
More kittehs please.
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Its my bike, and I would like it back. I am not going to pay you anything & I have reported you to the police for handling of stolen goods. I would like my bike returned to Tollpuddle police station in Islington as this is where my bike was stolen from. You will then be question by PC Williams on why you thought it was a good idea to purchase my bike knowing it was stolen goods. I would advise that this be done today to prevent your premises being raided for other stolen goods that you may have purchased off of the street!
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Lovin those cockney pics.
That's a fair round up of the facts... Although not all Cockneys are Pearlies, and not all Pearlies are Cockneys... They do illustrate a point nicely.
There are many different explanations for the term 'Cockney', some say it was invented on the farms of Essex and other countryside areas outlying London.
A 'Ney' Cock was the name for a lame cockerel, and because Londeners were commonly under nourished they were called Cock-Neys.Peter Ackroyd, author of the excellent 'London: a biography', gives the more simple explanation of the name being derived from the statue of a cockerel that stands atop of the spire of St Mary-le-bow (see top of picture).
I have heard a few others also...
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Jesus christ there are some sanctimonious fuckers on here...
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But seriously – giving the OP a kicking for their blatant good intentions is way off the mark. Simple choice – the bike is possibly returned to its owner, or it isn’t. Better to try and have it returned than not, and Nikola is giving it a shot. The false-moralisers on here just sound like tits.