Glad you caught it. The truth is, I hate English people generally, not so much because they starved my great-great-grandparents to death as because of Chris Hitchens and Coldplay. But my love for the Clash is the closest thing to religion that I can feel.
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MikeJ
O, hey, I lived in Southwark for a year. Try getting a cab to go south of the river. I was two blocks over and still wound up walking home from the middle of blackfriars more nights than not.
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Fulcanelli
Oy! Clampdown = From God’s lips to my ears. FTW indeed, mate.
Vauxhal Bridge! You’re right across the street from MI6.
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Porquin Panko
O, hey, I lived in Southwark for a year. Try getting a cab to go south of the river. I was two blocks over and still wound up walking home from the middle of blackfriars more nights than not.
Late 80s joke:
How many London cab drivers does it take to change a lightbulb?
Church Lady
Oooh – nice view of the Thames. Hope you’re having a great time.
DougJ
Thanks! I am.
blahblah
Don’t they drive on the wrong side of the street over there? And aren’t their teeth all crooked? By the way, have you tried boiled mutton yet?
The Other Steve
Ahh, the Southwark bridge. You’re right in the heart of it all.
Walk on down to the Jubilee bridge, and take the London Eye for a spin.
I wish I could take a vacation this year. sniff
Jim
Love the Clash reference.
kommrade reproductive vigor
The Clash FTW.
Oh, er. What he said.
DougJ
Glad you caught it. The truth is, I hate English people generally, not so much because they starved my great-great-grandparents to death as because of Chris Hitchens and Coldplay. But my love for the Clash is the closest thing to religion that I can feel.
MikeJ
O, hey, I lived in Southwark for a year. Try getting a cab to go south of the river. I was two blocks over and still wound up walking home from the middle of blackfriars more nights than not.
Fulcanelli
Oy! Clampdown = From God’s lips to my ears. FTW indeed, mate.
AhabTRuler
Never really got the clash thing, but here is a pretty picture of Westminster, Palace of
John Cole
I’m also a Big Audio Dynamite fan, although I fear that may be held against me.
Violet
Hey! Glad you’re having a good time. Weather looks halfway reasonable.
I’m so bored with the U…S…A…
But what can I do?
mvr
Nice view! And can’t say enough good things about the Clash. It is a nice view.
AhabTRuler
@John Cole: I would say it is no worse than being a Clash fan, but then, hey, what do I know?
DougJ
Not in my book.
DougJ
Never mind the stars and stripes, let’s read the Watergate tapes.
AhabTRuler
@John Cole: Same era, but much better than BAD (or BAD II): The Poppies.
AhabTRuler
I used to go into the library between classes and read the transcripts of the tapes. Good times.
KeithW
You’re too late to be a white man at Hammersmith Palais, though. It closed down a couple of years ago.
Chasm
Vauxhal Bridge! You’re right across the street from MI6.
Porquin Panko
Late 80s joke:
How many London cab drivers does it take to change a lightbulb?
" What!! Me? Go up there ?!!?
Chasm
Thats not Southwark – It’s Vauxhall. Check out the cool ass paint job.
Singularity
But lately one or two has fully paid their due for working for the clampdown. Ha, getalong getalong.
Still, I like Spanish Bombs a lot more.
ET
Much jealousy. Spent a semester studying there when I was in college. Love London.
bob h
Are things really as bad economically in the UK as reported?
Violet
I’ve love to hear your impressions on this, DougJ.
I wonder what tapes we’d take a look at now? Are there Iraq tapes? Investment bank tapes?
Johnny Pez
ITYM Friedman-style. Count the number of Applebees you can see from your window and write a book about it.