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At 11/23/09 06:08 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 11/21/09 10:13 AM, freak95 wrote:

At 11/20/09 06:44 AM, Coop83 wrote: Where abouts in England are you from? General large town nearby will do ;)

Manchester, in the north west :)

Not that I didn't know where Manchester is :P

Another Jason Manford fan?

No, In fact i've never heard of the guy. And Surprisingly most people in the UK havn't heard of Manchester, unless thier english hockey fans, they all know who we are. (Because we beat thier backsides on a regular basis)

At 11/23/09 06:08 AM, Coop83 wrote: Another Jason Manford fan?

Pfft Manford is alright but Mr. Gorman is a far, far, far superior Manc comic.

And Karl Pilkington too :D.

At 11/23/09 01:02 PM, freak95 wrote: No, In fact i've never heard of the guy.

He's a stand up comedian. Fat but has a lovable cheeky chappy face.
He's the one on 8 Out of 10 Cats who isn't Sean Lock or Jimmy Carr, and has been on Live at the Apollo/Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow a couple of times.

And Surprisingly most people in the UK havn't heard of Manchester, unless thier english hockey fans, they all know who we are. (Because we beat thier backsides on a regular basis)

Haha, that couldn't be any more wrong.
Manchester is like the 3rd biggest city in England.

And Hockey? Whaaaat?
Ever heard of Manchester United? They're pretty global... and City aren't doing to bad for themselves either.

I HAVE RETURNED!

<Promptly collapses into chair whilst a butler poors a brandy>

The Welsh do have more power in the Welsh national assembly, but not a huge amount - 22% of the votes or 15 seats. Regardless, the Welsh National Assembly holds very little real power.

At 11/23/09 01:02 PM, freak95 wrote: No, In fact i've never heard of the guy.

Fair enough - he's the latest comic to have a DVD out for Xmas, so I thought he was pretty big up there.

And Surprisingly most people in the UK havn't heard of Manchester, unless thier english hockey fans, they all know who we are. (Because we beat thier backsides on a regular basis)

I think most people in the UK have hear of Manchester. Possible because of the football team, that buys it's way to the championship.

Oh, and it's "they're" in the case that you used earlier - contraction of they are.

At 11/23/09 02:14 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/23/09 06:08 AM, Coop83 wrote: Another Jason Manford fan?

Pfft Manford is alright but Mr. Gorman is a far, far, far superior Manc comic.

Dave Gorman. Legendary sideburns / beard.

At 11/23/09 01:02 PM, freak95 wrote: And Surprisingly most people in the UK havn't heard of Manchester, unless thier english hockey fans, they all know who we are. (Because we beat thier backsides on a regular basis)

Haha, that couldn't be any more wrong.
Manchester is like the 3rd biggest city in England.

Liverpool might have something to say about that... possibly Leeds as well.

And Hockey? Whaaaat?
Ever heard of Manchester United? They're pretty global... and City aren't doing to bad for themselves either.

That's because most people in Manchester don't support Man U :P

At 11/23/09 06:08 AM, Coop83 wrote: Another Jason Manford fan?

"You're a nobhead!"

"Cheers lads, see ya next week."

"Your mums' a nobhead!"

"Yeah, but you should see her house."

At 11/24/09 05:16 AM, Coop83 wrote: Liverpool might have something to say about that... possibly Leeds as well.

I'm still pretty sure Manchester is generally considered the biggest city though. The shopping big, and in terms of arts Manchester gets all the bands/shows and stuff.
If you see a band playing a couple of gigs you'll get London, Manchester and then perhaps Brum or Edinburgh.

Ever heard of Manchester United? They're pretty global... and City aren't doing to bad for themselves either.

That's because most people in Manchester don't support Man U :P

Haha, touché :P.

Oh bloody wonderful, just the group of chaps/chapesses I was looking for! Grand, jolly, wonderful... >.<

But seriously, I'm an English Gentleman from Oxford, so I feel it is my duty (as well as keeping my stiff upper lip) to join this group gracefully and patriotically..

English Gentlemen FTW!

At 11/23/09 02:14 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/23/09 06:08 AM, Coop83 wrote: Another Jason Manford fan?

Pfft Manford is alright but Mr. Gorman is a far, far, far superior Manc comic.

And Karl Pilkington too :D.

At 11/23/09 01:02 PM, freak95 wrote: No, In fact i've never heard of the guy.

He's a stand up comedian. Fat but has a lovable cheeky chappy face.
He's the one on 8 Out of 10 Cats who isn't Sean Lock or Jimmy Carr, and has been on Live at the Apollo/Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow a couple of times.

Ah, I didn't know that, lol

And Surprisingly most people in the UK havn't heard of Manchester, unless thier english hockey fans, they all know who we are. (Because we beat thier backsides on a regular basis)

Haha, that couldn't be any more wrong.
Manchester is like the 3rd biggest city in England.

Well in that case my english friends from down south are either idiots or hermits... :/

And Hockey? Whaaaat?
Ever heard of Manchester United? They're pretty global... and City aren't doing to bad for themselves either.

Football... I couldn't care less for football, which must be the reason i forgot that little detail.

At 11/23/09 02:44 PM, Tri-Nitro-Toluene wrote: I HAVE RETURNED!

<Promptly collapses into chair whilst a butler poors a brandy>

AS HAVE I!

*does nothing whilst everybody else works frantically in order to meet coursework deadlines*

Kinda annoying how, as soon as the vast majority of my uni work for this term has been completed / submitted, all of my friends now have deadlines approaching. Oh well. Might as well have a cup of tea.

At 11/24/09 08:53 AM, Nev wrote:
I'm still pretty sure Manchester is generally considered the biggest city though. The shopping big, and in terms of arts Manchester gets all the bands/shows and stuff.
If you see a band playing a couple of gigs you'll get London, Manchester and then perhaps Brum or Edinburgh.

I'm not so sure. I'm pretty suire Birmingham is the 2nd largest city after London, although undoubtedly, Manchester is more well known for its sport, music etc. So I kind of agree with you, I just don't think biggest is the right word to describe it.

At 11/24/09 05:49 PM, DizzeeRascal wrote: I'm not so sure. I'm pretty suire Birmingham is the 2nd largest city after London, although undoubtedly, Manchester is more well known for its sport, music etc.

Nah, I said 3rd before, after Brum and London of course. The usage of 'biggest' in that post was in response to Coops mentioning of Liverpool and Leeds in the battle for 3rd place.

So I kind of agree with you, I just don't think biggest is the right word to describe it.

Indeed. Given the entire of the UK its probably more like 6th or something. Glasgow and Edinburgh will definately be above it... not so sure about places like Cardiff, Dublin, Belfast and such.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lar gest_United_Kingdom_settlements_by_popul ation

9th apparently

Sheffield!?

<--- is ashamed of England.

I didn't expect Bristol to be above it either. I thought Manchester was much bigger than that. Then again, coming from London, nearly any city seems small.

At 11/24/09 06:37 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lar gest_United_Kingdom_settlements_by_popul ation

9th apparently

Well, what do you know? Thanks for the heads up, Leo, that's really given me a good start to the day :)

At 11/24/09 05:16 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 11/23/09 02:14 PM, Nev wrote: Manchester is like the 3rd biggest city in England.

Liverpool might have something to say about that... possibly Leeds as well.

Quoted for shits and giggles.

At 11/24/09 06:43 PM, Nev wrote: Sheffield!?

<--- is ashamed of England.

Of course - how else did Ford manage to shift so many "Cozzehs", back in the 80s and 90s :P

At 11/25/09 04:03 AM, Coop83 wrote: Quoted for shits and giggles.

*Shakes fist* Why I orta!

Still... I've been to Leeds and Manchester is way bigger. I'll have to get my map and ruler out. I'm not going down without a fight :P.

LOL Leeds and Liverpool.

Interesting to note that if you go by urban area, then Manchester's much bigger as it includes places like stockport.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_urb an_areas_of_the_European_Union

At 11/25/09 05:06 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/25/09 04:03 AM, Coop83 wrote: Quoted for shits and giggles.

*Shakes fist* Why I orta!

Yes, you orta :P

Still... I've been to Leeds and Manchester is way bigger. I'll have to get my map and ruler out. I'm not going down without a fight :P.

Yeah, but we were going by population. In that case, London, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester :P

Only if you go by Conurbation sizes (population) does Manchester leap up - London, West Midlands, GMUA (Greater Manchester Urban Area). I'm technically not in the West Midlands Conurbation - I'm about halfway between Birmingham and Worcester, so I don't count.

At 11/27/09 08:02 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Interesting to note that if you go by urban area, then Manchester's much bigger as it includes places like stockport.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_urb an_areas_of_the_European_Union

Yeah, and only Germany has a bigger population, by the three largest population centres in Europe. (13,275,000, compared to 13,110,000 in the UK)

It's amazing what you can prove with statistics :P

At 11/27/09 09:16 AM, Coop83 wrote: Only if you go by Conurbation sizes (population) does Manchester leap up

.... thats what I meant :P.

Well, okay, it wasn't. But I didn't mean population either. But who needs people? They just get in the way of big shopping centres.

At 11/27/09 03:38 PM, Nev wrote: Well, okay, it wasn't. But I didn't mean population either. But who needs people? They just get in the way of big shopping centres.

And the West Mids have probably got GMUA beaten again - Merry Hill in Dudley and Bull Ring in Birmingham, against the Trafford Centre. Anything else you'd like to add there? I've only spent a few days of my life in Manchester itself and about a week total in the region, preferring to spend my time in that corner of the country in the Lakes... when the tide goes out again.

Not that anyone here will likely remember him, but I hope Joxa is okay - he's from Cumbria and if it weren't for him, there would have been no "A Very English Post" and therefore no English Gents Club.

What a guy.

At 11/27/09 06:29 PM, Coop83 wrote: Anything else you'd like to add there?

There's also the Arndale Centre in Manchester city centre. Which is quite sizeable.

At 11/21/09 04:18 PM, freak95 wrote:

At 11/21/09 03:41 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/21/09 10:13 AM, freak95 wrote: Manchester, in the north west :)

Yey, North West :).

I know, we rock! lol xD

South west is better. And you know it.

At 12/3/09 01:58 PM, Dromedary wrote: South west is better. And you know it.

Near Norfolk? I don't think so.

ANyway, it's December (already?!) which means Christmas is drawing near. I have next to no idea what I want from Santa.

At 11/27/09 07:04 PM, Nev wrote:

At 11/27/09 06:29 PM, Coop83 wrote: Anything else you'd like to add there?

There's also the Arndale Centre in Manchester city centre. Which is quite sizeable.

My gods, we sound like a collection of women. Before we know it, we'll be talking about bags and shoes! Quickly! Fetch me a brandy!

At 12/3/09 01:58 PM, Dromedary wrote: South west is better. And you know it.

If only because of 2 reasons:

1) Sir Terry Pratchett hails from Wiltshire. Discworld is such an amazing series of books.

2) Cally comes from Wiltshire as well. Wiltshire is more South and possibly more West than me.

At 12/4/09 05:29 AM, BobbaQ wrote:

At 12/3/09 01:58 PM, Dromedary wrote: South west is better. And you know it.

Near Norfolk? I don't think so.

The South West is nowhere near Norfolk! West is the side where Wales is...

Wales, Norfolk. What's the difference?

Pffffffft, anywhere north of the watford gap clearly sucks.

At 12/4/09 07:37 AM, Coop83 wrote: My gods, we sound like a collection of women. Before we know it, we'll be talking about bags and shoes! Quickly! Fetch me a brandy!

Of course, good Sir.
But first, I can't miss an oppurtunity to post this.

At 12/4/09 04:45 PM, Nev wrote: But first, I can't miss an oppurtunity to post this.

*downs brandy in one swift motion*

It's been a while since I posted a video response!