24hoursfromtulsehill Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Leeslover reckons there is a north-south divide on the Marmite question. I disagree. This scientific poll may spur one of us to offer the other an unsettleable or otherwise stupid wager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I presume you are only a Southerner if you were either born down South o have chosen to betray your heritage by doing things like eating Marmite having moved down here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 I presume you are only a Southerner if you were either born down South o have chosen to betray your heritage by doing things like eating Marmite having moved down here? People can decide for themselves. But if, say, you've lived in the south for nigh on 10 years, which is nearly a third of your life, you'd be deluded and a bit sad if you called yourself a northerner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 People can decide for themselves. But if, say, you've lived in the south for nigh on 10 years, which is nearly a third of your life, you'd be deluded and a bit sad if you called yourself a northerner. Even if all your suvvern mates still call you a norvern mankey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Even if all your suvvern mates still call you a norvern mankey? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Even if all your suvvern mates still call you a norvern mankey? They don't call him that, he disguises himself with a Southern accent and a Marmite habit. He's obviously trying to warp the statistics by including OASIS boys as Southerners, although most of us have kept our intregity and moral compass and say No to Marmite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 They don't call him that, he disguises himself with a Southern accent and a Marmite habit. He's obviously trying to warp the statistics by including OASIS boys as Southerners, although most of us have kept our intregity and moral compass and say No to Marmite. The data are unclear at the moment, but a pattern is emerging. There's a 50:50 split in the Northern Monkey section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 The main thing I'm taking from the results so far is that there are no midlanders, therefore Diego does not exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 The main thing I'm taking from the results so far is that there are no midlanders, therefore Diego does not exist. I've not been back very long from Oldham and I'm confronted with this conundrum. It refers to Northerners and Southerners but not Midlanders (despite garcon's misread of the poll). It refers to people 'from the Midlands'. Does that include people who come from the Midlands but now live in the North or the South? There is a thread on here somewhere in which I proved that Oldham is in the North Midlands, because it's nowhere near the Lake District, Carlisle, Darlington, Newcastle, etc. Burton is in the Mid-Midlands and Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire. Wiltshire, Bekshire etc are in the South Midlands. This poll is obviously flawed and cannot produce a conclusive answer to the North v South question. For the record, I'm a Northerner who has lived in the Mid-Midlands for 45 years and I hate Marmite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) I've not been back very long from Oldham and I'm confronted with this conundrum. It refers to Northerners and Southerners but not Midlanders (despite garcon's misread of the poll). It refers to people 'from the Midlands'. Does that include people who come from the Midlands but now live in the North or the South? There is a thread on here somewhere in which I proved that Oldham is in the North Midlands, because it's nowhere near the Lake District, Carlisle, Darlington, Newcastle, etc. Burton is in the Mid-Midlands and Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire. Wiltshire, Bekshire etc are in the South Midlands. This poll is obviously flawed and cannot produce a conclusive answer to the North v South question. For the record, I'm a Northerner who has lived in the Mid-Midlands for 45 years and I hate Marmite. Don't force me to issue a pro-Diego post. I'm not strong enough at the moment There is a thread on here somewhere in which I proved that Oldham is in the North Midlands, because it's nowhere near the Lake District, Carlisle, Darlington, Newcastle, etc. Burton is in the Mid-Midlands and Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire. Wiltshire, Bekshire etc are in the South Midlands. I showed some some time hence that "the Midlands" was proved to be nothing more than a combination of your cupboard over the storage heater and an inconvenient feeling and sense of general unease felt by both Southerners and Northerners whilst wondering why their journey hadn't ended yet. It's more a state of mind which, if overcome through public health measures, could cut the travel time from Manc to London to around 45 minutes, or less with new technology Edited February 12, 2010 by leeslover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddylad02 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 i hate marmite but i love twiglets! everyones seems to look at me strange when i say this tho............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I am a Northerner, and can only eat Marmite in tiny amounts, spread on toast, and eaten with a boiled egg. This in nice. Otherwise, marmite is rancid. Can we not have an option on the poll for that? Call it ambivalence, if you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I am a Northerner, and can only eat Marmite in tiny amounts, spread on toast, and eaten with a boiled egg. This in nice. Otherwise, marmite is rancid. Can we not have an option on the poll for that? Call it ambivalence, if you will Honourary Midlander I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martjs Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Leeslover reckons there is a north-south divide on the Marmite question. I disagree. This scientific poll may spur one of us to offer the other an unsettleable or otherwise stupid wager. What if you're "ex-pat"? Northern hemisphere? Northern part of the country of residence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 I am a Northerner, and can only eat Marmite in tiny amounts, spread on toast, and eaten with a boiled egg. This in nice. Otherwise, marmite is rancid. Can we not have an option on the poll for that? Call it ambivalence, if you will That makes you a connes... a coinuse... a conness... ...a Marmite consumer of taste and culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I'm a Southern Northerner with a staunch indifference towards Marmite. Where's Freud when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Becketts Anchor Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I'm a northerner, and I've never tried Marmite. But I just KNOW I wouldn't like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I'm a northerner, and I've never tried Marmite. But I just KNOW I wouldn't like it! That's the sort of attitude many appear to have to singing at matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) Let's be honest, it's the kind of attitude Oldhamers tend to have to just about everything. Edited February 16, 2010 by garcon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Let's be honest, it's the kind of attutude Oldhamers tend to have to just about everything. I think I’ve spotted my opportunity to bring home-eroticism into this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I think I’ve spotted my opportunity to bring home-eroticism into this thread And that's why you're banned from Habitat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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