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Well things have been going downhill since about 1915 or so....

About 430AD when the Romans left, and the massed immigrants from Germany & Scandinavia invaded this country.

Originally Posted by shape.when.wet

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Yes it has. It was definitely great in the Medieval and Tudor era.

Unless you were poor, which most people were. Too busy paying for wars etc., and dying of consumption.

That particular disease has always intrigued me.
Died of consumption? What? He ate himself to death? There's plenty of that still going on.

I know it's not about eating really. Don't know what it actually is though.

If not wah then old name for pneumonic plague, and sometimes collective noun for diseases of the lung, IIRC.

edited to add, yes wiki likes consumption as TB, but is historical catchall for being fecked with lung stuff.

Originally Posted by duckula

Originally Posted by shape.when.wet

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Yes it has. It was definitely great in the Medieval and Tudor era.

Unless you were poor, which most people were. Too busy paying for wars etc., and dying of consumption.

That particular disease has always intrigued me.
Died of consumption? What? He ate himself to death? There's plenty of that still going on.

I know it's not about eating really. Don't know what it actually is though.

TB it's making a comeback.

Oh and since our Vicky died, never quite been the same!

It may be that you can chart the decline from the first day they allowed people to play guitars in the House of God.

That ended the era of supplication to The Almighty, respectable hymns and a sense of place in the great scheme of things.

It started the modern era of gibbering hippies pointlessly 'worshipping' and 'praising' The Poor Sod Upstairs instead of respectfully knowing their place.

This led inevitably to turning a blind eye to sin, welcoming sinners into society and giving up on responsibility and discipline in general.

Originally Posted by old_fat_and_hairy

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Originally Posted by old_fat_and_hairy

52BC When the Italians took over.

I didn't think Claudius invaded until 43AD.

Anyway, the country went to ratshit once the cold war was over and everyone from eastern Europe started flooding the country.

Mea culpa! It was 55Bc, ( I was early) When Julius Ceasar decided to have a holiday in England, and chose Kent.
It was the start of all the Pizza Express chains, not to mention Bella Pasta

My bold: So you were a, er, caesarian baby then?

Taxi!!

Originally Posted by shape.when.wet

If not wah then old name for pneumonic plague, and sometimes collective noun for diseases of the lung, IIRC.

edited to add, yes wiki likes consumption as TB, but is historical catchall for being fecked with lung stuff.

No, not a wah, had an inkling it was a lungers disease but didn't want to go out on a limb, make a bold statement then get shot down.
Thanks for the info. I like the fact that they encompass a whole host of conditions under one title.

"They're dead doctor, they just sort of coughed and spluttered a bit then keeled over"

"Hmmm, sounds like er,.....comsumption to me"