miss_swann wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Gender: Female
UK Poverty Line
So today, we moved back to our own house in Kensington. And I went round to my best friends house (who now only lives 2 doors down again! woop!) and this boy from his school was there (he goes to the same school as my brother) and his mum was at a dinner party at ours a few weeks ago. Anyways he was chatting about his brother who's in Cambridge and how his flat in below the poverty line and I was like wtf? His parents are (probably) as rich as mine if he goes to the same school as my brother, how the eff is his brothers flat below the poverty line? And I asked, and he was like, well isn't your house below the povert line? And I said no. Then he said to be above the poverty line you need to have central heating, and my mum said your house didn't have central heating because your house is a listed building.Then I realised that even though both my parents make over a million per year I live below the poverty line. Wtf? How does this work? Does this mean EVERYONE living in a listed building lives below the poverty line?
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02:44 PM
Fishy Senior Member Gender: Male
Re: UK Poverty Line
quote: (post ) Originally posted by miss_swann So today, we moved back to our own house in Kensington. And I went round to my best friends house (who now only lives 2 doors down again! woop!) and this boy from his school was there (he goes to the same school as my brother) and his mum was at a dinner party at ours a few weeks ago. Anyways he was chatting about his brother who's in Cambridge and how his flat in below the poverty line and I was like wtf? His parents are (probably) as rich as mine if he goes to the same school as my brother, how the eff is his brothers flat below the poverty line? And I asked, and he was like, well isn't your house below the povert line? And I said no. Then he said to be above the poverty line you need to have central heating, and my mum said your house didn't have central heating because your house is a listed building.Then I realised that even though both my parents make over a million per year I live below the poverty line. Wtf? How does this work? Does this mean EVERYONE living in a listed building lives below the poverty line?
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lord xyz Senior Member Gender: Male
quote: (post ) Originally posted by miss_swann So today, we moved back to our own house in Kensington. And I went round to my best friends house (who now only lives 2 doors down again! woop!) and this boy from his school was there (he goes to the same school as my brother) and his mum was at a dinner party at ours a few weeks ago. Anyways he was chatting about his brother who's in Cambridge and how his flat in below the poverty line and I was like wtf? His parents are (probably) as rich as mine if he goes to the same school as my brother, how the eff is his brothers flat below the poverty line? And I asked, and he was like, well isn't your house below the povert line? And I said no. Then he said to be above the poverty line you need to have central heating, and my mum said your house didn't have central heating because your house is a listed building.Then I realised that even though both my parents make over a million per year I live below the poverty line. Wtf? How does this work? Does this mean EVERYONE living in a listed building lives below the poverty line?
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02:55 PM
debbiejo Dreamer Gender: Unspecified
I don't know about there, but here in the States they just lowered the "Middle Class" standards to include some of the lower class. This really sucks because it's deceiving by lowering the standards.
02:56 PM
anaconda Jukebox Gender: Unspecified
quote: We're the UK. To us, poverty is anyone who can't afford a horse, a 3 story building, and can play croquet.
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02:59 PM
lord xyz Senior Member Gender: Male
quote: (post ) Originally posted by anaconda how Posh
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debbiejo Dreamer Gender: Unspecified
03:08 PM
tabby999 Music Idiot apparently Gender: Male
quote: (post ) Originally posted by lord xyz We're the UK. To us, poverty is anyone who can't afford a horse, a 3 story building, and can play croquet.
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lord xyz Senior Member Gender: Male
quote: (post ) Originally posted by tabby999 And own atleast one bowler hat.
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10:01 PM
debbiejo Dreamer Gender: Unspecified
Slugszzzzzzzzzz
10:05 PM
Sadako of Girth Habitual Line-stepper Gender: Male
Yeah that is really stupid.
10:19 PM
debbiejo Dreamer Gender: Unspecified
Don't watch the news, I already know how the system works.
10:25 PM
Robtard Junior Member Gender: Male
Re: UK Poverty Line
quote: (post ) Originally posted by miss_swann So today, we moved back to our own house in Kensington. And I went round to my best friends house (who now only lives 2 doors down again! woop!) and this boy from his school was there (he goes to the same school as my brother) and his mum was at a dinner party at ours a few weeks ago. Anyways he was chatting about his brother who's in Cambridge and how his flat in below the poverty line and I was like wtf? His parents are (probably) as rich as mine if he goes to the same school as my brother, how the eff is his brothers flat below the poverty line? And I asked, and he was like, well isn't your house below the povert line? And I said no. Then he said to be above the poverty line you need to have central heating, and my mum said your house didn't have central heating because your house is a listed building.Then I realised that even though both my parents make over a million per year I live below the poverty line. Wtf? How does this work? Does this mean EVERYONE living in a listed building lives below the poverty line?
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10:29 PM
Victor Von Doom Latverian Diplomat Gender: Unspecified
Cos you can buy food and that.
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10:38 PM
lord xyz Senior Member Gender: Male
quote: (post ) Originally posted by Robtard You know that I find most disturbing? You being anorexic while having millionaire parents.
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Re: UK Poverty Line
quote: (post ) Originally posted by miss_swann So today, we moved back to our own house in Kensington. And I went round to my best friends house (who now only lives 2 doors down again! woop!) and this boy from his school was there (he goes to the same school as my brother) and his mum was at a dinner party at ours a few weeks ago. Anyways he was chatting about his brother who's in Cambridge and how his flat in below the poverty line and I was like wtf? His parents are (probably) as rich as mine if he goes to the same school as my brother, how the eff is his brothers flat below the poverty line? And I asked, and he was like, well isn't your house below the povert line? And I said no. Then he said to be above the poverty line you need to have central heating, and my mum said your house didn't have central heating because your house is a listed building.Then I realised that even though both my parents make over a million per year I live below the poverty line. Wtf? How does this work? Does this mean EVERYONE living in a listed building lives below the poverty line?
11:21 PM
Robtard Junior Member Gender: Male
quote: (post ) Originally posted by Victor Von Doom Cos you can buy food and that.
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tabby999 Music Idiot apparently Gender: Male
quote: (post ) Originally posted by lord xyz Or just can't afford to make your own beer and drink it everyday.
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by miss_swann So today, we moved back to our own house in Kensington. And I went round to my best friends house (who now only lives 2 doors down again! woop!) and this boy from his school was there (he goes to the same school as my brother) and his mum was at a dinner party at ours a few weeks ago. Anyways he was chatting about his brother who's in Cambridge and how his flat in below the poverty line and I was like wtf? His parents are (probably) as rich as mine if he goes to the same school as my brother, how the eff is his brothers flat below the poverty line? And I asked, and he was like, well isn't your house below the povert line? And I said no. Then he said to be above the poverty line you need to have central heating, and my mum said your house didn't have central heating because your house is a listed building.Then I realised that even though both my parents make over a million per year I live below the poverty line. Wtf? How does this work? Does this mean EVERYONE living in a listed building lives below the poverty line?
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Symmetric Chaos Fractal King Gender: Male
Re: UK Poverty Line
quote: (post ) Originally posted by miss_swann So today, we moved back to our own house in Kensington. And I went round to my best friends house (who now only lives 2 doors down again! woop!) and this boy from his school was there (he goes to the same school as my brother) and his mum was at a dinner party at ours a few weeks ago. Anyways he was chatting about his brother who's in Cambridge and how his flat in below the poverty line and I was like wtf? His parents are (probably) as rich as mine if he goes to the same school as my brother, how the eff is his brothers flat below the poverty line? And I asked, and he was like, well isn't your house below the povert line? And I said no. Then he said to be above the poverty line you need to have central heating, and my mum said your house didn't have central heating because your house is a listed building.Then I realised that even though both my parents make over a million per year I live below the poverty line. Wtf? How does this work? Does this mean EVERYONE living in a listed building lives below the poverty line?
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