@TONYCOV881 cynicism, humour, disrespect for authority, working class ex/industrial communities and close knit rural ones etc.
i like a bit of upper class eccentricity, and realise this kind of england does exist, but its not a representation of the majority of english culture, and i find this kind of stuff corny and weird.
tbh i dont know how anyone can have an idea of england, because its so varied
this is the greatest song ever celebrating brotherhood, courage and endurance and sacrifice - from the greatest school that has or could ever exist - but remember a school set up for the poor, for the scholars of the poor...and that eton should produce some of the people it does now who go into politics is sad the duplicitous the deceptive the false, the falsely modest - it is the death of the Gentleman which has killed Britain...nothing less...and eton was an academy of gentlemen
I am not at Eton (or any other private school for that matter, although I live in hope of a scholarship for my fifth and sixth form) but this is absolutely beautiful - George Orwell is being ironic when he describes Conservative Britain as 'eating strawberry ice on the lawn to the Eton Boating Song', but in some way this song really somes up what being English and British ought to be - fair play, trying hard, loyalty, hard work.
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wow jolly good song :) bring my memories back.....i am not old an old etonian ( i am harrowian) but this song is awesome i remember that some guys were singing it on match against us at Lords..........anyone got harrow school song five hundred faces???
wow jolly good song :) bring my memories back.....i am not old an old etonian ( i am harrowian) but this song is awesome i remember that some guys were singing it on match against us at Lords..........anyone got harrow school song five hundred faces???
@1a1r1y1l1 Apart from all the other grammatical mistakes (and they are legion) the adjectival form of Harrow is Harrovian. An Old Boy would have known that from the first day he attended the school.
Whatever ... we should keep some traditions and be proud of them - all other heritage suh as writing on blackboards, holding nativity plays, or fox hunting totally banned - what ever your political beliefs - there will be nothing left to call English heritage soon.
Thanks for that Buggaton, I'll check them both out. Used to have this on an e.p. by the original Temperence 7 when the great 'Whispering' Paul McDowell was playing trombone, they did a good version but this one tops them all
So, does anyone out there in youtube land or eton know who recorded this version & is it available to buy. Love the way the song stays the same in the middle yet all the chords change to minor ones-very clever & effective The words are much more erudite than a comparable borstal song such as 'They say in Guys Marsh borstal the food is very shite, a spud fell off the table & broke a toe of mine, oh i don't want to be a borstal boy, please won't you let me go home"!
@mrgeorgebanjoman I think it's probably the Eton College Music Society Singers. There's a great close harmony (acapella) version done frequently by the Incognitos too.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with elitism. People who think there is would have everyone perform averagely, to be of average intelligence, to have average wit, only to have mediocrity amongst their achievements. Exclusivism, and prejudice, yes, these are evils. Do not mistake high achievement, a laudable thing, for social injustice.
can anyone put a name to whoever recorded this , to my mind, definitive, version.
I used to live on the other side of Eton, some may the wrong side of town, the other side of the M4, Slough, used to kick pebbles along the road from Eton to Slough with my hippie friends to see who could keep the same pebble by the time we got back to our commune, pretty awkward in the dark , especially after a few jars! Happy days. I think of Eton as an upper crust open borstal.
I first herd this song in the film Northwest Frontier with Kenneth Moor and Lauren Becaul so when my grandson was born it seemed an appropiate lullaby so thanks to utube i now know the words
@oriola26 Lucky you it makes me want to puke. Elitism stinks why should people have the right to buy education? and others live in council flats in areas of poverty with no future.
@stratford27 That is nothing to be proud of Eton is full of scum/ past and future, who will Yet again cut public services for the poor and keep the old school chums rich. The Con-Dems are short lived Cameron will eat the Libs. Who have sold out!!!
i first got bummed to this song, it was a special moment for me and listening to this brings back the happy memories of when i could maintain an erection.
Guys just to tell you, this extremely condescending view of Etonians is really uninformed. People do not get into Eton just because they are rich or part of the British elite. There are many other public schools for people like them. You do have to have something these days to get into Eton.
@huttonpark That is a Shite record. My mates from the comp system have appeared in all F A Cup Finals. The public schools have done fuck all for footbal and have done the same for terms and conditions for working class people. BASH THE RICH NOT THE POOR CLASS WAR!!!!!! Do not foreget their are more of us than you
@huttonpark Nonsense football prob started as a first past the post with a animal head between two villages and developed from there, long before public school came along. Comprehensive system started in 1973/4 before that it was sec Modern or Gram Schools most if not all players in the last 70 years have been to state school. I think I am right in this.
@colcfc123 Yes there were contests between villages when a round object was kicked about but football as we know it did begin in public schools. All the early FA Cup finals were contested by sides such as Wanderers, Old Etonians, Old Carthusians, all ex public school. It was only when the game became professional that the background of the players changed.
You are right in saying that most players since then are from State schoolsl but there are exceptions - Frank Lampard went to Brentwood Sch
@huttonpark really not sure that football as we know it did begin in public schools. Yes the played the game and rugby came from football when a group of lads bored with the match picked up the ball and ran with it. I must look it up I will let you know. You may well be right. For some reason it does not ring true to me. That could well be my wishful thinking as I really do not like public school system.
My name is Cecil, I come from Leicester Square, I wander around, With flowers in my hair, For we're all queers together, That's why we go around in pairs, For we're all queers together, Excuse us while we go upstairs. I went for a ride on a choo-choo, And found that I had to stand, A little boy offered me his seat, So I felt for it with my hand, For we're all queers together, That's why we go around in pairs, For we're all queers together, Excuse us while we go upstairs.
My name is Cecil, I come from Leicester Square, I wander around, With flowers in my hair, For we're all queers together, That's why we go around in pairs, For we're all queers together, Excuse us while we go upstairs. I went for a ride on a choo-choo, And found that I had to stand, A little boy offered me his seat, So I felt for it with my hand, For we're all queers together, That's why we go around in pairs, For we're all queers together, Excuse us while we go upstairs.
My name is Cecil, I come from Leicester Square, I wander around, With flowers in my hair, For we're all queers together, That's why we go around in pairs, For we're all queers together, Excuse us while we go upstairs. I went for a ride on a choo-choo, And found that I had to stand, A little boy offered me his seat, So I felt for it with my hand, For we're all queers together, That's why we go around in pairs, For we're all queers together, Excuse us while we go upstairs.
A great song-Truly British.Nothing wrong with TRADITION the whole world has copied the British school system etc.Hey-its not perfect but GOD BLESS THE QUEEN .
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Etonians are the most pathetic bunch on the planet. They come out of their education with no taste of the real world. They only go to Eton because they happened to be born into a wealthy family, and any achievements they make in their lives will only be because of their unfair advantage in life.
@cnavaro88, Can't argue with what you say. As I have mentioned before, the most pathetic thing is that they are all obliged to dress like Waiters. Perhaps, as a means of giving them a taste of the "Real World", they are obliged to wait table of an evening at the local restaurants and manage on the wages for a couple of weeks, before returning to lick the jam off the silver spoon with which they were born. Hey, if this is not the case however, perhaps it could be adopted as a new "Tradition".
lets all sing together play up sky blues while we sing together we will never lose tottenham or Chelsea united or anyone they shan't defeat us we will fight till the game is won city city is the better version of this song
Somebody given me the thumbs down have they? Dear oh dear, how distressing,not one of the affore mentioned flunkies I trust? Nah, couldn't be, they are all Gentlemen...................ain't they? Anyway, one of Britain's finest would have the balls to post a reply..................wouldn't they?
I don't go to Eton, nor did I give you a thumbs down, but I do disagree with your comment. Why shouldn't they wear "fancy dress" as you put it? Eton has traditions which have been around for many years. I think it's nice they appreciate their history as opposed to introducing modern changes just for the sake of it.
@MrRippy99, Why indeed shouldn't anybody go around looking ridiculous, if that is what they want to do? My point is that time moves on, and possibly "Traditions" should change with those times. The Eaton School Uniform may have been OK a couple of hundred years ago, but it does look a bit dated now. Just because things are traditional does not mean that they are, or ever were, particularly good.
(By the way,Bullfighting and Foxhunting are also "Traditional"). Just thought I would mention it.
@pydo7 Bullfighting and foxhunting aren't really similar to use as examples - they were harming other things. Eton's uniform, while you perhaps think it looks ridiculous, harms nobody. It's a harmless tradition, and therefore there's no need to change it unless they feel like it. It's not a harmful tradition, like foxhunting is.
Let's make no mistake, boys who attend Eaton are mainly there for only one reason. Their parents are Megga Rich.Nothing wrong with that, I hear you say. Indeed, but why oh why is it a requirement for everybody to go around in bloody fancy dress. I drove through there last year for the first time and thought that there was a convention of bloody flunkies or something. Come on guys, all you future "World Leaders" join the real world, or at least the Twenty First Century. (Nice tune though).
British "elitism" at Eton produced John Keynes, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Ian Fleming, Ranulph Fiennes, and the Duke of Wellington, to name but a few. The American "meritocracy" system produced George W Bush. So with all due respect to our American friends, please spare us Brits your idiotic lectures and go watch monster trucks or NASCAR.
@DarthCipient Why ae you using George W Bush as an exmple of meritocracy - he got into harvard cos his Dad and failed at everything, only to be bailed out everytime by his Dad. Eton also produced Boris JOhnson and David Cameron - it lso costs more than a teacher's salary per child - can that really be right? You mention George Orewell as an example (you can hardly say he approved of Eton!
@clynchable The point is that "elitism" and "nepotism" isn't necessarily limited to British shores. It happens in America too. The only difference is that British elitism does at least produce real talent.
@DarthCipient Why are you using George W Bush as an exmple of meritocracy - he got into harvard cos his Dad and failed at everything, only to be bailed out everytime by his Dad. Eton also produced Boris JOhnson and David Cameron - it lso costs more than a teacher's salary per child - can that really be right? You mention George Orewell as an example (you can hardly say he approved of Eton!
@DarthCipient Big whop Eton did Fuck all for me apart from porviding elitism and a way to keep the rich, rich and the poor in poverty. I would burn the shite boys club to the ground given the chance. If I did the workers of the world would be richer. What nasty people they are. Do not concern yourself the working class will riot then no more Eton scum
@colcfc123 You can't even spell the word "providing" correctly, so clearly, you are too fucking stupid to attend Eton. That's why the British system is best, because it keeps dirty dumb plebs like you out of the best schools. Now, fuck off and go listen to your N-Dubz album.
@DarthCipient Terribly sorry about my spelling old boy, Must try harder. Clearly the Eton/ public school chaps have rather fucked up old man. The public school bankers have left us in a bit of a pickle eh what?Not very sporting to make the public pay for their crisis eh old chap. Your public school chums the Con-Dems have made it clear that the £6.2billion cuts was just the first step All down to bailing out your chums. Not on really old chap eh?
@colcfc123 Don't pretend to be a working class hero, mate. You're a "football factory" skinhead-loving Chelsea "loadsamoney" wideboy. I guess no one told you that credit card bills have to be repaid, you fucking phony.
@DarthCipient Wrong on all points. What have credit cards got to do with it? The bankers crisis was caused by greed and the huge bonus given to the old boy network. Class is nothing to do with it I am prob middle class, No wide boy of working class hero. Just pissed off with the power being in the hands of the people rich enough to buy it. By sending their kids to Eton. That way the power stays with the rich. The old boy network.
@colcfc123 Consumer culture runs through all classes of society. There's no one particular cause of the economic collapse. It's systemic throughout modern society.
@DarthCipient I feel economic collapse is down to greed of bankers and the Capit system that is not working. Why should the cuts hit the poor? why not stop bouns culture and put the money from share holders back into the system. Why should we bail out the banks ? They rob the poor time after time with bank charges, high mortgage rates. I do not understand why I should pay for their crisis.
@colcfc123 The capitalist system isn't working because capitalism only properly works in certain sectors of an economy with strict regulation and economic bulkheads around it. It's not just the greed of bankers, but also the greed of consumers.
@DarthCipient Na it only works for the rich. It is the greed of private companies and banks who want to charge huge re payments on mortgagues and pay low wages and no sick pay. The public sector will become like the coal and steal workers under the Tories i.e scape goats to stop the blame going to the real people the bankersand the Mc firms
@colcfc123 The greed of private companies can only be enabled by the greed of the citizens. This obsession with getting on the "property ladder" is part of the problem. The rest of the problem comes from successive governments (not just the Tories) privatising everything, and allowing multi-nationals and conglomerates to form, both of which are disasterous for national and global economies.
@DarthCipient Yes all you say is true. However the Capitalist system feeds on the obsession of getting on the property ladder and the best phone or shite ipod. Why would they spend so much on ads. That is how the bastards work they target the poor make them get loans to but their shite. and charge huge pay back rates. That is why the crime rate for street crime is so high if they can't get the cash people rob.
Hang on m8; nepotism, huge donations and backbreaking, sciatica inducing stringpulling brought us George W! Not a lecture... just a spot of the truth.
@DarthCipient American meritocracy did not produce George W Bush. Nepotism (his father went to Harvard), Donations (the bush family donated lots of bank to Harvard) and the string pulling (they pulled strings like marionettes & risked sciatica) to get him in and keep him in. However... To say GWB is a complete idiot is simplistic. He did PASS and GRADUATE. P'raps we should question what he was taught?. Meritocracies are the best. Maybe youd've been a Lord, but I'd have been a peasant for sure.
Ever read "Such, Such were the joys..."? E. A. Blair thought Eton was shit, mostly because it exploited the actual intelligent students to win pointless academic awards to make the school look better to rich snobs, instead of trying to provide them a proper education.
@DarthCipient Well I just looked at your profile, and among other "idiotic" Americanisms that you let doubtlessly (and voluntarily) influence your life are Star Wars, John Williams, Miley Cyrus, oh yes... and Youtube. Oh and your web browser, and very likely your computer processor too. Add to that list your music, your clothes, etc, etc.
So with all due respect to our British friends, please spare us Americans your *truly* idiotic lectures and go watch Big Brother or "read" page 3 of The Sun.
@diefeminazisdie I didn't say I hated everything about America. You should try reading mate before responding to posts. The best Star Wars movies were all filmed in England with British crews. John Williams went to the "elite" Julliard School, the thing about Miley Cyrus was a joke (as would be obvious to any sane person), the world wide web was invented by a Brit (Sir Tim Berners-Lee) and my clothes were all made in the UK. So please, fuck off and go deal with your obvious issues with women.
@DarthCipient Um.. yes, Julliard is an elite Music school, the most elite in the world in fact. What on Earth is your point. The Star Wars movies are American films, directed and produced by Americans, with mostly American actors. The "best" of them were also filmed in Tunisia, which by your cretinous implication also makes them Tunisian. It was the American Department of Defense that invented the original technology that Berners-Lee eventually leached off of -- he would be a nobody without us.
@DarthCipient And I find it hilarious that your clothes are all made in the UK. Which companies actually make their clothes in the UK anymore? Barbour? ROFL Oh... maybe Fred "Chav" Perry.
@DarthCipient Well I just looked at your profile, and among other "idiotic" Americanisms that you let doubtlessly (and voluntarily) influence your life are Star Wars, John Williams, Miley Cyrus, oh yes... and Youtube. Oh and your web browser, and very likely your computer processor too. Add to that list your music, your clothes, etc, etc.
So with all due respect to our British friends, please spare us Americans your *truly* idiotic lectures and go watch Big Brother or "read" page 3 of The Sun.
@DarthCipient orwell and shelley were two great englishmen whose whole radical being emerged from being ABUSED from scum like you...given the chance, they'd have blown you off the fucking planet....
@uclrichard Don't talk shit. Orwell's tutor at Eton was ASF Gow who remained a mentor and advisor to Orwell throughout his entire life. Shelley was indeed bullied at Eton, but bullying happens in all schools. By your fuckball logic, all schools therefore must be scum. As for blowing me off the face of the planet, yes I'm sure the pacifist Shelley and anti-totalitarian Orwell would have resorted to such violence. Fuck off.
@DarthCipient Dude, while I agree that the English are entitled to their wonderful history and culture, you shouldn't promote that with racism. Doesn't really help your cause there. Citing GWB as an argument against Americans is like citing the KKK as an argument against religion. Also, come up with something original please.
@Laxintosh yes admittedly the USA does have an army that would 'rock your (British) gay ass'. But if one were to look as why that was, we can see that the US army has an active force of 550,000, compared to the British army's 114,000. Looking at those statistics, it is plane to see why there is a gap as to the military might of these two countries.
Can't this be put on I.Tunes to buy. The only other version i have heard was by a very early incarnation of The Temperance 7 E.P. where the singer Whispering Paul McDowell is playing a trombone.This version is brilliant, I went to school opposite Eton on the wrong side of the M.4 - Slough!
And you are the most obnoxious and impotent little punk. I don't know or care what happened to you as a child but you definitely have issues. As far as I'm concerned any scholarship money that was awarded was a total waste of resources. Do the world a favor and drop dead.
Continued..."The boys do not need to do much research to see how things work; they walk along the corridor at home or at school, or telephone a member of the family." We have the same problems in the US, of course. But hold Eton to a higher standard do to its changed mission. Undergrad, you claim to be an Eton man. You don't reflect well on the school. For the love of God, man. Grow up.
From LAST WEEK's Guardian. "Broken Britain" Nov 22, 2009
"By and large, pupils end up at Eton because their families are doing well for themselves; by and large, they then go on themselves to have good school careers and good careers full stop. To attempt to determine how much of this is down to the school and how much down to the pupils' background is a tricky task. Their parents are well placed in the professions, in politics, in finance.
As Undergrad continues to affectively prove my point, which unfortunately is the reason why I had to have him blocked on by board, I would be very appreciative to have someone with an IQ higher than their age contribute to this conversation. I have tried to not have his statements perpetuate my opinion of the school. I have tried to keep this discussion civil but apparently there is one individual that has failed to incorporate etiquette and civility from their education. Thank you.
BTW to all alumni (besides Undergradstudent), faculty or administrators of Eton, please share your experiences and current policies. I think that anyone that did not attend would be very interested in the process. I have heard (too much) from one individual. Thank you.
Undergrad, it is nice to see that you have grown up and stopped posting obnoxious statements on my youtube message board. :-) When did I ever say that Eton was a day care? Quite the opposite. So from what I understand you are an American that went to Eton then why don't you share your application experience? The process is competitive. I get that. So you also say that Eton will ONLY except the best and brightest regardless of alumni or donation status? You are ignorant if you think so.
"You are ignorant if you think so." How about I actually attended Eton. What a sad loser. Either you are a Harrovian or you were bullied. There is no such thing as "alumni donation status." That is an a American concept you prick. Stop feeling sorry about yourself. It's not our fault you were a fuck up and never attended Eton.
Here is an apple to chew on. Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet (my personal hero), Larry Page and Sergey Brin all came from rather humble backgrounds and all made names for themselves. Most of them also went to through public schools and did not have to have daddy pay their way. That my friends is what I call a meritocracy.
I didn't know that the upper crust of the UK considered marrying your 2nd cousin proper breeding. We here call that inbreeding which degrades the gene pool. I thought that even the Royal family figured this out. All kidding aside I think that some of you brits take tradition too seriously and I think that the English who do not have access to wealth and privilege would agree.
Being an American mutt looking in, I have to admit that I feel a cold chill up my spine seeing such a wasp institution. Does the average Brit have the opportunity to attend such an institution? I certainly hope that scholarships are available to the young underprivileged chaps that show a lot of academic promise. It may already exist so please excuse my ignorance. Being one who adamantly believes in meritocracy, I hope that this is the case.
Of course not, Eton is full of wealthy children destined to inherit huge amounts of money and land, theirs a small minority of lower class students but its not common, not at all.
I love this song! but what a bunch of old school wankers they are.Royalty and the upper crust, toss them all in the thames.
ferstuck37 18 hours ago
anyone tell me what date or even just the year this recording was made?
pelforthpelforth 3 weeks ago
What is my ideal Englishness.? A country without this type of crap song and the fugging Eton college thrown in for good measure..
Oddysocks 1 month ago
Compulsory religious education. Kiss my donkey.
Jackthesmilingblack 2 months ago
123jataylor I quite like that !
MrBarryplant 2 months ago
It's just so English.
MrBarryplant 2 months ago
@MrBarryplant not my idea of england.........
123jataylor 2 months ago
@123jataylor what is your of england then?
TONYCOV881 2 months ago
@TONYCOV881 cynicism, humour, disrespect for authority, working class ex/industrial communities and close knit rural ones etc.
i like a bit of upper class eccentricity, and realise this kind of england does exist, but its not a representation of the majority of english culture, and i find this kind of stuff corny and weird.
tbh i dont know how anyone can have an idea of england, because its so varied
123jataylor 2 months ago
Play up sky blues
George95ish 3 months ago
Who wrote the tune & lyrics, magnificent song, stirs the emotions.
mrgeorgebanjoman 4 months ago
Can someone put this version out on CD, does anyone know who's singing it?
mrgeorgebanjoman 4 months ago
@mrgeorgebanjoman I believe it's sung by the Eton boys. You can buy a recording from their shop or order it online.
MissLilithe 3 months ago
hate to sound like my grandfather, but these were uncomplicated, happier days.
leatherjohn 4 months ago
this is the greatest song ever celebrating brotherhood, courage and endurance and sacrifice - from the greatest school that has or could ever exist - but remember a school set up for the poor, for the scholars of the poor...and that eton should produce some of the people it does now who go into politics is sad the duplicitous the deceptive the false, the falsely modest - it is the death of the Gentleman which has killed Britain...nothing less...and eton was an academy of gentlemen
rendlesham 4 months ago
As a 'leftie' I nevertheless have to agree with LdHighEverythingElse.
MrOscarweimar 5 months ago
I am not at Eton (or any other private school for that matter, although I live in hope of a scholarship for my fifth and sixth form) but this is absolutely beautiful - George Orwell is being ironic when he describes Conservative Britain as 'eating strawberry ice on the lawn to the Eton Boating Song', but in some way this song really somes up what being English and British ought to be - fair play, trying hard, loyalty, hard work.
LdHighEverythingElse 6 months ago
@LdHighEverythingElse Sorry, read 'sums up' for 'somes up', not paying attention.
LdHighEverythingElse 6 months ago
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LdHighEverythingElse 6 months ago
What a lovely version. Anyone got carmen etona or vale??
Hazzmania1234 6 months ago
god this has the potentiol to be ome of the skankiest dub tunes ever.
anyone wanna remix?
tarlits 7 months ago
@tarlits no
mastersanchez99 4 months ago in playlist mastersanchez99's Favorited Videos
This makes me miss the good old days so much!
NGC773 7 months ago
Why am I looking at this ?
EllisDeeful 8 months ago
Ah, the hedgehog song!
Mojosbigstick 9 months ago
LETS ALL SING TOGETHER
PLAY UP SKY BLUES
WHILST WE SING TOGETHER WE WILL NEVER LOSE
TOTTENHAM OR CHELSEA UNITED OR ANY ONE
THEY SHARNT DEFEAT US WILL FIGHT TILL THE GAME IS ONE
CITY (clap,clap,clap
CITY(clap,clap,clap
SKY BLUE ARMY
coventry1997 9 months ago 2
There is a team called the Arsenal! The greatest of them all!
And we will always support you. Whether you rise or fall, or fall!
And we'll drink, drink together. In praise of the AFC!
And we’ll drink, drink, drink together. In praise of the AFC.
Fulham can stay at the Cottage. Southampton can stay at the Dell!
And as for Tottenham Hotspur! They can go to hell, to hell!
And we'll drink, drink together. In praise of the AFC!
And we’ll drink, drink, drink together. In praise of the AFC
beelzebub240 9 months ago 2
good song for a good school
eddymev 10 months ago 12
can anyone up load the eaton boat song from the end credits of the film
Hotel New Hampshire?
thanx in advance
omfgjb 10 months ago
Tottenham or Chelsea, United or anyone...
perkotv 11 months ago
Gracious, I've sang that wretched song about 6 times today!
Hazzmania1234 1 year ago
Jesus christ I feel sick.
man4hire 1 year ago
The Ruling Class brought me here.
chyziej 1 year ago 5
I like love song!
I wish people would stop politicing this very rousing piece of music.
I am disappointed by the way people hear this song and then make angry comments about the Tories, the Queen, the British military etc.
Just listen to the music and enjoy!
P.S. I am a working class Australian, but I still enjoy this song!
OzzInter 1 year ago 5
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sirshangalang 1 year ago
wow jolly good song :) bring my memories back.....i am not old an old etonian ( i am harrowian) but this song is awesome i remember that some guys were singing it on match against us at Lords..........anyone got harrow school song five hundred faces???
1a1r1y1l1 1 year ago
@1a1r1y1l1 salma yaqoob has got a FUCKING MASSIVE NOSE.
MrThefox77 1 year ago
wow jolly good song :) bring my memories back.....i am not old an old etonian ( i am harrowian) but this song is awesome i remember that some guys were singing it on match against us at Lords..........anyone got harrow school song five hundred faces???
1a1r1y1l1 1 year ago
@1a1r1y1l1 Apart from all the other grammatical mistakes (and they are legion) the adjectival form of Harrow is Harrovian. An Old Boy would have known that from the first day he attended the school.
ToniKroger 1 year ago 3
Whatever ... we should keep some traditions and be proud of them - all other heritage suh as writing on blackboards, holding nativity plays, or fox hunting totally banned - what ever your political beliefs - there will be nothing left to call English heritage soon.
salinthedam 1 year ago
@DarrenACooper 2008-2013
ultraviolent29 1 year ago
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ultraviolent29 1 year ago
@DarrenACooper When did you go to Eton?
ultraviolent29 1 year ago
The tour of Eton College was worth the time and expense...Woo-Yay...
dorisboy52 1 year ago
Maybe this version is available at the Eton Shop, I'll check it out next time I'm down there.
mrgeorgebanjoman 1 year ago
Maybe they sell this version at the Eton Shop, I'll drop in next time I'm there.
mrgeorgebanjoman 1 year ago
reminds of my days at eton with dave
er4445 1 year ago
have this for sale - 78rpm 1929 pressing, in mint condition, pm if interested.
trisnain 1 year ago
Heavens this takes me back.
richardtheteague 1 year ago 26
@richardtheteague The taste of pubescent ejaculate still fresh in your mouth what what
timotei1996 3 weeks ago
@timotei1996 Ah. Nunc video; margaritas ante porcos.
richardtheteague 1 week ago
British pride! Let's be proud of the great institutions in this Country and celebrate them!
ShutThatDoor 1 year ago
Thanks for that Buggaton, I'll check them both out. Used to have this on an e.p. by the original Temperence 7 when the great 'Whispering' Paul McDowell was playing trombone, they did a good version but this one tops them all
mrgeorgebanjoman 1 year ago
brilliant song. i am proud britscot. bad score in the cricket today tho
airmax1973 1 year ago
Most men would make comments regarding the posture as a result of sea sickness but, there are those whose own mind has lead them away.
MorrisseyRT 1 year ago
So, does anyone out there in youtube land or eton know who recorded this version & is it available to buy. Love the way the song stays the same in the middle yet all the chords change to minor ones-very clever & effective The words are much more erudite than a comparable borstal song such as 'They say in Guys Marsh borstal the food is very shite, a spud fell off the table & broke a toe of mine, oh i don't want to be a borstal boy, please won't you let me go home"!
mrgeorgebanjoman 1 year ago
@mrgeorgebanjoman I think it's probably the Eton College Music Society Singers. There's a great close harmony (acapella) version done frequently by the Incognitos too.
Buggaton 1 year ago
what a tune a realy nice
slik6969 1 year ago
The best thing about going to public school, is that it teaches you to have respect for, people that you should'nt have any respect for.
JoeWPratt 1 year ago 3
Darthcipient is so right.
Eton College is simply without parallel.
Floreat Etona
intrepid1939 1 year ago
Of course, there's nothing wrong with elitism. People who think there is would have everyone perform averagely, to be of average intelligence, to have average wit, only to have mediocrity amongst their achievements. Exclusivism, and prejudice, yes, these are evils. Do not mistake high achievement, a laudable thing, for social injustice.
UnOxonien 1 year ago
can anyone put a name to whoever recorded this , to my mind, definitive, version.
I used to live on the other side of Eton, some may the wrong side of town, the other side of the M4, Slough, used to kick pebbles along the road from Eton to Slough with my hippie friends to see who could keep the same pebble by the time we got back to our commune, pretty awkward in the dark , especially after a few jars! Happy days. I think of Eton as an upper crust open borstal.
mrgeorgebanjoman 1 year ago
this is sooo gay. Such a shit song.
levierdragon 1 year ago
@levierdragon Then go listen to Justin Bieber
DarthCipient 1 year ago
I first herd this song in the film Northwest Frontier with Kenneth Moor and Lauren Becaul so when my grandson was born it seemed an appropiate lullaby so thanks to utube i now know the words
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amazingnana1911 1 year ago
@colcfc - you mean you looked at all the comments? Bless!
stratford27 1 year ago
hi to anyone who's seen society, what a disturbing film! die in a fire to anyone who went to Eton, unless they're in labour yedig! cameron is a cunt
LUNAPOLICE 1 year ago
Well said DarthCipient.
chevalerie10 1 year ago
@oriola26 Lucky you it makes me want to puke. Elitism stinks why should people have the right to buy education? and others live in council flats in areas of poverty with no future.
colcfc123 1 year ago
Well done, David!
AnaFitzBeaumont 1 year ago 2
FLOREAT ETONA, FLOREAT!
gattetto 1 year ago
Eton produces yet another Prime Minister - I think Cameron is the twentieth.
stratford27 1 year ago
@stratford27 That is nothing to be proud of Eton is full of scum/ past and future, who will Yet again cut public services for the poor and keep the old school chums rich. The Con-Dems are short lived Cameron will eat the Libs. Who have sold out!!!
colcfc123 1 year ago
i first got bummed to this song, it was a special moment for me and listening to this brings back the happy memories of when i could maintain an erection.
wood8214 1 year ago
@oriola26 I totally agree, there are'nt many good( English) songs about but this one is a cracker
charleson1111 1 year ago 7
Guys just to tell you, this extremely condescending view of Etonians is really uninformed. People do not get into Eton just because they are rich or part of the British elite. There are many other public schools for people like them. You do have to have something these days to get into Eton.
ultraviolent29 1 year ago
The Old Etonians have also appeared in six F A Cup Finals - that's not a bad record by any standard.
huttonpark 1 year ago
@huttonpark That is a Shite record. My mates from the comp system have appeared in all F A Cup Finals. The public schools have done fuck all for footbal and have done the same for terms and conditions for working class people. BASH THE RICH NOT THE POOR CLASS WAR!!!!!! Do not foreget their are more of us than you
colcfc123 1 year ago
@colcfc123
What makes you think that I am one of them? I was brought up in the East End of London and had no hopre of going to public school.
It is rubbish to say that public schools have done nothing for football - it is where the game began - don't you know that?
Comprehensive schools didn't exist before the 1960s.
huttonpark 1 year ago
@huttonpark Nonsense football prob started as a first past the post with a animal head between two villages and developed from there, long before public school came along. Comprehensive system started in 1973/4 before that it was sec Modern or Gram Schools most if not all players in the last 70 years have been to state school. I think I am right in this.
colcfc123 1 year ago
@colcfc123 Yes there were contests between villages when a round object was kicked about but football as we know it did begin in public schools. All the early FA Cup finals were contested by sides such as Wanderers, Old Etonians, Old Carthusians, all ex public school. It was only when the game became professional that the background of the players changed.
You are right in saying that most players since then are from State schoolsl but there are exceptions - Frank Lampard went to Brentwood Sch
huttonpark 1 year ago
@huttonpark really not sure that football as we know it did begin in public schools. Yes the played the game and rugby came from football when a group of lads bored with the match picked up the ball and ran with it. I must look it up I will let you know. You may well be right. For some reason it does not ring true to me. That could well be my wishful thinking as I really do not like public school system.
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Wytchewoode 1 year ago
A great song-Truly British.Nothing wrong with TRADITION the whole world has copied the British school system etc.Hey-its not perfect but GOD BLESS THE QUEEN .
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Etonians are the most pathetic bunch on the planet. They come out of their education with no taste of the real world. They only go to Eton because they happened to be born into a wealthy family, and any achievements they make in their lives will only be because of their unfair advantage in life.
cnavaro88 1 year ago
@cnavaro88, Can't argue with what you say. As I have mentioned before, the most pathetic thing is that they are all obliged to dress like Waiters. Perhaps, as a means of giving them a taste of the "Real World", they are obliged to wait table of an evening at the local restaurants and manage on the wages for a couple of weeks, before returning to lick the jam off the silver spoon with which they were born. Hey, if this is not the case however, perhaps it could be adopted as a new "Tradition".
pydo7 1 year ago
lets all sing together play up sky blues while we sing together we will never lose tottenham or Chelsea united or anyone they shan't defeat us we will fight till the game is won city city is the better version of this song
pusbccfc 1 year ago
Somebody given me the thumbs down have they? Dear oh dear, how distressing,not one of the affore mentioned flunkies I trust? Nah, couldn't be, they are all Gentlemen...................ain't they? Anyway, one of Britain's finest would have the balls to post a reply..................wouldn't they?
pydo7 1 year ago
I don't go to Eton, nor did I give you a thumbs down, but I do disagree with your comment. Why shouldn't they wear "fancy dress" as you put it? Eton has traditions which have been around for many years. I think it's nice they appreciate their history as opposed to introducing modern changes just for the sake of it.
MrRippy99 1 year ago 13
@MrRippy99, Why indeed shouldn't anybody go around looking ridiculous, if that is what they want to do? My point is that time moves on, and possibly "Traditions" should change with those times. The Eaton School Uniform may have been OK a couple of hundred years ago, but it does look a bit dated now. Just because things are traditional does not mean that they are, or ever were, particularly good.
(By the way,Bullfighting and Foxhunting are also "Traditional"). Just thought I would mention it.
pydo7 1 year ago
@pydo7 Bullfighting and foxhunting aren't really similar to use as examples - they were harming other things. Eton's uniform, while you perhaps think it looks ridiculous, harms nobody. It's a harmless tradition, and therefore there's no need to change it unless they feel like it. It's not a harmful tradition, like foxhunting is.
MrRippy99 1 year ago
Let's make no mistake, boys who attend Eaton are mainly there for only one reason. Their parents are Megga Rich.Nothing wrong with that, I hear you say. Indeed, but why oh why is it a requirement for everybody to go around in bloody fancy dress. I drove through there last year for the first time and thought that there was a convention of bloody flunkies or something. Come on guys, all you future "World Leaders" join the real world, or at least the Twenty First Century. (Nice tune though).
pydo7 1 year ago
British "elitism" at Eton produced John Keynes, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Ian Fleming, Ranulph Fiennes, and the Duke of Wellington, to name but a few. The American "meritocracy" system produced George W Bush. So with all due respect to our American friends, please spare us Brits your idiotic lectures and go watch monster trucks or NASCAR.
DarthCipient 1 year ago 50
@DarthCipient
Dude, at least George didn't spend time buggering the bursar! -- which is more than can be said for some of your lot!
gemoftheocean 1 year ago
@gemoftheocean George W Bush may not have buggered the bursar, but he did fuck America up the arse.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient Why ae you using George W Bush as an exmple of meritocracy - he got into harvard cos his Dad and failed at everything, only to be bailed out everytime by his Dad. Eton also produced Boris JOhnson and David Cameron - it lso costs more than a teacher's salary per child - can that really be right? You mention George Orewell as an example (you can hardly say he approved of Eton!
clynchable 1 year ago
@clynchable The point is that "elitism" and "nepotism" isn't necessarily limited to British shores. It happens in America too. The only difference is that British elitism does at least produce real talent.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
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@DarthCipient Why are you using George W Bush as an exmple of meritocracy - he got into harvard cos his Dad and failed at everything, only to be bailed out everytime by his Dad. Eton also produced Boris JOhnson and David Cameron - it lso costs more than a teacher's salary per child - can that really be right? You mention George Orewell as an example (you can hardly say he approved of Eton!
clynchable 1 year ago
@DarthCipient Big whop Eton did Fuck all for me apart from porviding elitism and a way to keep the rich, rich and the poor in poverty. I would burn the shite boys club to the ground given the chance. If I did the workers of the world would be richer. What nasty people they are. Do not concern yourself the working class will riot then no more Eton scum
colcfc123 1 year ago
@colcfc123 You can't even spell the word "providing" correctly, so clearly, you are too fucking stupid to attend Eton. That's why the British system is best, because it keeps dirty dumb plebs like you out of the best schools. Now, fuck off and go listen to your N-Dubz album.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient Terribly sorry about my spelling old boy, Must try harder. Clearly the Eton/ public school chaps have rather fucked up old man. The public school bankers have left us in a bit of a pickle eh what?Not very sporting to make the public pay for their crisis eh old chap. Your public school chums the Con-Dems have made it clear that the £6.2billion cuts was just the first step All down to bailing out your chums. Not on really old chap eh?
colcfc123 1 year ago
@colcfc123 Don't pretend to be a working class hero, mate. You're a "football factory" skinhead-loving Chelsea "loadsamoney" wideboy. I guess no one told you that credit card bills have to be repaid, you fucking phony.
DarthCipient 1 year ago 2
@DarthCipient Wrong on all points. What have credit cards got to do with it? The bankers crisis was caused by greed and the huge bonus given to the old boy network. Class is nothing to do with it I am prob middle class, No wide boy of working class hero. Just pissed off with the power being in the hands of the people rich enough to buy it. By sending their kids to Eton. That way the power stays with the rich. The old boy network.
colcfc123 1 year ago
@colcfc123 Consumer culture runs through all classes of society. There's no one particular cause of the economic collapse. It's systemic throughout modern society.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient I feel economic collapse is down to greed of bankers and the Capit system that is not working. Why should the cuts hit the poor? why not stop bouns culture and put the money from share holders back into the system. Why should we bail out the banks ? They rob the poor time after time with bank charges, high mortgage rates. I do not understand why I should pay for their crisis.
colcfc123 1 year ago
@colcfc123 The capitalist system isn't working because capitalism only properly works in certain sectors of an economy with strict regulation and economic bulkheads around it. It's not just the greed of bankers, but also the greed of consumers.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient Na it only works for the rich. It is the greed of private companies and banks who want to charge huge re payments on mortgagues and pay low wages and no sick pay. The public sector will become like the coal and steal workers under the Tories i.e scape goats to stop the blame going to the real people the bankersand the Mc firms
colcfc123 1 year ago
@colcfc123 The greed of private companies can only be enabled by the greed of the citizens. This obsession with getting on the "property ladder" is part of the problem. The rest of the problem comes from successive governments (not just the Tories) privatising everything, and allowing multi-nationals and conglomerates to form, both of which are disasterous for national and global economies.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient Yes all you say is true. However the Capitalist system feeds on the obsession of getting on the property ladder and the best phone or shite ipod. Why would they spend so much on ads. That is how the bastards work they target the poor make them get loans to but their shite. and charge huge pay back rates. That is why the crime rate for street crime is so high if they can't get the cash people rob.
colcfc123 1 year ago
@colcfc123 Advertising only works if the consumers are willing to believe it.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@colcfc123 Hint: Leave off the ham-fisted sarcasm - it doesn't work.
HughJason 1 year ago
@DarthCipient
Hang on m8; nepotism, huge donations and backbreaking, sciatica inducing stringpulling brought us George W! Not a lecture... just a spot of the truth.
spyked1 1 year ago
@spyked1 Say what?
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient American meritocracy did not produce George W Bush. Nepotism (his father went to Harvard), Donations (the bush family donated lots of bank to Harvard) and the string pulling (they pulled strings like marionettes & risked sciatica) to get him in and keep him in. However... To say GWB is a complete idiot is simplistic. He did PASS and GRADUATE. P'raps we should question what he was taught?. Meritocracies are the best. Maybe youd've been a Lord, but I'd have been a peasant for sure.
spyked1 1 year ago
@spyked1
George Herbert Walker Bush didn't go to Harvard, he went to Yale. George Walker Bush went to Yale College and Harvard Business School.
AlexDumortier 1 year ago
@AlexDumortier i stand corrected.... my bad:)
spyked1 1 year ago
@DarthCipient
Ever read "Such, Such were the joys..."? E. A. Blair thought Eton was shit, mostly because it exploited the actual intelligent students to win pointless academic awards to make the school look better to rich snobs, instead of trying to provide them a proper education.
Thrawn369 1 year ago
@DarthCipient Well I just looked at your profile, and among other "idiotic" Americanisms that you let doubtlessly (and voluntarily) influence your life are Star Wars, John Williams, Miley Cyrus, oh yes... and Youtube. Oh and your web browser, and very likely your computer processor too. Add to that list your music, your clothes, etc, etc.
So with all due respect to our British friends, please spare us Americans your *truly* idiotic lectures and go watch Big Brother or "read" page 3 of The Sun.
diefeminazisdie 1 year ago
@diefeminazisdie I didn't say I hated everything about America. You should try reading mate before responding to posts. The best Star Wars movies were all filmed in England with British crews. John Williams went to the "elite" Julliard School, the thing about Miley Cyrus was a joke (as would be obvious to any sane person), the world wide web was invented by a Brit (Sir Tim Berners-Lee) and my clothes were all made in the UK. So please, fuck off and go deal with your obvious issues with women.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient Um.. yes, Julliard is an elite Music school, the most elite in the world in fact. What on Earth is your point. The Star Wars movies are American films, directed and produced by Americans, with mostly American actors. The "best" of them were also filmed in Tunisia, which by your cretinous implication also makes them Tunisian. It was the American Department of Defense that invented the original technology that Berners-Lee eventually leached off of -- he would be a nobody without us.
diefeminazisdie 1 year ago 2
@DarthCipient And I find it hilarious that your clothes are all made in the UK. Which companies actually make their clothes in the UK anymore? Barbour? ROFL Oh... maybe Fred "Chav" Perry.
diefeminazisdie 1 year ago 2
@diefeminazisdie You seem very interested in my clothes mate. It's somewhat of an unhealthy interest.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient I would usually agree with you; however, my main interest is mocking insignificant sacks of peasant dogshit like you.
diefeminazisdie 1 year ago
@diefeminazisdie Mate, you are so fucking lame, real dogshit mocks you.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@diefeminazisdie Fred "chav" Perry! lol
spyked1 1 year ago
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@DarthCipient Well I just looked at your profile, and among other "idiotic" Americanisms that you let doubtlessly (and voluntarily) influence your life are Star Wars, John Williams, Miley Cyrus, oh yes... and Youtube. Oh and your web browser, and very likely your computer processor too. Add to that list your music, your clothes, etc, etc.
So with all due respect to our British friends, please spare us Americans your *truly* idiotic lectures and go watch Big Brother or "read" page 3 of The Sun.
diefeminazisdie 1 year ago
@DarthCipient orwell and shelley were two great englishmen whose whole radical being emerged from being ABUSED from scum like you...given the chance, they'd have blown you off the fucking planet....
uclrichard 1 year ago
@uclrichard Don't talk shit. Orwell's tutor at Eton was ASF Gow who remained a mentor and advisor to Orwell throughout his entire life. Shelley was indeed bullied at Eton, but bullying happens in all schools. By your fuckball logic, all schools therefore must be scum. As for blowing me off the face of the planet, yes I'm sure the pacifist Shelley and anti-totalitarian Orwell would have resorted to such violence. Fuck off.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient you fuck off too! and if you went to eton, i'm margaret thatcher.
uclrichard 1 year ago
@uclrichard You do seem like an ignorant cunt, so yes you may indeed be Margaret Thatcher.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient Dude, while I agree that the English are entitled to their wonderful history and culture, you shouldn't promote that with racism. Doesn't really help your cause there. Citing GWB as an argument against Americans is like citing the KKK as an argument against religion. Also, come up with something original please.
BUKGYQ 1 year ago
@BUKGYQ Nothing I said was racist or unoriginal, and the KKK are indeed a good argument against religion in the right context.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient we produced an army.... that would rock your gay ass
Laxintosh 1 year ago
@Laxintosh yes admittedly the USA does have an army that would 'rock your (British) gay ass'. But if one were to look as why that was, we can see that the US army has an active force of 550,000, compared to the British army's 114,000. Looking at those statistics, it is plane to see why there is a gap as to the military might of these two countries.
MATTPARS0NS 1 year ago
@Laxintosh You produced an army that has been bogged down for 9 years by some poppy farmers in Afghanistan.
DarthCipient 1 year ago
@DarthCipient SALMA YAQOOB, THE QUEEN OF TERROR SUPPORTERS, HAS GOT A FUCKING MASSIVE NOSE.
MrThefox77 1 year ago
So, can someone put a credit on this as to the name of the choir that sings the song-PLEASE
mrgeorgebanjoman 2 years ago
Can't this be put on I.Tunes to buy. The only other version i have heard was by a very early incarnation of The Temperance 7 E.P. where the singer Whispering Paul McDowell is playing a trombone.This version is brilliant, I went to school opposite Eton on the wrong side of the M.4 - Slough!
mrgeorgebanjoman 2 years ago
A very rousing anthem. Gives me goose bumps. Which is rather odd as I'm an Irish Republican... Ray
XYZTanya 2 years ago 3
Etonistan... let's not pat eachother on the back just yet
paully1969 2 years ago
Well done for putting this up
theyumyumshow 2 years ago
Great song with brilliant sound quality. I agree with hondo1971 - I think you represent our school very badly too
Fishes29 2 years ago
Undergradstudent
And you are the most obnoxious and impotent little punk. I don't know or care what happened to you as a child but you definitely have issues. As far as I'm concerned any scholarship money that was awarded was a total waste of resources. Do the world a favor and drop dead.
hondo1971 2 years ago
hondo1971
Ok after you stop feeling sorry for yourself.
undergradstudent 2 years ago
Continued..."The boys do not need to do much research to see how things work; they walk along the corridor at home or at school, or telephone a member of the family." We have the same problems in the US, of course. But hold Eton to a higher standard do to its changed mission. Undergrad, you claim to be an Eton man. You don't reflect well on the school. For the love of God, man. Grow up.
hondo1971 2 years ago
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undergradstudent 2 years ago
From LAST WEEK's Guardian. "Broken Britain" Nov 22, 2009
"By and large, pupils end up at Eton because their families are doing well for themselves; by and large, they then go on themselves to have good school careers and good careers full stop. To attempt to determine how much of this is down to the school and how much down to the pupils' background is a tricky task. Their parents are well placed in the professions, in politics, in finance.
hondo1971 2 years ago
As Undergrad continues to affectively prove my point, which unfortunately is the reason why I had to have him blocked on by board, I would be very appreciative to have someone with an IQ higher than their age contribute to this conversation. I have tried to not have his statements perpetuate my opinion of the school. I have tried to keep this discussion civil but apparently there is one individual that has failed to incorporate etiquette and civility from their education. Thank you.
hondo1971 2 years ago
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undergradstudent 2 years ago
BTW to all alumni (besides Undergradstudent), faculty or administrators of Eton, please share your experiences and current policies. I think that anyone that did not attend would be very interested in the process. I have heard (too much) from one individual. Thank you.
hondo1971 2 years ago
Undergrad, it is nice to see that you have grown up and stopped posting obnoxious statements on my youtube message board. :-) When did I ever say that Eton was a day care? Quite the opposite. So from what I understand you are an American that went to Eton then why don't you share your application experience? The process is competitive. I get that. So you also say that Eton will ONLY except the best and brightest regardless of alumni or donation status? You are ignorant if you think so.
hondo1971 2 years ago
hondo1971
"You are ignorant if you think so." How about I actually attended Eton. What a sad loser. Either you are a Harrovian or you were bullied. There is no such thing as "alumni donation status." That is an a American concept you prick. Stop feeling sorry about yourself. It's not our fault you were a fuck up and never attended Eton.
undergradstudent 2 years ago
Here is an apple to chew on. Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet (my personal hero), Larry Page and Sergey Brin all came from rather humble backgrounds and all made names for themselves. Most of them also went to through public schools and did not have to have daddy pay their way. That my friends is what I call a meritocracy.
hondo1971 2 years ago
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undergradstudent 2 years ago
I didn't know that the upper crust of the UK considered marrying your 2nd cousin proper breeding. We here call that inbreeding which degrades the gene pool. I thought that even the Royal family figured this out. All kidding aside I think that some of you brits take tradition too seriously and I think that the English who do not have access to wealth and privilege would agree.
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WellingtonGandT 2 years ago
Fraffly well sung cheps!
JoeWPratt 2 years ago
prefere the rude version
mancsmoveseast 2 years ago
Being an American mutt looking in, I have to admit that I feel a cold chill up my spine seeing such a wasp institution. Does the average Brit have the opportunity to attend such an institution? I certainly hope that scholarships are available to the young underprivileged chaps that show a lot of academic promise. It may already exist so please excuse my ignorance. Being one who adamantly believes in meritocracy, I hope that this is the case.
hondo1971 2 years ago
King's Scholars.
augustusgl 2 years ago
Of course not, Eton is full of wealthy children destined to inherit huge amounts of money and land, theirs a small minority of lower class students but its not common, not at all.
Jacada123 2 years ago
Of course these institutions are open to all us Brits all nations, if you can afford it. Please Sir what does meritocracy mean.
mancsmoveseast 2 years ago
Tragedy is hondo1971,
You chaps are merely colonials, very nice, but colonials nontheless. No breeding.
Wouldn't expect you to understand. in any event, you all seem to have this childish and immature urge to be infront all the time.
Chap can get hisself shot up there, y'know.
Pip-pip
Sapperuno
sapperuno 2 years ago
Up School! Well done on the Henley victory.
wystanhugh 2 years ago
Swing with my body between me knees??? Oh I think not!!!
alfiesgirluk 2 years ago
Inspirational, England forever!
ShutThatDoor 2 ye