Prove me right!
Because Pinky has more British readers than I do (I think), I thought I'd ask this question here rather than my own blog (plus, am painfully aware that I am THE WORST guest blogger EVA). Here's the story:
So Devon, my friend, reckons Milton Keynes is dead famous for .................. (fill in the blank/s).
If Milton Keynes is so fucking famous for this ......... then you all will know straight away and leave a comment telling me, thus proving DEVON right. But I know you won't have a clue and will leave no comment, thus proving ME right (do it, or Pink Cupcake gets it).
posted by Anonymous @ 11:14 pm
18 Comments:
Devon - don't forget you're not allowed to comment! (And don't go changing your name to something else, I can go into Pinky's settings and block you!)
being boring and artificial? The easyjet version of cinema? I'm not English, though, so I probably don't count.
I would have said for being boring. But I only know this (or think I know it) because some British comedian I went to see here said that this city was famous for being the Milton Keynes of Australia.
Concrete cows?
Sadly, my first thought was Keynesian economics, which I should not admit in public, I know. Then I remembered that Milton Keynes is the destination of the bus that left right before the one I took to get home during my semester in Cambridge. Somehow, I didn't think that was what you were looking for, though, so I had to Google it.
None of this matters, anyway, because I'm not British.
styleygeek, it could also be the fact that the cities were planned before being built, but that's probably part of why they seem boring
Ummm...I'm so embarrassed that I've never heard of this person. Does that make me a truly ugly American?
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.racingshadow.com/Earth/Out_to_Pasture.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.racingshadow.com/Earth/Out_to_Pasture.html&h=422&w=800&sz=104&tbnid=ByfMdNGb6I7wRM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=142&hl=en&start=11&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmilton%2Bkeynes%2Bcows%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
Ha! I was right.
Milton Keynes is famous as a new city
Milton Keynes is famous for its shopping and is one of the major retail areas in the region.
Milton Keynes is famous because of its similarity to the names of the famous economists Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes
Milton Keynes - famous for its concrete cows
Milton Keynes, famous for its roundabouts and for thecentre:mk - one of the longest shopping centres in Europe
Milton Keynes ... famous for its pancake
Milton Keynes is also famous for having Britain's biggest, and we think, most exciting university
Do I win?
Oh Jesse, you absolutely get the prize for extensive research into the UK's most boring city. ;)
Of course, Tiruncula should get a prize too, as she was the first to guess the concrete cows.
I have to admit that even though I lived pretty near Milton Keynes for a couple of years (I've never been there though), I knew none of this stuff abou the place.
Yay to Clare (and Devon) for turning my blog into such an educational little hang out spot in my absence! :)
I would say concrete cows, roundabouts, having a bad reputation for being made of concrete in general, the open university, and not having clotted cream, rick stein and cream teas (like Devon does).
I think I deserve an extra special prize (two weeks in Philadelphia, maybe?) for being the only non-Brit I know who's actually spent an extended period of time in Milton Keynes!
the reason me and clare started talking about milton keynes was that i mentioned that a certain concert i was going to had been moved to milton keynes because the new wembly stadium still isn't bloody built!
i'm going to see take that!? how exciting! clare thinks it's sad (i think clare's sad!!!)
ps- cream teas and rick stein and sun shine and beaches, i have them all! but i'm moving from devon next month so maybe i should change my name! any sugestions?
Tiruncula - Wow! Yes, you definitely deserve a HUGE prize for that! I hope you got to see some of the prettier bits of our country too? :)
Devon - The Milton Keynes concert venue is supposed to be pretty good. And, it's not sad to see Take That, I saw them first time around in 1995 (showing my age!), I bet you'll have an awesome time. And Clare only thinks it's sad because she has terrible taste in music! ;)
I have the sunshine, beaches and cream teas (though not clotted cream) here too, but I'm jealous about Rick Stein!
Maybe you could change your name to where you are moving to next? Unless, it's somewhere that doesn't sound as cool as Devon. I mean, calling yourself Wolverhampton or Milton Keynes would not be so good!
Oh yes, no fear. The very first time I went to England, in the early 80s, I spent some time working with a community theatre group in MK, but since then I've lived in Oxford for a couple of years and have traveled all over the UK - even to Man and Orkney, and lots of lovely places in between.
Do you know, I completely forgot to check comments over here! It's cos they don't get emailed.
So.
Jesse - get back to my blog and stop stirring it.
Devon - Just. Fuck. Off. And I never siad you were sad re. Take That! I have two of their albums which I bought before the hype (which actually makes it sadder come to think about it)1 I just you were sad in general. Cos you are.
Tirunclua -you do get a special prize - you've put a smile on Devon's face, and that don't happen much! ;)
Pinky - Papa Roach.
Propter Doc - actualy, first thing I thought of was the open university!
I think he's a rapper... or some kind of pop music star...
but, that is only a guess based on another debate coach's website....
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