Blackie Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Bloody grockles!!!! Every year us in Devon get invaided by them,You can normally spot them by the "Grockle boxes" on top of the cars. They stop in the middle of the road to look at cows,They dont signal where they are going, They Drive towards me at 60 on tiny country roads but when they are on the A roads they do 20!!! If you're in town and you let one through a whole gaggle come through and you're sat there for 10 mins. They turn a five min wait in the chippy to a 25 min one!! They buy everything from the local Co-op so theres no bread or anything left and generally p!$$ me off! Cant wait for the school holidays to be over so they F**k off home!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantasupra Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 i had to google what a grockle is... now i know why the locals were not very polite when i went to devon. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kill1308 Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 So you never go on holiday outside where you live ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Was it all fields round where you live when you was a lad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Racist..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 So you never go on holiday outside where you live ? Yes but i do none of the above Was it all fields round where you live when you was a lad? Still is all fields lol grockle Tourist - annoying visitor, who disrupts the lives of residents. One theory on the origin of this wordis from the name of the famous Swiss clown, Grock, famous in the 60's. A resident of Torquay was said to have remarked that visitors resembled grockles, little Grocks, because of their boorishness and clownish behaviour. A local man had used the term as a nickname for a small elderly lady who was in Torquay one season. The term then became generalized as a term for summer visitors. The term became popularized because of its use by the characters in the film The System (1962), which is set in the Devon resort of Torquay during the tourist season. "Bloody Grockles and their caravans, always jamming up the Devon lanes!" "The seagulls are a real problem because all the grockles feed 'em chips all summer." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Just move to somewhere less touristy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatSport Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 well now, you learn something every day....... oops, double post..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Just move to somewhere less touristy. Yeah, like Yorkshire..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Holy Island (Lindisfarne) was the same when I lived there in the '60s. Couldnt move for tourists. The shop ran out of milk and bread before the locals could get to the counter ffs. Really annoying among a community where fishing was the main source of income. I've been back recently, as a grockle rather than local, and due to the decline in fishing the remaining fishermen (those who havent been caught by Gods great fishing net) are now running the various information centres or driving the tour busses. Ironic or what. The Isle of Wight is similar, but they actively encourage it in an attempt to introduce genetic variation into the blood line. My wife always wondered why local virgins were chained spread-eagled to the pool tables at campsites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Yeah, like Yorkshire..!! could always send them to wigan pier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 could always send them to wigan pier ...which isn't in Yorkshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kill1308 Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Although I'm sure it must be annoying living in a touristy location, isn't it good that it's bringing money into the local economy and keeping people in jobs that are based on tourism? (I'm not saying this is fact, just a question) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I hereby repost myself.... An RSPCA centre in Cornwall gets a call about a fox caught in a trap. The manager asks the caller exactly where the fox is, and is told its in a wood three miles over the Devon border. The manager tells the caller that it only deals with animals from Cornwall, so its therefore a Devon RSPCA matter. The caller tells him that he knows for definite that the fox is from Cornwall. How so ? asks the manager...due to the fact that the fox has chewed three of its legs off and is still trapped, replies the caller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 could always send them to wigan pier Wigan Pier is great..!! Millions of pounds made for the town by people dumb enough to travel to see a 2 foot piece of wood?? WTF?? I hereby repost myself.... An RSPCA centre in Cornwall gets a call about a fox caught in a trap. The manager asks the caller exactly where the fox is, and is told its in a wood three miles over the Devon border. The manager tells the caller that it only deals with animals from Cornwall, so its therefore a Devon RSPCA matter. The caller tells him that he knows for definite that the fox is from Cornwall. How so ? asks the manager...due to the fact that the fox has chewed three of its legs off and is still trapped, replies the caller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 ...which isn't in Yorkshire. thats why its called "WIGAN" pier:search: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 thats why its called "WIGAN" pier:search: I know that but thought that, maybe, you didn't. When Havard posted about Yorkshire you quoted him. Yeah, like Yorkshire..!! could always send them to wigan pier See? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I know that but thought that, maybe, you didn't. When Havard posted about Yorkshire you quoted him. See? yes i did understand, being a "YORKSIRE MAN" i know WIGAN is on the wrong side of the pennines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 yes i did understand, being a "YORKSIRE MAN" i know WIGAN is on the wrong side of the pennines Yorksire? Is that near Yorkshire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 It's like a geography lesson and misundestanding all in one. Only complimented by the irony that I am from Wigan.........or did Farmer know that too..... In which case I feel like I am being stalked.... H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfking Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 im wetting meself on this one, by chance farmer daft question but what do u do for a living? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 It's like a geography lesson and misundestanding all in one. Only complimented by the irony that I am from Wigan.........or did Farmer know that too..... In which case I feel like I am being stalked.... H. sorry mate, just sticking a pin in the map;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 sorry mate, just sticking a pin in the map;) *Looks through blinds to check if anyone is outside with a Kilt on* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfking Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 :search: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 *Looks through blinds to check if anyone is outside with a Kilt on* as they say :- "a Yorkshire man is a Scottsman with the generosity removed" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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