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Originally Posted by Engine
Actually I thought they're called "pikeys" but I didn't know how offensive that term is, and I like the sound of "gypsies" better.
In the film they call themselves "travellers" and, in any case, they're a lot like Brad Pitt's family in Snatch, which was the first, and only, time I'd even heard of these people until I saw Knuckle.
Wikipedia tells me that there are 10,000 to 40,000 of them living in the US. Weird.
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Pikies in UK, knackers here. Or as you say, travellers if you want to be PC (though they sure as hell don't travel far!) --- used to be tons of them living across the road from us in the 80s. You'd have broken cars, mad dogs, half-dressed children, fights breaking out, people selling things aggressively --- have you ever tried telling these people no? Here's an example.
BING BING!
Door opens
Knacker: Mornin' ta ya boss (everyone is boss, if you're male, missis if you're not) got these lovely duvets for sale.
Me: No thanks
Knacker: Only twenty euro! Sure how could ya go wrong?
Me: No thanks. I don't want any.
Knacker: Cost ya forty in the shops, boss!
Me: No
Knacker: All right then, how about ten? Ten Euros (pronounced "yoo-ras")
Me; No. No thanks
Knacker: All right then, what have ya got in yer wallet? I'll sell ya one for whatever ya have in yer wallet
Me: No thank you I don't want a duvet
Knacker: Lovely quality boss. Ya won't get these in the shops! (After telling me previously I will, but will pay twice his original asking price)
Me: No thanks
Knacker: What'll ye give me then for one o' these?
Me: Dont want one.
DOOR SLAMS SHUT
Knacker: (from outside door): FIVE Yooras then, boss! Only five!
Eventually he walks away; I hear him going through the same spiel next door.
If only they WOULD travel!
