Mojo

Yesterday I decided to walk from my house to the pub, where I had an interesting run-in with a charver (chav) on the street. I was walking along quite a secluded bike track, that used to be a railway line, and as I came to the top he was sat down nearby and stood up to approach me, and tried to square up to me.

I was strutting along to some Black Sabbath, and had been in a mood all day, so wasn't in the mood for his shit and so I went to take my earphones out but before I could even do that, it became very clear to both of us that he was a good four, five, or six inches shorter than me. It felt as though he was standing on his tiptoes, in his attempt to cockily square up to my face. I'm surprised I was able to hold my laughter in, but then he made matters so much worse as he took a look around and behind him. I get the feeling he was looking for his friends, but there was nobody there. He turned back around to me sheepishly for a moment before ducking out, with his tail between his legs.

I really do love some charvers. You get some real idiots.

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Howard the Duck

care to explain what is a "charver"?

Mojo

The English chav. Known in my part of the country as a charver.

Heres a picture.

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Howard the Duck

oh ok, I've only come across one in my time in Cardiff - he was calling me "Saddam Hussein" for some reason

Zer0

Haha. Reminds me of this time I was walking into town and I was walking by this little chav sitting on a wall, who asked if he could see my wallet. I stopped and started laughing at him, then he started laughing because he knew it was such a crap attempt at mugging.
Do the chavs over in the UK tuck their tracksuit-bottoms into their socks as well?

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Mojo

Oh aye, they do. They tuck their trackies into their socks. It really is the most disgusting look, I think. Especially when it's combined by bright white trainers and for some reason, a flat cap? Why do so many of them wear old fashioned, old man flat caps?

I hate them asking me for cigarettes, cause they always assume I'm lying when I say I don't smoke. To be fair I am, but you can tell they assume this about everyone. It's like a default response if you say no, like I was obliged to give them one.

On the walk home from the pub, I ran into two charvers and they asked me if I could spare a cigarette. I only had one left, which was unlit and in my hand, and so I said no "because I only had one left" and gestured with my hand to bring attention to it. They still muttered some sarcastic response which suggested I had told them that I didn't smoke.

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s_k

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Zer0

I don't see too many here wearing old-man caps, they're always wearing baseball caps that are pointed up at a 45-degree angle for some reason or other.
I get asked for cigarettes a lot, even when I'm smoking one I get asked "can iva drag a dat?" by some little 13 year old.

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Mojo

It's more common to see them wearing baseball caps here too, but I do see some wearing flat caps. That always struck me as a really odd decision to make.

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Scarlett O'Hara

What a freak! Loves it.

Today I cleaned to David Bowie. And found the water chip in Fallout. I have been playing that game way too much.

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