Sayings from the Old Country

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I'm trying to think if we have an analogous phrase for JHS.

I was kind of thinking "Stepford wives?" Superficially perfect, but completely insipid underneath. Or like going to college to "get her MRS degree," (translation for Brits: find a husband who will support her.) And after she's married she's a "trophy wife."

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I was kind of thinking "Stepford wives?" Superficially perfect, but completely insipid underneath. Or like going to college to "get her MRS degree," (translation for Brits: find a husband who will support her.) And after she's married she's a "trophy wife."

Not really. I don't like to respond negatively without an alternative, but it's really not the same thing. Having read Stepford Wives I mean ( and we have them over here too).

Sports at school here DO NOT lead to college and money, so it's more of an outdoorsy type for its own sake. And without the independence/ anti-Goverment bias implied in America. Part of the mainstream huntin', fishin', shootin' community, but quite likely from landed gentry stock. Therefore right wing, but only in as far as maintaining the status quo. It doesn't mean airhead, but it does mean of a non-acaedemical mien. Hearty, bluff, a hiker, a camper.

It's a derogatory term, but not a really harsh one. Like calling someone a Slonae Ranger or a Hooray Henry. Look them up - I'm all explained out