Suffolk Myths

Suffolk Myth No.101:  Left to its own devices the district council would probably merge with Kigali borough council and we wouldn't get to vote on that either.

Suffolk Myth No.98:  In much of Suffolk the Adnams brewery is known as The Fount of Eternal Youth though there is a splinter group near the coast who hold that a pint of ESB Vic makes your tractor run better.

Suffolk Myth 97: In Suffolk a sophisticate is someone who has both Co-op cards.

Suffolk Myth 96: It's not odd getting dressed up to go shopping in the Co-op.

Suffolk Myth 95: Some Suffolk women got Covid three months before the first case in China.

Suffolk Myth 94:  People who don't do anything have a legal right to criticise those that do ... it's the law!

Suffolk Myth 93:  For young Suffolk couples role play often involves tv progs like Naked Attraction, 24 hours in A&E or Massive Engineering Mistakes.

Suffolk Myth 87:  East Anglia's ghostly dog the Black Shuck is Suffolk's answer to the Yeti.

Suffolk Myth 86:  Good afternoon and who let you in? is another popular Suffolk greeting.

Suffolk Myth 85:  When honest Suffolk folk encounter someone they're not related to they usually assume the stranger is a Londoner ... or from Norfolk.

Suffolk Myth 84:  Who pulled the stake out of your heart? is a popular Suffolk greeting.

Suffolk Myth 81:  A petrosexual is a young man who loves his hatchback more than his girl friend.

Suffolk Myth 80:  An habitué is what you get in the East African when you die.

Suffolk Myth 67:  If you say it loud enough it must be the law.

Suffolk Myth 66:  Red diesel is only ever used in farm vehicles.

Suffolk Myth 39:  Batter is what posh people feel after they've got over the flu.

Suffolk Myth 37:  You can always tell people from Benhall because they're polite and like to help people.

Suffolk Myth 36:  Sax is what posh people have so there's someone to leave the money to.

Suffolk Myth 26:  People in Little Glemham call the A12 The Road to the Sun.

Suffolk Myth 24:  Property developers become councillors because they want to give something back.

Suffolk Myth 23:  All of that there London is under a glass roof ... or perhaps it's just Liverpool Street station ...

Suffolk Myth 20:  People in that there London ride on the right of escalators to stop their wallets being pinched.

Suffolk Myth 19:  Sex and the City is based on Halesworth.

Suffolk Myth 15:  It's illegal to pull anyone under the age of 19 from the path of an approaching lorry because it's inappropriate touching, if they're over 18 it's probably assault.