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Do you live in a bohemian household?

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mousiemousie · 08/11/2006 18:29

What are its characteristics if so?

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themildmanneredjanitor · 08/11/2006 18:31

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misdee · 08/11/2006 18:32

eh?

i love i na mad house. honestky its crazy here lol.

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JoolsToo · 08/11/2006 18:33

Twiglett is a Bohemian

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southeastastra · 08/11/2006 18:33

no boho's so last year

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schneebly · 08/11/2006 18:36

I am vaguely bohemian and married to someone who is vaguely chav!

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lulumama · 08/11/2006 18:36

we are shabby chic........

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Blu · 08/11/2006 18:37

Yes!
I would say so.

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mousiemousie · 08/11/2006 18:38

Come on Blu, you are the first to admit...can you put your finger on the elements of a bohemian h/hold?

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SherlockLGJ · 08/11/2006 18:39

It's a very tidy household, my cleaner is back. YaY

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poppynboo · 08/11/2006 18:40

Why - has someone said your is?

The dictionary says

  1. Native of Bohemia
  2. Same as CZECH
  3. one who lives in an unconventional way


COOL!

Not sure if I qualify
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TheHighwayCod · 08/11/2006 18:40

twiglett ha a bohemian attitude to molluscum

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poppynboo · 08/11/2006 18:41

your is?

Can't spell, apologies

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noddyholder · 08/11/2006 18:44

We are def not average in our ways but who is?We are seen as a bit loony by some of our friends which surprised us as we thought they were nuts!My mum says we are but she is new money social climber so most people are to her

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mousiemousie · 08/11/2006 18:44

I think one of the qualifications is that the fly lady is anathema and cleaning is pretty unimportant. This appeals to me.

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lulumama · 08/11/2006 18:45

think there is a difference between a bohemian and a dirty household!

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FrannyonFire · 08/11/2006 18:46

Do you think

"Do you live in a dirty household?" might have been more to the point then mousie?

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FrannyonFire · 08/11/2006 18:46

LOL cross posts lulu

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Miaou · 08/11/2006 18:47

ooooooooh yes remember the molluscum palaver!

I guess we might be bohemian. Or maybe just opt-outers!

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poppynboo · 08/11/2006 18:48

need to ask Collins - its there dictionary.

Wouldn't have imagined Hastings as bohemian?

Like the idea of shabby chic though.

From the outside my place looks like a very respectably 3 bed detached - inside beautiful but mismatched furniture and very visual. Pictures and artwork everywhere, cats louging around, unusal light fittings and interesting objet d'art.

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noddyholder · 08/11/2006 18:48

Didn't realise it implied dirty!In that case NO

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poppynboo · 08/11/2006 18:49

done it again - their, not there

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mousiemousie · 08/11/2006 18:49

From Wiki:
The term carries a connotation of arcane enlightenment (the opposite of 'Philistines'), and also carries a less frequently intended, pejorative connotation of carelessness about personal hygiene and marital orthodoxy. Bohemians were often associated with drug use, alcoholism, and simple living.

? The term 'bohemian' has come to be very commonly accepted in our day as the description of a certain kind of literary gypsy, no matter in what language he speaks, or what city he inhabits .... A bohemian is simply an artist or littérateur who, consciously or unconsciously, secedes from conventionality in life and in art. ?
?Westminster Review, 1862[1]

The term has become associated with various artistic or academic communities and is used as a generalized adjective describing such people, environs, or situations: bohemian' (boho - informal) is defined in The American College Dictionary as "a person with artistic or intellectual tendencies, who lives and acts with no regard for conventional rules of behavior."

Many prominent European and American literary figures of the last 150 years belonged to the bohemian counterculture, and any comprehensive 'list of bohemians' would be tediously long. Bohemianism has been approved of by some bourgeois writers such as Honoré de Balzac, but most conservative cultural critics do not condone bohemian lifestyles. Ironically enough, bohemianism by definition can only exist within a framework of conservative values.

Noted New York Times columnist David Brooks (journalist) contends that much of the cultural ethos of upper-class Americans is Bohemian-derived, coining the paradoxical term "Bourgeois Bohemians" or "Bobos."[2]

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mousiemousie · 08/11/2006 18:51

Regarding molluscum, that may possibly be cavalier rather than bohemian

Whilst a bohemian h/hold is unlikely to be sparkly clean, that is not the only characteristic, I am not meaning to have a discussion simply about whether you keep your house sparkling or not

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