The Working
Ned: This is quite an unusual ned as they are not work shy in the slightest
and will work full time hours like the rest of us. They do though, as you
would imagine, bring their own touch of nedness to the working environment.
The most common type of working ned is the one who gets on a bus in the
morning (always the bus, even if a better transport option is available they
will get on the bus) and head straight to the back to smoke a fag and discuss
the weekend's football/fighting/drinking with his working ned friends. As this
ned passes on the bus you will observe a glass bottle of Irn Bru and a
Sun/Daily Record rolled up and in his back pocket and those big dirty brown
boots with the woollen top on them that they all wear but aren't sold
anywhere. Another type of working ned is the office ned. These working neds
are not as obvious as the other kind as they are usually required to conform
to the shirt and tie dress codes but you can spot one of these working neds by
a sly pair of Burberry socks or a cap that comes off before the office is
entered. These neds will also usually drive a car with unnecessary things
attached to it and will bomb it into and out of the office car park in a show
of neddisim . (5/02/08)
