# Which "The Young Ones" character are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666 "2008-08-03T03:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/1 "2008-08-03T03:07:56Z")
Inspired by the AbFab character thread, I’d thought I’d start this one I’m a mix of the Bolofski brothers and Vyvyian Bastard…now where’s my bloody Cricket bat, gotta go thwack a hippie… ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/2 "2008-08-03T03:13:09Z")
Vegetable rights and peace! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/3 "2008-08-03T03:16:24Z")
Bloody! Bloody! Bloody! and Shut up, you bastards! ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/4 "2008-08-03T03:22:26Z")
Who wants some lentils… they’re just right! FML ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/5 "2008-08-03T03:25:42Z")
Rik all the way. I am so Rik I might as well have an iron-on cartoon worm on my y-fronts that says “Girl Bait.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/6 "2008-08-03T03:48:19Z")
I’m…Rik, mostly. Only less of a pRik. Artistic pretensions? Check. (Though I like to think I actually do have some talent. \>\_\>) Left wing leanings? Check. (Though not quite so much the revolutionary bent.) Too smart for my own good? Well, it’s actually true, in my case, not just self-delusion. Belief I’m way sexier than I really am? Nah, not possible. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/7 "2008-08-03T04:07:18Z")
I am at the intersection of Rik and Vyv, with a dash of Mike Thecoolperson mixed in… ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/8 "2008-08-03T06:40:46Z")
I’m Neal. no question. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/9 "2008-08-03T06:58:18Z")
I’m totally Neil, with maybe a dash of Rik thrown in. ---
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/10 "2008-08-03T07:37:22Z")
Rik, mostly. I’ve just finished a poetry collection (and it’s pwetty angry stuff! Just wait until the kids get their hands on it!), am pretty left-wing and think of other people I don’t like as fascists. However I hate Cliff Richards and I had a crush on Vyvyan in my teens (studs stapled to your forehead is _hot_), which I’m sure the actual Rik would disapprove of. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/11 "2008-08-03T14:02:15Z")
Special Patrol Group. ---
**Author:** ![mudkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@mudkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mudkicker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/12 "2008-08-03T14:16:41Z")
Rik. I even have a badge saying ‘People’s Poet.’ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/13 "2008-08-03T14:17:28Z")
[QUOTE=mudkicker] Rik. I even have a badge saying ‘People’s Poet.’ 🙂 [/QUOTE] I want one! ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/14 "2008-08-03T15:17:20Z")
[Bored, bored, bored, BORED!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9TSWkWqX2E&feature=related) [a rare articulate outburst from Vyv](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bomygz1Ygkk&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/15 "2008-08-03T16:02:08Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] [Bored, bored, bored, BORED!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9TSWkWqX2E&feature=related) [/quote] I do that. (Well, I often remember that scene and wish I could get away with it.) I had a team member who would often come into my cubicle while I was trying to work. I ordered a cricket bat for Comedic Intimidation™, only half of the department’s jobs were outsourced two days before it arrived. [QUOTE=MacTech] [a rare articulate outburst from Vyv](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bomygz1Ygkk&feature=related) [/QUOTE] I used to have ‘Bloody, bloody, bloody!’ as a sound that played when something or other would pop up on my computer. (Mail alert? Error alert? I don’t remember.) ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/16 "2008-08-03T17:43:21Z")
I’m definitely SPG. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/17 "2008-08-04T01:43:31Z")
I’m outwardly Neil but inside I’m all Vyv! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/18 "2008-08-04T01:53:58Z")
Good Og, I would hope to never be any of them. The were all a complete waste of carbon. ETA: However, I did find them funny back when I saw the shows and I don’t mean to imply even by mistake that any of you are a complete waste of carbon. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/19 "2008-08-04T03:48:05Z")
I agree with Jim. I’d be disappointed with myself if I resembled any of them. Mike is a self absorbed spiv. Rik is a vain, hypocritical asshole: to identify with him because he’s a poet, or a leftie, or smart misses the point. He’s not any of these things, he just likes to kid himself he is. Vyv is a psychopath. Neil is irredeemably pathetic. Although, I suppose if I had to choose I’d choose Neil, just because at least he’s nice. He takes “nice” to whole new dimensions of pathetic, but still. Not that I’m criticising the characters as characters: the show is a favourite and the characters are absolute classics. I just can’t identify. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666/20 "2008-08-04T03:51:33Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] Vyv is a psychopath. [/QUOTE] You say this as if there’s something wrong with it. 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-the-young-ones-character-are-you/458666.md?page=2)