We asked on our Facebook page for unspoken rules that only apply in Colchester.
And they certainly made us chuckle - from moaning about the Ipswich Road roadworks to our love for a crimewatch Facebook page here are the best of the bunch...
Jake Mannings said: "You must trip over that paving slab sticking up and rocking between the bus stop and magistrates' court and mumble to yourself 'this needs sorting out'."
Rebecca Dadds said: "All delays must be blamed on the Ipswich Road roundabouts."
Nick Oakley said: "You have to moan about it being so popular that it's the fastest growing town in the UK. Oh and any development that gets passed is the result of a brown envelope bribe."
Rebecca Tedder added: "Complain about any new housing development being built forgetting their own homes were once Colchester's greenlands. Especially those their own houses were built after 1990."
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Ian Murphy said: "No right turn into Queen St is the worst road planning decision of all time in the history of the world."
Grant Bernard said: "At no point, do you indicate at roundabouts."
David Géntleman said: "You must say 'WE NEED A MORRISON'S' any time an article about a new supermarket is posted..."
Eliza Bebb said: "I’ll shop in Ipswich or Chelmsford as it’s cheaper to park (it’s not)…(I’ll pay the extra in petrol instead)… It’s cheaper to drive to town than get a bus…"
Sara Garwood said: "It’s quicker to go the “wrong” way around the magic roundabout."
Tim Curtis said: "If there's any chalk markings outside your house you must immediately get suspicious and tell Facebook you think you're about to get robbed."
Jake Mannings added: "If a police car goes past with sirens on. You must post to closest neighborhood page to enquire what it was for."
Emma Louise Lynn said: "Oh and if you see a cat, you must assume it is lost and post a picture of said cat and ask if anyone knows whose it is."
Patsi Brown said: "If you live in a nice area and things are going pretty well, you must express your joy by complaining about overgrown footpaths and dog poo on the pavements."
Layla Rachael Rhiannon said: "Everyone must moan about the loss of the beloved bus station everytime there's a post about Firstsite."
Lea Jayne added: "EVERYTHING gets blamed on the street lights now going off."
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