tonyh29 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 13 hours ago, sidcow said: That stupid trench coat that Arsene Wenger wears. I want to kick in the TV screen everytime I see it. Actually just Arsene Wenger really. Your going to enjoy it next season when he's Villa manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 The phrase 'It's a second order issue'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 12 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Your This ^ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Quote Primark has stopped selling a T-shirt featuring words from a nursery rhyme after a shopper complained that it was "fantastically offensive". Customer Ian Lucraft, who complained about the top to Primark, and his wife Gwen had been in a Sheffield branch of the store when they spotted the item of clothing. "We were shocked when we came face to face with a new T-shirt with a racially explicit graphic and text," he told The Sheffield Star. "It was fantastically offensive and I can only assume that no-one in the process of ordering it knew what they were doing, or were aware of its subliminal messages. Get a life you word removed...and stop shoppping at primark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 People at gyms who fill up bottles of water at fountains that are only designed to be drank from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 22, 2017 9 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: People at gyms who fill up bottles of water at fountains that are only designed to be drank from. So they fill a bottle from an initially-upward stream of water? That's hard to do! I can see why it would be annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: Get a life you word removed...and stop shoppping at primark. It took me a while to work out why it was racist. When it dawned on me, my initial thought was, oh FFS! I'm a liberal, leftie, bed wetting, pinko, do-gooding snowflake, and even I think that's a pile of shit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 yeah, what is the racism in it? I'm ignorant of any offense in those 4 words there. I don't watch the Walking Dead so does it reference something racist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Rodders said: yeah, what is the racism in it? I'm ignorant of any offense in those 4 words there. I don't watch the Walking Dead so does it reference something racist? The nursery rhyme has a racist version, so that is presumably where they took offence. I'd say these white middle class guilt-ridden ponces should just get the **** over it, racism clearly wasn't the intention of the t-shirt and only those who simply love to be offended by everything would see the 'subliminal message' and take offence to it. Edited February 22, 2017 by Dr_Pangloss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 blimey, so it's not even explicit at all? how bizarre, daft and frankly self-defeating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 22, 2017 We're having a webinar in an hour's time. I'm in here to add the word 'webinar' to my list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dAVe80 Posted February 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2017 13 minutes ago, BOF said: We're having a webinar in an hour's time. I'm in here to add the word 'webinar' to my list. Tell them you're dyslexic, and you thought it said winebar, and go to the pub. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 22, 2017 1 minute ago, dAVe80 said: Tell them you're dyslexic, and you thought it said winebar, and go to the pub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 22, 2017 We get constant webinars and update videos we're encouraged to watch. I'm convinced the people that bother to watch them use it as an excuse to turn their brain off for an hour in the afternoon. Compulsory training courses are similar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 22, 2017 The eeny meeny complainer must have been my age or older. The ONLY words to that (taught to me by my not especially racist parents) in the 50s/60s were "catch a nigger by his toe". My kids learned it at school in the 90s, and it had become "catch JACK by his toe". The "tiger" version scans better, but doesn't make much sense - it wouldn't squeal, it would rip your arm off. It IS a bit of a sinister image for a regular family shop to be selling, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, mjmooney said: The eeny meeny complainer must have been my age or older. The ONLY words to that (taught to me by my not especially racist parents) in the 50s/60s were "catch a nigger by his toe". My kids learned it at school in the 90s, and it had become "catch JACK by his toe". The "tiger" version scans better, but doesn't make much sense - it wouldn't squeal, it would rip your arm off. It IS a bit of a sinister image for a regular family shop to be selling, tbh. I don't specifically remember being taught it, but it would have been the 80s and it was still the same words as yours. In fact I believe even Bah Bah black sheep is now a rainbow sheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The only version I've ever heard is catch a fish by its toe. I don't think many people under 40 have ever heard the racist version. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 22, 2017 When first heard the rhyme (which I guess was the late 80's), it was "catch a monkey by it's toe". Didn't hear the explicit version until much later in life. It could have been in pulp fiction before I heard it thinking about it. I always preferred "racing car number nine....". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, darrenm said: The only version I've ever heard is catch a fish by its toe. I don't think many people under 40 have ever heard the racist version. Was "fishy" in our house too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 50 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: When first heard the rhyme (which I guess was the late 80's), it was "catch a monkey by it's toe". Didn't hear the explicit version until much later in life. It could have been in pulp fiction before I heard it thinking about it. I always preferred "racing car number nine....". Ip dip dog shit... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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