Quote: Leevil @ February 4 2009, 6:18 PM GMTWe don't drink Coca Cola, thank you very much. It's yukky.
*shakes head in pity*
Quote: Leevil @ February 4 2009, 6:25 PM GMTI am smug.
It's a pity you don't have cause to be.
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Quote: Aaron @ February 4 2009, 6:28 PM GMTIt's a pity you don't have cause to be.
I'm not you. 
Quote: sootyj @ February 4 2009, 6:26 PM GMTIt's all bullshit.
Quite - Which is why it's important for sketch writers/writers et al, to keep their inbuilt bullshit-detectors turned up to number 10 at all times. (or 11 if it comes with a sub woofer).
Quote: Leevil @ February 4 2009, 6:29 PM GMTI'm not you.
Well that's one thing you've got right today.
Now, what's the name of the capital city of France?
Quote: Danny K @ February 4 2009, 6:32 PM GMTQuite - Which is why it's important for sketch writers/writers et al, to keep their inbuilt shit-detectors turned up to number 10 at all times. (or 11 if it comes with a sub bass).
Who do you write for?
Quote: Aaron @ February 4 2009, 6:32 PM GMTWell that's one thing you've got right today.
Quote: Aaron @ February 4 2009, 6:32 PM GMTNow, what's the capital city of France?
Lemon?
Thanks for that Danny.
Quote: sootyj @ February 4 2009, 6:33 PM GMTWho do you write for?
You lot.
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Quote: Godot Taxis @ February 4 2009, 6:35 PM GMTThanks for that Danny.
Cheers; and thanks, you're welcome GT.
Quote: zooo @ February 4 2009, 6:24 PM GMTGotta love a couple of smug vegans...
Like Spok and his dad or something?
Quote: Aaron @ February 4 2009, 5:37 PM GMTWell, if she'd said he reminded her of a gorilla or Muhammad Ali, I'd understand. But then out of the context of the conversation, we're in no place to judge whether her opinion was correct or not.
Not sure what you're on about with any of that.
As scriptwriters, we can use our imagining skills to come up with what Carol Thatcher is most likely to have said, based on the information we've been given. My guess is this:
"That chap reminds me of the golliwog they used to have on jam jars when I was a little girl."
That's the politest, least offensive version I can come up with. She may have said "looks like" or "is the spitting image of" rather than "reminds me of". Doesn't matter. She used the word "golliwog" to refer to a black guy.
Now, she might have been referring to his red tailcoat, his bright yellow shirt with big buttons and his cute little white bow tie -- but seeing as he'd just been playing tennis I somehow f**king doubt it.
Quote: Mike Greybloke @ February 4 2009, 9:28 PM GMTNot sure what you're on about with any of that.
As scriptwriters, we can use our imagining skills to come up with what Carol Thatcher is most likely to have said, based on the information we've been given. My guess is this:
"That chap reminds me of the golliwog they used to have on jam jars when I was a little girl."
That's the politest, least offensive version I can come up with. She may have said "looks like" or "is the spitting image of" rather than "reminds me of". Doesn't matter. She used the word "golliwog" to refer to a black guy.
Now, she might have been referring to his red tailcoat, his bright yellow shirt with big buttons and his cute little white bow tie -- but seeing as he'd just been playing tennis I somehow f**king doubt it.
Must have been his hair then?
Fair to punish her but as it wasn't broadcast a big slap on the wrists would have done. I think it's more a generation thing as women like her grew up with these terms being seen as acceptable. Not that it is at all, it's not but that's something to bear in mind. I would have been far more shocked if a younger person had said it. However, it was still unnecessary to say anything like that at all and she should have known so much better.
Golliwog. Hilarious. As a kid I used to collect them. I think I was a plantation owner in a former life. I love it when they turn up on the Antiques Roadshow and you watch the 'expert' twisting and turning just to be politically correct. Now if she'd called him a 'nigger' and started throwing cotton at people I could understand it. I always find it most odd that black people call each other 'nigger' but if you call a blackboard a...well... blackboard you will be shot. As for Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep. Don't get me started.
Quote: Griff @ February 4 2009, 11:59 PM GMTHave you ever tried throwing cotton? It's not easy. And girls can't throw at the best of times.
I find if you wrap it in snow first it goes a lot further and is cleverly camouflaged.
On the one hand, it seems a bit unfair to sack her for saying something in a private conversation. On the other hand, she did say, in the year 2009, that a black man looked like a golliwog. So it's finely balanced.
What's that you say? She's the spawn of Thatcher? Sack the lisping cow. Queen of the Jungle? Queen of Arse, more like.