You know, the sort of thing your Gran still does.
Well it was different back in my day..
Back in the early nineties I ended up on anti racism protest outside Charing Cross Hospital. I worked there anyway so It wasn't too hard to pop out & get involved.
While I was there a woman came up to me:
"I think it's wonderful what you're doing here! I'm against all racism
Apart from the Turks, I had some in to do my bathroom a few months ago & you should have seen the state of it."
I'm not racist but...
I can't access YouTube, but I am now thinking that this a pretty bad idea for a thread title, and indeed a thread.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ April 22 2010, 10:45 PM BSTI can't access YouTube, but I am now thinking that this a pretty bad idea for a thread title, and indeed a thread.
I was about to start betting on when it would get locked!
I won't tell story number two then.
I began my working life as a Vatman in the East End, something of an education for a lad who had had a sheltered upbringing. ("What is this monthly entry for housekeeping?" "It is what I pay each month to keep the house from being burnt down.") At the outset my boss told me: "All Pakis are bent. And when I say that I am not being racist, 'cos so are the Jews. And the Greeks. And as for the Turks..."
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ April 22 2010, 10:48 PM BSTI won't tell story number two then.
Oh go on.
Quote: Timbo @ April 22 2010, 11:13 PM BSTI began my working life as a Vatman in the East End, something of an education for a lad who had had a sheltered upbringing. ("What is this monthly entry for housekeeping?" "It is what I pay each month to keep the house from being burnt down.") At the outset my boss told me: "All Pakis are bent. And when I say that I am not being racist, 'cos so are the Jews. And the Greeks. And as for the Turks..."
Quote: Badge @ April 22 2010, 10:47 PM BST
I was about to start betting on when it would get locked!
With Aaron as site editor?
You have to watch the vid through to the end 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YM9Ereg2Zo&feature=player_embedded
Quote: Gerry McDonnell @ March 10 2011, 12:54 PM GMTYou have to watch the vid through to the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YM9Ereg2Zo&feature=player_embedded
A classic.
Quote: Gerry McDonnell @ March 10 2011, 12:54 PM GMTYou have to watch the vid through to the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YM9Ereg2Zo&feature=player_embedded
Ha!
I vaguely remember a joke from school about 'afro-turf' which I suppose wasn't so much racist as a stupid pun.
My mother-in-law used to sing lullabies to my son, one of which was "Go to sleep my little picaninny, La-la-la-la-laaa". those were the only words she knew, I suppose it was the chorus. I asked her about it and she said it was something she remembered her Mum singing to her as a kid. Anyway, I'd never heard the term "picaninny" before, so I Googled it. I found the song in question. The lyrics go;
I 's a little Alabama Coon,
And I has n't been born very long;
I 'member seein' a great big round moon;
I 'member hearin' one sweet song.
When dey tote me down to de cotton field,
Dar I roll and I tumble in de sun;
While my daddy pick de cotton, mammy watch me grow,
And dis am de song she sung:
Go to sleep, my little pickaninny,-
Brer' Fox 'll catch you if yo' don't;
Slumber on de bosom of yo' ole Mammy Jinny,-
Mammy's gwine to swat yo' if you won't.
Sh! sh! sh!
Lu-la, lu-la lu-la lu-la lu!
Underneaf de silver Southern moon;
Rock-a-by! hush-a-by!
Mammy's little baby,
Mammy's little Alabama Coon.
How lovely!
