13 Sep 05
Originally posted by RagnorakAre you talking about people from England? Or those from English speaking parts of the world? I know you're joking, but you've now got to define the terms of your racist statement. Do you include Scotland, Wales and Ireland for example? Are there any specific regions of England included in your analysis or is it all-encompassing? <wink> Does your statement include me? If not, who does it exclude? Maybe some of your friends? I can go on, but blanket statements like these (even in jest) irritate the hell out of me in a nation where race is still such an issue.
Is that why the english are ar$eholes? 😉
Only joking, honest. 🙂
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[EDIT] Seemed an appropriate thread for the 'joke'. 😉
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13 Sep 05
Originally posted by FersbooBeing a cowboy seems to be an interesting topic for homosexuality - wasn't a cowboy part of the Village people in the YMCA song. I don't think they havemany Cowboys in Sweden though.
Ya'know, a film just won some independent film festival about two gay cowboys eating pudding.
I know I saw this somewhere, I just can't find the link.
What pudding was being referred to in your film. There was a link to Steak and Kidney pudding. isWere they English Cowboys?
13 Sep 05
Originally posted by deeply satisfiedLittle while later I see a cowboy crying,
Being a cowboy seems to be an interesting topic for homosexuality - wasn't a cowboy part of the Village people in the YMCA song. I don't think they havemany Cowboys in Sweden though.
What pudding was being referred to in your film. There was a link to Steak and Kidney pudding. isWere they English Cowboys?
“Hey buddy, what can I do?”
He says “I lived a good life, had about a thousand women.”
I said “Why the tears?”, he says “‘cause none of them was you.”
13 Sep 05
Originally posted by buffalobillLooking at the other comments on this thread, I've got to be less serious. It's been a bad day, week and year.
Are you talking about people from England? Or those from English speaking parts of the world? I know you're joking, but you've now got to define the terms of your racist statement. Do you include Scotland, Wales and Ireland for example? Are there any specific regions of England included in your analysis or is it all-encompassing? <wink> Does your state ...[text shortened]... these (even in jest) irritate the hell out of me in a nation where race is still such an issue.
13 Sep 05
Originally posted by deeply satisfiedActually I was joking about the pudding, making a reference to a Cartman quote (South Park) from 1998 about how independent films are about gay cowboys eating pudding, juxtaposed to the news this weekend that at some independent film festival, a movie about gay cowboys won first place.😀
Being a cowboy seems to be an interesting topic for homosexuality - wasn't a cowboy part of the Village people in the YMCA song. I don't think they havemany Cowboys in Sweden though.
What pudding was being referred to in your film. There was a link to Steak and Kidney pudding. isWere they English Cowboys?
13 Sep 05
Originally posted by dottewellNo.
So to summarise:
1. I told a racist joke to my sister.
2. My sister responded in a way that seemed even more racist (even though it wasn't).
3. I was shocked and lectured her for a couple of hours, listing Turkish people I think fit the stereotype but she does not.
If she'd had any sense she'd have pretended to laugh and then reported you to the police and/or social services.
1. I told a racist joke to my sister (assuming she'd see it was a JOKE)
2. My sister responded in a way that seemed even more racist.
3. I discussed this with her and gave her examples of people who do notfit into these stereotypes.
I apologize if I came across the wrong way, I'm not a racist. I don't dislike people because of their nationality, and the fact that none of my really close friends are turkish just might have to do with the fact that there are a grand total of 2(!) turkish people in my class. One is a complete idiot, which has nothing to do with his country of origin, and the other is ok, just not my kind of best friend.
Maybe the joke was inappropriate and it probably wasn't funny (It would take me a very long time to explain why a lot of people here would think of it as funny-this does not mean we are racists. It's a JOKE, for christ's sake.)= and I apologise to anybody I've offended with my post.
... Hope I haven't just changed my reputation to "superficial racist b!tch"...
Angie
PS: Shav, I sure hope you were joking in your first post in this thread... I assume you were, because otherwise that would have been uncalled for (imho).
13 Sep 05
Originally posted by angie88Of course I was joking:
No.
1. I told a racist joke to my sister (assuming she'd see it was a JOKE)
2. My sister responded in a way that seemed even more racist.
3. I discussed this with her and gave her examples of people who do [b]notfit into these stereotypes.
I apologize if I came across the wrong way, I'm not a racist. I don't dislike people because of their natio ...[text shortened]... in this thread... I assume you were, because otherwise that would have been uncalled for (imho).[/b]
a. I've never been in you (yet)
b. I'd be well pleased to stand beside a pretty girl like you.
13 Sep 05
Originally posted by angie88Your little sister is correct, sweetie. 😉
Today over lunch, I told my little sister (12) a joke:
A little lamb is lying in a field crying. A person comes by and asks why the lamb is so sad. The lamb says "*sniff* Because I don't know what I am."
The person strokes the lamb's fur and says "Well, you smell and you have greasy curls... you must be turkish!"
So... I tell this to my little sis ...[text shortened]... they don't smell and they don't have greasy fur!"
Needless to say, I was left speechless.