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Strange .... I have seen the story doing the rounds but not actually read it. Only saw what the supposed problem was on this thread nd thought why is that TShirt deemed as racist ?Even though Idler and I are from very similar year my recollection of Eeny Meeny is just one of a "counting" or deciding who would go first or last in a street game and was just :Eeny Meeny Miny MoPut the baby on the Po (toilet)When it's done wipe its bumEeny Meeny Miny Mo Yep JT this is the one we were taught in Dunscroft, just over the bridgeObviously there must have been many versions even at the time I knew it from
I heard that one Stockton and also instead of the n word, b**** m**.We also used to play a game called I draw a snake on a black m**'*.A variation of block 1,2,3.Life was great before tellies. One of the lads had a dog as well that shared the name of Guy Gibson's dog.You could never go out now and call it in without getting arrested.
Another blast from the past - run away with a black man. Totally forgot that former ex common phrase too !
When did the term p*ki become offensive- to me it is the same as calling a man from Scotland a Scot etc
Quote from: roversdude on February 25, 2017, 12:45:08 pmWhen did the term p*ki become offensive- to me it is the same as calling a man from Scotland a Scot etcWhen people started using it in malicious ways.[/quoteI think that you are spot on there RedJ. The brother-in-law is a manager and only white person at a factory in Bradford.The workforce think the world of him and their views on life and the world are usually very different to what is written in the papers.He once asked if they were insulted or annoyed if someone called them a paki. The ones he asked laughed and said no as long as it wasn't in a threatening way.Their views on the radicals are very refreshing as well.
When I was a small child in the mid 70s my grandmother had to take me to the local library and read me a short story..These were either from the Ant and Bee range, or from the Rev Awdry - not yet known collectively as the Thomas the tank engine books.. part of one of the stories featured little boys dropping stones on passing trains. The engines got revenge next time by blasting them with soot "sending them away as black as n.....rs"..This was still there in the 70s and I expect has long since been reprinted to say as black as coal or something similar..
We seem to have people kicking off in case it causes offence, yet the people who would supposedly be offended aren't
Quote from: roversdude on February 26, 2017, 09:37:56 amWe seem to have people kicking off in case it causes offence, yet the people who would supposedly be offended aren't You can also say the same for banning Christmas decorations as it might offend none christians, or not flying the English flag as that might offend people as well
Quote from: glosterred on February 26, 2017, 10:52:53 amQuote from: roversdude on February 26, 2017, 09:37:56 amWe seem to have people kicking off in case it causes offence, yet the people who would supposedly be offended aren't You can also say the same for banning Christmas decorations as it might offend none christians, or not flying the English flag as that might offend people as wellHas anybody ever banned Christmas decorations? It's been maintained that its just one of those myths that keeps going round.