probs been done to death..

[Bobbisox]

But I have just watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding, at first you think, yuk, how ott are these people, then when you hear their morals of no sex before marriage and keeping within their own community, I had think,,,perhaps they could teach non-Gypsys a thing or two, I did find it very odd when Swanley, the groom , was trying to find the church he was to be married in, he was allowed to say "Oh fluff, that's a P**i wedding taking place in there!!! when he went to the wrong place, suprised it was aired!

[pastafreak]

pinki...you're taking it too seriously....was just a bit of nonsense.

I read somewhere that they were all Irish travellers.

[Bobbisox]

wouldn't that be classed as discrimination Tamb?

[pastafreak]

By the looks of it-they are probably not welcome in a lot of places.

[Jan1957]

Pikeys is what we used to call a gypsy when I was at school with a load of them but it's not PC these days so they are now called travellers or gypsy. Didn't watch the programme by the way.

[ummmm]

Are you Irish Tamborine?

[tamborine]

I know the area they're from, they're even travellers nor gypsies as they live in static mobile homes on designated sites.

[Bobbisox]

cheers Jan, I have never heard of that term, I really did not see a lot wrong with them Yankee, a bit OTT in their frocks, but thats all
that little kid at her HC couldn't lift the thing!

[tamborine]

very good friends of mine are irish and would be horrified to be counted as gypsies.

[ummmm]

Are you Irish Tamborine?

[Bobbisox]

Tamb some of them did live in homes

[ELVIS68]

A young pikey girl's sat with her mum the night before her wedding.
Her mum said, "I'd like to talk to you about your wedding night. Your husband will want to put his most prized possession where you pee." Confused, the daughter asked, "But why would he put his tarmac rake in the sink."

[Bobbisox]

I agree Tamb, I would never ever associate all Irish people with being a Gypsy, they are Irish!!!

[ummmm]

I'm Irish...and I'd be horrified to be classed as a gypsy (except by Snags of course) but how can you say they are not welcome in a community if you not part of that community?

[Bobbisox]

naughty ELVIS..lol

[pastafreak]

I always thought 'gypsy' referred to 'Romany' gypsies....who are of eastern European descent.

[ELVIS68]

After a pikey wedding caused a mass riot recently, the best man ended up in court. In front of the judge, he was trying to explain the traditions of a 'romany' wedding:

Pikey Best Man: "Well, it was like this, your honour: as it is a custom for the best man to have the first dance with the bride, which I was, nice and close like, the groom comes over and kicks the bride in the c**t as hard as he could."

Judge: "Gosh, that must have hurt."

Pikey Best Man: "Hurt? You're not kidding me - he broke three of me fooking fingers."

[ummmm]

And black people used to be referred to as 'coloured'

Terminology changes..

[Bobbisox]

that's the term they used Yankee
Irish Tinkers and Romany Gypsies
not sure what the difference would be
I know there has been a huge influx of say, Romanian Gypsies to this country, I believe they are descended from Romany

[Bobbisox]

ELVIS...<SMILES>