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David Jason Accused Of Being Racist, After Mistelling A Joke By The Queen.
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Oh dear, did you cringe when David Jason told that story of how the Queen allegedly described a certain foreign diplomat?
Oh dear, did you cringe when David Jason told that story of how the Queen allegedly described a certain foreign diplomat?
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Absolutely, Naomi.
People are far too po-faced these days. I was lamenting this fact to my daughter yesterday and saying that Barry Cryer was risking charges of racism for his Scottish character ("Ah, Hamish, you'll have had your tea.") She took it seriously and opined that he was! I then gave her an outline of the Monty Python '4 Yorkshiremen' sketch and told her how hilarious it was. She rather thought that might be racist, too -I'm a Yorkshirewoman!
People are far too po-faced these days. I was lamenting this fact to my daughter yesterday and saying that Barry Cryer was risking charges of racism for his Scottish character ("Ah, Hamish, you'll have had your tea.") She took it seriously and opined that he was! I then gave her an outline of the Monty Python '4 Yorkshiremen' sketch and told her how hilarious it was. She rather thought that might be racist, too -I'm a Yorkshirewoman!
Jourdain...."Clue" is the funniest show on the radio !
I always look forward to the Samantha bits....::
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eg....Humphrey Lyttelton: I've just received this note from Samantha to say she's been delayed meeting a gentleman beekeeper friend near Warrington. Samantha's just started keeping bees herself and has three dozen or so, and she says her friend's an expert handler. Apparently he carefully takes out her 38 bees, and soon has them flying around his head.
I always look forward to the Samantha bits....::
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eg....Humphrey Lyttelton: I've just received this note from Samantha to say she's been delayed meeting a gentleman beekeeper friend near Warrington. Samantha's just started keeping bees herself and has three dozen or so, and she says her friend's an expert handler. Apparently he carefully takes out her 38 bees, and soon has them flying around his head.
Off topic - when I was about eight years old, there was a war in Angola which made the nightly headlines on the news.
On many occasions, the newscaster would refer to the guerrillas, but because Planet of the Apes as big at the time, I genuinely thought that some of the fighters were indeed gorillas.
At one point, I was watching the news with bated breath, waiting to see monkeys on horseback.
My mum clocked after about four days and had to explain it to me.
At eight years old, I really didn't have the right to be so dumb.
On many occasions, the newscaster would refer to the guerrillas, but because Planet of the Apes as big at the time, I genuinely thought that some of the fighters were indeed gorillas.
At one point, I was watching the news with bated breath, waiting to see monkeys on horseback.
My mum clocked after about four days and had to explain it to me.
At eight years old, I really didn't have the right to be so dumb.
But back to the OP.
Newspapers turn to Twitter for quick news fixes. In a year, 182,500,000 million tweets are sent out. Someone somewhere will be accusing someone else of being:
1. Part of the 'new world order'
2. A Cultural Marxist
3. Racist
4. Sexist
5. A Feminazi
6. Corrupt
7. Homophobic
8. Mental
9. A Commie
10. Victoria Beckham
If we allow newspapers to think that Twitter is in any way a valid alternative to actual journalism, then we absolutely deserve to see our newspaper industry die.
Twitter for me is incredibly useful, but it's wise to remember that mental people have access to the Internet too.
David Jason was not being racist at all. He ballsed up a story. He's simply an actor without a script.
Newspapers turn to Twitter for quick news fixes. In a year, 182,500,000 million tweets are sent out. Someone somewhere will be accusing someone else of being:
1. Part of the 'new world order'
2. A Cultural Marxist
3. Racist
4. Sexist
5. A Feminazi
6. Corrupt
7. Homophobic
8. Mental
9. A Commie
10. Victoria Beckham
If we allow newspapers to think that Twitter is in any way a valid alternative to actual journalism, then we absolutely deserve to see our newspaper industry die.
Twitter for me is incredibly useful, but it's wise to remember that mental people have access to the Internet too.
David Jason was not being racist at all. He ballsed up a story. He's simply an actor without a script.
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