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Post by bh on May 24, 2007 21:48:49 GMT
They've properly changed the theme because of his ***** and ***** cat!
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Post by Giggy of Telford on May 24, 2007 22:47:31 GMT
Theme tune changed? Postman Pat has a kid? The Reverend Timms no longer allowed to say "The Lord Will Provide" or anything similar at every suitable point in the episode? What is the world coming to?
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Post by medibot on May 24, 2007 23:05:46 GMT
The kid is ginger and called Julian, his wife is called Sara. There is also an Asian family now which i suppose does reflect modern Yorkshire but still...
THEY'VE RUINED PAT!
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Post by bh on May 24, 2007 23:50:45 GMT
Unbelievable, what ever next Fireman Sam and the Muslim extremist preacher!
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Post by bonehead on May 25, 2007 10:29:25 GMT
The resident baddies in the Noddy tv series are called goblins, I think, rather than the original book baddies (golliwogs). So I'm told!
And why is the Noddy prog on Channel 5 followed by a couple of minutes of Noddy learns to speak Mandarin Chinese? I bet it's because Toyland United players know the Chinese for 'Sick as a parrot, Motty'.
Also on the languages front why does the UK, which has a relatively small Hispanic population, import the Dora the Explorer series from the US? I bet you can't move down at the Prescot Primary School for Potential Juvenile Delinquents who are busily learning Spanish for their future 18-30 Club holidays.
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Post by malxscfc on Jun 14, 2007 22:01:57 GMT
Postman Pat has a weird ginger kid and wife now, i'm still outraged a year after finding this out. Won't be long before you can't say things like "weird ginger" kid. It'll be like saying 'strange black' man. Seriously. To be as massively prejudiced against ginger hair as we are in this country, it's quite clearly the way to weave the next stitch in the tapestry of a politically correct and perfect world by outlawing any mention of said hair colour. Auburn? Strawberry roan? Red? Are there any other euphemisms sensitively-measured positively-weighted terms you can suggest for the appointed social planners to expedite in their implementation plans for this utopian socialist world we're all pulling together to try to achieve? (While gradually pricing ourselves out of all International Commerce by becoming irretrievably uncompetitive.... )
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Post by ambersalamander on Jun 15, 2007 9:49:35 GMT
My mother insists on "auburn." I, however, happen to know that the medical term for redheadedness is "rutilism." Does this mean that in 7 years' time we will have to refer to certain people as "rutilistic"? I've often wondered why there's a stigma attached to being a ginge, as there doesn't seem to be in any other part of the world (American Rutilistic guys seem to be very proud of their hair colour and quite right too as it's an attractive colour). Maybe it's the very pale and freckled skin that's often associated with it that's seen as a sign of weakness or something?
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Post by medibot on Jun 15, 2007 12:48:12 GMT
Most people are twats, it follows that a certain percentage of ginger people are going to be twats too and the best way to annoy somebody with ginger hair is to call them something insulting with ginger before their name as it's a well known playground rule that psychological bullying is the best form of bullying. As for adults doing it, most of us don't grow up much I've only ever met one person with ginger hair who i disliked and as i recall, i don't actually remember ever using his hair colour to take the piss, mainly cos there was so much choice with him
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Post by ambersalamander on Jun 15, 2007 12:53:33 GMT
Most people are what? Charming!
Doesn't go any way to explain this phenomenon though. I've never heard "curly-haired tw*t" or "green eyed f****r" or "pointy-chinned t****r"
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Post by medibot on Jun 15, 2007 12:56:42 GMT
You've clearly not been to a boys a Grammar school then I'm sure i've even heard somebody call Jimmy Hill and a pointy chinned t****r
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Post by malxscfc on Jun 15, 2007 13:04:58 GMT
Most people are twats, it follows that a certain percentage of ginger people are going to be twats too and the best way to annoy somebody with ginger hair is to call them something insulting with ginger before their name as it's a well known playground rule that psychological bullying is the best form of bullying. As for adults doing it, most of us don't grow up much I've only ever met one person with ginger hair who i disliked and as i recall, i don't actually remember ever using his hair colour to take the piss, mainly cos there was so much choice with him It's funny, but prejudice frequently brings out the very best in people. If you are prejudiced against, then in order to be comparable with your peers you clearly have to do 'better' than those around you. For my part I can't ever recall meeting a Ginger whom I disliked or found objectionable. Yet.
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Post by ambersalamander on Jun 15, 2007 13:05:19 GMT
They clearly didn't teach you any grammar at this school...
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Post by ambersalamander on Jun 15, 2007 13:08:44 GMT
Most people are twats, it follows that a certain percentage of ginger people are going to be twats too and the best way to annoy somebody with ginger hair is to call them something insulting with ginger before their name as it's a well known playground rule that psychological bullying is the best form of bullying. As for adults doing it, most of us don't grow up much I've only ever met one person with ginger hair who i disliked and as i recall, i don't actually remember ever using his hair colour to take the piss, mainly cos there was so much choice with him It's funny, but prejudice frequently brings out the very best in people. If you are prejudiced against, then in order to be comparable with your peers you clearly have to do 'better' than those around you. For my part I can't ever recall meeting a Ginger whom I disliked or found objectionable. Yet. I have, several, but this is unrelated to hair colour! Unfortunately, although your theory makes intuitive sense Malx, evidence shows otherwise. "Social comparison theory" has a lot of evidence backing it up, it says that if you see your peers doing better, or being more attractive, or whatever, it seriously damages self-esteem and can cause other psychological problems. I wonder if anyone has ever done a survey of self-esteem in people with ginger hair...
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Post by medibot on Jun 15, 2007 13:09:18 GMT
lol, stop pouncing on my typos
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Post by bh on Jun 15, 2007 13:53:27 GMT
We all suffer some kind of prejudice in our lives. Colour of hair is just one of them. Height is another, (shorty) as is being tall (lofty) I have the misfortune of wearing glasses, (four eyes) and in my youth and a lot of curly hair so they had a lot to attack! I take it this kind of abuse / bullying took place at your posh grammar schools as it did at my comprehensive.
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