Melon Donkey
I am a little bit perplexed
I know , who cares if a bike dies.
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danvilla2
I’m not an expert
Remembering Phil the Greek...
Plenty more where these came from
https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/jo...f-edinburgh-birthday-98-gaffes-98-years-10305
“If you stay here much longer, you will go home with slitty eyes,” he remarked to 21-year-old British student Simon Kerby during a visit to China in 1986.
“Do you still throw spears at each other?” he asked Aboriginal leader William Brin at the Aboriginal Cultural Park in Queensland in 2002.
“Do people trip over you?” he asked a wheelchair-bound nursing-home resident in 2002.
“Who do you sponge off?” he asked women at a community centre in Barking and Dagenham in 2015.
“Are you all one family?” he asked of multi-ethnic dance troupe Diversity at the Royal Variety Performance in 2009.
Some of these are unbelievable. We’ll never get someone who can say these sorts of things in such a privileged position and get away with it. I am cracking up
Edit: just onto the terrorism and Dunblane ones, and they aren’t funny
Melon Donkey
I am a little bit perplexed
Basically, as my Grandpa would speak .
Just completely generational i guess . Things have moved on , I think ......
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The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Thing is, cracking up, he was representing this country - the disabled ones are vile. He was vile though, so no shock.
It is one thing a comedian, or a closet racist, but this berk was doing it on our £££
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
Yes, there are some shockers like the fire alarms to the lady who’s kids died in a house fire
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A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Thing is, if I did it, I don't think I'd have a forum left, most would have told me to (quite rightly) fuck off.
Or if anyone did it on facebook, etc.
Be a comedian, fine, but all this lamenting is so ott.
Anyway, whatever, I refuse to be over worried if people want to doff their caps to this sort of person, totally their choice. Not for me.
kefkat
Vital Football Legend
Oh they will bring it on there too if they can! I couldn't even escape with the radio. Even my local radio was asking people to text and email in with three tributes.
I gave up and asked Echo to play music by Pink Floyd whilst stating she better not take a break in it for anymore breaking news
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
The death of Prince Philip is going to be on BBC and ITV nearly non stop for the next two days, at a time where everyone is grateful for their health after a year of this pandemic so mourning for a single 99-year-old whatever his status, is not top of the vast majority of the British public’s interests right now I would imagine.
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Silhillvilla
Vital Football Legend
The coverage is nauseating, unflinching this , unwavering that, no mention of blatant racist, bully or greedy ****.
Melon Donkey
I am a little bit perplexed
People still watch BBC and ITV ?
Wow. I never knew
Doesn't bother me tbh as there are hundreds of other channels, platforms to watch. Now where's that new fangled thing called the remote control....
Villan57
Alert Team
I'm quite surprised no W ankers have been on protesting or slagging the bloke off in this day and age. Perhaps we are not such a bad country after all. The media normally have to put out some minority views to balance the books sort of thing.
Seems respect has returned for the Great Grandfather of George and Grandad to our very own Prince William.
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
I think you either feel sad about his death, or you don’t. I can’t see many minority/protest groups being worked up about it enough to protest? No doubt Piers Corbyn is working on something as we speak though
Villan57
Alert Team
I'm not upset as I don't know him personally, he's a bloke that has been around all of our lives, I respect his family at this time, just as I would anyone who has lost their Grandad, Dad.
I'm just waiting for the usual attack from some bellend, and yes it probably will be Corbyn
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
Whatever you think of him - and I’m not going to pretend all of my elders of that generation were the most PC at times - he’s someone dad and grandad as you say.
The year we’ve had though he’s done exceptionally well to get to 99, my thoughts are spared more for people who didn’t get to see their loved ones before they died this year in horrible circumstances. Bored of Phil on the tele already to be honest
Villan57
Alert Team
I just watch something else, just not MOTD at the moment.
BodyButter
Vital Football Legend
Perhaps I'm just tired from work but those quotes from Phil don't read so well. I suppose it's what they really think of the rest of society, put across in a jokey way.
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
Perhaps, but I do think it’s a generational thing and his generation is dieing off if it they haven’t already. Some of the quotes though as I got further down just weren’t funny. There’s probably an element of him trying to bring humour to a situation too, but joking about fire alarms to a lady who lost her children in a fire isn’t a time to do that.
I’ve not researched the good stuff he did, mainly because I can’t be arsed. Probably two sides to him like everyone.
Thing with the royals, doing good things is just the minimum - I’d do good things if I was born into wealth and only had to work two weeks of my life!
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Yes, think he was on £360k a year to do some good things. Would have been nice to do the good things without the nasty comments really. Another one that annoys me - and seems to delighted some people - is a photographer doing a royal family photo, probably the highlight of his career, wants to get it right, and this man say 'just take the fucking photo'. Lovely impression. Was it too hard to just sit there and be nice?
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