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blazing_saddles

rick_chasey said:

The Welsh guy is in a choir, amazing

Mr Diversity with the racial stereotype comment.

Amazing.

Dorset_Boy

I think Rick really struggles to read and absorb on occassion. As someone on here as frequently as he is, he really should have known Pross is in a choir. It's not news.

pangolin

pblakeney said:

rick_chasey said:

The Welsh guy is in a choir, amazing

Dutch guy is abrupt, amazing.

I think "a bit short" is more appropriate

rick_chasey

blazing_saddles said:

rick_chasey said:

The Welsh guy is in a choir, amazing

Mr Diversity with the racial stereotype comment.

Amazing.

Christ do I need to spell out the joke to you? And Dorset Boy, apparently.

orraloon

Now, is that a 'whoosh'? Or is it a double up?

rick_chasey

It’s almost like the joke references the stereotype and how it is just that, a stereotype, but then in this specific instance the stereotype aligns, so that is funny.

If it was a just a Welsh stereotype comment it wouldn’t be a joke would it? It’s be “well that makes sense”

Honestly, you lot.

pblakeney

So a joke about a stereotype that isn't just a stereotype is okay?
This reopens so many possibilities.

First.Aspect

rick_chasey said:

blazing_saddles said:

rick_chasey said:

The Welsh guy is in a choir, amazing

Mr Diversity with the racial stereotype comment.

Amazing.

Christ do I need to spell out the joke to you? And Dorset Boy, apparently.

Is being Welsh an ethnicity now?

I must try harder to be offended. I'm English, so people must be offending me all the time without me noticing.

Dorset_Boy

rick_chasey said:

It’s almost like the joke references the stereotype and how it is just that, a stereotype, but then in this specific instance the stereotype aligns, so that is funny.

If it was a just a Welsh stereotype comment it wouldn’t be a joke would it? It’s be “well that makes sense”

Honestly, you lot.

Generally, if posting a joke, you'd add an (appropriate) emoji.
You didn't, so it is perfectly reasonable to not see it as a joke.

First.Aspect

Dorset_Boy said:

rick_chasey said:

It’s almost like the joke references the stereotype and how it is just that, a stereotype, but then in this specific instance the stereotype aligns, so that is funny.

If it was a just a Welsh stereotype comment it wouldn’t be a joke would it? It’s be “well that makes sense”

Honestly, you lot.

Generally, if posting a joke, you'd add an (appropriate) emoji.
You didn't, so it is perfectly reasonable to not see it as a joke.

Is this a joke, petal?

briantrumpet

Dorset_Boy said:

rick_chasey said:

It’s almost like the joke references the stereotype and how it is just that, a stereotype, but then in this specific instance the stereotype aligns, so that is funny.

If it was a just a Welsh stereotype comment it wouldn’t be a joke would it? It’s be “well that makes sense”

Honestly, you lot.

Generally, if posting a joke, you'd add an (appropriate) emoji.
You didn't, so it is perfectly reasonable to not see it as a joke.

OTOH, I find it annoying when people think that putting a wink after an ill-judged comment gives them a pass... like when drivers think that hazard warning lights cancel out double yellow lines.

First.Aspect

briantrumpet said:

Dorset_Boy said:

rick_chasey said:

It’s almost like the joke references the stereotype and how it is just that, a stereotype, but then in this specific instance the stereotype aligns, so that is funny.

If it was a just a Welsh stereotype comment it wouldn’t be a joke would it? It’s be “well that makes sense”

Honestly, you lot.

Generally, if posting a joke, you'd add an (appropriate) emoji.
You didn't, so it is perfectly reasonable to not see it as a joke.

OTOH, I find it annoying when people think that putting a wink after an ill-judged comment gives them a pass... like when drivers think that hazard warning lights cancel out double yellow lines.

Is it more, or less, annoying than people who need to be told what to think by the medium of emoji? 🤔🐦🦡😉😙😌💩

rick_chasey

First.Aspect said:

briantrumpet said:

Dorset_Boy said:

rick_chasey said:

It’s almost like the joke references the stereotype and how it is just that, a stereotype, but then in this specific instance the stereotype aligns, so that is funny.

If it was a just a Welsh stereotype comment it wouldn’t be a joke would it? It’s be “well that makes sense”

Honestly, you lot.

Generally, if posting a joke, you'd add an (appropriate) emoji.
You didn't, so it is perfectly reasonable to not see it as a joke.

OTOH, I find it annoying when people think that putting a wink after an ill-judged comment gives them a pass... like when drivers think that hazard warning lights cancel out double yellow lines.

Is it more, or less, annoying than people who need to be told what to think by the medium of emoji? 🤔🐦🦡😉😙😌💩

Some people need help, I suppose.

blazing_saddles

Dorset_Boy said:

rick_chasey said:

It’s almost like the joke references the stereotype and how it is just that, a stereotype, but then in this specific instance the stereotype aligns, so that is funny.

If it was a just a Welsh stereotype comment it wouldn’t be a joke would it? It’s be “well that makes sense”

Honestly, you lot.

Generally, if posting a joke, you'd add an (appropriate) emoji.
You didn't, so it is perfectly reasonable to not see it as a joke.

It wasn't a joke, it's just Rick back pedaling as usual.
Best to leave it to avoid any protracted squabbling.

elbowloh

I read it as a joke tbf.

rjsterry

Others have beaten me to it. 😉

rjsterry

rick_chasey said:

blazing_saddles said:

rick_chasey said:

The Welsh guy is in a choir, amazing

Mr Diversity with the racial stereotype comment.

Amazing.

Christ do I need to spell out the joke to you? And Dorset Boy, apparently.

No. Apparently we need to spell out the joke to you, though.

surrey_commuter

elbowloh said:

I read it as a joke tbf.

I am all for accusing Rick of being a Boomer but even I know that Pross is in a choir and I can't remember what I had for breakfast

joe2019

surrey_commuter said:

elbowloh said:

I read it as a joke tbf.

I am all for accusing Rick of being a Boomer but even I know that Pross is in a choir and I can't remember what I had for breakfast

I knew it too... somehow... maybe, because I knew he was Welsh.

focuszing723

focuszing723 said:

Pross

surrey_commuter said:

elbowloh said:

I read it as a joke tbf.

I am all for accusing Rick of being a Boomer but even I know that Pross is in a choir and I can't remember what I had for breakfast

I'm sure I mentioned it a few times - probably whilst bragging at singing in front of 74,500 people at a Wales v Scotland 6 Nations match or for George North and Becky James's wedding (which Blazing Saddles was 'fortunate' to experience!).

I'm happy to be walking cliche - sing in a choir, love rugby (only watching these days), have watched the Stereophonics, Tom Jones and Katherine Jenkins in concert. Never worked down the pit or had relations with a sheep though. Certainly didn't take offence.

orraloon

Ah bzzzt! Welsh. No relationships with sheep. C'mon. Who ya trying to fool?

insert or not your emoji of choice, or not

pblakeney

Things must be bad if you're getting knock backs from all the sheep.

First.Aspect

orraloon said:

Ah bzzzt! Welsh. No relationships with sheep. C'mon. Who ya trying to fool?

insert or not your emoji of choice, or not

🐏

Pross

pblakeney said:

Things must be bad if you're getting knock backs from all the sheep.

Very baaa-d indeed. I even tried paying but they fleeced me.

pblakeney

Pross said:

pblakeney said:

Things must be bad if you're getting knock backs from all the sheep.

Very baaa-d indeed. I even tried paying but they fleeced me.

🤣🤣🤣

johngti

Pross said:

surrey_commuter said:

elbowloh said:

I read it as a joke tbf.

I am all for accusing Rick of being a Boomer but even I know that Pross is in a choir and I can't remember what I had for breakfast

I'm sure I mentioned it a few times - probably whilst bragging at singing in front of 74,500 people at a Wales v Scotland 6 Nations match or for George North and Becky James's wedding (which Blazing Saddles was 'fortunate' to experience!).

I'm happy to be walking cliche - sing in a choir, love rugby (only watching these days), have watched the Stereophonics, Tom Jones and Katherine Jenkins in concert. Never worked down the pit or had relations with a sheep though. Certainly didn't take offence.

I get annoyed at the sheep thing. Where I grew up in the north, there were more cows than sheep. And they’re not as much fun.

Apparently

Ahem.

wallace_and_gromit

rick_chasey said:

Can recommend avoiding KLM who are super officious and like to rub Brexit in ya face if you have a Brit passport.

In defence of KLM, they paid our voucher refund for £4k in under 48 hours, which feels pretty good having read about what some other airlines have been doing.

briantrumpet

Oops. Just 43,000...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/15/public-urged-to-retake-covid-tests-after-false-negatives-in-berkshire

kingstongraham

briantrumpet said:

Oops. Just 43,000...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/15/public-urged-to-retake-covid-tests-after-false-negatives-in-berkshire

It's disgraceful, but... the best possible explanation for the lateral flow positives that weren't confirmed.