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  • The Welsh guy is in a choir, amazing

    Mr Diversity with the racial stereotype comment.

    Amazing.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,878
    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
    pangolin Posts: 6,283
    pblakeney said:

    The Welsh guy is in a choir, amazing

    Dutch guy is abrupt, amazing.
    I think "a bit short" is more appropriate
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,244

    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
    orraloon Posts: 12,612
    Now, is that a 'whoosh'? Or is it a double up?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,244
    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
    pblakeney Posts: 25,597
    So a joke about a stereotype that isn't just a stereotype is okay?
    This reopens so many possibilities.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 14,498

    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
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,878

    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
    First.Aspect Posts: 14,498

    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
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,689

    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
    First.Aspect Posts: 14,498

    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
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,244

    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.

  • 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.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    I read it as a joke tbf.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,487
    edited October 2021
    Others have beaten me to it. 😉
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,487

    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.
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  • 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
    joe2019 Posts: 1,338
    edited October 2021

    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 Posts: 7,193



  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,217

    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
    orraloon Posts: 12,612
    Ah bzzzt! Welsh. No relationships with sheep. C'mon. Who ya trying to fool?

    insert or not your emoji of choice, or not
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,597
    Things must be bad if you're getting knock backs from all the sheep.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 14,498
    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
    Pross Posts: 40,217
    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
    pblakeney Posts: 25,597
    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.
    🤣🤣🤣
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • johngti
    johngti Posts: 2,508
    Pross 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.
  • 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.
  • It's disgraceful, but... the best possible explanation for the lateral flow positives that weren't confirmed.