Overheard at work...

[that_punk_guy]

So we're loading fabric onto a trailer when the truck driver asks where the load's being flown to. (He only knows he has to drive it to Manchester airport.)

Our forklift driver tells him it's going to Dubai. "Dubai? Isn't that near f**king Pakistan, or summat?"

No, wait... That's not the punchline...

Mr. Trucker continues, "Stick a load of f**king Pakis on and send them back an' all. Ha ha ha!"

Belly-laughs from him and Tony (a fat guy in an England shirt) follow. Of course, you have to be a goldfish-brain to have (a) forgotten the "joke" even though the exact same thing was spouted by another idiot no less than 48 hours ago, and (b) to have found it remotely funny in the first place.

"Are there a lot of Pakis in Nelson?"
"Yeah, f**king loads of 'em."
"Yeah, there's loads where I am now, all the f**king bazaars and {bleep}, it ain't gonna get any better, is it...?"

(Et cetera.)

They were both standing right next to the edge of the trailer, and six or seven feet above the ground... Tempting indeed.

[Karlos]

Laugh? I almost did :roll:

To be fair to our cretinous friend, Saudi Arabia is a lot closer to Pakistan than one might think. Just a short trip across the sea. Well, relatively short...

But it's not as if our man knew that. I expect he figured they bordered directly or something...

[that_punk_guy]

It wasn't the geographical implications that amused/offended me so much as the fact that he was perfectly happy to rant on a subject on which he had proudly displayed his ignorance.

It's such a common thing to hear too. Generally from stupid old men, so at least there's hope that they'll expire and take their stupid views with them. In the meantime though, they are influencing the next generation of bigots.

I just don't understand why kids think it's perfectly reasonable to think like that. :-?

[Vincent]

that_punk_guy wrote:
I just don't understand why kids think it's perfectly reasonable to think like that. :-?

It's the neds who think that way around here.  I've not heard an older person speak that way about what's going on, but the kids... a different kettle of fish round here.

They really do only care about themselves :pissed:

[edit] Punkie, wth are you doing up at 7:36am... on a Sunday!!! :-P

Not been to bed yet? ;-)

[smithy]

They were both standing right next to the edge of the trailer, and six or seven feet above the ground... Tempting indeed.

Hrmmm... isn't this what despots and dictators do?  Resort to violence against people who disagree with them?

Although I don't find their comments terribly tasteful, they have as much right to hold opinions as you do.

[that_punk_guy]

smithy wrote:
Hrmmm... isn't this what despots and dictators do?  Resort to violence against people who disagree with them?

Although I don't find their comments terribly tasteful, they have as much right to hold opinions as you do.

Yes, that was a joke. Keep up.

[that_punk_guy]

Vincent wrote:
Punkie, wth are you doing up at 7:36am... on a Sunday!!! :-P

Not been to bed yet? ;-)

I've been getting up at 5.30am every day for work, and for some reason I still wake up at that time on the weekends, even if I don't set the alarm. :-)

[Vincent]

that_punk_guy wrote:
I've been getting up at 5.30am every day for work, and for some reason I still wake up at that time on the weekends, even if I don't set the alarm. :-)

Hehe, good habit to get into - makes Mondays seem not that bad :-D

[that_punk_guy]

Vincent wrote:
Hehe, good habit to get into - makes Mondays seem not that bad :-D

'Tis true. Makes you feel much more productive too. :-)

(And 1900 posts for you! :pint:)

[Vincent]

that_punk_guy wrote:
(And 1900 posts for you! :pint:)

:-D

:oops: I wasn't making a big deal of it ;-)

[Speelgoedmannetje]

I had a camp with scouting, from wednesday 'till today.
Everyday partying untill 6AM and getting up at 9AM.

[KennyR]

Good thing is, thanks to political correctness, thinking (or at least speaking) in such a way is culturally unacceptable in most places. Things do change. For instance not very long ago in most places in the UK it was thought acceptable to rape a woman - if she was your wife. Some people still do think like that! Thankfully, fewer each year.

PC - a huge pain in the neck. Just like a car seatbelt. I wouldn't like to live without either.

[cecilia]

i hope you are kidding

[KennyR]

About the rape thing? No.

Or about PC? Well, I know in the US people have taken the whole PC thing into extremes, like branding you a Nazi if you eat a 'Chinese' and not a 'oriental meal'. Sort of like the same places took the whole lawsuit thing to extremes, too.

But if PC is the only reason I can't hear idle racist words in soaps and on general TV, then it's ok with me.

[cecilia]

KennyR wrote:
Or about PC? Well, I know in the US people have taken the whole PC thing into extremes, like branding you a Nazi if you eat a 'Chinese' and not a 'oriental meal'. Sort of like the same places took the whole lawsuit thing to extremes, too.

yeah, it's really dumb around here. it started with a bunch of "feminists" who thought they were the collective mommies of the world and wagged their fingers in everyone's faces. they actually thought if you tell people not to say "bad" words, they won't have "bad" thoughts. which is a load of cr.ap

people still have stupid, sexist, racist ideas. they just are clever enough not to say the words. but they ACT the ideas out. PC is just lying.

But if PC is the only reason I can't hear idle racist words in soaps and on general TV, then it's ok with me.

I'd rather people just said their dumb ideas. that way i can deal with it out in the open.

i'm not afraid of people saying dumb things. however tiresome it gets, it's better than repression.