Stereotypes

DEFTLEFTHAND

I see Sergio Garcia is getting a hard time at the US Open this week over a loose jokey comment he made about Tiger Woods and fried chicken at the 'Players Championship' in Sawgrass a few weeks back, he's been dropped by multiple sponsors also.

Lets say for instance that Tiger was a Paddy, one of us and Sergio made a joke about drink, would there have been the same mass pouring of outrage? This PC thing has become a little monster. You can't open your beak these days without offending somebody.

stefan idiot jones

Some people just love to get offended.

When people call me a sheepshagger, I call it a term of endearment.

mattjack

Sony , Philips , Technics , Aiwa ..... I think Aiwa is Sony though.

kneemos

If Someone said they should have a potato dinner ready for Harrington would you mind?It's a bit condecending at best.

DEFTLEFTHAND

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

Some people just love to get offended.

When people call me a sheepshagger, I call it a term of endearment.

Are you Welsh?

I remember during the Lions tour of NZ in 2005 some of the guys played an elaborate prank by placing a real live lamb in Shane Williams hotel bedroom after he'd passed out. :pac:

brandon_flowers

Sergio was asked if he would invite Woods over for dinner. He made a comment about fried chicken.

What he should have replied is "Yes but I'll have to lock my girlfriend away".

crockholm

Fozzy Zoller made pretty much the same joke years ago (re. fried chicken). Hauled over the coals for that too.

I had the p1ss taken outta me about being a turkeybird,potato's,boiling everything,alcoholism, even about the size of the Irishmans manhood.Didn't feel the need to report any of it to the Irish Jesse Jackson/Rev. Al -Niall O Dowd.

They were jokes based on stereotypes,which were responded with jokes about the accusers stereotypes.

All thats happening nowadays is a sort of "Top Trumps of Indignation"

No doubt everyone here has lived up to a stereotype at some stage-even Elderick himself, so why get so offended?

crockholm

kneemos wrote: »

If Someone said they should have a potato dinner ready for Harrington would you mind?It's a bit condecending at best.

Perhaps he likes potato's? I know I do:)

Big Bottom

These types of 'jokes' need to be stamped out. What if he was a gay, would it be funny to mention cucumbers for lunch or something?

stefan idiot jones

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Are you Welsh?

I am as Welsh as they come.


I am short, stocky, sport a moustache, drink Brains bitter, never left my valley (apart from the annual trips to the Arms Park), my Dad is an unemployed miner, my sister has all her tattoos spelled right, my hero is Gareth Edwards, I know someone who went to school with Tom Jones and Max Boyce is the funniest man in the world.

Who's coat's that jacket ?

biko

I wonder - if the joke would have been about fried rice instead of fried chicken, would people have been as upset?




Tiger is half asian half black

The Backwards Man

Stereotypes don't really bother me. I like when people make wild generalising accusations about me, and I get to prove them wrong.

crockholm

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

I am as Welsh as they come.


I am short, stocky, sport a moustache, drink Brains bitter, never left my valley (apart from the annual trips to the Arms Park), my Dad is an unemployed miner, my sister has all her tattoos spelled right, my hero is Gareth Edwards, I know someone who went to school with Tom Jones and Max Boyce is the funniest man in the world.

Who's coat's that jacket ?

Jeez, I even read that post to the tune of "Bread of Heaven":D

biko

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

You can't open your beak these days without offending somebody.

--LOS--

When you hear the whole context of the incident, it was really just a jokey moment when the guy was put on the spot which he probably instantly regretted. It might have been a bit dickish but all in all not a big deal, I don't think there was anything malicious behind it and getting dropped by his sponsors was OTT.

biko

"It's ok, I can tell stupid jokes. I have several stupid friends.."

Jimmy 5F

Just once when a celebrity makes a mistake like this I'd like them to give a response as follows:

Sergio Garcia: " Na that wasn't racist, if I called him a n1gger that would have been racist".

Or when Tiger Woods was found out to be cheating he should have said : " Yea it's true, I fukced countless women on the side. Why, because I could, simple as that.

Micky Dolenz

How many spuds does it take to kill a paddy?

none

DEFTLEFTHAND

What do you get when you cross an Italian with Irish? A McDago or green guinea.

What is a four letter word for Goodbye in Italian? BANG!!

stefan idiot jones

How do you kill an Italian ?

Slam the toilet seat on his head when he is having a drink.



I could go on and on....