falan wrote: » Jeez, I can't understand why people have taken offence to this. I lived in the north of England for years and "throwing a paddy" was commonplace. It means "having a hissy fit/tantrum/strop or whatever. It has nothing to do with the Irish and even if it did it never dawned on me. Some people in this country need to get that massive chip off their shoulder and lighten the fcuk up!!! UNBELIEVABLE:rolleyes:
Precious flower wrote: » I just asked my mam about it and she said it mean throwing a tantrum and was a term used by the British as Irish people were know for their bad tempers.
mick_jt wrote: » We dont have f**king bad tempers so dont go around saying that. Sometimes its people like you that cause these stereotypes so keep your mouth shut in future. /Shakes fist vigorously.:D
Roland Elegant Scar wrote: » Didn't the Paddy wagon have something to do with loading drunken, fighting Irishmen into the police van's in American cities?.
sensibleken wrote: » I thought we were supposed to have a sense of humour
Kev_ps3 wrote: » ITV called Jim Beglin British:rolleyes:
pickarooney wrote: » Quick, tell rebelheart, that way there'll be two people who give a ѕhit.
Roland Elegant Scar wrote: » Same here. Joke; Q; What language do Irish gay's speak?.... A; Gay-lick
Kev_ps3 wrote: » boards.ie mod in anti-Irish joke shocker
Dear Kev_ps3, You have reached your quota of usages of 'west-brit' for today. Please try again tomorrow. In the meantime, why not sample our extended range of proto-nationalist insults, including such delights as 'cawtholic', 'shoneen', 'little Irelander' or 'sourface'. Best regards Boards.ie
Roland Elegant Scar wrote: » ^^^ Somethings gone right over my head hasn't it?.
How can these comments be acceptable on a post complaining about perceived racism ?
stovelid wrote: » DIRTY IRISH-HATING BRIT BASTARDS
How about this ? Reckon that's a bit more racist than the original comment.
Pittens wrote: » Well except for the dirty, i dont see it. He is claiming the Brits are racist for using the word paddy to mean volatile. If the word wop, or wog was used = throwing a wog etc. ( to mean angry) opinion on this forum would be different and we the thread would be 90% the content of that one man PC army Nodin. My feeling is that the statement is historically racist, but is not now seen as that. So we should all just get along. I would feel th same about people getting angry about phrases which were other once ethnic slurs,but not now.
Donkey Oaty wrote: » I notice that FIFA have yet to make an official statement on whether or not the paddy was in fact thrown.
Koloman wrote: » And who was sitting beside Clive? None other than our own Jim Beglin! Jim said nothing though!
Agricola wrote: » :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: Jim the basterd. RTE wasnt big enough for him. He left George on his arsé to head across the water to become a Brit stooge!
Redjeep! wrote: » Reckon that's a bit more racist than the original comment.
