Paddywhackery

fryup · 26-10-2011 10:12PM #1

Paddywhackery > taken the mickey out of the irish..do you find it offensive or just a bit of craic? Do you laugh along with it or do you take umbrage?

The likes of...Mr O'Reilly in Fawly Towers, Bernie the Irish nurse in the Catherine Tate Show, Detective O'Thick in the Dick Emery Show etc

Here's an example...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmJSrVNKnr0

RachaelVO · 26-10-2011 10:14PM

I think it's mostly hilarious meself, even though the money really was only resting in me account...

It's the stage Oirish sh1te thats more annoying!

du Maurier · 26-10-2011 10:15PM

Dey took our jerbs!...oh sorry, wrong thread.

OPENROAD · 26-10-2011 10:16PM

Not in the least offended

hondasam · 26-10-2011 10:17PM

Depends on who is laughing at us, find it annoying sometimes especially if it's the english doing it.

gigino · 26-10-2011 10:19PM

it reminds me of that mad Irish priest who runs out, dressed as a leprechaun, + disrupts grand prix, marathons etc.

he disrupted marathon in last olympics did'nt he

Immaculate Pasta · 26-10-2011 10:19PM

Don't dish it out if you can't take it yourself

OPENROAD · 26-10-2011 10:20PM

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

Don't dish it out if you can't take it yourself

We love dishing it out though

Where To · 26-10-2011 10:21PM

Paddywhackery is better than begrudgery imo.

starbelgrade · 26-10-2011 10:27PM

In 1962, the British Government refused to renew Spike's passport because they did not consider him a British citizen.

They told him he could apply for citizenship, but this required swearing an oath to the Queen, which Spike refused to do.

By this stage, Prince Charles was one of Spike's biggest and probably most famous fan.

"Prince Charles even sent him a letter saying, ‘Come on, you know, I had to swear allegiance to the Queen and it's not that painful for God's sake' and Spike wrote back and said, ‘Well, it's okay for you, she's your mum'."

So Spike set out in search of a country that would have him as citizen without him having to grovel…

Spike really felt he deserved British citizenship unconditionally, after serving for six years in the British Army.

When it became apparent they wouldn't make it that easy, he went to the Irish Embassy and said, "Can I be Irish?"

Spike's brother Desmond Milligan recalls that the Irish Ambassador, Aamon Kelly, spoke to Spike personally and said, "Oh, you're that bloke on the telly. Of course you can become an Irish citizen. We're terribly short of people".

http://www.spikemilliganlegacy.com/citizen4.htm

WesternZulu · 26-10-2011 10:27PM

Don't like thet video tbh...makes us out to be nation of thick so and so's, the type that are only good for tarmacking roads.
Plays up to the stupid Paddy stereotype!

Reverse the roles there and put a few Africans and there would be uproar

All in all though I have no problem with the usual Paddywhackery though, the type you see in the Simpsons, Family Guy, etc

hondasam · 26-10-2011 10:31PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

http://www.spikemilliganlegacy.com/citizen4.htm

Read somewhere he was born in India but grew up in the UK. his father was Irish and his mother English.

cocoshovel · 26-10-2011 10:32PM

Don't really care. I abuse this country and its people a lot so I can't really feel offended. I sort of feel embarrassed being Irish.

cml387 · 26-10-2011 10:32PM

Bernie the Irish nurse sketches were written by Graham Lenihan

yuppies · 26-10-2011 10:34PM

I'm not in the least offended, but then why would I be? I'm a white male; that is an enormous luxury to be born with!

mackg · 26-10-2011 10:36PM

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

Don't dish it out if you can't take it yourself

Exactly, If I said this was offensive and wrong then I would be a hypocrite considering some of the things I find funny.

jaffacakesyum · 26-10-2011 10:37PM

Funnily enough, this is the biggest thing I'm proud of about being Irish - the fact that the majority of us aren't offended in the slightest about paddywhackery and can take a good joke!!

Oranage2 · 26-10-2011 10:37PM

It's funny because it's true

deathrider · 26-10-2011 10:38PM

HArmless craic, if you ask me. I laugh when shows/movies are taking the p1ss out of black folk, Australian folk, English folk, and anyone else. If someone has a laugh at Irish folk too, then where's the harm? If it's funny, it's funny. I don't mind being the butt of an occasional joke.

No idea why the lads in that video look like Harry Enfield's Scousers though.

whubee · 26-10-2011 10:38PM

Your only choice is to not be offended, cause we all know what happens when you take offence.
Taking offence would only put the P word on the same level as the N word, and give power to the word.

(ibf noodles, naggers, nomnoms etc)

starbelgrade · 26-10-2011 10:40PM

Spike Milligan's stuff is a tad dated but it's still quite funny.

It's no more sterotype / paddywhackery humour though than the likes of Father Ted.

And Father Ted is fucking hilarious.

hondasam · 26-10-2011 10:42PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Spike Milligan's stuff is a tad dated but it's still quite funny.

It's no more sterotype / paddywhackery humour though than the likes of Father Ted.

And Father Ted is fucking hilarious.

It ok when it's Irish people playing the part, when you have English comedians laughing at us it's different for me anyway.

Father Ted is a legend.

holystungun9 · 26-10-2011 10:45PM

yuppies wrote: »

I'm not in the least offended, but then why would I be? I'm a white male; that is an enormous luxury to be born with!

watcha be talkin' bout foo'

OPENROAD · 26-10-2011 10:46PM

hondasam wrote: »

It ok when it's Irish people playing the part, when you have English comedians laughing at us it's different for me anyway.

Father Ted is a legend.

Definitely not for me

fryup · 26-10-2011 10:47PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnLRpZgcUbY

hondasam · 26-10-2011 10:49PM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Definitely not for me

you don't mind when they make fun of us. I lived there and constantly put up with the jokes about our accent etc.
I suppose I might be a bit sensitive about it.

OPENROAD · 26-10-2011 10:55PM

hondasam wrote: »

you don't mind when they make fun of us. I lived there and constantly put up with the jokes about our accent etc.
I suppose I might be a bit sensitive about it.

I have lived there and am a regular visitor and have never had anyone make any jokes about my accent.. so hasn't happened to me..... Even if they did...certainly wouldn't bother me..maybe it is a confidence thing

Oranage2 · 26-10-2011 10:57PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7rsrKQtvYQ

Pretty funny

Harry Angstrom · 26-10-2011 10:57PM

hondasam wrote: »

you don't mind when they make fun of us. I lived there and constantly put up with the jokes about our accent etc.
I suppose I might be a bit sensitive about it.

Most English people I know love the Irish accent, the women seem to especially love the accent

That Spike Milligan stuff is the funniest thing I've seen in ages.

Gee Bag · 26-10-2011 10:59PM

800 Years!!

hondasam · 26-10-2011 11:04PM

OPENROAD wrote: »

I have lived there and am a regular visitor and have never had anyone make any jokes about my accent.. so hasn't happened to me..... Even if they did...certainly wouldn't bother me..maybe it is a confidence thing

No it's not a confidence thing.

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Most English people I know love the Irish accent, the women seem to especially love the accent

That Spike Milligan stuff is the funniest thing I've seen in ages.

I had english friends here for the weekend, first time in Ireland, they loved it but could not understand a word anyone said.

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