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Is this racist?

Gav — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:34:13 +0000

Speaking live on air on Tuesday, Sir David said: “What do you call a Pakistani cloakroom attendant?”
After a pause, he said: “Mahatma coat.”

From the BBC.

It’s a play on the word “Mahatma” which is from Sanskrit meaning “great soul” and personally I would associate Sanskrit more with the rest of the subcontinent where Hinduism is the primary religion. But this is a joke that I would consider normal conversation among my relatively ‘diverse’ (to use an unpleasant doublespeak word) peer group — why are the rules different on the radio?

Surely a racist joke should be in some way critical of the other culture or racial group?

Hiphopopotamus

Gav — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:48:57 +0000

Enjoy:

T-Shirt Hell not closing…

Gav — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:45:56 +0000

Offensive material: The site linked to below is definitely for mature people only.

So T-Shirt Hell is not, afterall, closing down.

They pretended they were and then, when the day of closure came, they weren’t. I know at least two people (including myself) who made panic-purchases and so you can see why they did it. Bugger

If you buy a shirt using one of these links I will get a commission:

Zombies, argh!

Gav — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:05:39 +0000

Excellent stuff from Letter from a Tory: Zombies close lanes in the US

Commandments on QI

Gav — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:50:05 +0000

Stephen Fry: “… Now, how many commandments are there?”
Jimmy Carr: “Are we talking about the commandments that God dictated to Moses on Mount Sinai?”
Stephen Fry: “Yes”
Jimmy Carr: “None. Literally, none; it never happened.”
Stephen Fry: “I’d go along with that. How many are there in the bible…”

Watch the whole episode on BBC iPlayer (UK only).

Jonathan Ross’s return

Gav — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:45:50 +0000

“What sort of idiot would say things like that knowing it would be broadcast”

It was a nice way to start (link works in the UK only), as was his apology, unnecessary as it was — seriously, if you doubt that statement, listen via YouTube (Warning: Daily Mail readers may find this offensive):
Part 1:

Part 2:

Familiar parking tale

Gav — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:25:59 +0000

There was an uproar Monday when trucks towed nine vehicles and issued tickets to others parked in a bus lane on a street motorists said they’ve been parking on since a transit strike shut down bus service a month ago.

Typical!

Source

Littlehampton Olympic Bid

Gav — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:02:30 +0000

Sky and pictures

Gav — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:40:55 +0000

Spot Sky’s deliberate mistake in the image on this article.

(There’s no live rail).

If this picture is updated, don’t worry, I’ve a screenshot which I’ll upload later!

Heathrow nutter protests

Gav — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:36:34 +0000

There are plenty of do-gooder tree huggers at Heathrow peacefully protesting. One told me that he tried to fly in from Glasgow but couldn’t get a flight. “We need a new runway at Heathrow really” he told me.