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Not sure I would agree that Irish stereotypes are played out that much these days. And the difference between poking fun at Aussies, Brummies et al and the sort of jokes at the expense of women/homosexuals/black and asian people is that unlike the latter, Aussies and Brummies aren't REALLY oppressed/regularly beaten up/discriminated against financially in any way are they?

I think that Brummies are discriminated against/bullied. Not sytematically, but the stereotype of the "thick Brummie" is alive and kicking, as is that of the "dishonest Scouser" and "violent Glaswegian"


Dont get me started about the oppression of us Gingers.

*Bob* Wrote:

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> You're not even a Brummie though, are you, MP?

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Correct...



But he was "Ginger" ( life can be tough, I mean Ginger to Grey ,with nothing in between ...)


Though he still has hair, which is a plus



W**F

Sean is quite right in what he says though to be the butt of essentially the same joke over and over, just because of your accent, isn't nice, whether you have been discriminated against historically or not. And yes the Irish jokes are definitely fewer these days, particularly in TV programmes, tho I do recall a thread on this forum a short while ago that may have offended some Irish forumites ( don't ask me to supply a link - it is best left forgotten!)

LazarusLong Wrote:

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> *Bob* Wrote:

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> > Is you not feelin Grime then innit?

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> White people speaking as if they're black.


Or rather


Old people speaking as if they're young.

The Met Office. Totally useless after their BBQ summer and predicting a mild winter, their new focus appears to be telling us what's happening outside which involves looking out the window. And it would seem that they are now being challenged by a small private forecasting team based in Wales that accurately predicted last summer would be crap and winter would be very cold with snow. And these hipsters are now funnily enough predicting a genuine BBQ summer this year....if they are right then the Met office's days are numbered - a public -private partnership on the cards perhaps?

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