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wordsworth Wrote:

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> Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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> > One didn?t have lights, really curious.

> >

> > Did anyone see them?

>

>

> No



The fact you didn't see them means they did their job correctly 🤔🤓

DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote:

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> Pathetic. Grow up.

>

>

> TheCat Wrote:

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> > I think we're meant to call them Helicopters of

> > ColouR


I'll admit that humour (even poor humour)/intonation/etc are often lost in email/digial screen....but blimey, you must be an absolute hoot at parties....

TheCat Wrote:

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> I'll admit that humour (even poor

> humour)/intonation/etc are often lost in

> email/digial screen....but blimey, you must be an

> absolute hoot at parties....


LOL. I assumed "of colour" was in the same bracket as "coloured" - i.e. it's a no-no...


I'm inclined to call this a "stealth chopper". And I'm very curious to hear more!

TheCat Wrote:

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> DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote:

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> > Pathetic. Grow up.

> >

> >

> > TheCat Wrote:

> >

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>

> > -----

> > > I think we're meant to call them Helicopters

> of

> > > ColouR

>

> I'll admit that humour (even poor

> humour)/intonation/etc are often lost in

> email/digial screen....but blimey, you must be an

> absolute hoot at parties....



It wouldn't have been funny however you had said it.

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Well I found the 'joke' amusing. However, I get

> the impression from other posts that I really

> should disapprove of it, but I'm not sure why. If

> that's the case would someone please explain or is

> it simply because my comedy bar is set too low?



Your comedy bar is set fine I reckon.

But others? righteous comments might cause one to question that, bravo you for openly asking!

I?m a hoot for sure but given your past posts and your overtone of racism you aren?t funny and it wasn?t funny. It was childish.



TheCat Wrote:

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> DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote:

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> > Pathetic. Grow up.

> >

> >

> > TheCat Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > I think we're meant to call them Helicopters

> of

> > > ColouR

>

> I'll admit that humour (even poor

> humour)/intonation/etc are often lost in

> email/digial screen....but blimey, you must be an

> absolute hoot at parties....

I don't normally rush to the cat's defence but a bit of an over-reaction here.


I spend time challenging those who make the silly "oh that is politically correct" comments, which essentially belies their casual homophobia, transphobia, racist, etc etc views. But they live in Bromley where that is the norm. I get an old school friend talking about 'virtual signalling' and having a go at the BBC and many of the adverts for dis-proportionally using ethnic minorities, something that I don't notice or even care about. And again I think middle England casual racism.


But on this occasion I just think it is banter/stirring up debate. No need to be so po faced.


I could do the same in respect to not using terms such as black sheep of the family, the dark side etc etc.


I do cringe at times with Seth MacFarlane, who seems to do his upmost to use stereotypes and the like. His defence of the reference to Down's Syndrome and Sara Palin was that he is an equal opportunity offender. But I look back on some of the terms I would have used, thinking they were quite harmless in previous years, with a bit of a shudder. https://abcnews.go.com/WN/sarah-palin-family-guy-controversy-rages/story?id=9898355


Sorry this thread has mutated. See what you have done Cat?

malumbu Wrote:

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> I don't normally rush to the cat's defence but a

> bit of an over-reaction here.

>

> I spend time challenging those who make the silly

> "oh that is politically correct" comments, which

> essentially belies their casual homophobia,

> transphobia, racist, etc etc views. But they live

> in Bromley where that is the norm. I get an old

> school friend talking about 'virtual signalling'

> and having a go at the BBC and many of the adverts

> for dis-proportionally using ethnic minorities,

> something that I don't notice or even care about.

> And again I think middle England casual racism.

>

> But on this occasion I just think it is

> banter/stirring up debate. No need to be so po

> faced.

>

> I could do the same in respect to not using terms

> such as black sheep of the family, the dark side

> etc etc.

>

> I do cringe at times with Seth MacFarlane, who

> seems to do his upmost to use stereotypes and the

> like. His defence of the reference to Down's

> Syndrome and Sara Palin was that he is an equal

> opportunity offender. But I look back on some of

> the terms I would have used, thinking they were

> quite harmless in previous years, with a bit of a

> shudder.

> https://abcnews.go.com/WN/sarah-palin-family-guy-c

> ontroversy-rages/story?id=9898355

>

> Sorry this thread has mutated. See what you have

> done Cat?


Shoosh

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