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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37118135
Corrupt (alleged) Irish Olympic ticket tout, best he could do was hide in the hotel room next door.... 😆
I said on facebook only a paddy would try and tout tickets for an undersold event
Sports official in "abusing his position to feather his own nest" shocker! 🙂
Is a paddy same as saying Irishman or was that too difficult for you to type?
I had a shudder seeing it written like that too.
I think we're better than this.
Is a paddy same as saying Irishman or was that too difficult for you to type?
Casual bigotry towards the Irish by the English is alive and well.
Still acceptable in 2016.
Not acceptable. Doesn't stop some people though.
How can this guy be the champion - they found him. Surely the current leader is Ryan Lochte - he managed to get out of the country.
I was expecting it to be the US swimmer and i was disappointed in that but even more so in the use of paddy and the lazy insulation they are all stupid....we are better than lazy casual bigotry - well thankfully most of us are
Casual bigotry towards the Irish by the English is alive and well.
That's almost as casually bigoted, tarring us all with the same brush.
"Casual bigotry towards the Irish by an Englishman is alive and well"
(I'm assuming for the sake of this that Edric 64 is actually English)
not cool edric64, not cool
How about Ryan Lochte promptly running back to the USA after he was part of a group of four US swimmers who claimed they were robbed, but actually caused damage to a petrol station's toilet door?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37129448
Edric 64 - you may want to think about what you just wrote there. Pretty similar to offending another country with another derogatory word starting with p.
Irishman - living in the UK - with zero bigotry.
Edric, that's not ok, either the term Paddy or any derogatory generalisation about any race.
Well the Jocks seem to get away with calling the English Sassenachs (sp?) and everybody calls the Welsh whatever they like, so it all evens out fair I guess. 🙂
I used to work with a Scotsman known only as Jock. It didn't bother him. Lovely bloke, if a trifle loud....
Paddy Power is the owners name.
Work with a bloke known as 'jock' never understood why as he doesn't have a trace of a Scots accent.
Turns out JOK is an abbreviation of his name and he's of Irish ancestry 😳
Paddy Power was founded in 1988 by the merger of the 40 shops of three Irish bookmakers: Stewart Kenny, David Power, and John Corcoran.
According to wiki so may be true
Pfft storm in a teacup (over paddy), it's not like anyone would care at being called a limey etc. (at least I hope they wouldn't).
FuzzyWuzzy - "Interesting" choice of username - pretty sure a lot of people wouldn't like if you called them that either.
Edric - if you don't get why what you're saying is wrong, you're probably not going to g2s anyway.
Aye but calling an englishman a sassenach is pretty much calling them English. Through a gealic bastardisation of saxons.
So different to paddy and jock which are derogatory in nature.
I said on facebook only a paddy would try and tout tickets for an undersold event
Pfft storm in a teacup (over paddy), it's not like anyone would care at being called a limey etc. (at least I hope they wouldn't).
It's the context. We have had the argument on here about what terms are offensive. Personally, I don't think Limey, Yank, Jock, and similar are offensive.
IMO the term "Paddy" isn't really offensive but the post was basically making the thick Irishmen stereotype.
Paddy Power was founded in 1988 by the merger of the 40 shops of three Irish bookmakers: Stewart Kenny, David Power, and John Corcoran.
According to wiki so may be true
You know how rappers are allowed to use the N-word? It's like that.
Which was justified in comments about a bloke trying to flog tickets when there are empty seat in nearly every venue .How thick can you get?
Arrested OCI chief Pat Hickey 'to be taken to police station'
You do realise that the guy's name is actually Paddy? (almost)
Apparently "paddy" is a nickname for Patrick, which was the officials name.
Maybe the Facebook quote was a friend of his saying "only paddy would try to sell dodgy tickets outside a half empty venue"
Except spekkie the post referred to 'a paddy' so no, not really.
Which was justified in comments about a bloke trying to flog tickets when there are empty seat in nearly every venue .How thick can you get?
What? Wait... You mean you are saying that in this context the Thick Irish stereotype was OK cos there really was an Irishman doing somethimg stupid?
Is it that difficult?
It's not actually offensive or racially demeaning to use the terms Paddy, Jock, Taff or even Sassenach unless you are associating it with some supposed racial trait; e.g. Paddy's are thick, Jocks are mean, Taffs shag sheep, Sassenachs are ****s.
Edric64 - have you got it now?
I don't think he has. It's exactly this attitude which resulted in them all voting for Brexit
It's exactly this attitude which resulted in them all voting for Brexit
Your attitude isn't much better.
I voted out and it was nothing to do with xenophobia, bigotry or racism.
You ticked the wrong box?
I voted out and it was nothing to do with xenophobia, bigotry or racism.
Gosh! That must be awkward when you are amongst your friends!
It's exactly this attitude which resulted in them all voting for Brexit
What a depressingly stupid thing to write.
"them all"
Awesome.
Now that this thread has been derailed I'll share a story with you...
At 19 i went to Australia for a year.
Arrived in Melbourne, got off the plane and whilst walking to the passport desk some ruddy great dog leaped at me. Didn't think much of this at the time. Carried on towards the desk where the guy sat there asked a few questions:
Passport man -"watchyadoin'ere?"
Me - "don't know yet. Meet some friends and travel a bit, I guess."
PM - "and what are they?"
Me - "what are who?"
PM - "ya mates... What are they. Australians or poms?"
Me - "i think you mean English?"
PM - "yeah, whatever.... Australians or poms?"
Me - "you mean English?"
PM - "look ere mate.... I ask the questions. All you gotta do is bloody answer them. Australians or poms?"
Me - "you're a pillock"
It was then that he pressed a button and from a side door two burly blokes came out, pretty much picked me up off my feet and dragged me into a room where I was told about respect and interrogated for an hour about my "friends", my intentions in Australia, and my finances.
I was finally let out and made my way to the luggage carousel. Mine was the last bag going round. Picked my bag up and two guys approached me and took me over to the search area. I had to turn out all my pockets, they emptied my rucksack and proceeded to swab everything. A pouch in my wallet tested positive for MDMA....
Off i went again to a side room where I was again interrogated ams asked about my friends, social background, reasons for coming to Australia.... They wanted me to go to the hospital and drink some fluid before being x-rayed. I refused giving a long speech about the idiocy of trying to smuggle ecstasy pills half way around the world.
Eventually after three hours they were convinced and let me go. I thought i was going to be in the first plane back to Heathrow.
Australian bigots.
Australian bigots.
No not really. Just Immigration/Customs Officers the World over.
Never ever argue with them. Your first response was the problem. Basically said you were just going to bum around in their Country.
Smile say good morning and don't get smart. Especially when your gear has drug residues on it.
Sounds like you got what you deserved..... 😉
Whereas sassenach is frequently used on this site by men in skirts.
That's hilarious Alpin. Do you feel you learned anything from the experience?
I doubt it.
It reads like he's the victim, rather than someone who doesn't know when to be smart, and when to be right.
Edric 64 - Member
I said on Facebook.........
I'm dying to know how that threads is going for you 🙂
Whoosh!
I bet those poor Irish are so glad you guys have got their backs 😆
Whereas sassenach is frequently used on this site by men in skirts.
It's actually not an English distinction, it's a Gaelic derivation of Saxon, meant to describe a non Gaelic speaking lowland Scot, but it's moved on over time.
Anyway, this thread has been derailed from a potentially decent discussion, into a festival for the permanently offended, and exposing a bit of a fool. Shame.