I can't even get f***ing Channel 5 where I live!
Oh well -- TMS for me. And I CAN get 5 Live sports extra which is a bit of a relief.
But I agree with almost everything said a bove. ECB - bunch of wankers.
I applied for Spurs and QPR tickets at the SAME TIME last week. This morning I got a QPR ticket through the post. Neither of my cheques has been cashed.
Anyone else had their Spurs ticket?
"Chav" is a shortened version of "Charver" which has been in use in the North-east (especially) for a long time. It means, well, "Chav".
But the word comes from the Romany "carvare" which just means "young man".
As I'm only about 8 miles south of being a Brighton and Hove Alba, I'm going to join some of the sporran-eaters on the PLANE to London for the Tottenham match (I've sorted of assumed I'm getting a ticket... now watch as this one falls on its face...)
But... the 0815 from Prestwick to...
Re: Re: Re: Is Pikey Racist?
When Burnley sang "town full of faggots" we laughed cos we'd heard it all before, we knew it's not true, and we could out-do them with our song.
When we sang back "town full of Nazis" they laughed because they had heard it all before etc.
I think in that case it...
But lots of Gypsies do live like that, and you can't ignore it.
Beorthelm, your argument is the same as saying that "raghead" isn't racist towards Sikhs, just "aimed at men who wear turbans."
And that's why I think you're wrong.
I'm fascinated by that Tottenham thing. I've never known any organisation, football club or not, to actually ask whether something is racist.
It's a bit like Dr Dre putting something on his website saying: "Look, I'm frightfully fond of saying the word '******' but I'm worried it might offend...