Lokki 7
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As we are oh so PC now, should we rename the village of Blackboys?
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Politically Correct or not ?
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Lokki 7
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Actually maybe Blackburn too. That sounds like a KKK town.
It's in the evening after dark
When the blackleg miner creeps to work
With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt
There goes the backleg miner
He takes his pick and down he goes
To hew the coal that lies below
But there's not a woman in this town row
Would look at a blackleg miner
Oh, Delaval is a terrible place
They rub wet clay in the blackleg's face
Around the pit-heaps they run a foot race
To catch the blackleg miner
Dinna gan near the Seghill mine
Across the way they stretch a line
To catch the throat and break the spine
Of the dirty backleg miner
So take your tools and gear as well
And hoy them down the pit of hell
Down ye go and fare ye well
You dirty blackleg miner
Join the union while ye may
Don't wait until your dying day
For that may not be far away
You dirty blackleg miner
When the blackleg miner creeps to work
With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt
There goes the backleg miner
He takes his pick and down he goes
To hew the coal that lies below
But there's not a woman in this town row
Would look at a blackleg miner
Oh, Delaval is a terrible place
They rub wet clay in the blackleg's face
Around the pit-heaps they run a foot race
To catch the blackleg miner
Dinna gan near the Seghill mine
Across the way they stretch a line
To catch the throat and break the spine
Of the dirty backleg miner
So take your tools and gear as well
And hoy them down the pit of hell
Down ye go and fare ye well
You dirty blackleg miner
Join the union while ye may
Don't wait until your dying day
For that may not be far away
You dirty blackleg miner
Lord Bracknell
On fire
I remember going to the Dome, sometime in the 1970s, to watch the announcements of the results of the Brighton Council elections.
As was usual in those days, the Tories won comfortably. And, as usual, they were in the mood for a bit of raucous lefty-baiting (which, of course, was great post-closing time entertainment).
The climax was reached when a fearsome woman Tory councillor, who'd just been re-elected to her seat representing Patcham or somewhere like that, stood up and thanked all her party workers for "working like blacks" to get her re-elected.
Cue a near riot from the massed representatives of the oppressed proletariat sitting in the body of the hall.
Marvellous scenes.
As was usual in those days, the Tories won comfortably. And, as usual, they were in the mood for a bit of raucous lefty-baiting (which, of course, was great post-closing time entertainment).
The climax was reached when a fearsome woman Tory councillor, who'd just been re-elected to her seat representing Patcham or somewhere like that, stood up and thanked all her party workers for "working like blacks" to get her re-elected.
Cue a near riot from the massed representatives of the oppressed proletariat sitting in the body of the hall.
Marvellous scenes.
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Dave the OAP
Well-known member
Have I got to throw away my gollywog and collection of Robinsons Jam Gollywog Band badges?
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Yes, dave.dave the gaffer said:
Not because of political correctness, but because you are forty-something years old.
Stinkers Bridge
New member
I've often been told that I 'dance like a black'.
I have been taking this as a compliment. Am I right to do so?
I have been taking this as a compliment. Am I right to do so?
Dave the OAP
Well-known member
Lord Bracknell said:
Yes but they are my only true friends
PS am I allowed to say the Gollywog is called Sambo?
Dave the OAP
Well-known member
Stinkers Bridge said:
No you racists bastard
Lokki 7
WSU
Stinkers Bridge said:
I think you mis-heard. I said you dance like a FAG.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,366
Surprised nobody's mentioned the 'infamous' 300 year old pub sign from the Labour In Vain pub at Westergate near Chichester - supposedly the last blatantly racist pub sign in England
Labour In Vain
Labour In Vain
Golly .....
blackleg - one who continues to work when others are working or who takes over someone else's job
The origin appears to be an ancient antipathy to the rook or crow because of its ravenousness and its feeding off cornfields. 'Rook' was initially a term of abuse or disapproval and in the 16th century came to mean a cheat, anyone who took advantage of others or lived on his wits. As the rook is black and has black legs, swindlers/rooks became known as blacklegs; it was then natural to use the same term for strike-breakers, who were believed to be cheating their fellows. This is the sense that has stuck, while the previous ones have disappeared.
...The American rookie (novice) is someone inexperienced enough to be easily rooked or taken advantage of. Thus an everyday term in modern American football has its origins in the cornfields of medieval England.
Comment: if you half black and half white, you must be a Magpie.
blackleg - one who continues to work when others are working or who takes over someone else's job
The origin appears to be an ancient antipathy to the rook or crow because of its ravenousness and its feeding off cornfields. 'Rook' was initially a term of abuse or disapproval and in the 16th century came to mean a cheat, anyone who took advantage of others or lived on his wits. As the rook is black and has black legs, swindlers/rooks became known as blacklegs; it was then natural to use the same term for strike-breakers, who were believed to be cheating their fellows. This is the sense that has stuck, while the previous ones have disappeared.
...The American rookie (novice) is someone inexperienced enough to be easily rooked or taken advantage of. Thus an everyday term in modern American football has its origins in the cornfields of medieval England.
Comment: if you half black and half white, you must be a Magpie.
bailey
New member
bhaexpress said:
I seem to remember Derek on Big Brother (the posh black guy who was as camp as christmas) using this expression in the diary room
Political correctness doesn't seem to have reached the more rural parts of Ireland yet. I heard some fellow who had his car failed in an NCT (MOT) test by a black guy spouting off about how the bloke probably hadn't seen a car before since he was probably swinging about in trees a few months earlier. More worryingly my wife was at a school open evening and heard one of the teachers talking about how the hospitals are full of monkeys now. Those are the two worst examples of many heard first hand in shops, workplaces and the school yard.
Bless 'em, it all seems to be a case of too much to soon for them to cope with it.
On the 'work like blacks' bit my mum still says something along the lines of 'them darkies can sing'.
Bless 'em, it all seems to be a case of too much to soon for them to cope with it.
On the 'work like blacks' bit my mum still says something along the lines of 'them darkies can sing'.
bhaexpress
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First of all, I never used that expression and never would. I felt that it has racist conotations because of where it stems from.
What I was wondering was whether or not I was getting oversensitive about being 'PC' as the situation has started to get a little siilly.
From the expression 'working like a black' also casts doubt of terms like 'blacklisted', 'blacked' and 'blackballed' to name a few. (Okay the latter does have some reason I know).
What I was wondering was whether or not I was getting oversensitive about being 'PC' as the situation has started to get a little siilly.
From the expression 'working like a black' also casts doubt of terms like 'blacklisted', 'blacked' and 'blackballed' to name a few. (Okay the latter does have some reason I know).
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Hampden Park
Ex R.N.
- Oct 7, 2003
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a term i havent heard for a long time is 'sweating like a rapist'. this was said to me by a colleague who had just done a very hard weights session in the gym. PC or not PC?
Lokki 7
WSU
hampden park said:
PC or not PC? erm...
Hampden Park
Ex R.N.
- Oct 7, 2003
- 4,993
Lokki 7 said:PC or not PC? erm...
i know, i know, just joshing
Lokki 7
WSU
hampden park said:i know, i know, just joshing
I know. So was I
