The origin of anti-Western prejudice in the Middle East

Post by **spot** » Tue May 26, 2015 7:46 am

I have, after much Deep Thought and rigorous examination of the evidence, found the moment in 1962 when it all started.

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue May 26, 2015 8:01 am

About time somebody got to the bottom of all this.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue May 26, 2015 8:57 am

So It's Ray Stevens' fault then ? Perhaps he didn't realise what the consequences of his song would be. One has to be sooooo careful writing songs these days - they could be responsible for starting world conflict !

Just think what could have happened between Holland and UK after this track hit the charts !................

There could have been so much flack if Holland had thought the UK was accusing them of having a mouse/rat infestation - could have damaged Holland's tourist trade at the very least !

Post by **spot** » Tue May 26, 2015 9:13 am

That'll be Dickie Henderson, at a guess. I have no bandwidth to check but I do remember him entertaining the Queen with it at the Palladium. Though to be fair she had the excuse of being a bit younger back then.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue May 26, 2015 9:17 am

spot;1479739 wrote: That'll be Dickie Henderson, at a guess. I have no bandwidth to check but I do remember him entertaining the Queen with it at the Palladium. Though to be fair she had the excuse of being a bit younger back then.

No, it was Ronnie Hilton ! Similar era though.

Post by **spot** » Tue May 26, 2015 9:36 am

G#Gill;1479741 wrote: No, it was Ronnie Hilton ! Similar era though.

Didn't he sing the Expecting Song?

I expect for every drop of rain that falls a river flows

I expect that somewhere in the darkest night I'll stub my toes

I expect for everyone who goes astray they'll find a way to make it pay

I expect, I expect.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue May 26, 2015 9:49 am

Did you notice the pregnant pause just then, before I mention that I think that was the Bachelors, although I think they changed the lyrics ! ( s****** )................................................... for Pete's sake, since when has the word 'snigga' been on the verboten list ????? (I had to spell it like that or it would have been wiped again )

Post by **spot** » Tue May 26, 2015 9:52 am

That censoring is entirely the property of LarsMac, in case anyone wonders.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue May 26, 2015 9:59 am

Well, words fail me Spot ! I suppose we could always revert to phonetic spelling to avoid this daftness !

P'raps I could start with such words as krapp, bullshytt, bugga, bluddy, .............................................. etc.

Post by **spot** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:09 am

G#Gill;1479744 wrote: for Pete's sake, since when

Hang on, let me check.

Sheffield Wednesday 3, S****horpe United 1.

Thought so.

We widened things last week after an Infraction went off.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:25 am

spot;1479748 wrote: Hang on, let me check.

Sheffield Wednesday 3, S****horpe United 1.

Thought so.

We widened things last week after an Infraction went off.

Oh, Mr. Spot, what are you like ? (to coin an apparently popular saying !) ....... but you have pointed out a fairly serious development with regard to censorship. It does make one wonder if we will ever be able to write complete words without asterisks all over the issue !

Smaug · Post by **Smaug** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:38 am

spot;1479748 wrote: Hang on, let me check.

Sheffield Wednesday 3, S****horpe United 1.

Thought so.

We widened things last week after an Infraction went off.

What about Dongcaster Rovers?:wah:

Post by **spot** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:45 am

G#Gill;1479749 wrote: It does make one wonder if we will ever be able to write complete words without asterisks all over the issue !

I ***ume al*** quan***y or co**** words

You know, we really ought to have thought this through before we pressed ahead. It was poor ****ysis on someone's part.

Smaug · Post by **Smaug** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:49 am

Or ****nal 1 - Southampton didn't!

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue May 26, 2015 12:24 pm

spot;1479752 wrote: I ***ume al*** quan***y or co**** words

You know, we really ought to have thought this through before we pressed ahead. It was poor ****ysis on someone's part.

Definitely got the filter on overkill, now.

Though, my complaint was about someone writing the sh!t, no the filter failing to block it. So, ya can't hang this on me.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Tue May 26, 2015 1:00 pm

You think that's OTT. The database we use at work has certain filtered words, such as 'custody', 'offender', or 'young' (as in 'young offender'). The problem is that this also applies to the Name fields so, as you can imagine, we can have a bit of a problem entering Mr Young onto the system.

Plus we really have had a few Wayne Carrs, amongst many others you'd really think were made up. I seriously wonder how cruel some parents can be when naming their kids.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue May 26, 2015 1:22 pm

spot;1479733 wrote: I have, after much Deep Thought and rigorous examination of the evidence, found the moment in 1962 when it all started.

So..............why didn't Streaking catch on ?

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Tue May 26, 2015 5:02 pm

Bruv;1479763 wrote: So..............why didn't Streaking catch on ?

I thought it did.

Post by **spot** » Wed May 27, 2015 2:15 am

Bruv;1479763 wrote: So..............why didn't Streaking catch on ?

Preserve's a', that's dreadfu! Flesh an' bluid canna endure that - it wad gar a horse swither.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Wed May 27, 2015 7:35 am

spot;1479773 wrote: Preserve's a', that's dreadfu! Flesh an' bluid canna endure that - it wad gar a horse swither.

Wey aye