RIP Bernard Manning

[Gil]

A sad loss

Not everyone's cup of tea, but in a time of P.C. gone mad he never compromised.

Nice article in the Sun (wednesday).

The Sun Online - News: Bernard Manning: My Obituary

 

[throdgrain]

Not my cup of tea, but good luck to him I reckon.

 

[leggy]

Not my cup of tea, but good luck to him I reckon.

lol good luck?

He's dead. It doesn't get much worse for luck than that

 

[Trem]

I dunno, after my dad died he won the lottery and pulled an 18 year old with massive knockers.

 

[throdgrain]

You know what I mean, you fuckers!

 

[Marc]

The irony of it is, he made pots of cash on the back of a racist act, but yet but buckets of it back into the ethnic minority communities where he lived.

 

[mank!]

well thank fuck he was a racist then eh?

 

[Guest]

i liked him, he made me laugh, maybe its a northern humour thing rather than a southern humour thing like the office, all irony etc,

i don't think bernard manning was a racist, i just think he talked like everyone else did and in some parts of the north still do, taking the piss out of anything to stop you thinking about the shit life you have, funny bloke RIP.

 

[Calaen]

I think the point is most people call him a racist, yet he told jokes about everyone no matter where they were from or what colour they are. I dont hink that makes him a racist.

 

[leggy]

I'm not overly familiar with his comedy but if you want a pretty good example of institutionalised 'racism', listen to Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson. By far the most horrific and chronically unfunny comedian I have had the misfortune to see.

 

[caLLous]

This is the funniest rip thread I've ever seen. I was never a fan of Manning but his auto-obituary made me smile.

What's wrong with Kevin Bloody Wilson? I remember listening to his stuff years ago (hey santa claus, festival of farts etc etc) and don't remember anything that bad.

 

[nath]

Well, now that I’m gone, I want carved on my gravestone these words, in letters so small that any visitor will have to move right up close to read them: “Get off! You’re standing on my privates.”

A true comedy legend has left us, he will be missed.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Good riddance.

It is possible to be funny about racial issues without being plain racist. Phrases like f**king p*** are not humourous, they are inflammatory and show a lack of intelligence. While some of his jokes were reasonable, his material was tinged with hatred.

 

[Whipped]

A true comedy legend has left us, he will be missed.

Billy Connelly said he wants the same thing

 

[leggy]

Billy Connelly said he wants the same thing

Yeah I think this was actually one of Bill's jokes.

 

[Calaen]

Good riddance.

It is possible to be funny about racial issues without being plain racist. Phrases like f**king p*** are not humourous, they are inflammatory and show a lack of intelligence. While some of his jokes were reasonable, his material was tinged with hatred.

neither is f**king anything though. It is how the joke/story is told that makes it humorous. I find chubby brown shit, just because I do not find comedians that feel that they have to swear to make me laugh. As for the p*** its merely the shortening of a name people really need to lighten up. I find it more amusing I have to ** out the P word yet I could type f**king scots or f**king Irish and it means nothing at all.

Too many double standards that too many people are glad to throw in your face if they think it will get them a pat on the back.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

I find it more amusing I have to ** out the P word yet I could type f**king scots or f**king Irish and it means nothing at all.

That's because Irish/Scots are the correct terms for people from those countries. P*** became prevalent through the use of racist abuse: you will hear people from Scotland calling themselves Scots, but you won't see a Pakistani calling themselves p**** because the term is derogatory in nature in the creation of the word. Similar to the n word IMO.

 

[nath]

IMO.

Actually - it's more than opinion quite frankly - it's spot on. Paki is a racist term, sure it's just short for Pakistani, but it's always been associated with racism and that's not something you can just ignore.

 

[Thadius]

Actually - it's more than opinion quite frankly - it's spot on. Paki is a racist term, sure it's just short for Pakistani, but it's always been associated with racism and that's not something you can just ignore.

So we should stopp calling Jewish people Jews as being called a Jew in WW2 Germany was degradotory

 

[Calaen]

Im not racist and I dont find Paki offensive in the slightest. I do however feel people need a reason to be angry at someone so it might as well be at someone that will shorten your name. the n word is horse shit as well if its good enough for themselves to use whenever they feel like its good enough for everyone.

 

[mank!]

So we should stopp calling Jewish people Jews as being called a Jew in WW2 Germany was degradotory

woosh! you know what sound that is? it's the sound of the point as it flies right over your head.

being called a jew is the same as being called a muslim, catholic, christian, buddhist or sikh.

if i met a jewish person and called them a jew, it would not be offensive as it's correct. it would be the same as me calling leggy a jock ****...scot, sorry...or someone calling me english. on the other hand, if i went around calling people of south asian origin paki's, i'd fully expect to get my fucking head kicked in.

p.s. you mean 'derogatory'

 

[mank!]

i look forward to the political correctness gone mad, raving liberal twat, soft southern poof, etc comments!

 

[Raven]

You do know your jumping up and down over anything bordering on racism does just us much damage than actual racism?

getting fed up being classed as racist for finding some "racist" jokes funny or for not having the enough coloured friends to fit the national average (or whatever pointless stat the guardian comes out with this week)

give it a rest for fucks sake

edit: yes racism exists (and should be stopped) but no it is not everywhere, despite what some people would like you to think. Its like the inbreeds who whined about Alf Garnet, Oh knows he said someone was a sambo! burn him!

wankers

 

[nath]

Coloured? What are you from the 50's?

 

[mank!]

yeah guys, trying to stop racism is a really bad way of stopping racism! this is where we've all been going wrong.

raven, do you have any opinions of your own or do the daily mail give them to you?

 

[Raven]

i don't read newspapers. If you read the post you will see i agree that racism should be stopped, however people that see racism in everything do just as much damage as racists.

I could throw the "do you have any opinions of your own or do the daily mail give them to you?" back at you but change daily mail to badly researched paranoid newsletter.


though i suppose you could have missed the edit while falling over yourself to imply i am racist (daily mail remark)

 

[Huntingtons]

well, black ghetto kids call themselves ****** and in .dk ethnic kids call themselves what you would call perk or paki dunno (perker is the word). if a white person uses those words regarded to a person they do not know its racist because of the unknown nature of which the word was intended (or the prejudge that the specific person regards themselfs as the word used). friends among can call it if they both feel secure with it but as soon as insecurity exsists it gets unfriendly, possibly.

saw a clip with him, he swears alot but some of it was quite good. anyhow RIP

 

[Raven]

well its like the local paki shop, thats exactly what it is, its not meant as racist, most of the Indians i know refer to it as that too.

 

[mank!]

i don't read newspapers. If you read the post you will see i agree that racism should be stopped, however people that see racism in everything do just as much damage as racists.

that doesn't even make any fucking sense. "racism is bad but so is calling something racist"? yeah, nice one fucktard.

I could throw the "do you have any opinions of your own or do the daily mail give them to you?" back at you but change daily mail to badly researched paranoid newsletter.


though i suppose you could have missed the edit while falling over yourself to imply i am racist (daily mail remark)

never implied you were racist, just ill-informed and full of shit. didn't miss the edit either.

 

[Raven]

that doesn't even make any fucking sense. "racism is bad but so is calling something racist"? yeah, nice one fucktard.

Calling someone or something racist when it clearly isn't is bad yes, its just as bad as being racist, both can upset people and both serve no real purpose except make people angry or cause pain.

Though a serious question if you can avoid calling me racist for asking it. Why is there a black policeman's group but no white policeman's group? What do you think would happen if someone started one up?

The paranoia goes to far sometimes. instead of chucking the race card about as if its going out of fashion people should do good for the cause. being rude "fucktards" because someone happens to disagree with you makes you no better than your average BNP member tbh