Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:32 am
Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:47 am
rob wrote:outsider. 1- please dont call me "son" im probably older than you.
2-i work with people with "special needs" as you so eloquently put it, so i take offense at that .
3-i cant ask my grandfather as he was executed in a prison of war camp by the germans .
Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:55 am
TheOutsider wrote:rob wrote:outsider. 1- please dont call me "son" im probably older than you.
2-i work with people with "special needs" as you so eloquently put it, so i take offense at that .
3-i cant ask my grandfather as he was executed in a prison of war camp by the germans .
1. You're probably not older but there you go, not that important is it really.
2. My daughter is special needs but I'm not hung up about it. I actually nicked that joke off a Scottish comedian on the telly the other night. He really ripped in to England's special needs group. Maybe he told it better than me because the audience laughed. My wife works with severely disabled kids as well and I showed her this post and she wasn't upset by it. In fact she saw the funny side of it and said something like yes I can see how special needs people would be upset by being compared to the English footballers.
3. On war wounds, my father served in the 2nd ww fighting the Germans. His brother fought the Japs and spent most of his time in one of their prison camps. When he came home he was a walking bag of bones but my family called him "fatty" as a sort of piss take. My grandfather was shot in the arse in the 1st ww, my family called him "lead arse" after that. Currently my nephew is getting shot at in Afghanistan.
At the end of the day Rob, this was a joke thread taking the piss. Sorry if I caused offence but it really wasn't meant to.
Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:03 pm
rob wrote:TheOutsider wrote:rob wrote:outsider. 1- please dont call me "son" im probably older than you.
2-i work with people with "special needs" as you so eloquently put it, so i take offense at that .
3-i cant ask my grandfather as he was executed in a prison of war camp by the germans .
1. You're probably not older but there you go, not that important is it really.
2. My daughter is special needs but I'm not hung up about it. I actually nicked that joke off a Scottish comedian on the telly the other night. He really ripped in to England's special needs group. Maybe he told it better than me because the audience laughed. My wife works with severely disabled kids as well and I showed her this post and she wasn't upset by it. In fact she saw the funny side of it and said something like yes I can see how special needs people would be upset by being compared to the English footballers.
3. On war wounds, my father served in the 2nd ww fighting the Germans. His brother fought the Japs and spent most of his time in one of their prison camps. When he came home he was a walking bag of bones but my family called him "fatty" as a sort of piss take. My grandfather was shot in the arse in the 1st ww, my family called him "lead arse" after that. Currently my nephew is getting shot at in Afghanistan.
At the end of the day Rob, this was a joke thread taking the piss. Sorry if I caused offence but it really wasn't meant to.
you didnt offend mate, its just banter thats all. maybe we went to far, i may be english but ive lived here 38 years so i am not losing sleep over england losing.
so lets leave it there and have a chat about summat else.
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