Nicknames

[renards]

Oh no. I can see what's coming next.

My wife calls me 'Justin'

Must be after a good looking actor or singer??

Not convinced

[The People's Hero]

The comparison as you know related to size - as in big, strong, height, weight - the ape thing didn't come into it because, truly you'd have to first regard an ape as somehow unworthy/inferior/whatever to even think like that.

Personally, as an aside, I think apes are magnificent creatures.

In some ways I feel sorry for the warped interpretations applied to so many things these days. It's like the rape of the word gay, I suppose, which was once a happy rather than a sordid word.

I accept I may be nieve but no, I didn't expect the response.

It just wouldn't cross my mind to ever be disrespectful to a black footballer in any way and people who would make such sounds as you refer to are so far beneath contempt that I just wouldn't have any interest in reading about them or giving them any sort of creibility.

But thanks for taking the trouble to explain.

So 'gay' is now sordid?

This just gets better.

[Fez of Mahrez]

Oh no. I can see what's coming next.

So 'gay' is now sordid?

This just gets better.

And there it is. lol

[Thracian]

That Sappleton one is actually quite disgusting, Thracian.

I've just told Steve Beaglehole and he's very dissappointed in you. Word has got round to Andy King and Louis 'sexybum' Dodds too and apparently they've decided to hang up their boots having seen what their only fan is 'really' like.

As usual I don't find your schoolboy comments in the least bit amusing. Every remark you make is at someone else's expense, often mine but not exclusively.

I've often wondered if you are insecure, have low self-esteem or some other psychological hang-up that might explain it. Or whether you simply think it makes you seem impressive.

Who knows or cares, I suppose.

But unless you take time out to actually succeed at doing something worthwhile, I imagine you'll remain frustrated and forever keen to take your assumed shortcomings out on someone else.

[Milky]

I don't know why, but I just found that funny

I agree, my sides are hurting now. :laugh:

[MPH]

Thrac old boy, I'm sure it's all a bit of fun but I'd question the wisdom of calling an Iranian 'Saddam' (it would be like calling a Pole Adolf) or indeed giving a black player the nickname of a giant ape

I used to call Lee Morris 'Lipstick' Lee Morris for no reason whatsoever

didnt he also call sappleton king kong?

[BartonFox]

And there it is. lol

You lie, you didn't know that would be it.

[Thracian]

So 'gay' is now sordid?

This just gets better.

And that of course sums you up perfectly.

What I said was that "the word gay" had become sordid.

It has become the dictionary definition of sordid, ie "dirty" literally and metaphorically.

Instead of depicting joyfullness and frivolity gay is now the favoured word used to describe less than savoury actions by the tabloid newspapers because it fits more easily fits in headlines than most alternatives.

This is in contrast to use of the word homosexual which simply and factually describes all people who prefer having sex with people of the same gender.

This word is rarely used in newspaper/television crime reports because is doesn't fit. "Gay" can also be used in many everyday homosexual situations but it is the word almost almost used in criminal contexts thus tainting it far more than the word homosexual.

Words take on their character according to the way they are used and in the case of the word gay I think many members of the older generations would say the word gay lost all innocence and bonhomie when it was hijacked for an altogether different meaning.

I wish a entirely new word had been invented.

[Fez of Mahrez]

You seen any kangaroos yet or do you need a new spade?

[BartonFox]

And that of course sums you up perfectly.

What I said was that "the word gay" had become sordid.

It has become the dictionary definition of sordid, ie "dirty" literally and metaphorically.

Instead of depicting joyfullness and frivolity gay is now the favoured word used to describe less than savoury actions by the tabloid newspapers because it fits more easily fits in headlines than most alternatives.

This is in contrast to use of the word homosexual which simply and factually describes all people who prefer having sex with people of the same gender.

This word is rarely used in newspaper/television crime reports because is doesn't fit. "Gay" can also be used in many everyday homosexual situations but it is the word almost almost used in criminal contexts thus tainting it far more than the word homosexual.

Words take on their character according to the way they are used and in the case of the word gay I think many members of the older generations would say the word gay lost all innocence and bonhomie when it was hijacked for an altogether different meaning.

I wish a entirely new word had been invented.

To be honest Thracian, when I first read it I thought it demonstrated your dislike for poofs, turd burglars, arse bandits, pillow biters, bufties, queers, dinks, pinkies, pansies, fairies and poofs.

[The People's Hero]

You seen any kangaroos yet or do you need a new spade?

It really is unbelievable, isn't it?

[Milky]

Dare you to grow some buggers grips.

[Thracian]

To be honest Thracian, when I first read it I thought it demonstrated your dislike for poofs, turd burglars, arse bandits, pillow biters, bufties, queers, dinks, pinkies, pansies, fairies and poofs.

:D

It's not my scene at all but it's been a fact of life since the dawn of time and if others prefer it good luck to them.

PS:

None of those words fit as easily into headlines but they offer a good example of what I was talkin ablout in that they all carry their own degrees of respectability or sordidness, it would seem to me.

For instance a "turd burglar" strikes me as far more sordid than a "pansy" or a "fairy".

[The People's Hero]

Vagina Decliner is my favourite.

[Thracian]

didnt he also call sappleton king kong?

Due to the sensitivities of modern generations I've amended that to "The Hulk"

I'm sure someone will claim that's equally controversial but no problem - I can learn more about the modern mindset and it can be altered again!

[BartonFox]

Vagina Decliner is my favourite.

Your favourite what??? Partner for some bedroom gymnastics

[The People's Hero]

Your favourite what??? Partner for some bedroom gymnastics

Well, yeah, I do prefer to sleep with women who go for men, so I suppose you're right.

[BartonFox]

Well, yeah, I do prefer to sleep with women who go for men, so I suppose you're right.

*bollox*, off stump uprooted with no witty reply to retort

[Thracian]

You seen any kangaroos yet or do you need a new spade?

"New spade" - I'm not going down that road!.

[BartonFox]

I have no f'ckn idea what happened here

[The People's Hero]

*bollox*, off stump uprooted

*polite applause*

Well played, sir!

Have a good weekend Barton - I'm off.

[Raj]

Vagina Decliner is my favourite.

Would be a great name for a racehorse!

[BartonFox]

Would be a great name for a racehorse!

It's running in the 2:15 at Haydock tomorrow.

[He's not bald]

To be honest Thracian, when I first read it I thought it demonstrated your dislike for poofs, turd burglars, arse bandits, pillow biters, bufties, queers, dinks, pinkies, pansies, fairies and poofs.

Don't forget uphill gardners and fudge nudgers!

[BartonFox]

Don't forget uphill gardners and fudge nudgers!

Just keep on adding