Elf and Safety
Some people can't take a joke can they? Over in Wrexham, someone has complained about a wolf-whistling gnome on a butcher's market stall. As a result, council officials turned up to arrest the gnome. The butcher stuck to his guns and wouldn't hand him over, but the gnome was the subject of a gagging order by having a paper bag placed over his head, no doubt issued by the Gnome Secretary.
Oh, and wise words again from Jeremy Clarkson on the myth of multiculturism.
(Thanks to the Sunday Times This Life for the first one.)
Oh, and wise words again from Jeremy Clarkson on the myth of multiculturism.
(Thanks to the Sunday Times This Life for the first one.)
BLATHERED BY Shooting Parrots at 9:45 AM
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5 Comments:
That's a bit gnomist isn't it.
Totting up all the non-white people I can count as friends I come to, erm, none. Stranfely enough this is exactly the same number of non-white people I knew when I livd in Saudi Arabia... Weird, no?
It's an interesting point, Alchemist. There is one black person I would count on as a friend and people of various ethnic origins I would regard as acquaintances. The common factor is that they are all folk I've met through work, not any other social occasion.
The other thing they have in common is that they are first or second generation whatever who have become part of British society. In other words, they are British, albeit with a pride in a different origin.
That could be the definition of 'multiculturism' -- we live in the same place, speak the same language, but eat different things and sometimes have different relgious.
A common language does not multiculturism make. Nor does a separate diet, otherwise all I would have to do to be a contender would be the Indian takeaway we ate last night.
So it would be relgion then? When I review my list of friends, I couldn't tell you which pursuasion each follows as it isn't really a factor. Do we 'get on' does.
I agree with Jezza that multiculturism does not exist. Our friends, our close friends come from a few places: family, community, school and work.
In other words, environments that look like us.
There are exceptions, of course, and there are friends who 'aren't me' that I really value. They are the exception though.
And that must be the longest reply comment I've ever sent!
Life is so exciting in Wrexham. Bet you wish you lived here. :)
Bloody Hell. I agree with Jeremy Clarkson.
*Holds mouth in dumb disbelief*
I have one dear Asian mate who has, I have to admit, embraced white, working class culture to the extent that he is one of the best darts players I have ever seen and he has owned a couple of highly successful pubs. Now that's what I call integration.
I have one black mate who is pretty much what you would expect of an aspirational young bloke with a wife, child, mortgage and decent job.
Both became friends as a result of other friends.
At work, yes, due to the nature of the company I work for, I liaise with many diverse ethnic groups everyday. Some are easy to get along with - regardless of colour. They have the same life-view as I: ie. don't take it too seriously, love music and have fooball allegiancies.
Others, however, pray five times a day, treat their women like shit and talk bollocks about Sharia Law.
I've not been this religiously hassled since the heyday of the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses. They wanted their version of a Kingdom of God on Earth - a version of Christian Sharia Law - as well.
And you know what? All of 'em were as remorslessly ill-humoured as each other. They wouldn't know a joke if it slapped them in the face.
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