My grandfather, before he deservedly died 21 years ago, used to claim that Jack was short for Ernest (his name).
My grandfather, before he deservedly died 21 years ago, used to claim that Jack was short for Ernest (his name).
'Deservedly died'?
Is that just for saying Jack is short for Ernest, or...?
Also I don't care either way about kids being given the shortened version of a name for their actual name but it does annoy me when parents saying they're calling a kid by one name and then go "But we'll just be calling him [short version.]"
Just give 'em the short version then.
That and for calling me a 'clumsy clot' when I dropped an ice cream aged six or so. Also for leaving my grandmother for the dullest woman ever born, causing the former's suicide. You see? It gets dark real quick when you start having shit opinions about names.
That is annoying, but more annoying are the parents that get pissy when you call their offspring by anything but their full name.Originally Posted by Ian
At my mates wedding, his mum reprimanded the father of the bride during his speech for calling him "Sam" rather than Samuel. Obviously everyone laughed, but she wasn't joking. He might have well called him "cunt".
I like how you've given the ice cream top billing.
He sounds like a fun fellow.
On his wedding day?Christ.
I had never met her before (nor have I seen her since) so I'm unsure if it was a case too much Shiraz or if she's just a wanker. Probably both.
A friend of mine named his daughter Arwen and his son Colin, in possibly the most juxtaposed pairing ever.
My half brother is called Jem Starship though so I can't laugh too hard
Sorry, what?My half brother is called Jem Starship though so I can't laugh too hard
The product of my mad hippy dad meeting and even more mad hippy woman. Anti-vax, anti-law, anti-capitalism, though funnily enough not anti-benefits.
How tall is your half bro?
He's 4, so not very at the moment.
Guardian with a major scoop:
https://www.theguardian.com/educatio...pupils-england
I reckon 2021 is the year when fried chicken shops will be labelled as institutionally racist.
The linked article about schools being institutionally racist is a real brain rotter.
The alternatives to which are ignore it (racist) or justify it on those same cultural grounds (racist). A cynical person would think you literally can't win with these mongs.Other times, schools might request educational psychologist support for children of Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds to explore qualities which, from a white European perspective, might be perceived as traits of autism, such as difficulty maintaining eye contact or participating in reciprocal conversations with adults. But in reality these “traits” might reflect the child and their family’s cultural values and norms.
How about this for brain rot...
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/food/...time-c-2423649“As a part of the LGBTQIA+ community I believe my sexual identity is owned by me, not a brand and that the outdated meaning no longer applies. Isn’t it time for this double entendre to end?” the petition reads.
Golden Gaytime - a toffee and vanilla flavoured ice cream, dipped in chocolate and covered in biscuit pieces - was first released in Australia in 1959 by ice cream giant Streets.
I wonder if he will petition all the old luvs named Gay/Gaye?
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People like that just enjoy being victims. There's no other explanation.
You would imagine a member of the LGBT community would have enough real bigotry to deal with, mind.
Without a doubt.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56506466
I think it's fair to say there's very little about this that I understand.
He's spent nearly $3m of cryptocurrency (which in itself I still don't really understand the purpose of) to 'own' a Tweet that literally anybody can see whenever they like by Googling it, if they so desired.
Apparently in America they donate them and use the value as a tax writeoff
Crypto Whales chuck their money at a load of shite all the time. The guy in question is probably one of the Bitcoin Billionaires, so £3m for a tweet is pocket change to him.
As for influencers, Paris Hilton sold a cat painting for $17,000, Decrypt reported. And Lyndsay Lohan sold her "Lightning" NFT for $50,000 and promised to donate the funds to charities that accept cryptocurrency, according to Decrypt.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nft-...-mendes-2021-3
Someone said something on some podcast.
https://news.sky.com/story/union-fla...y-day-12255637
More ministerial flag worship.
Yeah, sure.Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: "The Union flag unites us as a nation and people rightly expect it to be flown above UK government buildings."
I don't care about the flags as it's pretty commonplace in other countries to have flags displayed prominently. What I care more about is this is another Tory "war on woke/PC" agenda point. They're absolutely ramping up this false narrative/battle.
This is fucking weird.... This seems like it such be a much bigger story.
https://www.theguardian.com/educatio...hebdo-cartoonsThe headteacher of a school in West Yorkshire has apologised to parents after a teacher displayed satirical cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad.
Gary Kibble, the head of Batley grammar school, apologised to parents for the inappropriate use of the cartoons, taken from the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, during a religious studies lesson this week which sparked a protest outside the school on Thursday morning.
“Upon investigation, it was clear that the resource used in the lesson was completely inappropriate and had the capacity to cause great offence to members of our school community for which we would like to offer a sincere and full apology,” Kibble said in an email sent to parents that promised further investigation.
In what fucking world is that innapropriate... if some of the kids are Muslim... so fucking what. It's religious studies... all religions can get fucking tanked.
Think what you're saying mate.Mufti Mohammed Amin Pandor, one of the community leaders who met the school’s leadership, told protesters that the school understood that what happened was “totally unacceptable”. “We’ve asked for an investigation, an independent investigation, and we have asked also for some of us to get on the investigation’s panel,” Pandor told the remaining protesters. “That is what we’ve asked for, whether they do it or not, we can’t force them.
It's not all religions though, it's the particular stinking, hypocritical sense of entitlement fostered within British Islam. They are happy to send people out 'protesting' to dictate public policy on things like that, and yet their businesses just don't pay any tax, which means the local councils where they live are all completely skint. Almost as bad as the tinkers.
I don't think tax avoidance is an Islamic problem brah.
That Batley/Dewsbury area might well be the worst part of the entire country, and yet it's the home of Fox's Biscuits. A great big fucking flag on the side of the factory would sort these primitives out.
My personal view on Charlie Hebdo cartoons is that they're dreadful - not in a particularly offensive way, just a dreadfully unfunny one. But, if you're teaching about Islam in schools and not talking about the attacks some of their fuckwits have perpetrated in recent years and then not showing what led to one of those attacks in particular, you're doing it wrong.
Do you apply that same logic to the teaching of any other topic?
Have you an example in mind of where I wouldn't?
What does the cartoon have to do with the study of the religion?
We can start with the other religions. Is talking about pedophilia in class needed when talking about the history of Christianity?
Do you also think that it is essential to mention how many slaves Washington had when talking about the American Independence?
So much of RE these days is about other things. The teacher was probably going on about freedom of speech.
In a basic overview of the subjects, no. In a thorough one, yes.
Why would you ever hide unsavoury elements of a subject? Let's just bin the World Wars of the syllabus and focus on puppy's and rainbows.
Also if you did mention paedophilia in a lesson about Christianity Christians wouldn't be outside the school acting like that.
I don't know what grade it was. Was this a "thorough" class on Islam, or a basic overview?
Don't get me wrong, I do not think that they are right to moan. The protesters can fuck off, and the teacher should be allowed to do his thing.
I would imagine thorough. A basic overview would be. Islam was founded in 800AD, in the desert, by a geezer called mo, there's a couple of VARIANTS and this is what they believe...
If you're getting into terrorism and the like then it has to be somewhat thorough. Or they have Tommy Robinson teaching the class, I guess.
If you're doing it properly, absolutely yes to both of those things.
No one is doing any 'thorough' or 'proper' classes on that shit at that level so calm your gammon selves.
There's 4 religions worth a fuck and 5 (maybe more now) years of mandatory Religious Education. Maybe you just Brain Fogged it out you gommo.
Fam, didn't you say yours was basically sticking a paki spot on yourself and doing an Apu impersonation? It certainly doesn't show now ofc.
Now I think about it's also interesting that no-one has ever asserted that 'acts of Paedophilia have nothing to do with Catholicism'.
In Primary School, yes. Cheers for pointing out it starts earlier than Secondary School though. Quality assist.
This flagshagging shit is doing my head in, can't we just agree to a patriotism of vaughan-williams, cricket and a deep collective sense of shame? This, basically:
We can't agree on anything, the American culture war is here. If x person thinks one thing you MUST think the opposite and call them a cunt while you think it.
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