Carol Thatcher

[ionnsaigh]

I fear I must protest on behalf of our friends the worms. Can of worms indeed - you should be ashamed of yourself Mr EMDEE throwing in that type of remark - is utterly ghastly. Worms belong in the soil - and up yer bum.

[EMDEE]

What a can of worms!

I most profoundly apologise to the worm community for this disparaging remark. I have every respect for worms, and we are dependent on them for our existence. I would, however, in my defence, point out that I was talking about worms in a general manner, and there was no reference, either expressed or implied as to the colour of the worms or their ethnic origins.

[£3.73]

lol EMDEE

aren't worms hermaphrodite ?

Comparison to a worm could therefore be a euphamistic way of saying "away and f*** yourself"

To be serious for a second.

I kinda believe that these are deliberate leaks by the BBC.

Since Jonathan Ross & Russell Brand were reprimanded/sacked (respectively) ...

a) High earners will be deliberately targetted, and come contract renegotiation time ... their haggling power will be diminished.
b) Lesser celebrities will be axed
c) There's no such thing as bad publicity.
d) There's obviously a media feeding frenzy on this type of thing at the moment

Clarkson will come out of this fine, Thatcher probably won't (and the death threats sound like the kind of thing an agent might come away with .... especially an agent looking to sell their clients story to the tabloids)

[ionnsaigh]

Sorry EMDEE your apology isn't good enough - you left out the humans - who are equally offended, by your anti worm remark.
Feck sake get a grip man.

[ionnsaigh]

What a can of worms!

I most profoundly apologise to the worm community for this disparaging remark. I have every respect for worms, and we are dependent on them for our existence. I would, however, in my defence, point out that I was talking about worms in a general manner, and there was no reference, either expressed or implied as to the colour of the worms or their ethnic origins.

Can?

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Who owns a worm cannery anyway?Horse,you will no doubt expedite an enquiry.

[EMDEE]

Just to salve my conscience:

Worms are good, they help the soil,
To fight against our use of oil,
For plants they take the carbon in,
And compensate for human sin.

[£3.73]

A wormhole is hypothetical,
A shortcut through time and space,
I hope they're not really made by worms,

.... because they'd be bloody huge

[ionnsaigh]

Am that worm
roon an broon
wan eyed wullie
nee Gordon Broon

Anyway back to that racist Thatcher.

[Tomr]

Abject ignorance displayed - WOG is an abbreviation of Worthy Oriental Gentleman. Nothing to do with Golliwog.
On a similar subject, Stan in Urdu means country, or land. As in Afghanistan, Land of the Afghans , and Pakistan, Land of the Pakis. If you were born in Scotland, you are a Scot. Born in Pakistan, you are a Paki.
Get brain in gear before opening mouth or pecking at a computer!
Juba

[ionnsaigh]

Well now excuse my abject ignorance - However back to the point - that is calling a black person ( or at least I assume it was ) a golliwog. I find the term " Worthy Oriental Gentleman " is equally patronising and condescending.
peck peck peck.

[Tosh]

Abject ignorance displayed - WOG is an abbreviation of Worthy Oriental Gentleman. Nothing to do with Golliwog.
On a similar subject, Stan in Urdu means country, or land. As in Afghanistan, Land of the Afghans , and Pakistan, Land of the Pakis. If you were born in Scotland, you are a Scot. Born in Pakistan, you are a Paki.
Get brain in gear before opening mouth or pecking at a computer!
Juba

There is no evidence for the W.O.G. explanations, none at all, the most likely derivation is indeed from the term Golliwogg.

[Wee Stinky]

http://www.billcasselman.com/wording_room/wog_one.htm

[ionnsaigh]

Abject ignorance displayed - WOG is an abbreviation of Worthy Oriental Gentleman. Nothing to do with Golliwog.
On a similar subject, Stan in Urdu means country, or land. As in Afghanistan, Land of the Afghans , and Pakistan, Land of the Pakis. If you were born in Scotland, you are a Scot. Born in Pakistan, you are a Paki.
Get brain in gear before opening mouth or pecking at a computer!
Juba

Cat got tongue ?