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Nickbat

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Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« on: 07 August 2013, 15:56:36 »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23601215

250 people have complained. :o :o Viewers complained "it trivialises the work of animal welfare charities". WTF? ??? ???

"This ad shows no regard for all those involved with animal welfair [sic] and I personaly [sic] will no longer eat Marmite till this ad is pulled"

What a twonk. ::) ::) >:(
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #1 on: 07 August 2013, 16:09:13 »
It died. Buried some time in the early 00's.
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #2 on: 07 August 2013, 16:12:35 »
We've actually got a serious problem. Regardless of the subject someone somewhere will always "be offended" or object in some way by anything and everything. A big problem is that people actually respond, with something like "We take the issue of (whatever) very seriously, and will be (Whatevering) blah blah.

Some time ago an oversensitive lady at a business meeting told me that she found something harmless and trivial that I said "offensive". My response of "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" did NOT go down too well  ::)

But that needs to happen more, so that attention is drawn to real injustices.
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #3 on: 07 August 2013, 16:17:38 »
Ever since the term 'politically correct' came about I suppose? Whatever is said these days, someone is offended.
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #4 on: 07 August 2013, 16:17:58 »
its gone to bongo bongo land  :-X :-X
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #5 on: 07 August 2013, 16:32:52 »
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #6 on: 07 August 2013, 17:21:09 »
Quote from: Varche on 07 August 2013, 16:32:52
Quote from: tigers_gonads on 07 August 2013, 16:17:58
its gone to bongo bongo land  :-X :-X

 ;D ;D ;D

Can the Namby Pamby PC brigade go too :y ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #7 on: 07 August 2013, 17:51:51 »
We need to build another Greenham Common or something. A huge magnet for these idiots' offence, that will stop them getting all het up over total trivia.
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #8 on: 07 August 2013, 18:01:30 »
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #9 on: 07 August 2013, 18:45:16 »
I thought the English sense of humour left, when those that could leave did so !!
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #10 on: 07 August 2013, 18:46:14 »
It died the day we started tyre threads on here ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #11 on: 07 August 2013, 18:48:16 »
now I know where the humour is, its on here about tyres !!
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #12 on: 07 August 2013, 19:21:27 »
Complaints about a Marmite advert, are these people totally insane ?
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #13 on: 07 August 2013, 19:44:06 »
Quote from: Tilbo on 07 August 2013, 19:21:27
Complaints about a Marmite advert, are these people totally insane ?
dont like marmite anyway ;D ;D
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Re: Where's the British sense of humour gone?
« Reply #14 on: 07 August 2013, 20:29:01 »
Quote from: bored bigyin54 on 07 August 2013, 19:44:06
Quote from: Tilbo on 07 August 2013, 19:21:27
Complaints about a Marmite advert, are these people totally insane ?
dont like marmite anyway ;D ;D





Don't repeat that in Public matey, else you'll be toast(covered in Marmite of course!) ;D
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