Bernard Manning dies...
19 June 2007, 01:58 PM
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I only saw recordings of his performance, but found them funny: the guy was a good comedian, no doubt. He had a go at everybody, but I personally didn't find anything he said nasty or mallicious: he was just poking fun.
IIRC several prominent individuals from ethic minorities in sport asked him to perform at their functions.
I think some people make the fundamental error of infering that an act is representative of how a person behaves 24/7. In this respect, I do recall reading about one fan's experience of meeting him after a gig. The somewhat intoxicated fan blurted out at Bernard:
"F***ing ace show mate.
Bernard shook his hand and replied:
"Shhh, don't swear son, don't swear!"
I think the preoccupation with PC to the extent that it's not acceptable to have a sense of humour about ourselves is much more damaging to racial/sexual equality!
IIRC several prominent individuals from ethic minorities in sport asked him to perform at their functions.
I think some people make the fundamental error of infering that an act is representative of how a person behaves 24/7. In this respect, I do recall reading about one fan's experience of meeting him after a gig. The somewhat intoxicated fan blurted out at Bernard:
"F***ing ace show mate.
Bernard shook his hand and replied:
"Shhh, don't swear son, don't swear!"
I think the preoccupation with PC to the extent that it's not acceptable to have a sense of humour about ourselves is much more damaging to racial/sexual equality!
19 June 2007, 02:35 PM
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"He had happy relations with his black neighbours, sent a sick Asian child he heard about locally on a no-publicity trip to Disneyland, gave money privately to anti-racist groups and was a major benefactor of Jewish charities in Manchester."
Makes a change for someone to do charity work without publicising the fact!
Makes a change for someone to do charity work without publicising the fact!
19 June 2007, 03:21 PM
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Anyone remember when he went on Parkison and Ester Ranson was on too to slate him for his jokes. He ripped her to bits.
She was trying hard not to laugh at his `racist` jokes, but failed. So what does that say about her?
A joke is a joke. Some people are better than others at telling them. Manning was one of them.
She was trying hard not to laugh at his `racist` jokes, but failed. So what does that say about her?
A joke is a joke. Some people are better than others at telling them. Manning was one of them.
19 June 2007, 04:22 PM
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Anyone remember when he went on Parkison and Ester Ranson was on too to slate him for his jokes. He ripped her to bits.
She was trying hard not to laugh at his `racist` jokes, but failed. So what does that say about her?
A joke is a joke. Some people are better than others at telling them. Manning was one of them.
She was trying hard not to laugh at his `racist` jokes, but failed. So what does that say about her?
A joke is a joke. Some people are better than others at telling them. Manning was one of them.
If you find something unacceptable and have a genuine issue with it that you wish to articulate, fine. We're all adults; no-one says everyone has to agree.
What I find irritating and hippocritical is when someone articulates an objection to something that they personally dont find offensive, just to appear PC, or has just ASSUMED that someone else will find it offensive.
There are too many people purportedly "watching out for the interests of others" these days and you'd be surprised how discrepant their views can be from those they are supposed to represent!
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19 June 2007, 07:11 PM
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I crashed into the back of some bloke's car this morning...
A dwarf got out and told me "I'm not happy"
So I asked: "Which one ARE you then ?"
A dwarf got out and told me "I'm not happy"
So I asked: "Which one ARE you then ?"
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19 June 2007, 07:12 PM
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lol English, Scots & Irish mountaineering teams were attempting to climb Mt Everest. The English team made it to 15,000 feet then called Base Camp on the radio to say bad weather had forced them to quit. Next the Scots team made it to 25,000 feet but they too had to radio down and admit defeat due to frostbite. Finally the Irish team called down to Base Camp when they were just 100 feet off the summit:
'Hello down there, we're calling off the climb'
'Oh, sorry to hear that. What's the problem? Weather? Frostbite? Oxygen?'
'No, nothing like that, we've run out of scaffolding...'
'Hello down there, we're calling off the climb'
'Oh, sorry to hear that. What's the problem? Weather? Frostbite? Oxygen?'
'No, nothing like that, we've run out of scaffolding...'
19 June 2007, 08:14 PM
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"He had happy relations with his black neighbours, sent a sick Asian child he heard about locally on a no-publicity trip to Disneyland, gave money privately to anti-racist groups and was a major benefactor of Jewish charities in Manchester."
Makes a change for someone to do charity work without publicising the fact!
Makes a change for someone to do charity work without publicising the fact!
19 June 2007, 08:59 PM
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Keep seeing people saying (in amongst all the real love for the fella) 'Good riddance, fat, obnoxious, racist fat northern bast4rd',
So Bernard Manning was the offensive racist ?
Makes me sick when people try so hard to be right on.
RIP bernard
So Bernard Manning was the offensive racist ?
Makes me sick when people try so hard to be right on.
RIP bernard
19 June 2007, 09:56 PM
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From memory (struggling to think of a printable joke) from when I saw him...
There was an old couple from Yorkshire, both very old. One day the Wife died.
The husband went to the the Funeral Directors and said that on her headstone he wanted the words 'She was thine' engraved on it, "Because I'm a Yorkshireman!" He explained.
Anyway he went to the grave yard the following day (or whenever) and looked at the headstone.
It stated, 'SHE WAS THIN'.
Very angry he went to the Funeral Directors, complaining bitterly, "Its wrong, remember I'M A YORKSHIREMAN!"
They promised to correct it and the following day he went back to the graveyard and looked at the headstone...
It read "EEEEEEE SHE WAS THIN".
Don't ask me why, I thought it was hilarious - delivery was far better than mine too!
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There was an old couple from Yorkshire, both very old. One day the Wife died.
The husband went to the the Funeral Directors and said that on her headstone he wanted the words 'She was thine' engraved on it, "Because I'm a Yorkshireman!" He explained.
Anyway he went to the grave yard the following day (or whenever) and looked at the headstone.
It stated, 'SHE WAS THIN'.
Very angry he went to the Funeral Directors, complaining bitterly, "Its wrong, remember I'M A YORKSHIREMAN!"
They promised to correct it and the following day he went back to the graveyard and looked at the headstone...
It read "EEEEEEE SHE WAS THIN".
Don't ask me why, I thought it was hilarious - delivery was far better than mine too!
Asif
21 June 2007, 04:02 PM
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Saw him telly a while back and the tv host (forget the program) brought on a Japanese tourist to meet him.
"Ello son, there'll be a few less Toyota's built this week if you're over here then eh?" soon followed by "oo, pearl harbor - what a ******* sh*thouse trick that was..."
RIP.
"Ello son, there'll be a few less Toyota's built this week if you're over here then eh?" soon followed by "oo, pearl harbor - what a ******* sh*thouse trick that was..."
RIP.
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