Benedict Cumberbatch sorry for 'coloured' comment

[FredClogs]

jonby said:

Corpulent Tosser said:

FredClogs said:

I'm not saying Benedict did anything other than a brain fart under pressure and of course it's hard to keep up with what people find offensive but when you're in a position of power as he is, and privilege as he is then you deserve to be held to account.

Well at least you called him by his actual name in that post, not the childish Cumber(add your own insult here) that you have in other posts.

Reading your posts remind me why I gave up my socialist leanings, I was around 23 at the time, I realised that socialism was all about envy, it wasn't that I wanted equality for all, that would be stupid, we are not all equal, it was about jealousy, I didn't have so why should others have.

I wanted some, so I worked and learned and worked some more, I am no longer envious. You should try it.

Indeed

Isn't it strange that so many lefties including many politicians, seem to think it's OK to label 'toffs/posh boys' in every possible way and indeed advocate discrimination against them yet they campaign so hard against discrimination in any other form

If wealthy and/or privileged/posh people talk in a condescending or discriminatory manner about the working classes/poor(er) people, they quite rightly get pounced on so why is it deemed acceptable the other way round ?

You're allowed to punch up, not down, basic lore of the playground - pick on someone your own size (or bigger).

[anonymous-user]

FredClogs said:

NinjaPower said:

FredClogs said:

Sounds like you're firmly middle class, bordering on Toff.

You may wish to commission some paintings of yourself now and secure your legacy!

Can you recommend anyone?

Francis Bacon - Oh he's dead isn't he? Rolf Harris perhaps, he has time on his hands now.

I just thought up a new vital question - Do you have a job you could explain to a bar man in the time it takes for a pint of mild to settle?

I'm a Compliance Manager for a national company that deals in property.

Easy peasy.

[FredClogs]

NinjaPower said:

FredClogs said:

NinjaPower said:

FredClogs said:

Sounds like you're firmly middle class, bordering on Toff.

You may wish to commission some paintings of yourself now and secure your legacy!

Can you recommend anyone?

Francis Bacon - Oh he's dead isn't he? Rolf Harris perhaps, he has time on his hands now.

I just thought up a new vital question - Do you have a job you could explain to a bar man in the time it takes for a pint of mild to settle?

I'm a Compliance Manager for a national company that deals in property.

Easy peasy.

You what mate? You're a building inspector?

[jimbobsimmonds]

FredClogs said:

Ok, I'll be the judge of whether you're a Toff or not...

Do you own property or were you born in Chelsea, South Kensington or Knightsbridge?

Do you decant your wine?

Do you have an unusually overly ponced name, like Benedict, Wanda or Sheridan?

Do you have a summer house with Black Labradors, horses and a private boating lake, with a staff of 7 that you visit 3 weeks of the year?

Do you ski in Switzerland?

Do you have paintings of dead relatives up in your house?

Have you ever eaten swan?

Do you shoot? Hunt Foxes? Wear fancy welly boots and wax jackets into town on a saturday and own more than one umbrella?

If the answer to all of the above is yes then I'm afraid you're a Toff, 3 or more yes puts you on (what I call) the Toff spectrum and you'll need to return for a second opinion - please bring with you a set of dental imprints, a photograph of your sister and any silver cutlery you have lying around the house.

HTH

Is it wrong that I don't have, but would love to have/do some of those things? (except for the dead relatives, and the wax jacket...) Surely everybody would love to be fortunate enough to have a summer house and go boating? Hell, with a bit of luck and hard work I might get there (even if I don't quite get the summer house a decent house of my own in the South East and enough money to go on holiday I'll still be fine).

I really don't get lefties; I'm envious of toffs/bankers (or whatever is irking the left this week)but I don't dislike them for it! Socialists see other people have nice things and default to a position of "it's not fair" rather than thinking "I'll crack on, work hard, and you never know, I might be able to get there. Or at least leave my kids in a position to get the boat etc".

[anonymous-user]

dudleybloke said:

Is it OK to call someone blick if you have diplomatic immunity?

I hear it's been revoked.

[blinkythefish]

Dr Jekyll said:

A girl I used to know, half French half Vietnamese, reckoned 'double caste' was preferable.

This made me think of this sketch from the fast show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrFa51JU3sM

[Smiler.]

hora said:

blinkythefish said:

This made me think of this sketch from the fast show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrFa51JU3sM

Class

[MarshPhantom]

Smiler. said:

hora said:

blinkythefish said:

This made me think of this sketch from the fast show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrFa51JU3sM

Class

That's weird, I was about to quote the punchline myself.

[V8Ford]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Beat me to it

[Corpulent Tosser]

FredClogs said:

jonby said:

Corpulent Tosser said:

FredClogs said:

I'm not saying Benedict did anything other than a brain fart under pressure and of course it's hard to keep up with what people find offensive but when you're in a position of power as he is, and privilege as he is then you deserve to be held to account.

Well at least you called him by his actual name in that post, not the childish Cumber(add your own insult here) that you have in other posts.

Reading your posts remind me why I gave up my socialist leanings, I was around 23 at the time, I realised that socialism was all about envy, it wasn't that I wanted equality for all, that would be stupid, we are not all equal, it was about jealousy, I didn't have so why should others have.

I wanted some, so I worked and learned and worked some more, I am no longer envious. You should try it.

Indeed

Isn't it strange that so many lefties including many politicians, seem to think it's OK to label 'toffs/posh boys' in every possible way and indeed advocate discrimination against them yet they campaign so hard against discrimination in any other form

If wealthy and/or privileged/posh people talk in a condescending or discriminatory manner about the working classes/poor(er) people, they quite rightly get pounced on so why is it deemed acceptable the other way round ?

You're allowed to punch up, not down, basic lore of the playground - pick on someone your own size (or bigger).

The playground analogy actually seems quite apt considering the content of your posts.

That you think you having a go at 'toffs' is punching up and acceptable, whereas 'toffs' having a go at working classes is punching down and so unacceptable is quite enlightening, well it is more of a confirmation than enlightening I suppose. You actually think that 'toffs' are better than you, you have an inferiority complex, and that is why you have that big chip on your shoulder.

Am I correct ?

[McWigglebum4th]

Corpulent Tosser said:

The playground analogy actually seems quite apt considering the content of your posts.

That you think you having a go at 'toffs' is punching up and acceptable, whereas 'toffs' having a go at working classes is punching down and so unacceptable is quite enlightening, well it is more of a confirmation than enlightening I suppose. You actually think that 'toffs' are better than you, you have an inferiority complex, and that is why you have that big chip on your shoulder.

Am I correct ?

Sounds 100% correct to me

[Hugo a Gogo]

NinjaPower said:

I'm Timothy, but no one had ever called me anything but Tim.

yes, you are a toff ;(

[The Don of Croy]