Good ole British virtues

[frankthring]

Personally I think it will be sad day when British virtues like seeing the
funny side of things, being cool, keeping things in proportion, being mildly
eccentric etc etc all ends.
So 3 cheers to the rugby team of St John`s College, Cambridge University,
who decided the other night to go on the spree - all dressed as Jimmy
Savilles !!!
The College disciplined them but I think its in the best tradition of British
silly humour....
I hear that one rugby player told the Principal that in fact he was not
dressed as Jimmy Savile, but was doing an impersonation of that other
British legend, Jim Slip, dressed as "Jimmy Savaloy" (actually I made up
this last remark but I`m all for people, be they students or pornographers,
NOT taking everything too seriously !)

[Tequila_Woods]

Thats the problem though, everythings funny until it hits YOUR nerve. Same with alot of near the bone jokes... be that paedophiles, cot death, racisim *enter your thing here* etc.

[beutelwolf]

I am not so sure that was in the best tradition of British silly humour, certainly not when combined with just "going on the spree". That would have required a more targeted deployment of that dress code, e.g. for fundraising for Children in Need, or when attending some official function involving establishment figures...

What was typical British though about the incident was the actual disciplining. That was probably based on the usual phrase of bringing "blabla into disrepute", a phrase that is itself rooted in a strong feeling about the importance of status (if not class). In many other Western countries an incident like that would have had no such consequences...

[Arginald Valleywater]

Welcome to PC World, aka modern Britain. Not sure the Jimmy Savile thing was that funny but my rule is never analyse comedy. I cannot bide McIntyre or Kay but they make millions laugh so good on them.
My biggest bind is some sanctimonious twat saying "but you can't say that....."/ Says fucking who?

[Gentleman]

And then it becomes YOUR ISSUE to dead with. Ironically as we become less of an individual in today's society we find that society is held hostage to the feelings of individuals or minority issues.

[Peter]

Arginald Valleywater wrote:


> My biggest bind is some sanctimonious twat saying "but you
> can't say that....."/ Says fucking who?


Rotherham council?

[andy at handiwork]

I know what you mean. No sense of humour some people. I cant believe the stick I got when I had a 'Come as Ian Brady or Myra Hindley' party a while back.

[Arginald Valleywater]

People don't get black humour these days....if you want a sick joke ask a nurse, social worker or undertaker....everyone needs a release valve.

[David Johnson]

Some people are just so lacking in a sense of humour.

I had a Pakistani paedophile and children in care night fancy dress party awhile back. Can you believe it, some people thought it was in bad taste?

I had a load of uneaten kebabs left.

[beutelwolf]

David Johnson wrote:

> Some people are just so lacking in a sense of humour.
>
> I had a Pakistani paedophile and children in care night fancy
> dress party awhile back. Can you believe it, some people
> thought it was in bad taste?
>
> I had a load of uneaten kebabs left.

Good for you, David, that for once you tried something politically incorrect to inspire a party. Shame about the kebabs, but then there aren't really Pakistani cuisine, are they?