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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
     When i wanted to describe DB. I had two choices -  s**t or sh**e. At first glance, the same meaning. But I opted for the latter.  There is a subtlety of nuance there. Which one signifies the more disapproval?
    Should i post this question as a poll?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    The latter.
    SW Scotland
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I agree. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hostafan1 said:
    B3 said:
    Danny Baker what a sh**e!
    he said he didn't think anyone would think it was racist? Well, that's his career gone up the swany.
    It was either hubris or stupidity. Either make him unsuitable for his job.  It’s the third time the BBC have fired him ... I’ve a feeling he won’t get the chance of a fourth ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I can't imagine anyone would be that openly racist these days but I also can't imagine anyone could be that thick to not realise it would appear racist. I know his sense of humour comes from the pre-snowflake era but you need to tread carefully on social media these days.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I bet Prince Phillip laughed :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I bet Betty didn't laugh when they said " Archie"
    Devon.
  • DyersEndDyersEnd Posts: 730
    Sh*te is shi**ier then plain sh*t.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2019
    I’ve a feeling that Her Madge wishes she’d been a little less conventional in her time ... her sense of duty was too over-arching (see what I did there 😉 ) as was POW’s in his younger days  ... I blame the Queen Mother 🙄 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Shame the Beeb can't be consistent in their treatment of people with dubious views about race and stop inviting Farage onto Question Time...  

    I favour the feeling that Danny Baker was probably just stupid, on this occasion, rather than racist.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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