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It's a bit dire when a girl gets chatted up by someone over sixty with a dodgy heart and
arthritic knees ;-)
I cycled into town this morning, as Nathan is in want of a new shirt to wear with his suit at the
Club dinner this Saturday night. He wants a black shirt to go with his black suit. So I thought I'd
call into Tesco as there's quite a bit of men's stuff on sale there and I didn't particularly want
to pay a lot of dosh. So there's me, locking up the bike at the bike stand when up he comes -
elderly guy... "Nice bike. Is it French?" Me - "Thanks, no, it's not French, it's Italian." Then
said elderly guy proceeds to tell me his medical history - dicky heart and arthritic knees, and how
he still enjoys riding but can't walk much these days.
As I said, it's a bit dire when it's the over sixty "waiting for god" brigade that do the chatting
up. And... Vernon fell about laughing when I told him!
BAH! ;-)
Cheers, helen s
p.s. managed to get Nathan a shirt - but not at Tesco.
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"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote in message
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> As I said, it's a bit dire when it's the over sixty "waiting for god"
brigade
I do understand that you're trying to be funny (at least I hope you are) but don't you think that
the quote above is disgustingly ageist? It suggests that anyone over sixty is just waiting to die.
There are plenty of people over sixty who lead very active lives and will continue to do so for many
years. I hope you live long enough to realise that people shouldn't ever be consigned to the scrap
heap, particularly if merely passing a certain age is the reason for doing so.
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Michael MacClancy
dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:
"Nice bike, is it French ?" is that all he said ? And this is a chat up line in Norfolk ?
ho hum
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"Michael MacClancy" <herzel@REMOVECAPITALSo2.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > As I said, it's a bit dire when it's the over sixty "waiting for god"
> brigade
>
> I do understand that you're trying to be funny (at least I hope you are)
but
> don't you think that the quote above is disgustingly ageist? It suggests that anyone over sixty
> is just waiting to die. There are plenty of people over sixty who lead very active lives and
> will continue to do so for many years. I hope you live long enough to realise that people
> shouldn't ever
be
> consigned to the scrap heap, particularly if merely passing a certain age
is
> the reason for doing so.
houses in Bexhil, I beg to differ that many people over sixty aren't "waiting to die" :p
Thomas.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:38:02 -0000, "Michael MacClancy" <herzel@REMOVECAPITALSo2.co.uk> wrote:
>I do understand that you're trying to be funny (at least I hope you are) but don't you think that
>the quote above is disgustingly ageist? It suggests that anyone over sixty is just waiting to die.
>There are plenty of people
I don't think it was a piss take on *all* old people. The person used in the example admitted that
he had a dicky heart and arthritic knees.
I think you are needlessly over-reacting. But then I'm only 30.
Love and opinions from Rich x
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>I do understand that you're trying to be funny (at least I hope you are) but don't you think that
>the quote above is disgustingly ageist?
Yes and no.
> It suggests that anyone over sixty is just waiting to die. There are plenty of people over sixty
> who lead very active lives and will continue to do so for many years.
No it doesn't and yes there are.
>I hope you live long enough to realise that people shouldn't ever be consigned to the scrap heap,
>particularly if merely passing a certain age is the reason for doing so.
Sigh... when did you have the sense of humour by-pass?
Cheers, helen s
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> Sigh... when did you have the sense of humour by-pass?
>
> Cheers, helen s
>
It'a a good job your humour wasn't racial. In this PC society lots of people are losing their jobs
because others didn't get the joke.
KC
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> > Sigh... when did you have the sense of humour by-pass?
> >
> > Cheers, helen s
> >
> It'a a good job your humour wasn't racial. In this PC society lots of
people
> are losing their jobs because others didn't get the joke.
>
Quite. Swap 'over sixty "waiting for god" brigade' with 'turban wearing curry cooking brethren' or
even 'wheel chair driving paraplegics' and you can understand the true distaste of this comment. It
isn't necessary to be objectionable to be funny.
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Michael MacClancy
Originally posted by Dirtylitterboxo
It's a bit dire when a girl gets chatted up by someone over sixty with a dodgy heart and
arthritic knees ;-)<snip>
so did you get his number then?
I think we should consider the black shirt/black suit combination.
It is one thing to dismiss a potential life partner on the basis of a life threatening cardiac condition and knackered knees - it is quite another to wear black on black! I shudder to thing of the "club" involved.
I will continue to wear my plus fours and hacking jacket on my shopper this evening - hope the foxy young thing in green and yellow is on the embankmewnt on my way home - think I impressed her last time with my prolapse story.
yours slowly
dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:
>
> I cycled into town this morning, as Nathan is in want of a new shirt to wear with his suit at the
> Club dinner this Saturday night. He wants a black shirt to go with his black suit.
So he's the bouncer then.
John B
"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote in message
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> It's a bit dire when a girl gets chatted up by someone over sixty with a
dodgy
> heart and arthritic knees ;-)
He wasn't chatting you up it was the bike he fancied!
KC ;-)
In message <bp08b3$4lj$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>, Michael MacClancy
<herzel@REMOVECAPITALSo2.co.uk> writes
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>> "Michael MacClancy" <herzel@REMOVECAPITALSo2.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>
>> > > As I said, it's a bit dire when it's the over sixty "waiting for god"
>> > brigade
>>
>> > I do understand that you're trying to be funny (at least I hope you are)
>> but
>> > don't you think that the quote above is disgustingly ageist?
>>
>> I suggest that you complain to the ITC, since this was the title of a BBC comdey series.
>
>Yes, a few years ago, too. The world's moved on since and I don't think they'd get away with the
>title now.
Oh I don't know, I always took it that the title was meant to a bit ironic - as of course the 2 main
characters in the series were anything but 'Waiting for God'
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In article <nj46rvg74d2hjcqopq67t1ir3863l7ll03@4ax.com>, Richard Bates
<mail.sent.here.gets.deleted@cuddle.clara.co.uk> writes
>On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:38:02 -0000, "Michael MacClancy" <herzel@REMOVECAPITALSo2.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I do understand that you're trying to be funny (at least I hope you are) but don't you think that
>>the quote above is disgustingly ageist? It suggests that anyone over sixty is just waiting to die.
>>There are plenty of people
>
>I don't think it was a piss take on *all* old people. The person used in the example admitted that
>he had a dicky heart and arthritic knees.
No, the specific comment was - "... it's a bit dire when it's the over sixty 'waiting for god'
brigade that do the chatting up."
So unless there were a whole brigade with dicky hearts and arthritic knees (what a frightening
thought!), the comment has to be read as a reference to all over sixties.
With that sort of attitude, Helen sounds tailor-made for a job in 'human resources' ...
:-)
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Roger
> Sigh... when did you have the sense of humour by-pass?
Probably around the same time you had your sensitivity removed.
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Michael MacClancy
"Michael MacClancy" <herzel@REMOVECAPITALSo2.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > As I said, it's a bit dire when it's the over sixty "waiting for god"
> brigade
> I do understand that you're trying to be funny (at least I hope you are)
but
> don't you think that the quote above is disgustingly ageist?
I suggest that you complain to the ITC, since this was the title of a BBC comdey series.
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What's 25 yards long and smells of urine?
The bike shop queue on a Thursday.
It's just not as funny is it?
Love and ?humour? from Rich x
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In article <bp051p$a0k$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Michael MacClancy
<herzel@REMOVECAPITALSo2.co.uk> wrote:
> It suggests that anyone over sixty is just waiting to die. There are plenty of people over sixty
> who lead very active lives and will continue to do so for many years.
I'm over 60 and going for a new hip next month. I don't feel old!
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Quite. The Inuit have no word for "Eastbourne", y'know.
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" <outlook.bugs@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Michael MacClancy" <herzel@REMOVECAPITALSo2.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:bp051p$a0k$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
>
> > > As I said, it's a bit dire when it's the over sixty "waiting for god"
> > brigade
>
> > I do understand that you're trying to be funny (at least I hope you are)
> but
> > don't you think that the quote above is disgustingly ageist?
>
> I suggest that you complain to the ITC, since this was the title of a BBC comdey series.
Yes, a few years ago, too. The world's moved on since and I don't think they'd get away with the
title now.
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Michael MacClancy
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