University of Manchester Students' Union bans clapping
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...ester-45717841
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University of Manchester Students' Union bans clapping
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...ester-45717841
The way the team are performing, a ban isn't necessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Read that earlier. Some people have far too much time on their hands.
Good pun!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
You've got to hand it to him, he's from the new wave of comedians.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Unfortunately nearly everything that starts its life in a random university somewhere, seems to make it's way into everyday life eventually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
"Don't get the clap while you're at uni" always good advice. :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
A ban wouldn't have any affect on the real hardcore cult members at CCS. dml1954, as an example, could have his arms and legs shackled but still find a way to stand on his seat to clap like a demented seal every time City win a throw-in.
And you are not demented?
Does this not discrminate against those with one arm and the visually impared? And...are those showing appreciation expected to remain silent whilst giving it jazz hands? Next thing you know it will be like Stamford Bridge😁Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Nothing worse than the clap
It's wierd how this story keeps resurfacing, it's almost as though the newspapers are running out of things to annoy us with.
This first surfaced 4 years ago at least, and the last time I checked clapping was still pretty widespread - except of course for in the houses of parliament where it has been actively discouraged for a very long time, without anyone feeling that it was an affront on their way of life.
The thunder clap would be a bit tame.
Which made me think of this beauty https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tgS1RFk1cU8
What a load of clap
To be fair, I thought that the crowd was still very supportive and animated even last Sunday - and those who stayed behind (or can't exit the stadium for ten minutes due to the appalling exits that clog up) met the team and Warnock with a sustained round of applause after the game had finished.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
I know, just needed some artistic material in order to connect a clapping ban and the Cardiff City stadium. All in the name of comedy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
you should be applaudedQuote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Sludge has proposed silently waving one's old boy around as an alternative method of expressing approval. Humouring his madcap, and typically filthy suggestion, I asked how women might convey their agreement. "By shaking their thingummyjigs," came his reply accompanied with his familiar smutty grin.
I call WORLDS of bullshit on this and if clapping goes away as a general rule I'll give you my actual houseQuote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
i was looking for the wrench of shit button then:wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R
Theresa May just did the jazz hands thing at the Conservative Convention, so there maybe something to it! It doesn't take very long for people to be "shamed" into conformity, the evidence is all around us.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
:hehe: Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve davies
In Sludge's case it would be jizz hands...Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
I heartily applaud this sentimentQuote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
It’s aimed at the old and uneducated to get them whipped up in to a frenzy, they’ll believe anything and love an excuse to say how things were better in their day. Also a good way to swing people with politics too. See also the majority of conspiracy theories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
That's the beeb for you. :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
Funnily enough, that's where I saw it :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R
Jazz hands isn't the solution to soothe the sensitivities of society's most delicate flowers for there must be some who have an irrational fear of overly large or small mitts... and what if, God forbid, those people are also suffering from a gender identity crisis?! A polite, hardly noticeable, nod of the head is the answer.
What about thought clapping? Everybody can simply imagine it, and then we'll all be happy :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.
Maybe we should just bring back clapping :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
What a surprise the telegraph has a tiny paragraph in it today apologising for the clapping story because it’s bollocks.
Well done anyone who was taken in by this obvious shite even for a second. And I thought it was only obvious lies printed on busses and conspiracy sites that fooled you.
A bit like imagining we've scored a goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales