Boring! He’s been bloody dead for 108 years, give the man a break!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
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Boring! He’s been bloody dead for 108 years, give the man a break!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
Of course they do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
But it’s hard to argue people are offended about everything, tbh seems to be more to make them current rather than anything of substance.
Always thought Fawlty Towers was overrated, never was a big fan of Cleese.
Brilliant:hehe::hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by fingers
Millennials just don't understand humour or cleese...There are loads of different cleeses.Red Leicester, Tilsit, Caerphilly, Bel Paese, Red Windsor, Stilton, Emmental, Gruyère, Norwegian Jarlsberg, Liptauer, Lancashire, White Stilton, Danish Blue, Double Gloucester, Cheshire, Dorset Blue Vinney, Brie, Roquefort, Pont l'Evêque, Port Salut, Savoyard etc etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Ninja
Must have taken you half hour to list all those Cleese's and you still missed loads.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
google mate..and you are welcome to use it. hey! you might even find something funnier than The Royle familyQuote:
Originally Posted by Ninja
Again I disagree. I just think some things that were funny back in the 70s aren't any longer. Comics like Frankie Boyle come out with jokes that could be considered highly offensive, and he's got into trouble for many, but he's in huge demand. Jerry Sadowicz had his first ever tour in London a few years ago - it's the first time he could get sponsorship for such a thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2b2bdoo
There are lots of very edgy, controversial comedians, just that humour has moved on. Jokes about the war aren't funny any more. Jokes slagging off homosexuality or black people aren't appropriate any more. The world has moved on.
You didn't offend me and it was fair comment, old fruit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
I think it was his dad that changed the family name from Cheese to Cleese ironically.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
This might have gone over my head but John Cleese's father changed the family name from Cheese to Cleese.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Must have been a cleese in the contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
https://unrealfacts.com/last-name-jo...nearly-cheese/Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Singer Judith Durham of The Seekers fame, who recently died, was born Judith Cock. Actress Diana Dors was Diana Fluck.
Actors Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee were originally Chan Kong-sang and Li Jun Fan.
Our Vinnie came into the world as Tan Chee Yioun. When he started to prefix it with
Vincent I've been unable to discover.
It seems those of Chinese ethnicity have their family name first.
Not sure if this is a typo but Hardie was a very different animal to the brown Austin Allegro that leads the Labour Party today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
Past your eyes perhaps.....Quote:
Originally Posted by insider
She said she'd like to bathe in milkQuote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
He said alright sweetheart
And when he finished work one night
He loaded up the cart
He said you wanted pasturised
'Cause pasturised is best
She says Ernie I'll be happy
If it comes up to me chest
And that tickled old Ernie (Ernie)
And he drove the fastest milkcart in the west
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This is much better, it's more relatable.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Rodders and Del chatting up the ladies, good old Hot Rod!
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1028002844623837
magnificent :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Good point! :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by fingers
After more :sherlock:-ing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.
In addition to Vincent Tan being Tan Chee Yioun, Mehmet Dalman is Mehmet Sükrü and Ken Choo is Choo Ken-Yi.
Someone who hasn't adopted a business professional stage name is manager Sabri Lamouchi who really is Sabri Lamouchi.
Fans who have speculated he might be a patron of Ton Tan, Tonyrefail's premier sunbed centre, where Rhondda residents who desire a darker skin complexion head to, are likely wrong because French-born Lamouchi is of African parentage.
It's quite common for Asian people of the family name:given name system to westernise their name to more easily navigate the cross-cultural interactions. To me, it's a pretty big step. I doubt many westerners do it the other way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.
It also means people are less likely to take the piss out of them, and given some of your comments in the past, I'd guess you're one of those people.
It should be pretty obvious why a french man hasn't done this.
I think it's quite sad to see. Was a really great series, but off in its prime to avoid going 'stale'. That decision to stop at 12 has looked genius when compared to some more recent shows that have gone downhill and died a slow death. Now it's being rebooted seemingly as a protest against cancel culture. The remake is also missing half the original writing team, with Connie Booth playing no part, she also played a fantastically acted role in the original that will be hard to replace
I don't think all Asian people who adopt a "western" name do so for easier cross-cultural interactions, even if that's how it started.Quote:
Originally Posted by lardy
My wife and her friends will mostly call each other by their "western" nicknames, and keep their full Chinese name for official documents etc.
She even calls her son by his western name, unless he's really being told off, in which case the full name will come out.
On the tin it said Fawlty Towers, when i opened it up it was asian fusion.
A fella by me , now sadly deceased was of Indian origin via UgandaQuote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
His English was fantastic but if he was off on one with anyone he would revert to hindi especially if his children were playing up
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