Lovable old Harry.

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28-03-25, 11:22
the other bob wilson

Lovable old Harry.

Doing his best Stan Boardman impression.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cddy11j9p98o
28-03-25, 16:28
NYCBlue

Re: Lovable old Harry.

Jesus. What a clown.
28-03-25, 17:00
Tuerto

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Ahh, doesn't matter, he'll get 100 grand from Paddy Power to do an advert semi mocking himself, and we can all laugh. Everyone wins.
28-03-25, 17:27
LA Bluebird

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Bantz
28-03-25, 18:21
D. Advocaat

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What might be considered an unsophisticated sense of humour. That's all. A non-story.
28-03-25, 20:50
Trigger

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Originally Posted by D. Advocaat

What might be considered an unsophisticated sense of humour. That's all. A non-story.

Yes.

BBC making a non story about a German joke when one of the most memorable scenes in arguably their best sitcom had some proper German banter is the real joke.

Poor Harry will be labelled far right soon.
28-03-25, 21:00
splott parker

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by Trigger

Yes.

BBC making a non story about a German joke when one of the most memorable scenes in arguably their best sitcom had some proper German banter is the real joke.

Poor Harry will be labelled far right soon.

He was a right winger:shrug:
28-03-25, 23:41
NYCBlue

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by Trigger

Yes.

BBC making a non story about a German joke when one of the most memorable scenes in arguably their best sitcom had some proper German banter is the real joke.

Poor Harry will be labelled far right soon.

50 years ago. I'm sure Tuchel found it ****ing hilarious.
29-03-25, 00:15
Trigger

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

50 years ago. I'm sure Tuchel found it ****ing hilarious.

It was amusing then and still can be today for many. Though maybe people back then off the back of real hardship were generally just less offended all the time. Good on them.

To be fair I really doubt Tuchel gives a ****. It's clearly a joke.
29-03-25, 00:19
Trigger

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Originally Posted by splott parker

He was a right winger:shrug:

:hehe:
29-03-25, 05:11
the other bob wilson

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by Trigger

Yes.

BBC making a non story about a German joke when one of the most memorable scenes in arguably their best sitcom had some proper German banter is the real joke.

Poor Harry will be labelled far right soon.

We’ve never been at war with Germany in Redknapp’s lifetime and he’s 78 :facepalm:
29-03-25, 07:31
Wales-Bales

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

We’ve never been at war with Germany in Redknapp’s lifetime and he’s 78 :facepalm:

I bet he watched Dad's Army and Faulty Towers though.

BTW, I agree with you that all comedy should be banned.
29-03-25, 08:05
Hilts

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

I bet he watched Dad's Army and Faulty Towers though.

BTW, I agree with you that all comedy should be banned.

Just Gavin and Stacey would do.
29-03-25, 08:43
BLUETIT

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First team meeting, you can imagine, Harry Kane saying “don’t tell him your name Jude”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YMVPXmaKds
29-03-25, 08:56
the other bob wilson

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

I bet he watched Dad's Army and Faulty Towers though.

BTW, I agree with you that all comedy should be banned.

Dad’s Army was so good because the humour was directed at us as much as the Germans and it still succeeds today (unlike some aspects of Fawlty Towers). If you think anything Ive said in this thread is advocating that all comedy should be banned, then you’re even further past saving than I thought you were.
29-03-25, 09:07
the other bob wilson

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

He was a right winger:shrug:

Yeah, he was a crap footballer as well.
29-03-25, 11:43
Trigger

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

We’ve never been at war with Germany in Redknapp’s lifetime and he’s 78 :facepalm:

My apologies, didn't realise you had to have first hand experience of something for a joke to be viable.
29-03-25, 11:46
JamesWales

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Counts as an edgy joke nowadays, and in poor taste and some will be offended, but so be it.

We all get offended by some jokes sometimes, don't we.
29-03-25, 11:54
the other bob wilson

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by Trigger

My apologies, didn't realise you had to have first hand experience of something for a joke to be viable.

Viable? It’s barely a joke these days. Would any one under the age of sixty find it funny?
29-03-25, 12:32
splott parker

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Dad’s Army was so good because the humour was directed at us as much as the Germans and it still succeeds today (unlike some aspects of Fawlty Towers). If you think anything Ive said in this thread is advocating that all comedy should be banned, then you’re even further past saving than I thought you were.

I think the humour in Fawlty Towers was 100% directed at Basil and his ridiculous behaviour. Brilliant, clever programme.
29-03-25, 13:14
William Treseder

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I don’t see the point of these kind of threads.
You either think something is funny or mildly funny or you don’t. End of.
Nobody should be telling others what they should be laughing it and what they shouldn’t
29-03-25, 13:19
Trigger

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Viable? It’s barely a joke these days. Would any one under the age of sixty find it funny?

It would be fair to say a talk with harry redknapp would likely draw an older audience.
29-03-25, 14:56
NYCBlue

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Originally Posted by Trigger

It was amusing then and still can be today for many. Though maybe people back then off the back of real hardship were generally just less offended all the time. Good on them.

To be fair I really doubt Tuchel gives a ****. It's clearly a joke.

There are plenty of things that are amusing that one shouldn't really say publicly. I don't many will actually be offended by HR's "joke". It's just in poor taste. It doesn't affect me in the slightest. It just makes Harry look like a plank.
29-03-25, 15:35
delmbox

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

I don’t see the point of these kind of threads.
You either think something is funny or mildly funny or you don’t. End of.
Nobody should be telling others what they should be laughing it and what they shouldn’t

What's the point of any thread on this forum?
29-03-25, 17:49
Eric the Half a Bee

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Viable? It’s barely a joke these days. Would any one under the age of sixty find it funny?

More to the point, I just don't see why some think laughing at the Germans is relevant any more. A few years ago Japan beat Ireland in the rugby world cup and my next door neighbour was furious. His wife thought such an upset was great but he wasn't amused, citing how the Japs were bastards during the war. He's now about 60 so never lived through it. Very strange attitude to have.

Do we still take the piss out of the South Africans over the Boer war? I suspect attitudes to the war are different for England though.
29-03-25, 18:23
LA Bluebird

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Good news is the way the world is heading we will have plenty of opportunities to update with new material
29-03-25, 21:12
Wales-Bales

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Originally Posted by delmbox

What's the point of any thread on this forum?

What's the point of this post? What is the meaning of life? I digress ...
29-03-25, 21:16
Wales-Bales

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

More to the point, I just don't see why some think laughing at the Germans is relevant any more.

Not even about sunbeds?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuIJqF8av6I
29-03-25, 21:31
Der Kaiser

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by delmbox

What's the point of any thread on this forum?

So the same 12 people can argue with each other, keep up!!
29-03-25, 21:33
Henry Hill

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

I don’t see the point of these kind of threads.
You either think something is funny or mildly funny or you don’t. End of.
Nobody should be telling others what they should be laughing it and what they shouldn’t

Virtue signalling, duh.

England and Germany have a long standing football rivalry, it’s not difficult to get the “banter/joke” Harry was making,

I’ve read / heard some German ex players get tar more upset about the tact Tuchel is managing the England team.
29-03-25, 21:41
Der Kaiser

Re: Lovable old Harry.

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Originally Posted by Henry Hill

Virtue signalling, duh.

England and Germany have a long standing football rivalry, it’s not difficult to get the “banter/joke” Harry was making,

I’ve read / heard some German ex players get tar more upset about the tact Tuchel is managing the England team.

This is a very common misconception. The only people who think it is an actually rivalry, are the English. The Germans have far larger rivalries with their continental neighbours, particularly the Netherlands.

I think England are a bit of an afterthought for them.
29-03-25, 23:23
Tuerto

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Originally Posted by Der Kaiser

So the same 12 people can argue with each other, keep up!!

:hehe: :thumbup:
30-03-25, 09:24
Wales-Bales

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Originally Posted by Der Kaiser

So the same 12 people can argue with each other, keep up!!

The dirty dozen.

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