Is The General Forum Shitter Than Ever Before?

[Curly]

Is “ham hock” ever used? I feel like that could really freshen things up as a viable alternative to gammon.

 

What are the origins of gammon as an insult? I always assumed a gammon joint resembled the facial complexion of a stereotypical blue blooded guy, red wine in one hand, plate of honey glazed ham in the other, tweed cap, tweed jacket, mustard tank top. Is that it?
 

[Curly]

44 minutes ago, A Red said:

To get people to up their games we need to bring back Ricos "lefty of the week" and for inclusion introduce a "gammon of the week"

It is as well. I’ve defo heard that or had it explained to me at some point. No way I’ve joined the dots myself

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Just now, Curly said:

Is “ham hock” ever used? I feel like that could really freshen things up as a viable alternative to gammon.

 

What are the origins of gammon as an insult? I always assumed a gammon joint resembled the facial complexion of a stereotypical blue blooded guy, red wine in one hand, plate of honey glazed ham in the other, tweed cap, tweed jacket, mustard tank top. Is that it?
 

Gammon refers to the colour a certain type of middle aged man's face turns if he sees a female pundit on MOTD, a gay character on Doctor Who or a black family in an advert.

[Arniepie]

7 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Gammon refers to the colour a certain type of middle aged man's face turns if he sees a female pundit on MOTD, a gay character on Doctor Who or a black family in an advert.

or a rainbow sign on an ambulance

or a zebra crossing

or a hot cross bun

or the national trust

or the RNLI

 

But its lefties who are easily offended 

[Mook]

1 minute ago, Arniepie said:

or a rainbow sign on an ambulance

or a zebra crossing

or a hot cross bun

or the national trust

or the RNLI

 

But its lefties who are easily offended 

 

To be fair, both sides are about as bad as each other for being offended & throwing about ridiculous words like 'gammon' & 'woke'.

[Arniepie]

1 minute ago, Mook said:

 

To be fair, both sides are about as bad as each other for being offended & throwing about ridiculous words like 'gammon' & 'woke'.

they really arent.

gb news spends 24 hours a day being offended about something.

 

whereas people who use woke as an insult are just laughed at.

[VladimirIlyich]

10 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

or a rainbow sign on an ambulance

or a zebra crossing

or a hot cross bun

or the national trust

or the RNLI

 

But its lefties who are easily offended 

Or a player of Asian heritage playing for England! 

A good few years back I worked in a warehouse where there was some renovation going on (likely the cost of it caused the factory to close and me being made redundant at the time. But I digress.) Anyway,we had the radio on constantly while we were loading and unloading wagons. One day I was talking to an older contractor (I think he was the boss actually?) and the radio was on with the Sports news on at the time and England were playing Test matches and a specific bowler had taken a few wickets. He got an honourable mention by the sports reporter.

'What kind of name is that for an English cricketer?' the contractor piped up after hearing it, obviously insinuating it was a foreign born or ancestered player of non white lineage. The player in question was Alan Mullally! 

[Mook]

40 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

they really arent.

gb news spends 24 hours a day being offended about something.

 

whereas people who use woke as an insult are just laughed at.

 

You watch GB News?

 

That explains a fair bit.

[Arniepie]

4 minutes ago, Mook said:

 

You watch GB News?

 

That explains a fair bit.

never have it off

[cloggypop]

10 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

never have it off

 

That explains a fair bit 

[Arniepie]

Just now, cloggypop said:

 

That explains a fair bit 

didnt see that one coming

[Harry's Lad]

11 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

never have it off

Tried speed dating?

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, Arniepie said:

didnt see that one coming

That's what she said.

[Arniepie]

1 minute ago, Harry's Lad said:

Tried speed dating?

 

[Kepler-186]

“Don’t ever call me no swine, that’s a war crime”.

 

Sans Beanstalk knows

 

https://youtu.be/x3P2EAoDXE0?si=ZnVN6TdSYrXlnpzK

 

 

[A Red]

I've had a rethink, the gammon award needs to be monthly otherwise it's going to cost me and Hicks a fortune posting the trophy backwards and forwards to each other.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

16 hours ago, Dave D said:

 

What this place lacks is an understanding of a middle ground.
Rather than absolute extremes that warrant these slightly weird noisy battlegrounds where pretty much everyone is wrong in one way or another 

 

You're completely wrong.

The problem with this place is there's too much consensus, compromise and reasonable, fair-minded respect for each other's views.

And I'll chin any cunt who disagrees.

[bossy]

I’m unrepentant. If you’re a Tory, have witnessed the impact of Truss, Cameron, Johnson and Sunak and don’t acknowledge the absolute fucking bollocks they made of running the country, then you are a complete cunt.

[Engineman Hicks]

I genuinely don't know why people bother posting insults. They're hiding behind anonymous accounts calling other posters gammons and tory cunts becauese they disagree about how to fund social care. If they knew the actual level of shit that happens in real life to Conservative activists, the death threats, the rape threats, the graffiti on the walls of the house etc then they'd realize the futility of posting insults. My house (on police advice) has got security cameras and a panic line because of the shit that has happened to Mrs Hick in the past and which will happen again no doubt if she stands in the local elections. Do you really think hiding behind your anonymous little avatar and calling me a Tory Cunt is going to bother me now ? 

[bossy]

I’m not anonymous. I don’t post under my real name but it’s quite easy to find me. I don’t care if it doesn’t bother you, I’m not threatening you. I don’t think anyone should be getting death threats. I don’t think politicians should be robbing our country blind and giving the money to their own. I don’t think anybody should support a group of politicians who do that and have been seen to do so. It is cuntish behaviour. 

[Arniepie]

6 minutes ago, bossy said:

I’m not anonymous. I don’t post under my real name but it’s quite easy to find me. I don’t care if it doesn’t bother you, I’m not threatening you. I don’t think anyone should be getting death threats. I don’t think politicians should be robbing our country blind and giving the money to their own. I don’t think anybody should support a group of politicians who do that and have been seen to do so. It is cuntish behaviour. 

I also dont think ive ever seen 1 person on here getting threatened..apart from the kfc straightners

[Code]

That goes both ways in politics, what “side” you are on is not the important part, the fact you put your face and name forward is what attract the loons. 
 

Sadly women are targeted more than men, and sadly women in general let it affect them more.

 

I’ve had my share of it, but it’s never bothered me, the police did monitor social media and mentions of me for a while though just to make sure nothing serious was going on. 
 

Politicians are easy targets, even if most local politicians just want to do their part in help developing their county or district in the right direction based on their beliefs. 

[bossy]

3 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

I also dont think ive ever seen 1 person on here getting threatened..apart from the kfc straightners

I’ve seen and heard Tory leaders send round vans with anti refugee messaging on them and on telly, seen refugee centres attacked. But never seen truly threatening behaviour on here. 

[Arniepie]

2 minutes ago, bossy said:

I’ve seen and heard Tory leaders send round vans with anti refugee messaging on them and on telly, seen refugee centres attacked. But never seen truly threatening behaviour on here. 

I also  remember far right types rioting all over the country last summer

[bossy]

4 minutes ago, Code said:

That goes both ways in politics, what “side” you are on is not the important part, the fact you put your face and name forward is what attract the loons. 
 

Sadly women are targeted more than men, and sadly women in general let it affect them more.

 

I’ve had my share of it, but it’s never bothered me, the police did monitor social media and mentions of me for a while though just to make sure nothing serious was going on. 
 

Politicians are easy targets, even if most local politicians just want to do their part in help developing their county or district in the right direction based on their beliefs. 

I stood once in our local council for the Greens. I was ignored for the most part.