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Are you more or less likely tro hire odd job men now ?

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  • I think you'll find the word !!!!!! is termed racist. In fact the first time I typed it I did it in the singular form and it was edited out as a swear/offensive word.
  • Heyman_2
    Heyman_2 Posts: 1,819 Forumite
    Did someone say Odd Job?

    oddjob.jpg
  • dervish
    dervish Posts: 926 Forumite
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    Some comments above are racist in my opinion.


    :confused::confused::confused:

    erm...... aren't most gypsies actually white?

    Also they CHOOSE their lifestyle.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    chunky79 wrote: »

    Never mind racist they bring it on themselves.

    And as for blackboards what utter nonsense, as they now have white boards in school and baa baa rainbow sheep. Black sheep exsist !!!!!!!

    Might be wrong but I always thought blackboards were green.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    dervish wrote: »
    :confused::confused::confused:

    erm...... aren't most gypsies actually white?

    Also they CHOOSE their lifestyle.

    Are they not from India originally :D
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ wrote: »
    Might be wrong but I always thought blackboards were green.

    Ahhhh you may be right but then we would be offending frogs;) its pc gone too far.

    Nope not all are green some are actually black.
    You can touch the dust but please don't write in it !

    Would you like to speak to the man in charge, or the woman who knows whats happening?
  • dervish
    dervish Posts: 926 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Are they not from India originally :D

    My village had a gypsy problem a few years ago and EVERY one of them was white. Some had Irish accents as well.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    dervish wrote: »
    My village had a gypsy problem a few years ago and EVERY one of them was white. Some had Irish accents as well.

    Maybe they are Irish Tinkers, not all Gypsy you know :rolleyes:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • dervish
    dervish Posts: 926 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Maybe they are Irish Tinkers, not all Gypsy you know :rolleyes:


    pure semantics... :rolleyes:
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    just as a bit of an aside:

    definitions of 'dervish' :http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+dervish&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SNYK_en-GB

    I just thought it kinda odd, IYSWIM.
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