Banana-coloured monkeys?
ouch
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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:01,
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it's a not a one-off, either
there are repeated references to monkeys , and banana/yellow colouring
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Manic can teach you the secret of fire,
Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:04,
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I was brought up on comics just like this
- and seeing phrases like that simply wasn't something we thought twice about. Doesn't mean people of my generation have all grown up intolerant racists or whatever. The past can be a scary place at times...
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Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:11,
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ditto
i thought all japanese people referred to the british as "white dogs" for many a year.
The "commando book" guide to international travel...
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funkenstein Be pure! Be vigilant! Behave!,
Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:24,
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Hahaha!
and all 'Englanders' are cursed
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Manic can teach you the secret of fire,
Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:31,
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