I hate to side with the complete shit of a bloke but that's a playground song that almost every kid in the UK sang without intending any offence
It's also possible that he's mumbling knicker (as in female underwear or possibly thief) which is what I recall thinking the word was when I was 7.
I imagine there might have been some uneducated racism when it was bastardised from the original Tiger text, but I'd guess what he was doing was pure unthinking repetition from his childhood.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeny,_meeny,_miny,_moe
All that said, he does have a history for it, so maybe even though he mumbles it, he meant every word
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HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 1 May 2014, 19:37,
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I think his main problem is that
he's built up the image of an old bigot for so long, that there isn't much in the "he couldn't be racist" camp to counter-balance any sleight claims like this.
I personally felt he mumbled it more with an air of "it's political correctness gone mad that I can't just say it" than out of good manners (or, indeed out of racism).
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monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 1 May 2014, 20:16,
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this is the problem
his views are widely known and sometimes pointed at and laughed at, challenged and, sadly, somewhat agreed with.
edit: oops - clicked post accidentally and lost my thread...
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Thu 1 May 2014, 20:38,
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oh yeah - i only forgot one word and an ellipsis. it was:
yet...
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Thu 1 May 2014, 21:22,
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