Last Night
Badminton, I was winning for a change and winning well. My friend and I were in the middle of a particularly good 5 minute rally which had my badminton partner all over the court, from front to back, left to right, when I chanted "run monkey-boy, run"

He visibly winced.

I chanced a look over onto the next court, only to see a family of four African American faces staring back at me.

Time stopped, The shuttlecock landed un-noticed at my feet and I died a little inside.

At this point a couple of thoughts go though my head. Would I make this worse if I apologize as I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone? Or would my apology just emphasise the fact that my remark could be interpreted as a racist and my apology would just be underlining this fact, despite the fact that it wasn't aimed at them.

Eventually I just stared straight ahead, avoided any eye contact, retrieved the shuttlecock and continued playing with a kind of terrified, smiley, rictus plastered over my face in the sincere hope that it was really obvious that I was referring to my mate...

Not proud of that one at all, not one of my finest hours... :-/

Length - about 4" with feathers and a cork tip
(uk_viper stopped lurking on, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 8:00, 4 replies)

badminton you say?
poofta is it? what!
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 8:02, closed)

*Yawn*
No choice this week, we usually either do an hours badminton, squash or go to the gym. No squash courts free and we didn't fancy the gym - so badminton it was.

Beats sitting watching "X Factor"...
(uk_viper stopped lurking on, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 8:14, closed)

I don't understand that
I've never heard of someone of the African persuasion being called "monkey boy".
I myself have been called it for a number of years due to my habit of having very long arms and loping.
(tweebianmonkey Should be known as Widget, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 10:31, closed)

They can fuck off and all
You weren't talking about them.

Plain and simple.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 12:35, closed)