Snatch
A few years back I was having a quiet pint in the local chatting to a friend and I asked him if he'd seen the film Snatch yet as I had rather enjoyed it.

He confirmed that he had and to prove the point announced in a loud voice with a bad cockney accent "I fucking hate pikeys".

Unfortunately at this very moment an old Indian guy walked in the door.

The pub descended into silence and the old guy just turns around and walks straight back out into the night.
(Harold's hip man!!, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 13:07, 10 replies)

he clearly hasnt seen 'Snatch'
pikeys = derisive terminology for travelling people see also: /gypsies/knackers/paveys

pakis = derisive term for people of Pakistani/Indian origin or anyone bearing a similar skin tone really.

Or am I being thick again?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 13:12, closed)

Yeah
The old guy misheard due probably to the pathetic accent he was trying to put on.
(Harold's hip man!!, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 13:14, closed)

thought as much
Some folk have a chip on their shoulder and look for an excuse to be offended.

I say we sterilise these people.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 13:18, closed)

Oh gosh that is unfortunate.
Quoting can cause so much trouble. I personally have an embarrassing tendency to start singing songs that get stuck in my head even when I am in public and the chorus goes "I hope you die, I hope we both die" in a cheery manner, or consists of the word "fuck" at repeated eight times in different pitch. Thankfully I have as yet managed to avoid singing "something here will eventually have to explode" on a train, but there have been some close calls.
(Lieutenant Colonel Oblivious brought to you by intravenous sugar, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 13:12, closed)

No Children
A Mountain Goats reference! And one of my favorite songs, to boot. . .
(devotched, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 9:29, closed)

If he was Indian
...why should he care anyway?

Indians usually DO hate Pakistani people.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 13:29, closed)

Which is why
he may have had a problem with someone in a pub insinuating that that is exactly what he was.
(Harold's hip man!!, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 13:34, closed)

"Indians usually DO hate Pakistani people"
probably a little more so after the events of last week.
(gabbar, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 16:18, closed)

Pikey does not = Indian
Therefore this story sucks.
(MJPerry was crude but clickable at, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:52, closed)

No
You.
(Hippo_of_Doom, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 18:08, closed)