gran torino- dad edition.
my dad. once heard to utter the phrase 'you don't often see that' looking at a black guy playing on the beach with his little girl 'the dad's don't hang about usually' and refer to a black child as a 'delightful little niglet'
the same guy that stepped in despite walking on crutches, and having 6 heart attacks of varying sizes and severities, a stent, and many sundry other serious conditions, to stop a young chavvy white guy who was roughing up his black girlfriend in a park. the same guy that uses 'coon' and 'nig-nog' in conversation. the same guy that i remember inches from my face, bright red with rage, spittle flying, screaming 'no son of mine is going to grow up a fucking RACIST' after an incident where i'd called the only black girl in my school fat bitch and she'd insisted i said 'black bitch' (admittedly, one is fattist, the other racist, but she was both fat and a bitch)

what a confused man he is. he means well, and i don't think he'd treat you any differently depending on your skin colour if he saw you stuck by the road in the rain, but he's got some weird old notions, and uses some totally inappropriate language for things.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 13:46, 4 replies)

An older generation
back in the days of such terms being acceptable. Thank god those days have passed.

Edit:
I just realised that your subject was 'Gran Torino' and not Gran Turismo. The post makes more sense now.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 13:52, closed)

We have a neighbour like that
He's had three strokes, has no brain-to-mouth politeness filter whatsoever and uses terms that make me wince, but still he treats everyone he meets based on them as an individual and not on any stereotypes. The only thing he really hates appears to be trees, as he's taken down all his and is always encouraging everyone else on the block to do the same. Curious fellow.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 16:07, closed)

Are you my Brother?
cos that sounds like my Dad
(micmac is happy as a pig in shite, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 22:15, closed)

My Dad
is like that. One of his favourite phrases is: "I'm so hungry I could eat a black baby, curls and all." He referred to Prince, when my sister was a huge fan, as "that pervy coon." He asked me "When did 'ee meet that coon then?" during a 2007 episode of Doctor Who (referring to Martha).

Last year when I was buying a computer from Curry's he asked the Indian shop assistant, "Were you in Slumdog Millionaire"? I almost died.

Dr S
(Dr Skagra glorious glargzhem, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 12:25, closed)