My Gran
and to a lesser extent my Grandad, what with belonging to an older generation of 'we fought the war, wot wot' mumblings, are somewhat...intolerant. Fair enough, they do live in Peterborough, which I understand has a massive problem with immigrants, and they do read the Daily Mail, which has a massive problem with everything, but still. My Gran won't hesitate to come out with sweeping statements like:
'Well of course you can't trust any of those darkies' (short-changed 5p for a pint of milk)
'The Irish shouldn't be allowed, they're all terrorists and potato farmers' (despite getting on famously with her Irish next-door-but-one neighbour and babysitting her kid regularly)
'Nignogs just aren't the same type of people like us' (on spotting a roodboy type with his trousers belted somewhere below his knees)

On being treated to one of her infamous rants about 'bloody immigrants coming over here and taking our jobs', I incredulously pointed out:
'But Gran, you're German. You moved over here when you were 20 and you only worked from 30-ish to 40-ish before retiring!'
I got given a slap round the chops for my logic and was curtly told 'Yes, well that's different.'
(berk, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 14:10, 2 replies)

Hahaha. Sounds like my gran would get on with yours. She reads the daily hate too.
(John_Bonham's_snare gave you tinnitus on, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 14:13, closed)

My German born grandma won't have anything to do with my mixed race nephew.
And she only grudgingly accepted my adopted Sri Lankan sister.

It's ok now though because non of us has anthing to do with her anymore.
( girlinthehole, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 14:25, closed)