My Mum recently observed...
...that 'Whenever you see these accordian players on the streets, they're always foreign aren't they?'

She went on to expand on her theory that good old fashioned British street entertainers have been driven out of the business by Romanian street entertainers backed by sinister mafia-esque gangs.

She does read the Daily Express (someone has to), so this is probably picked up from there. My protestations that there was never a Golden Age of British Accordian players on every corner had no effect.

She also once told me to be careful around a gay friend of mine, as I might 'go that way too' if I spent too much time with him. Apparently its contagious...
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 13:26, 3 replies)

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My mum was concerned that I had started hanging around with a boy named Elliot and quized me about my sexuality. I asked her why she was asking me all these questions and she said "Elliot's a poof's name".
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 14:19, closed)

No
Nobody *has* to read the Daily Express.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 14:45, closed)

Some people think they do
Like *my* mum, who reads the Daily Express because "I feel sorry for it because no-one else reads it any more". Mind you, I've never heard her banging on about immigrants or Princess Diana conspiracy theories so maybe its not the end of the world reading that godawful rag.
( electric_goat, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 17:21, closed)