My lovely, dear departed grandmother
She was born in 1897, and I can remember her from when I was a wee lad - she would have been in her 60's.

One famous line, when I was given a 50 cent coin, and was about to put it in my mouth "Don't put that in your mouth, some dirty chinaman may have touched it."

She also had a hatred of anyone and anything Japanese - somewhat understandable as two of her cousins were killed by Japanese soldiers in the Second World War (rather gruesomely as I recall).
(Maclir, Thu 27 Oct 2011, 13:28, 3 replies)

"She also had a hatred of anyone and anything Japanese - somewhat understandable as two of her cousins were killed by Japanese soldiers in the Second World War (rather gruesomely as I recall)."

Say what now? Isn't that the very definition of racism; bad people were Japanese, therefore all Japanese are bad?

Unless of course you wrote this to illustrate this very point (but it didn't read like it).
( Ghoti Fingers, Thu 27 Oct 2011, 13:41, closed)

"Understandable" is not the same as "Justifiable"
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(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 27 Oct 2011, 13:45, closed)

That, madam
is absolutely true.
( Ghoti Fingers, Thu 27 Oct 2011, 15:18, closed)