Not just grandparents
My late father was fabulously casually racist.

One evening, way back when, before videos of terrible happenings were available to all and sundry via the internet, we were watching News at Ten as a family.

There'd been a helicopter accident somewhere in Spain that had been caught on film - a very unusual occurrence in those days - so ITN had decided to show it following the usual admonishment from Trev McD about some people finding the scenes upsetting (so we all moved a bit closer to the screen).

The 'copter had crash-landed at an angle and the passenger, in a daze or in panic, got out of the wrong side and made a run for it. For his trouble he received a slap around the back of the head from a fast-moving rotor blade, which killed him instantly. Cue much 'ouch'ing and groaning from us and a "poor man" from Mum.

"Don't worry," replied Dad, "he's only Spanish."
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Thu 27 Oct 2011, 23:09, 3 replies)

So, News at Ten
showed a video of someone being decapitated by a spinning rotor blade.

Yup, that happened.
(username failed moderation, Fri 28 Oct 2011, 9:15, closed)

^ this ^
Fatality shown on terrestrial, actually make that ANY, news? Rubbish.
( Hunter Stockton was murdered by a bicycle wielding axolotl,.,.,.,., Fri 28 Oct 2011, 11:45, closed)

'Fraid so
I remember it vividly - the film was taken from across a field and you could just make out that it was a bloke who got out and ran, before the rotor hit him and he pitched forwards to the ground. It wasn't close enough to see the blood spurting or anything like that.

EDIT: And why would I make up such a shit story?
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Fri 28 Oct 2011, 11:48, closed)