Rich bastards
I grew up in a village.

One day I read in the local paper that a child from the same village was due to appear on Jim'll Fix It (yanks, etc: it's a TV show in which a shellsuit wearing weird old bloke makes kiddies dreams come true) (don't ask).

Anyway, this caused much excitement, who could it be? No one at school knew.

Turns out that it's a girl who lived in a great big house who none of us kids had ever met as she went to a private school and her parents were far too posh to mix with the proles in the village.

Her wish was:
"Dear Jim,
please could you fix it for me to wear a Kimono"

So, naturally, the BBC paid for her family to go on a holiday to Japan where she got to try on a Kimono.

How lovely.

My single-parent mum would take me to Clacton for a day on the coach, that was all the holiday we could afford.

Bet I'm more grateful to my mum too.

Grrr.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 16:58, 19 replies)

?
Are there lots of Indians in Japan?
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 16:59, closed)

She went to Japan
To try on Indian clothes?

That'd almost be funny if it wasn't sarong.

[edit: Original post said she went to Japan to try on a Sari.]
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:00, closed)

^ this
is far funnier than me
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:02, closed)

^^Superb retort/pun
indeed
(cheez is feeling ergophobic, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:04, closed)

*cackles*
*clicks reply hard*
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:05, closed)

Um
I am not sure that a Sari is traditionally worn in Japan actually. It's more of an Indian thing.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:00, closed)

think i can see where the name came from

( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:04, closed)

Yes
I should be beaten for daring to criticise posh people when I get my Oriental gowns mixed up. Pedantic bastards.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:07, closed)

Oh come on!
I haven't laughed so hard in ages as I did at uberdeity's reply, and I've been browsing b3ta all bloody day :)

We're laughing with you, not at you.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:09, closed)

duh
I meant kimono, will edit it.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:04, closed)

No no no!
It's funny because it's stupid :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:07, closed)

This post is no longer
funny due to the editing. 2/10
(Bazongaloid, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:08, closed)

I beg to differ
The description of Jim'll Fix It is worth it's weight in gold.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 10:45, closed)

PUT IT BAAAAAAAACK
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:10, closed)

I thought
that this QOTW was about spoilt bastards not bleeding national costumes
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:12, closed)

I'm sari to say
you've ruined it now.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:14, closed)

.
yeah, he should kimono better...
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:24, closed)

Bad edit!
Twas funnier thus.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:19, closed)

Did he kill her,
shag her and bury her in the Channel Islands later?
Apparently.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 9 Oct 2008, 20:29, closed)