One day over BBQ lunch my grandmother was prattling on as she does
and she comes up with this corker: "Well black people are different, aren't they? They're dirty."

I nearly choked on my mouthful of sausage and salad! My old man noticed my gasp of surprise and met my glance and shook his head as if to say "No son, it's pointless. She's 88 and arguing the point won't help anyone". It took some effort but I stayed silent.

Bloody old people. Bring on the carousel!
( Ratsta, Fri 19 Mar 2010, 0:41, 2 replies)

Old people are racist, it's a fact of life.
My brother has had several arguments with my grandparents on my dad's side after little throwaway comments about the "niggers" and "pakkis"

However, the idea that ALL old people are inherently racist came after my first year of Uni, I'd just come back from the halls in London and had picked up my grandparents on my mums side to drive them to our house for sunday dinner (how quaint).

We were just generally chatting as I was driving back, they were asking what I thought of the place, how I liked the people, the area etc and out of nowhere my nan (Who has always been very quiet, reserved and I've never known her to voice a strong opinion of any kind) suddenly sucks in her breath and says "I'd imagine there was a lot of blacks though....." said in a way, not that it was a bad thing, just annoying... in the same way someone would say "Well it was really warm...*Sucks in breath* bit cloudy though" after a day at the beach
(The_Mighty_Spleen, Fri 19 Mar 2010, 8:09, closed)

Ooh, I say!
Choked on a mouthful of sausage?
( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Fri 19 Mar 2010, 21:47, closed)