Bernard Manning Bites the Dust

[turny]

He was a fat ignorant racist!

Its not funny to crack jokes about people who are different. 

Doesnt matter if its their religion, disability, colour, creed, ethenticity etc etc!

you just contradicted your whole post by calling him fat

[MKKfish]

Its not funny to crack jokes about people who are different. 

Doesnt matter if its their religion, disability, colour, creed, ethenticity etc etc!


Then I doubt you can ever of (a) told a joke or (b) laughed at a joke..


chickens have rights too you know!

[action man]

He was a fat ignorant racist!

Its not funny to crack jokes about people who are different. 

Doesnt matter if its their religion, disability, colour, creed, ethenticity etc etc!

you just contradicted your whole post by calling him fat

lol pwnd

[Rookie (Rodney)]

He was a fat ignorant racist!

Its not funny to crack jokes about people who are different. 

Doesnt matter if its their religion, disability, colour, creed, ethenticity etc etc!

you just contradicted your whole post by calling him fat

lol pwnd

[Acidmouse]

To say any type of joke about different people is wrong is a little misguided frankly.

There are some fine comedians that use this type of humour to highlight the differences in cultures and give people a better understanding of how we can live together. Omid Djalili for example is a case in point (famous actor and comedian who bases his routine making fun out of the Iranian's, of which he is one).

It can be used in a positive way to educate others.

I will concede Mr Manning was a little right to even pretend his humour was bridge building

[Rookie (Rodney)]

Bandit, did you like Borat?

[Claw75]

there's not a single joke I can think of that isn't at the expense of someone/thing - did anyone see that programme on channel 4 recently 'the worlds most offensive joke' or something similar?  Sometimes the things that make you laugh the most are the things you know you shouldn't laugh at, but a lot of that depends on the person telling the joke and whether they are just trying to be offensive or are, in a Warren Mitchell type way, taking the mick more out of the people who hold the prejudices that the subjects of the joke. 

Borat is a great example actually - it was a very funny film, and the vast majority of the viewing public could watch it and enjoy it for what it was intended to be.

[bolt pp]

did anyone see that programme on channel 4 recently 'the worlds most offensive joke' or something similar?

yeah i caught that and have to admit i was PMSL!!!

some of the stuff was so naughty but funny as hell!

[JungleCat03]

Taboo subjects are often the funniest.

Bill Hick's legendary goatboy sketch is so wrong in so many ways, but so damn funny too!

[I KNOW IT]

Does this mean the end of the Tikay ageism jokes

[fearisthekey]

Ahh well .... I'm sure he'll be missed

not by me.
shame he couldn't take chubby brown with him

That was a very nasty thing to say. Chubby Brown has suffered from cancer recently.

These guys are just comics for christ sake. Get a life. 

Saw Roy Chubby on TV being interviewed, very sedate guy.
I liked Manning. Was he racist/sexist? Yes. Did he incite racism/sexism? Hell no. The guy was a comic. But I did think he was pretty funny. I was pretty sad seeing the news tonight, like losing an uncle.
Saw him tonight "they say if you born in this country you english. what like if a dog's born in a stable it's a horse?" Pretty near the bone and not a champion of race relations, but he does get his points across well. If he wanted to be racist that his business, I just found the way he went about it pretty amusing.

RIP

[tikay]

Does that mean the end of the Tikay ageism jokes

Sadly, most of them are true......

[ifm]

Bound to be loads of joke texts flying around tomorrow about him as there always is with anything in the news.
I think he'd laugh along.

[fearisthekey]

omgwtf

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheBernardManning

the main video is hilarious.

[KingPoker]

He was an entertainer at the end of the day, not a political activist, he created jokes to make people laugh and be happy and for that he gets my respect.
He certainly never made me laugh but thats not a reason for me to be glad he is dead.

A true working class mans hero.
RIP