Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[david3103]

I know for instance, that if I were filling out a housing form, or registering with the dentist, that I wouldn't tick the box that said "Gypsy".   

The rest of your reply made so much sense that this stood out - why not?

You don't think that some people will treat you with caution or suspicion, even open hostility when they know you're a Gypsy?

On the other hand, do you think that the same people will re-assess their opinions after having dealt with you if you never tell them you are a Gypsy?

Some do, (but it takes quite a while) and some don't.

So with the ones that do, you reap the benefits....   eventually. With the ones who don't, you get the backlash instantly.

In most situations, the risk is too big to take.

A surprising number of those that do re-assess decide that you're OK, but probably not a real Gypsy

Doesn't anticipating hostility from people who deal with Gypsies exhibit the same level of discriminatory mindset as people anticipating trouble when dealing with Gypsies? In both cases you're not allowing individuals to prove themselves independent from the stereotype.

Yes Sir. It undoubtedly does. But when your anticipating a poke in the eye, you blink.

Sigh.

I was going to respond along the lines taken by boldie and mantis, and then you popped up with that poke in the eye line...
Brilliant!

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What happened here?

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Bump. Look at this. How did I win this pot?

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I can't believe that no one is commenting.

The pot was shipped to me. I didn't see a turn or a river.  I assumed it was lag, but when I looked at the HH there were no more cards.

I can't have counterfeited him, it plainly states that the winning hand is "One Pair - Eights"

[TightEnd]

Sorry, I assumed there was more to follow

Oh. Ladbrokes?

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Sorry, I assumed there was more to follow

Oh. Ladbrokes?

Yes. Ladbrokes.

[gatso]

oppo open folded presumably and laddies glitch means it shows you his hand?

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oppo open folded presumably and laddies glitch means it shows you his hand?

Well I thought he called, but your explanation is better than anything I can come up with.

[Rod Paradise]

Watching a cooking programme where they are going on about ethnic food & it occurred to me I'd never asked you, is there a tradition/style of Gypsy cooking?

[gatso]

oppo open folded presumably and laddies glitch means it shows you his hand?

Well I thought he called, but your explanation is better than anything I can come up with.

no hh?

[AndrewT]

I know from being in his situation that if you haz a pair and the other guy haz a flush draw it's gg you.

Nice to see internet poker is formalising this.

[Dingdell]

Watching a cooking programme where they are going on about ethnic food & it occurred to me I'd never asked you, is there a tradition/style of Gypsy cooking?

Ooooh - how bizarre - I picked up a book the other day which was about Gypsy cooking. Had a hedgehog recipe in it which stated that it was only cooked when the hedgehog was not in season as any meat that was in season was deemed to be unclean by the Gypsys. Fascinating insight.

[Kev B]

Starting to run good without trying. Open more tables pronto 

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Watching a cooking programme where they are going on about ethnic food & it occurred to me I'd never asked you, is there a tradition/style of Gypsy cooking?

We've covered this before Rod, but traditionally Gypsies cook a lot of stews and broths, anything that you can buy cheap, or "Liberate" from an adjacent fiels, put into a 2 gallon pot and cook over an open fire.

A typical dish would be bacon bones, cabbage and taters.

My mam could always seem to find a sympatheic butcher to do us a ten bob wrap up. This usually consisted of all the little, "Too small to sell" fatty off cuts from dressed joints. Fantastic they were, she used to fry them up for breakfast. You got a big doorstep of bread dipped in the hot fat to use as a plate, and then you had what ever came out of the frying pan when it was your turn. An average portion might contain bite-sized pieces of a burst sausage, a bit of steak, some bacon, belly pork, and breast if mutton, all fried until they were crispy.

We also had huge rice-puddings and a stick-to-you-rips dish called Joey Gray.

My daughter cooked some traditional "On the fire" dishes at an exhibition we did last summer. Karabina sampled just about everything as I recall.

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Watching a cooking programme where they are going on about ethnic food & it occurred to me I'd never asked you, is there a tradition/style of Gypsy cooking?

Ooooh - how bizarre - I picked up a book the other day which was about Gypsy cooking. Had a hedgehog recipe in it which stated that it was only cooked when the hedgehog was not in season as any meat that was in season was deemed to be unclean by the Gypsys. Fascinating insight.

That's true. I remember my Gran refusing to let us kill / eat rabbits that were "In kindle" (Funny, I haven't heard that term for 30 or 40 years).

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oppo open folded presumably and laddies glitch means it shows you his hand?

Well I thought he called, but your explanation is better than anything I can come up with.

no hh?

Wouldn't know how to access it.