He said what?
Shortly after the Falklands War, Toms garrisoning the Islands were ordered to stop referring to the locals as "Bennies" (a reference to the fashion sense of Crossroads character Benny Hawkins).
In typical style & in very very short order, soldiers began referring to the islanders as "Stills", as they were "Still Bennies". In the light of the recent red top brouhaha...
Prince [Harry] issued an apology after the News of the World published a video diary in which he [refers to] one of his then Sandhurst colleagues a "Paki"
...does this now mean that we now have to refer to "Pakis" as "Stills"? & come to think of it, what about the Bog Wogs, Nips, Abbos, Cloggies, Chinks, Jocks, Frogs, Taffs, Huns, Dagos, Seppos, Red Sea Pedestrians, Dinks, Spics, Fenians, Camel Jockeys, Sheep Shaggers, Curry-Munchers, Jaapies, Polacks etc etc etc etc ad infinitum? Can we take it that they are all “Stills” as well?
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Perhaps that old favourite "Non-swimmer" could have been the answer...
Posted by: nick | January 12, 2009 7:41 AM
HAhahaha... just hearing all those words makes me laugh.
Posted by: pdwalker | January 12, 2009 11:53 AM
You forgot "porridge monkeys".
Posted by: Kim du Toit | January 12, 2009 1:05 PM
Kim, its "porridge wog" man. FFS!
Posted by: TimC | January 12, 2009 1:12 PM
Oh, fond memories of being one of those "Toms".
We also used the term "SB's" or SBS. ("Still Bennies, Stupid"). This couls of course cause some not inconsiderable consternation if the Royal Marine Canoeists were about
Posted by: Frank | January 12, 2009 2:38 PM
Much ado about nothing, if you ask me. Still, Prince Harry should have known better. Suprising lack of judgment.
Even for a Limey...
Larry in Rochester
(No, the Yank Rochester. NO The OTHER one..)
Posted by: Larry Anderson | January 12, 2009 3:25 PM
I call Pakistanis "Pakis". I am not going to apologize for it.
Screw the PC brigade ... and screw idiots that make excuses for them.
Posted by: Kristopher | January 12, 2009 8:07 PM
I hereby declare that you may continue to refer to me as a "Septic."
I even figured out what it meant, and how you arrived at it, all on me own.
Posted by: D.W. Drang | January 12, 2009 10:59 PM
Didn't want to insult the wogs by comparing them to the Scots...
Posted by: Kim du Toit | January 13, 2009 4:21 AM
...serves me right for trying to be sensitive.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | January 13, 2009 4:22 AM
When I served as a Communications Platoon Leader, the two ends of communication cables were known as "male" and "female".
The political correctness of Bill Clinton and the growing number of females in the force caused the Army to change the designations to the "post" end and "receptacle" end.
In response, we began to refer to female soldiers as "receptacles."
Posted by: POWinCA | January 14, 2009 11:45 PM