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Calling a pub a pub

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    #11
    If they renamed them all "the white boy" and replaced black faces and black heads with white ones, people would say that was racist too
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
    Originally posted by vetran
    Urine is quite nourishing

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      #12
      They have a point with this one.

      Staffordshire's Labour In Vain pub in racism row over historic sign | Daily Mail Online
      Make Mercia Great Again!

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        #13
        plenty of people seem to have misunderstood the reference before and put picture of African boys on the pub signs, now replace those with a picture of Charles II and Tom is your uncle!
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #14
          Nigel Farage has made various complaints over the years that he feels ridiculed by the pub name "The Cock Tavern".

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            #15
            This is getting silly. So are they going to rename my local next? I enjoy a good pint at The Klansman.
            What happens in General, stays in General.
            You know what they say about assumptions!

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              #16
              Originally posted by d000hg View Post
              If they renamed them all "the white boy" and replaced black faces and black heads with white ones, people would say that was racist too

              If the phrase white boy was about a king and it is what his mum called him then I don't think so.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #17
                Originally posted by Old Greg View Post

                I did hear that Black Boy was a nickname for Charles II. Don't know whether it's true.
                Yes, that's true. But it was because of his slightly dark and swarthy complexion.

                Oh dear ..
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                  #18
                  Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                  Yes, that's true. But it was because of his slightly dark and swarthy complexion.

                  Oh dear ..

                  He was part Italian on his mothers side.
                  Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by vetran View Post

                    He was part Italian on his mothers side.
                    Also, his family name "Stuart" actually derives from the same root as "swarthy" (like the German "schwarz" come to think of it).

                    So his paternal ancestors must have had dark complexions as well.
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                      #20
                      Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                      Also, his family name "Stuart" actually derives from the same root as "swarthy" (like the German "schwarz" come to think of it).

                      So his paternal ancestors must have had dark complexions as well.
                      or Steward. That seems to be disputed.
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