Here's Some People I'd Like Ye To Meet .....

  The first is a guy by the name of Vince Smith. I've spoken to Vince, on line, and share forum space with him.

 I can assure ye that he's every bit as nice a bloke as he appears in this short clip. Extremely friendly, good natured and ever willing to help anyone out, if he can.

 I'd also like to point out that his Romanes pronunciation is every bit as dire as his 'taste' in jackets! LMFAO! Love ye to bits, Vince; Now knock 'em dead .....

    The next chap here? I haven't got a clue who or where he is. I just came across this little 'Documentary' on You Tube at: Born A Gypsy  The guy's an absolute ringer for my cousin. But, never mind that. 

 While I'd Hope ye'll watch the whole little film, I can only ask that ye look at the bit where he's just amongst his horses. About  1.25 -1.40. Ask yeself; 'Are they his pride and joy? Does he Love those creatures?' I think his face tells us.

 Finally; I'd ask ye to do one more thing. Next time ye read the Daily Mail, or one of ye work or drinking mates starts foaming at the mouth and ranting on about " Fucking Gypo's / Pikeys "? Ask yeself which one ye'd rather ye kids took their cues from.

 Thank you.

 

Well; I've Finally Seen .....

" Snatch ". What can I say? Yeppers; Brilliant film. I love that 'freeze frame on a frozen expression ' form of direction. I'm now totally at home with Brad Pitt ~ it's that other lemon that gets on my nerves. What's his bloody name now? Sean Penn! Can't stand him. Tries to pull off every facial expression Bob de Nero uses; All five of them!

Anyway, as the last guy over fifteen years of age not to have seen it; I have now. You all have, so I won't bore ye with my opinion. Nor do I fancy myself as a film critic. Just to say that, when the Dog ate that toy? I was in fuckin' tears! I think it about hit me then, that this was meant to be a hilariously funny film; And it had just become one.

In fact, I think the Dog was my favourite character! When they were all in that room together, just before / after the diamond vanished, and the Dog got excited and started jumping about, biting everyone ..... I'm laughing like a cunt now, just thinking of it! :D Just So sums up what I like in a Dog! Bless him!

All in all? Bloody good film. One I'd be more than happy to see a second time round. And it also confirmed my own, strong suspicion; That it was the root source of so many long since pronounced fucking Brain Dead's coming out of the wood work to utter, " Do ye like Dags? ", every time Gypsys are mentioned!

In fact, just to clear something up here, before I go: What Brad and the boys were 'speaking' in that film was not " Gypsy ", " Pikey ", " Irish 'Pikey' " or anything else remotely related. Ok? English Gypsys speak a mixture of every day words, mixed together with some Romany words.

Granted, they may mumble it, in your presence. They may actually have broad accents from their home county. They may also tend to speak so damn fast ye couldn't catch half of it, no matter what. But, That wasn't it.

Irish Gypsys speak a form of Gaelic which you and I would find incomprehensible, regardless. " Mickey " and his mates weren't speaking anything like Gaelic.

No. Just as I once saw on an old episode of " The Sweeney ", when Regan and Carter tried to interrogate some english Gypsys; The guys portraying the Gypsys just spoke utter, ad libbed bollocks! It was fascinating to listen to! LOL!

I'm quite sure " Snatch " used an Irish based 'accent' and they had to each have a clue what the other was saying, because they so often repeated it in unison. But, it was Still bollocks. Not 'Gypsy Language' ;-)

" Pikeys " Explained ....?

" Riches to Rats " left a comment under my post " Pikeys ~ Some More ", down there. In it he conjectures that the term, " Pikey " may stem from the old term of " Turn Pike ", etc.

Funnily enough, I was reading about these Turn Pikes just the other day. I know what they were all about now. Thus I was able to respond to RTR from a slightly more educated stand point than I may have previously managed. In fact, I found my own response becoming so full and, possibly enlightening, that I've decided to put it up as this post, in it's own right. Here's what I had to say:


Yeppers, RTR, I've heard that explanation too. I left it alone, to think about it. It figures, dosen't it?

'Turn Pikes' were indeed the original 'Toll Booth's' of today. Exact same purpose too. A man agreed to maintain a stretch of road in good order. In return for his civil engineering work, he would be allowed to set up a Turn Pike on 'his' stretch of road. From there, he'd step out and demand a payment from anyone wishing to travel on down 'His' road.

Look at the resentment Toll Booths engender today. People hate them. They see it as that their Road Taxes should pay for the provision and upkeep of roads. Why are they now being hit again?

Now throw in some Gypsys. Just as some greedy cunt's fleecing ye of 1 1/2 d to use the public highway, there's Those fuckers, trying to get ye to shell out yet More money, to buy some pegs and baskets?!

Then, to top it all? When they move on themselves, ye get to see them emerging from some bit of Common Land a mile on?! The bastards obviously travelled across country, thus avoiding the Tolled road and the extra expense You incurred.

Can we not just see how the 'normal' travellers resentment could grow? A man could soon become conditioned to transfer and share his hatred of the Turn Pike with those he associated with the structure and charges; The 'Pikies' who seemed to have it better than him.

Are we seeing a pattern emerging here ....?

Ye Know Why Your Job's In Danger ....?

And, by that, it obviously follows that we must there for include ye Mortgage. Thus ye Home. Thus ye entire fucking 'Family Life' and just about everything ye hold dear to ye. Correct?

Is it Gordon Brown's squandering of every penny of ye hard earned Tax that he can suck out of ye? Is it the Banks, letting ye have far more Credit than what ever the Tax Man leaves ye with at the end of the month, so ye can hardly meet the repayments and eat? Is it the Poles? Rumanian's? Those fucking 'Pikeys' again?

Could be, I suppose. Or, how about it's something a bit ..... ah, ok; A LOT More like This ..... A randomly chosen story of just trying to deal with british industry. Trying to spend Hundreds, even Thousands of pounds into Your pockets. I have a list of them, just like this one. Here goes:


Friday, 10 April, 2009 1:06 PM. I e mail Sales at finemeshmetals.co.uk, eager to buy an aviary I saw on their web site .....


" Hullo. I want to have one of your modular aviaries shipped to Eire. An 8 x 4 one. Job for a Courier company, such as Target.

Could you possibly sort me out a quote, please? Co. Leitrim. "



14 April 2009 13:36
RSVP. Trying to enquire about aviaries.




14 April 2009
I'm just after a quote on one of ye 6 x 8 Aviaries, shipped over by courier (Target bring me a lot of gear) It's pretty urgent too.

What's the craic, please?



Wed, 15/4/09, Sales wrote:


The aviarys wont be back in stock until 3-4 weeks. Do you want it 4 sided?

Regards Andy



Wed, 15/4/09:
Yes, please, mate. 8' x 4. Smaller door in one end. Prefer the smaller mesh too if possible.



18 May 2009 02:53
Looking for an update, please, Andy? Any news for me?



There’s been a 2 week delay at sea and we have been given a delivery date of the 27th May for the 2 x 2 and 2 x 1 panels. The 1 x ½ inch panels are expected middle of july.



Friday, 24 July, 2009 11:10 PM
They're in now?

(See? Note how No One from their SALES dept. bothered to keep track of this obvious SALE. No one said, 'Sir? The goods you require are now available and can be shipped, x at y cost. No. I had to chase Them to take My custom!)

Monday, 27 July, 2009 9:20 AM

Yes these items are now in stock.

Best Regards,

Chris Beard.



RE: Aviary's?
Monday, 27 July, 2009 1:00 PM

The largest that we supply is 6’ x 4’, delivery of this item would be £55.00.

All prices exclude VAT.

(What?!)

RE: Aviary's?
Monday, 27 July, 2009 1:39 PM
I think that I may have misinterpreted your original enquiry, I thought you were asking for the price on a single 8’ x 4’ panel which is why I said that we could only offer a 6’ x 4’ one, but after re-reading I thing that you were asking for an 8’ x 4’ X 6’ cage? If so the costs are as follows:

5 no. 6’ x 4’ std. £45.00 each

1 no. gated panel £75.00

2 no. 4’ x 4’1” roof panels £30.00 each

Total £360.00

Delivery £120.00




Monday, 27 July, 2009 2:06 PM
If you email me your full address and phone number I will raise an invoice for your order and email it back to you. I will then phone you to take your debit card details, hopefully we can accept it but if not we can take payment the old fashioned way!

VAT £72.00

GRAND TOTAL £552.00.

(I gave them my phone number. They called me. I quoted my Debit Card number. They had my money in their bank account. Boosh!)

11 August 2009 12:42
Chris; Might I expect my aviary this week?




Wednesday, 12 August, 2009 3:59 PM
I apologies for the delay, your panels have been despatched today.



I'm still waiting for my aviary.


Think this is exceptional? Oh, really? I could show ye my collection of 'Failed Deal' e mails I have here. Envirolet Compost Toilets ? They never got back to me. Fuck it; I spent their money on a back door. Now I can get to my ditch easier. I'll stick with that.

Canine Kennels? They made this aviary outfit seem like slick professionals! Their 'Sales' dept. lost them Thousands. I could go on. I'm finding this time and again.

And so british businesses are losing custom, hand over fist. And ye economy's going to rat shit. And ye own Sales dept. staff are too busy sitting there, blaming the govt., Pikeys, Everybody But Themselves, as I fuck off with my money and learn to live without what I tried so damn hard to buy off them.

Think about that.

'Pikeys' .... Some More .....

I found this, quite by chance, tonight. It fascinated me and, at the same time, actually went some way to soothing my feelings toward so many of the people I get to hear about.

It was an aside reference to " The Septics Companion " ; A British Slang Dictionary.

I clicked the live link provided, on the forum I found it, and saw, under Random Words; " Glass vb." being described as the action of breaking a glass and then shoving the broken off bottom part into someones face. 'A favoured way of ending a fight between Pikeys.'

" Here we fucking go Again!!! ", I thought to myself. But, then I saw that the word " Pikey n. " was itself a live link. I clicked it. My hackles were up and I was wanting to find out what This idiot was telling the world " Pikey " meant.

I was, I'll admit, greatly surprised and even rather pleased to read this:

" pikey: n adj white trash. It’s an old English word meaning “gipsy,” but nowadays pikey is also applied to people in possession of track suits, Citroen Saxos with eighteen-inch wheels and under-car lighting, and pregnant fifteen-year-old girlfriends. "

I've read and heard worse. I guess it's a matter of syntax, how ye read " is also applied to ". But, fair do's. The guy's moving in the right direction.

The term, " Pikey " is Not a word from the Gypsy languages. It's a derogative term, dreamed up and used by Non Gypsys Against Gypsys. A deliberate and insulting use of term at that.

British (Purpose Built Slum) Council Estate dwelling types ~ ye know the sort of Council Estates I mean. Built to house, and even 'contain' the unemployable under class, rather than those offered to decent, hard working folk ~ Those types have revelled in the, seemingly self given, title of " Chav's ". Now they're known as " Pikeys ".

What ever the origin of the labels, I find it deeply pissing that there remains this constant, inferred connection between that sort and Gypsys. There really Is no connection; Beyond that of a society going to total rat shit, and looking for a scapegoat.