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told i look like a spaz!

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    Raquelos.Raquelos. Posts: 7,734
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    Haha! No pics, I think I'm quite annoyed with myself after her latest comment that I didn't say anything about it before to her. Thinking back I should have said something about the use of the term. I just tried to laugh it off as she can be shallow. And as a result needed to moan about it!

    Shes just illiterate, rude and possibly jealous of me! shes only 23 and she does have a hint of a moustache!

    Tell her she's a dumbass beardy tw.at and is clearly jealous of your fabulous sunglasses and that she should fu.ck off and die. It's unlikely you will ever have to deal with her speaking to you again. Which sounds like a perfect result. :)
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    leopard_printleopard_print Posts: 1,403
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    Raquelos. wrote: »
    Tell her she's a dumbass beardy tw.at and is clearly jealous of your fabulous sunglasses and that she should fu.ck off and die. It's unlikely you will ever have to deal with her speaking to you again. Which sounds like a perfect result. :)

    hahahaha! wish I could!
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    Joey BoswellJoey Boswell Posts: 25,141
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    Telll her she is a crusty faced cow, ditch the bitch.
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    leopard_printleopard_print Posts: 1,403
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    btw I am sorry if anyone has offended by the word as it is a disgusting word
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    Frankie_LittleFrankie_Little Posts: 9,271
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    She sounds delightful. Friends like that are disposable. Get rid. Find friends that don't insult you.
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    Safi74Safi74 Posts: 5,581
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    kippeh wrote: »
    Tell your mate she's a spacca, and a right Joey.

    Child of the 70's and 80's I guess?! Joey Deacon! The first disabled contact for many my age!
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    Safi74Safi74 Posts: 5,581
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    Hey Rock 'n' Rollers the correct phrase to use, as Kippeh says, is Joooeeeeyyyyyyyy.

    Lol!😜
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    Safi74Safi74 Posts: 5,581
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    Flat Matt wrote: »
    Spaz actually dates back to the late 70s/early 80s when the legendary Joey Deacon first appeared on Blue Peter in what was the most disastrous attempt to bring political correctness into a children's television programme ever.

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Deacon

    Dear old Joey Deacon...turns out we shared the same birthday...but not the year!
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    Flat MattFlat Matt Posts: 7,023
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    Safi74 wrote: »
    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Deacon

    Dear old Joey Deacon...turns out we shared the same birthday...but not the year!

    I'll never forget the day that Blue Peter introduced Joey Deacon to the world.

    I presume the idea of including him in the show was to teach children to look past disability etc etc. Unfortunately, they credited us children with a little too much intelligence and compassion.

    The very next day after the show aired every single child in the playground was relentlessly pushing their tongue into their bottom lip while making the "spaz noise" and calling every other child Joey.

    I don't think that's quite the outcome that the producers of Blue Peter were hoping for. To make matters worse they carried on featuring Joey for quite a while after that which simply fanned the flames.

    Looking back, it was a terrible thing to do, but we were just kids and didn't know any better.
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    Safi74Safi74 Posts: 5,581
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    Flat Matt wrote: »
    I'll never forget the day that Blue Peter introduced Joey Deacon to the world.

    I presume the idea of including him in the show was to teach children to look past disability etc etc. Unfortunately, they credited us children with a little too much intelligence and compassion.

    The very next day after the show aired every single child in the playground was relentlessly pushing their tongue into their bottom lip while making the "spaz noise" and calling every other child Joey.

    I don't think that's quite the outcome that the producers of Blue Peter were hoping for. To make matters worse they carried on featuring Joey for quite a while after that which simply fanned the flames.

    Looking back, it was a terrible thing to do, but we were just kids and didn't know any better.

    Couldn't agree more. I remember the hand movements too. Joey, spaz, spastic. Didn't really have a clue what they meant. Kids can be cruel sometimes. But at least Joey gets to live in the memory of a generation, so it can't be all bad.😊
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    ste likes boobsste likes boobs Posts: 677
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    Just call her a gypo the next time you see her.
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    leopard_printleopard_print Posts: 1,403
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    whats a gypo?!? knowing my luck she'd tell tales or someone else would as i guess its offensive! I didn't realise about the Joey thing, there was a stupid girl in my primary years ago who walked about doing that. Always irritated me but i didn't realise what it was!
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    Hayley_babyHayley_baby Posts: 15,825
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    With friends like that who needs enemies. Id stay away from her tbh.
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    Flat MattFlat Matt Posts: 7,023
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    Safi74 wrote: »
    Couldn't agree more. I remember the hand movements too. Joey, spaz, spastic. Didn't really have a clue what they meant. Kids can be cruel sometimes. But at least Joey gets to live in the memory of a generation, so it can't be all bad.😊

    Ah yes, the hand movements. I believe this involved slapping the back of one hand with the palm of the other with the receiving hand bent at the wrist. :D

    I sometimes wonder what Joey made of it all. Beneath the very bad disability was quite an intelligent man by all accounts and he must have become aware of his impact on millions of children around the UK at some point.

    Could he possibly have seen things from the children's point of view?
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    Safi74Safi74 Posts: 5,581
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    Flat Matt wrote: »
    Ah yes, the hand movements. I believe this involved slapping the back of one hand with the palm of the other with the receiving hand bent at the wrist. :D

    I sometimes wonder what Joey made of it all. Beneath the very bad disability was quite an intelligent man by all accounts and he must have become aware of his impact on millions of children around the UK at some point.

    Could he possibly have seen things from the children's point of view?


    Yup those were the movements!

    I'd like to think he realised it was kids being kids and that he did have a positive impact on others. After all, we all clearly remember him many years on. Makes me feel quite sad that he would've been upset by it. Sorry Joey😞.
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    Flat MattFlat Matt Posts: 7,023
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    Safi74 wrote: »
    Yup those were the movements!

    I'd like to think he realised it was kids being kids and that he did have a positive impact on others. After all, we all clearly remember him many years on. Makes me feel quite sad that he would've been upset by it. Sorry Joey😞.

    The trouble is, he is bound to have encountered children mocking him when he went out in public. It's actually quite sickening to think that this happened to the guy.

    It was a very different world back then though.
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    Safi74Safi74 Posts: 5,581
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    Flat Matt wrote: »
    The trouble is, he is bound to have encountered children mocking him when he went out in public. It's actually quite sickening to think that this happened to the guy.

    It was a very different world back then though.

    It most certainly was...
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    Sorcha_27Sorcha_27 Posts: 139,761
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    Op making fun of your friend's moustache doesn't exactly make you sound very nice yourself to be honest. Both of you seem pretty childish.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,486
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    A friend / so called friend said something. Big deal.....
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,348
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    A so-called friend at work had told me i look like a spaz a few days ago and today said i looked like an idiot when i showed someone my new sunglasses. I'm right to be offended aren't I? I'm actually an attractive girl but shes one if these that thinks she right and is perfect. Really annoying me now.

    Not much of a friend then IMO OP
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    3Sheets2TheWind3Sheets2TheWind Posts: 3,028
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    Haha! No pics, I think I'm quite annoyed with myself after her latest comment that I didn't say anything about it before to her. Thinking back I should have said something about the use of the term. I just tried to laugh it off as she can be shallow. And as a result needed to moan about it!

    Shes just illiterate, rude and possibly jealous of me! shes only 23 and she does have a hint of a moustache!

    Oh the irony.
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    rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,781
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    Do not listen to such nonsense.
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    jrajra Posts: 48,325
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    whats a gypo?!? knowing my luck she'd tell tales or someone else would as i guess its offensive!

    As in gypsy.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy
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    dd68dd68 Posts: 17,844
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    She is either not a friend or has no social skills
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    Mad_Dog1Mad_Dog1 Posts: 675
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    A so-called friend at work had told me i look like a spaz a few days ago and today said i looked like an idiot when i showed someone my new sunglasses. I'm right to be offended aren't I? I'm actually an attractive girl but shes one if these that thinks she right and is perfect. Really annoying me now.

    Call her a permanent harvey price impersonator?

    (just for the record; please ****ing don't (this goes without saying but I'm saying it anyway I'm not getting dragged into your verbal abuse court battle))
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