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douglas9401 | 22:19 Mon 26th Aug 2019 | News
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49471886

Those of a certain age will recall, on Top Of The Pops, images of darts players Jocky Wilson displayed while Dexys Midnight Runners song 'Jackie Wilson Said' played out.

It's not racist, it's a mistake that'll be rectified I'm sure.
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AOG will be Sooooo Cross with you. He could have spun this story to 200 posts I’m sure.
Wouldn't the only people who would be aware of the wrong photo would be those who know/follow/are in the fashion/modelling world anyway?

On the other hand, maybe an editor of some description, of the magazine, made a mistake and should be fired? :-)
I am not good with faces and can get confused, but all the wannabe celebs all look the same to me. War films are a nightmare as they all dress the same. But I could probably tell two identical looking dogs apart.
Complete accident I sure. Mountain out of a molehill.
The TOTP incident wasn't a mistake. DMR's lead singer, Kevin Rowland, asked the producer to do it:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/27/jocky-wilson-other-rock-myths
I do understand the lady being upset, but there will always be people who think she is being over-sensitive.
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With The Grauniad being the paper of record I'll stick with the myth.
I know the song, but racism has never crossed my mind.
pixie - // I know the song, but racism has never crossed my mind. //

I think douglas is using the incident to point out the picture error, not the racism - there was obviously no racism in the TOTP scenario.
Sorry Douglas... been a long day lol xx
How can it be racist? I can understand her being miffed, but it's a mistake. That's all.
Yeeeeeah. But wen you is blak it’s easy. Innit.
Buenchico - Always worth re-reading the de-bunking of some famous rock and pop myths.

No-one with a basic knowledge of anatomy could believe that Marilyn Manson had a rib removed, the human body would simply collapse without the requisite number of ribs.

Interestingly, the story about Van Halen demanding a bowl of M and M's in their dressing room with all the brown ones removed is actually true.

It's nothing to with overpaid rock star pettiness, it has a sound reason -

Van Halen were one of the first bands to take stadium PA's to Asia, where wiring and earthing were not subject to the same rigours as at home, and a lax approach could lead to fatalities.

The band alaways wrote a complex and detailed contract ensuring that all safety measures were in place, and the final line demanded the M and M's with the brown ones removed.

On arrival, the band could see right away if their contract had been read correctly - and if not, they could start getting their crew to carry out safety checks before the show. If the brown M and M's were absent, then the contract had been read, and all would be fine.
Naomi - // How can it be racist? I can understand her being miffed, but it's a mistake. That's all. //

It is a mistake, but since the image accompanied a feature about the treatment of black women, and lack of respect, the lady in question has a point when the publishers didn't even show sufficient respect to provide the correct image to accompany her point in print.

It's not racist, but it was careless, and I understand her upset.
AH, thanks for the uninvited lecture but I said something to that effect ... albeit in fewer words.
hi DOug

do you remember when Pres Trump said that there were areas of Birmingham white people couldnt go into?

he had confused it with dayton ohio ( ten dead ) or columbine ....
( insert name of latest massacre to taste)
ter daah !

A spoof piece was written 1911 about Artemus Jones present at the Races Daueville or somewhere with his mistress
carried by Daily Mule
unfortunately he actually existed and sued

Conrad Black ( later did time for fraud ) didnt enjoy being the villain in the Express's James Bond cartoons

I thought everyone would pile in with their fave mislabelled photie sstory



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I was once compared to Stephen Tompkinson by a woman in Australia.

Well he IS very handsome and devil-may-care.
.There was a book on Hong Kong in the 70s - hey did you realise that the dogs graffitti bit recently during the protests in HK were a play on 'No Dogs or Chinese" sings from the good old colonial days? Hong Kongers dont really look on themselves as mainland chinese
Anywaaaaaay - the review in the Sunday Times, - was illustrated with a photie of Old Hong Kong
and was in fact a photie of the factories in Canton before they burnt down in 1855. bit snotty when I pointed it out
( as a fren said - how did you know that for chrissakes)

No-one with a basic knowledge of anatomy could believe that Marilyn Manson had a rib removed, the human body would simply collapse without the requisite number of ribs.

https://radiopaedia.org/cases/clagett-thoracotomy-with-bronchopleural-fistula

rib resection is commonly done - the ribs arent weight bearing so you can take them out without much loo-loo ( keep it simple Peter..)
The weight is born by the vertebrae - and you can take one (vertebra) out and it is ok so long as you stabilise the gap.
hey in the pall mall galleries
I was mistaken for someone famous but they couldnt decide who

and I said: yes you have seen me before - I am in one of the paintings on the wall behind you ....
//do you remember when Pres Trump said that there were areas of Birmingham white people couldnt go into?//

Was that when he quoted a Katie Hopkins article and laughingly called her a "respected journalist"?

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