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Gonzo replied

12 June 2008, 22:10
Originally posted by cailin maith View Post

pikeys, tinkers, knackers, gypos - pick one

It's odd that there are all these different words for them.

Where I come from we use the words "cackers" and "diddicai". Do you think they would be considered less offensive?
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Peoplesoft bloke replied

12 June 2008, 21:44
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

How offensive is the BBC using our TV license money wasting time writing such an article?

licence
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RichardCranium replied

12 June 2008, 21:14
That's 'cos everyone hates pikeys but we're not allowed to say so any more.

Despite them all being violent, dirty, thieving scroungers, for some reason we can't say so. Although we pay for the road signs they steal for scrap, we pay for the free council services they get, we pay for the damage the cause, yet we're not allowed to say we think they are robbers and don't deserve what they're given.
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BrilloPad replied

12 June 2008, 20:20
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

How's about this one...

South Cambs Council have cancelled the free school bus that goes around the outlying villages.

However, they still lay on a free bus for the pikeys.

I am starting o regret starting this thread!

Gosh you do go on about these pi*eys!

You wouldn't catch me going on and on about a particular subject!
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cailin maith replied

12 June 2008, 20:07
Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post

See if you can pick up a WWII flamethrower on ebay, go "postal". Jobs a good-un.

Go on. Do it.

Pikeys trashed a beautiful house in Aston Clinton a matter days. Stripped it down to the brickwork they did.

They were looking for the caravan
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RichardCranium replied

12 June 2008, 20:04
Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post

See if you can pick up a WWII flamethrower on ebay, go "postal". Jobs a good-un.

This post is a joke and in no way is meant to be taken literally...

See if you can pick up a WWII flamethrower on ebay, go "postal". Jobs a good-un.

Go on. Do it.

Pikeys trashed a beautiful house in Aston Clinton a matter days. Stripped it down to the brickwork they did.
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Moscow Mule replied

12 June 2008, 09:45
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Not at all, there are occurences on a weekly basis where the pikeys kick off in one local pub or another.

They've been barred from all the pubs in Cottenham and all 7 pubs in Histon!

See if you can pick up a WWII flamethrower on ebay, go "postal". Jobs a good-un.

This post is a joke and in no way is meant to be taken literally...
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daviejones replied

12 June 2008, 08:45
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

How's about this one...

South Cambs Council have cancelled the free school bus that goes around the outlying villages.

However, they still lay on a free bus for the pikeys.

Out of order...fookin pikeys!!!!
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Churchill replied

12 June 2008, 08:44
Originally posted by daviejones View Post

...while they spend their "hard earned" giros on beer!!! FFS!!!

How's about this one...

South Cambs Council have cancelled the free school bus that goes around the outlying villages.

However, they still lay on a free bus for the pikeys.
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daviejones replied

12 June 2008, 08:42
...while they spend their "hard earned" giros on beer!!! FFS!!!
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Churchill replied

12 June 2008, 08:39
Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post

Yes, I remember such a case in that documentary about gangsters in London (Snatch, I think it was called)

Not at all, there are occurences on a weekly basis where the pikeys kick off in one local pub or another.

They've been barred from all the pubs in Cottenham and all 7 pubs in Histon!
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Moscow Mule replied

12 June 2008, 08:26
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Have they **** as like!

I'll tell you one thing, they don't like people standing up to them.

The problem round my neck of the woods is that the yokels are all soft b*stards. All the traveller trouble could've been sorted without "Police involvement" - by which I mean it's not the Pikeys that get arrested when things do kick off!

Yes, I remember such a case in that documentary about gangsters in London (Snatch, I think it was called)
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Churchill replied

12 June 2008, 08:15
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4340567.stm

that was 3 years ago.

have they gone yet?

Have they **** as like!

I'll tell you one thing, they don't like people standing up to them.

The problem round my neck of the woods is that the yokels are all soft b*stards. All the traveller trouble could've been sorted without "Police involvement" - by which I mean it's not the Pikeys that get arrested when things do kick off!
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BrilloPad replied

11 June 2008, 18:56
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

I live in Cottenham, Google that and "Travellers"...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4340567.stm

that was 3 years ago.

have they gone yet?
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xoggoth replied

11 June 2008, 18:51
Nobody likes travellers, that's the point. What is the point of having inoffensive expressions for people we WANT to offend?
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