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Charel2girl5 · 14/10/2026 22:16

What on earth does a Reform person mean by saying ‘If she were my daughter bath night would be on a Thursday”. What the hell does that mean? Obviously something sinister but I have never heard this before, naive obviously!

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Pedallleur · 15/10/2026 14:31

DorsetKnobBiscuit · 15/10/2026 14:20

He was very offensive on TV. Openly homophobic, sexist and admitted on TV that he was racist.

Trust me. Whatever you saw/heard on TV was nothing compared to a live show

DorsetKnobBiscuit · 15/10/2026 14:37

Pedallleur · 15/10/2026 14:31

Trust me. Whatever you saw/heard on TV was nothing compared to a live show

Grim.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/10/2026 14:45

DorsetKnobBiscuit · 15/10/2026 14:20

He was very offensive on TV. Openly homophobic, sexist and admitted on TV that he was racist.

I remember my dad changing the channel when I was a kid, saying "we don't want that rubbish". I didn't understand it then, but I do now!!

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:00

PetulaGordeno · 15/10/2026 11:00

I think the bath night on a Thursday goes back to a delightfully racist 70’s comedian Bernard Manning.
Back then a lot of kids got one bath a week, on a Sunday. So saying Thursday I would assume he would want bath night to last for three days?
It was quite a famous joke at the time about a celebrity male who had a very pretty daughter.
I would rather not investigate further because I don’t fancy having to look at Bernard Manning today.
He used to roast anyone who wasn’t white in his audiences.
If there was a woman nearby his favourite remark was ‘I bet you’ve flattened some grass’ as in slept with a lot of men.
This stuff was everyday back then, it was how these men spoke and anyone who wasn’t a white male was suppose to just laugh and take no offence.

As an aside, I've just found the joke repeated by comedians Stewart Lee in 2018 and Jimmy Carr in 2016:

Stewart Lee
AS A WORKING-MAN’S CLUB COMEDIAN: Hey, I’ve got a joke for you now, Southend. It’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Hey, I tell you what, you may laugh, madam – if you were my daughter, I’d still be bathing you. So… Come on. It was the 1970s, it was a different time. It was a time of innocence and fun and laughter. So, I’ve got a joke for you, it’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Eh! So…You may laugh, sir – if you were my son, I’d still be bathing you. Different times, weren’t they, the ’70s? All the children were clean, weren’t they, in the ’70s?
(there's more, he does go on a bit)

Jimmy Carr's joke involves naming a female television presenter as the 'daughter' so I won't post it.

TealHacks · 15/10/2026 15:12

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:00

As an aside, I've just found the joke repeated by comedians Stewart Lee in 2018 and Jimmy Carr in 2016:

Stewart Lee
AS A WORKING-MAN’S CLUB COMEDIAN: Hey, I’ve got a joke for you now, Southend. It’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Hey, I tell you what, you may laugh, madam – if you were my daughter, I’d still be bathing you. So… Come on. It was the 1970s, it was a different time. It was a time of innocence and fun and laughter. So, I’ve got a joke for you, it’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Eh! So…You may laugh, sir – if you were my son, I’d still be bathing you. Different times, weren’t they, the ’70s? All the children were clean, weren’t they, in the ’70s?
(there's more, he does go on a bit)

Jimmy Carr's joke involves naming a female television presenter as the 'daughter' so I won't post it.

Your copy pasting stretches far.. I had assumed you grew bored.

Care to actually share what your copy paste post means?

DeflectionAndWhataboutery · 15/10/2026 15:14

ilovesooty · 15/10/2026 13:04

Well we all know that some posters on here defended that assault.

Same posters who run away every time they are out of their depth.

Attempting to gaslight people over the video they have literally just fucking watched.

TemperanceWest · 15/10/2026 15:16

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:00

As an aside, I've just found the joke repeated by comedians Stewart Lee in 2018 and Jimmy Carr in 2016:

Stewart Lee
AS A WORKING-MAN’S CLUB COMEDIAN: Hey, I’ve got a joke for you now, Southend. It’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Hey, I tell you what, you may laugh, madam – if you were my daughter, I’d still be bathing you. So… Come on. It was the 1970s, it was a different time. It was a time of innocence and fun and laughter. So, I’ve got a joke for you, it’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Eh! So…You may laugh, sir – if you were my son, I’d still be bathing you. Different times, weren’t they, the ’70s? All the children were clean, weren’t they, in the ’70s?
(there's more, he does go on a bit)

Jimmy Carr's joke involves naming a female television presenter as the 'daughter' so I won't post it.

Are Stewart Lee and Jimmy Carr councillors representing a political party? Are they paid from the public purse to act in the public's interest?

randomchap · 15/10/2026 15:20

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:00

As an aside, I've just found the joke repeated by comedians Stewart Lee in 2018 and Jimmy Carr in 2016:

Stewart Lee
AS A WORKING-MAN’S CLUB COMEDIAN: Hey, I’ve got a joke for you now, Southend. It’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Hey, I tell you what, you may laugh, madam – if you were my daughter, I’d still be bathing you. So… Come on. It was the 1970s, it was a different time. It was a time of innocence and fun and laughter. So, I’ve got a joke for you, it’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Eh! So…You may laugh, sir – if you were my son, I’d still be bathing you. Different times, weren’t they, the ’70s? All the children were clean, weren’t they, in the ’70s?
(there's more, he does go on a bit)

Jimmy Carr's joke involves naming a female television presenter as the 'daughter' so I won't post it.

More deflection

Why don't you tell us what you think about the Reform councillors? Actually talk about the issues at hand.

If you want to discuss comedy routines from the 2010's you can start your own thread.

ilovesooty · 15/10/2026 15:24

DorsetKnobBiscuit · 15/10/2026 14:37

Grim.

A friend of mine was waiting staff at one of his parties when she was a student. She was assaulted by him and several other guests. The restaurant manager didn't want to know. I expect some of the Reform supporting posters on here would defend that too.

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:27

TealHacks · 15/10/2026 15:12

Your copy pasting stretches far.. I had assumed you grew bored.

Care to actually share what your copy paste post means?

I thought you could tell me, Stewart Lee’s introduction says;

'Stewart Lee's meta comedy is of a self-aware Metropolitan Liberal Elite'

Flamingojune · 15/10/2026 15:29

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:00

As an aside, I've just found the joke repeated by comedians Stewart Lee in 2018 and Jimmy Carr in 2016:

Stewart Lee
AS A WORKING-MAN’S CLUB COMEDIAN: Hey, I’ve got a joke for you now, Southend. It’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Hey, I tell you what, you may laugh, madam – if you were my daughter, I’d still be bathing you. So… Come on. It was the 1970s, it was a different time. It was a time of innocence and fun and laughter. So, I’ve got a joke for you, it’s a Game Of Thrones joke. Eh! So…You may laugh, sir – if you were my son, I’d still be bathing you. Different times, weren’t they, the ’70s? All the children were clean, weren’t they, in the ’70s?
(there's more, he does go on a bit)

Jimmy Carr's joke involves naming a female television presenter as the 'daughter' so I won't post it.

Thats what stewart lee is famous for. Repetition, and deconstruction of tired sexist 'joke' to show just how shit and offensive they are

TheThirteenthFairy · 15/10/2026 15:29

placemats · 14/10/2026 23:01

That's appalling. These men have no moral or ethical boundaries. Disgraceful.

Just saw your other post 😯🤢

Edited

But what's Thursday got to do with it?

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:29

randomchap · 15/10/2026 15:20

More deflection

Why don't you tell us what you think about the Reform councillors? Actually talk about the issues at hand.

If you want to discuss comedy routines from the 2010's you can start your own thread.

If you want to discuss comedy routines from the 2010's you can start your own thread

Why don't you start your own thread - you didn't start this one.

pointythings · 15/10/2026 15:33

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:29

If you want to discuss comedy routines from the 2010's you can start your own thread

Why don't you start your own thread - you didn't start this one.

Meanwhile what's your opinion of the Reform councillors in the video? That's incredibly relevant to the thread, so no more deflections, please.

ilovesooty · 15/10/2026 15:33

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:29

If you want to discuss comedy routines from the 2010's you can start your own thread

Why don't you start your own thread - you didn't start this one.

Unsurprising response. That poster is keeping to the point. You aren't.

Tryagain26 · 15/10/2026 15:35

NotAnotherScarf · 14/10/2026 22:42

Strangely the main stream media has never gone undercover in thd labour party, not even ehen Jezza was in command

#just saying # football fans reporting

What i mean by football fans is that the main stream media were showing images from 2007 in 2020 about England fans. And never reported the reaction to England fans on America this summer but were wanking themselves stupid over Scotland fans (more Scots were arrested than English ... all for being drunk and less than 10 on each side)

That isn't true but how is that relevent to what the OP is saying and the vile racist and sexist comments made by those Reform Councillors in the film . Do you have any views on those?

StandFirm · 15/10/2026 15:37

Shakeoffyourchains · 14/10/2026 23:45

They released a video two days ago called "Richard Tice exposes ITV's Scandal" in an inept attempt at getting ahead of it.

But lets be honest, you could catch Nigel drowning a bag of kittens while Tice pushed old ladies into a volcano and their supporters would still defend them.

They're the MAGA-brainwashed UK equivalent.

Efacsen · 15/10/2026 15:39

ilovesooty · 15/10/2026 15:33

Unsurprising response. That poster is keeping to the point. You aren't.

Exactly - it's a bizarre response to being asked to stay on topic

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/10/2026 15:39

ilovesooty · 15/10/2026 15:33

Unsurprising response. That poster is keeping to the point. You aren't.

It's the usual deflection tactics.

It's funny, isn't it? Reform supporters often like to tell us that Reform is not a racist party, so you'd think they would be queuing up to condemn the racist elements when they are exposed in order to emphasise the distance between those racist individuals and the mainstream party.

Instead, they will use just about any tactic that they can in order to deflect attention and avoid talking about it.

The only conclusion that I can draw from this is that there isn't actually any distance between the racist elements and the mainstream party at all, and they would really rather not talk about it because they know they can't defend it.

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:41

pointythings · 15/10/2026 15:33

Meanwhile what's your opinion of the Reform councillors in the video? That's incredibly relevant to the thread, so no more deflections, please.

Have you read the opening post?

I don't really know why I posted 'as an aside' since my post was actually more relevant than many others.

TooBigForMyBoots · 15/10/2026 15:42

Have they found his Russian links yet?

TealHacks · 15/10/2026 15:42

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:27

I thought you could tell me, Stewart Lee’s introduction says;

'Stewart Lee's meta comedy is of a self-aware Metropolitan Liberal Elite'

I recognise you from Brexit threads.

That is why I roll my eyes at your usual copy paste posture.

You actually have nothing to say. Nothing that is worth more than your regurgitation of right wing rags and GB fodder.

randomchap · 15/10/2026 15:44

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:29

If you want to discuss comedy routines from the 2010's you can start your own thread

Why don't you start your own thread - you didn't start this one.

Defensive much?

Do you think what the itv undercover operation uncovered is acceptable? Do you support those viewpoints?

Clavinova · 15/10/2026 15:46

TealHacks · 15/10/2026 15:42

I recognise you from Brexit threads.

That is why I roll my eyes at your usual copy paste posture.

You actually have nothing to say. Nothing that is worth more than your regurgitation of right wing rags and GB fodder.

regurgitation of right wing rags and GB fodder

To be fair, my go-to rag for copy and paste was the Guardian - I liked their format. What is GB fodder?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/10/2026 15:50

randomchap · 15/10/2026 15:44

Defensive much?

Do you think what the itv undercover operation uncovered is acceptable? Do you support those viewpoints?

You will not get an answer to this.