Pretty sure this is an outrageously racist comment...!

[hornetrider]

I'm just watching my Sky plussed coverage of the boxing on ITV4 tonight, don't know if any of you caught it?

I'll get to the point. In between fights they have a guy wandering round giving interviews, and one of his interviewees is the only and only, former Olympic gold medallist Tessa Sanderson. An interesting conversation ensues, all is well, and we have back over to Jim. Jim Rosenthal.

So he turns to the camera and says - "That Tessa Sanderson, she certainly was a great spear chucker in her day"











What say you, fellow Phers?!

Edited by hornetrider on Sunday 9th November 01:35

[anonymous-user]

But she did actually throw spears!

[hornetrider]

MonkeyMatt said:

But she did actually throw spears!

Twas javelins you racist thug!

[Mark-C]

hornetrider said:

I'm just watching my Sky plussed coverage of the boxing on ITV4 tonight, don't know if any of you caught it?

I'll get to the point. In between fights they have a guy wandering round giving interviews, and one of his interviewees is the only and only, former Olympic gold medallist Tessa Sanderson. An interesting conversation ensues, all is well, and we have back over to Jim. Jim Rosenthal.

So he turns to the camera and says - "That Tessa Sanderson, she certainly was a great spear chucker in her day"











What say you, fellow Phers?!

Edited by hornetrider on Sunday 9th November 01:35

Just JR being his mormal trite self .... no more to it than that .... fairly sure he once called Steve Backley something similar

[Mark V8]

I saw this earlier !!! After he said it he laughed and made a few Ooo Ooo monkey noises as he walked off camera....
Or did I make that bit up......

[CosmicMatt]

fk sake people love jumping on the bandwagon and attempting to try and mis contrue others comments.

[Orb the Impaler]

hornetrider said:

MonkeyMatt said:

But she did actually throw spears!

Twas javelins you racist thug!

[anonymous-user]

I think people who imagine these inocent jokes and comments to be racist obviously think about it too much and are probably racist themselve!

[MonkeyHanger]

hornetrider said:

MonkeyMatt said:

But she did actually throw spears!

Twas javelins you racist thug!

Give it a rest. Almost every dictionary will use the word spear in the definition of Javelin, because it was a hunting weapon long before it became a field sport

[Famous Graham]

MonkeyHanger said:

hornetrider said:

MonkeyMatt said:

But she did actually throw spears!

Twas javelins you racist thug!

Give it a rest. Almost every dictionary will use the word spear in the definition of Javelin, because it was a hunting weapon long before it became a field sport

Oh come on, like Rosenthal didn't know what he was saying The big-nosed kike.

(Run to the hills!)

[Pigeon]

TVR Moneypit said:

Javlins are spears?

Yeah, they're spears with a 1500cc flat four and the oval web crank versions are the best.

[welshbikerduck]

calling a javelin a spear is common place.

Many people call darts spears, and also use the term throw the spear when refering to throwing the dart. Nowt racist in that except it was said about a black which made it sound racist in a sort of Beavis and Butthead sort of way.

Edited by welshbikerduck on Sunday 9th November 02:03

[CosmicMatt]

welshbikerduck said:

calling a javelin a spear is common place.

Many people call darts spears, and also use the term throw the spear when refering to throwing the dart. Nowt racist in that except it was said about a black.

Which means ITV will receive two complaints.
Sanderson will whinge in the press.
ITV receives lots more complaints.
Sanderson reveals sordid affair with JR.
JR says he wouldn't poke her with his spear.
JR in more trouble for saying spear not javelin.

End of ITV boxing.

[MonkeyHanger]

TVR Moneypit said:

We call then arrows up here, or to be precise, 'arrahs'.

You are Sid Waddell AICMFP.

Edited by MonkeyHanger on Sunday 9th November 02:11

[dan de-lyon]

I see britney javelin is performing with madonna again

[MonkeyHanger]

Famous Graham said:

The big-nosed kike.

"But he has got a very big nose"

[pgilc1]

"pretty sure this is another example of political correctness gone mad" thread

[mybrainhurts]

Mark V8 said:

I saw this earlier !!! After he said it he laughed and made a few Ooo Ooo monkey noises as he walked off camera....
Or did I make that bit up......

Yes, you made it up...

I don't think he ought to have chucked those bananas, though...

[just me]

mybrainhurts said:

Mark V8 said:

I saw this earlier !!! After he said it he laughed and made a few Ooo Ooo monkey noises as he walked off camera....
Or did I make that bit up......

Yes, you made it up...

I don't think he ought to have chucked those bananas, though...

You're making it up too. He didn't walk off and he couldn't have chucked the bananas because his hands were busy swinging him from tree to tree.

[Blib]

Does anyone have ITV's address? Although I didn't see this incident, I am outraged and offended by Jim 'so called' Rosenthal's remarks.

(Has anyone got access to 30,000 second class stamps?).