Who Did Your Parents Have an Irrational Hatred of?

BeanBeany said:
Was a very well publicised fact, I seem to think it was mandatory to mention in any interview or profile along with him being a copper
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He was a copper in the Spalding area and was a massive local celebrity. He was also a huge (literally) budgie breeder. Spalding Tulip Festival was the biggest even in the town every year nso the perfect chance for Geoff to get his budgies out. So to speak.
 
sparkins said:
He was a copper in the Spalding area and was a massive local celebrity. He was also a huge (literally) budgie breeder. Spalding Tulip Festival was the biggest even in the town every year nso the perfect chance for Geoff to get his budgies out. So to speak.
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He grew up in Holbeach just outside of Spalding. I never met him in my 12 years living in that area but I believe he was/is a top budgie breeder. My landlord when I first moved to Spalding knew him but wasn't his biggest fan.
It's a shame the Tulip festival got cancelled it was a good days entertainment, I was only in the area for A couple of them before it got cancelled and it was a good excuse for young lads like I was back then to go on the drink all day, not that I needed much of an excuse to go on the drink all day back then on a weekend 😂.
 
Itsscirea said:
My mam had a dislike for the ‘bad boys’ of sport, particularly Alex Higgins & John McEnroe.
And she didn’t like Boris Becker cos she saw him pick his nose on court once 😁
She really really didn’t like Diana Princess of Wales.

Me dad was usually asleep in his chair.
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Brilliant thread. My mam hated the bad boy renegades too. Add to those 3 Eric Bristow (she liked John Lowe) but she loved princess Diana.

My dad hated Noel Edmonds and I thought he hated Paul Daniels as he would always turn ofd his Saturday night TV show. Then he mentioned touring/playing in a band for him when he was younger so I questioned his dislike for him. He said oh no I like him I just don't wanna watch magic on a Saturday night.
 
My Dad could not stand it when Rod Hull and his Emu were on TV
He would say ‘Oh not this idiot’and nearly went berserk when he was on the Parkinson show
Not sure it’s irrational though!
 
Druss_The_Legend said:
He grew up in Holbeach just outside of Spalding. I never met him in my 12 years living in that area but I believe he was/is a top budgie breeder. My landlord when I first moved to Spalding knew him but wasn't his biggest fan.
It's a shame the Tulip festival got cancelled it was a good days entertainment, I was only in the area for A couple of them before it got cancelled and it was a good excuse for young lads like I was back then to go on the drink all day, not that I needed much of an excuse to go on the drink all day back then on a weekend 😂.
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They brought it back last year. This years event is the weekend after next
 
My Mam hated the fact that irrespective of where they were, wedding, funeral, bah mitzvah, shopping my Dad would leave her to go to the match and take my brother and I with him. At the time I thought this not only irrational but entirely unreasonable 😂
 
allied_assault said:
My Dad could not stand it when Rod Hull and his Emu were on TV
He would say ‘Oh not this idiot’and nearly went berserk when he was on the Parkinson show
Not sure it’s irrational though!
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You could be describing my old fella there. Had completely forgotten about this! Hated him. Likewise, think it was probably because he had cheapened the (usually grown up) Parkinson show.
 
Druss_The_Legend said:
He grew up in Holbeach just outside of Spalding. I never met him in my 12 years living in that area but I believe he was/is a top budgie breeder. My landlord when I first moved to Spalding knew him but wasn't his biggest fan.
It's a shame the Tulip festival got cancelled it was a good days entertainment, I was only in the area for A couple of them before it got cancelled and it was a good excuse for young lads like I was back then to go on the drink all day, not that I needed much of an excuse to go on the drink all day back then on a weekend 😂.
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He was nearly indirectly responsible for my wife’s death, when she was eight she met him and he gave her an autographed poster. For some reason on her way home, to keep her hands free as she did a cartwheel she put in in her mouth, as she did the cartwheel the poster hit the deck and the result was a tonsillectomy of sorts. She ran home with blood coming out of her mouth and unable to talk she couldn’t tell her mam what had happened. The story creases me every time I think of it 😂😂😂
 
Will_Graham said:
Love Thy Neighbour is a bit of a conundrum.
On one hand the language and phrases used are obviously very uncomfortable viewing. It could never be shown now.
But on the other hand, the story lines did shine a light on the madness of bigotry and racism. Eddie Booth was certainly never the hero of the show, or portrayed as the good guy. He was shown up as a fool in every episode.
Also, I think it was the first prime time show with a black actor in a leading role. He himself believes it was an important show, with a valid message which has been lost.
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Saw the writer Vince Powell interviewed and he was adamant that the subtext was to undermine racial intolerance. Unfortunately this message didn't make it to the playground, whereas language like "n**-n**" did. And his claim to be an early social justice warrior probably wasn't helped by the all you can eat stereotype buffet that was Mind Your Language.
 
My Dad hated coronation street and eastenders.
All the soaps basically. Crossroads etc…

Wouldn’t put them on at all.

Fine by me and now I don’t watch them now either
 
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