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Giant Jock Snake.

HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,530
edited February 2021 in The Rail
'Look at the size of it!' Shocking moment a 14ft SNAKE is found on Scottish construction site - after a 6ft one was found dead nearby amid fears MORE could be on the loose

https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2021/02/02/1988847347161056945/636x382_MP4_1988847347161056945.mp4

Construction workers were shocked to discover a gigantic 14ft-long snake on a construction site in the Scottish town of Greenock. Footage showed the workers tackling the reptile with one shocked worker heard exclaiming 'f****** **** man, look at the size of it'. Other video showed a different snake on a hillside, which appeared to be dead. Locals said three reptiles in total had been spotted although only the largest, the 14ft python, was captured and is being treated at vets.




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9216103/Look-size-Shocking-moment-6ft-SNAKE-Scottish-construction-site.html
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    gregkdy82gregkdy82 Member Posts: 528
    Nice use of a racial slur in the thread title here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs here is a link for you. You will find Jock listed somewhere between Jewboy and Jungle bunny.

    What do you call your local corner shop? A Chinese takeaway? You need to modernise your language old man.

    Suppose you should expect no less from an Englishman who is clearly a big fan of the Daily Mail.



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    TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,272
    gregkdy82 said:

    Nice use of a racial slur in the thread title here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs here is a link for you. You will find Jock listed somewhere between Jewboy and Jungle bunny.

    What do you call your local corner shop? A Chinese takeaway? You need to modernise your language old man.

    Suppose you should expect no less from an Englishman who is clearly a big fan of the Daily Mail.



    Whoa! Hold on there.

    Judging by his huge love for the EU, anti Brexit rhetoric and desire to be at one with Johnny Foreigner, Mr Haysie can hardly be called racist. Anti English maybe, Anti British possibly but never a racist surely?

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    EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,110
    edited February 2021
    gregkdy82 said:

    Nice use of a racial slur in the thread title here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs here is a link for you. You will find Jock listed somewhere between Jewboy and Jungle bunny.

    What do you call your local corner shop? A Chinese takeaway? You need to modernise your language old man.

    Suppose you should expect no less from an Englishman who is clearly a big fan of the Daily Mail.



    Perhaps it is an age thing.

    I rarely use the term "jock", but would never intend it to be a racial or ethnic slur (unlike several other terms that, thankfully, have largely disappeared). Much like "old man". As the wikipedia article you referred to says:-

    "Occasionally used as an insult, but also in respectful reference to elite Scottish, particularly Highland troops". Context is everything.

    I'm sure us English have been guilty of various things in relation to the Scots. The Welsh anti-Scots? Not so much.

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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,530
    gregkdy82 said:

    Nice use of a racial slur in the thread title here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs here is a link for you. You will find Jock listed somewhere between Jewboy and Jungle bunny.

    What do you call your local corner shop? A Chinese takeaway? You need to modernise your language old man.

    Suppose you should expect no less from an Englishman who is clearly a big fan of the Daily Mail.



    I used to share a house with a Jock many years ago.

    He objected to being called a Jock, about as much as I objected to being called a Taff.

    However we would both have been really annoyed as being called English.
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,530
    TheEdge949 said:

    gregkdy82 said:

    Nice use of a racial slur in the thread title here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs here is a link for you. You will find Jock listed somewhere between Jewboy and Jungle bunny.

    What do you call your local corner shop? A Chinese takeaway? You need to modernise your language old man.

    Suppose you should expect no less from an Englishman who is clearly a big fan of the Daily Mail.



    Whoa! Hold on there.

    Judging by his huge love for the EU, anti Brexit rhetoric and desire to be at one with Johnny Foreigner, Mr Haysie can hardly be called racist. Anti English maybe, Anti British possibly but never a racist surely?

    Yet another angry thread?
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,530
    Essexphil said:

    gregkdy82 said:

    Nice use of a racial slur in the thread title here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs here is a link for you. You will find Jock listed somewhere between Jewboy and Jungle bunny.

    What do you call your local corner shop? A Chinese takeaway? You need to modernise your language old man.

    Suppose you should expect no less from an Englishman who is clearly a big fan of the Daily Mail.



    Perhaps it is an age thing.

    I rarely use the term "jock", but would never intend it to be a racial or ethnic slur (unlike several other terms that, thankfully, have largely disappeared). Much like "old man". As the wikipedia article you referred to says:-

    "Occasionally used as an insult, but also in respectful reference to elite Scottish, particularly Highland troops". Context is everything.

    I'm sure us English have been guilty of various things in relation to the Scots. The Welsh anti-Scots? Not so much.

    It certainly wasnt meant as a slur.

    Although I suppose the worst that can happen is that the snake could sue me.
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    TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,272
    Wow an Englishman now defends a Welshman against an accusation from a Scotsman.

    Calling him racist was bad, calling him English was below the belt, but calling him a Daily Mail reader is the unthinkable.
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,530
    TheEdge949 said:

    Wow an Englishman now defends a Welshman against an accusation from a Scotsman.

    Calling him racist was bad, calling him English was below the belt, but calling him a Daily Mail reader is the unthinkable.

    Totally.
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    RinkhalsRinkhals Member Posts: 212
    Are the comments on this thread about the use of the word Jock for real or a wind up?

    STOP being such a bunch of thin skinned snowflakes and grow up for pity's sake!
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    goldongoldon Member Posts: 8,544
    edited February 2021
    The Sweaty Sock Snake is native to Scotland and has it's own distinctive " Tartan "


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    goldongoldon Member Posts: 8,544
    Most Scotsmen keep one under their kilt . cough!
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,530
    Essexphil said:

    gregkdy82 said:

    Nice use of a racial slur in the thread title here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs here is a link for you. You will find Jock listed somewhere between Jewboy and Jungle bunny.

    What do you call your local corner shop? A Chinese takeaway? You need to modernise your language old man.

    Suppose you should expect no less from an Englishman who is clearly a big fan of the Daily Mail.



    Perhaps it is an age thing.

    I rarely use the term "jock", but would never intend it to be a racial or ethnic slur (unlike several other terms that, thankfully, have largely disappeared). Much like "old man". As the wikipedia article you referred to says:-

    "Occasionally used as an insult, but also in respectful reference to elite Scottish, particularly Highland troops". Context is everything.

    I'm sure us English have been guilty of various things in relation to the Scots. The Welsh anti-Scots? Not so much.

    It could be an age thing.

    I grew up when Jocky Wilson was a darts player, and then there was the late great Jock Stein.

    Not to mention Jock Wallace............................


    Jock Origin and Meaning
    The name Jock is a boy's name of Scottish origin.
    This is a Scottish pet form of John, the equivalent of Jack in England. Has long been used as a generic name for a Scotsman, here it's a generic name for a--well--jock.


    https://nameberry.com/babyname/Jock
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