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Thread #63618   Message #1034686
Posted By: Steve Parkes
13-Oct-03 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: dyslexia jokes offensive?
Subject: RE: dyslexia jokes offensive?
SRS: "Vimto" is a famous drink in England that was all the rage before Coca-Cola crossed the Atlantic. It doesn't contain cocaine or cola (or "pepsi", whatever that is), but is fizzy and sort of purple coloured. Viewers in Scotland have their own drink (sorry -- another in-joke!), called Irn-Bru, pronounced "iron brew" in Scotland ("made is Scotland from girders"*). It's the colour of diluted rust. Oh, and we also have "Tizer", a sort of red lemonade. I don't know wat disabilities a rock guitarist would need to have to choke on his own Irn-Bru or Tizer (although in the case of Irn-Bru, just drinking it might do the trick).

Steve

*It's actually made from carbonated water, sugar and "colouring", I think. The name looks dyslexic, outside Scotland.