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@ghost-of-a-duke said
Go revisit what you wrote. Perhaps you have forgotten.
If anything, she was the one being "passive aggressive ". But I'm OK with her. Me being rather blunt with her, like I was, is pretty much the opposite of "passive aggressive".


@ghost-of-a-duke said
Your recent bizarre posting is likewise noted.

Seriously, take a break. Go for a walk or something.
This is an example of "passive aggression" in the service of dodging a scrutinizing question.


@fmf said
Bradford is a city that is ripe for racist riffs and quips. But, as I said, you probably chose it unwittingly.
I only have positive, and slightly nostalgic images of Bradford, and Yorkshire in general. - The racist stuff is completely in your mind, not mine.

I often reference Bradford or Harrogate in my quips, purely as they sound funnier than Leeds or Hull. Are you now going to say 12% of people living in Harrogate are Martian and I am being unwittingly racist towards them?

Like I said, take a break.


@ghost-of-a-duke said
Like I said, take a break.
Another "passive-aggressive" quip.


@ghost-of-a-duke said
I only have positive, and slightly nostalgic images of Bradford, and Yorkshire in general. - The racist stuff is completely in your mind, not mine.

I often reference Bradford or Harrogate in my quips, purely as they sound funnier than Leeds or Hull. Are you now going to say 12% of people living in Harrogate are Martian and I am being unwittingly racist towards them?
Nope. Bradford. It's a common riff. I've heard expats use it many a time. Like I said, you probably did it unwittingly.

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@fmf said
Nope. Bradford. It's a common riff. I've heard expats use it many a time. Like I said, you probably did it unwittingly.
You said the same about the expression 'dry drunk' and yet nobody other than yourself seems to have heard of it.

I live in the UK and have never heard Bradford used as the punch line to any derogatory joke.


@ghost-of-a-duke said
You said the same about the expression 'dry drunk' and yet nobody other than yourself seems to have heard of it.
Anyone who's had anything to do with Alcoholics Anonymous or has had to help alcoholic friends, as I have, will have heard of it if they have a joined-up knowledge of the issue.


@fmf said
Another "passive-aggressive" quip.
It is noted how often you do this. (Be accused of something and immediately try to flip it on the person making the accusation).


@ghost-of-a-duke said
I live in the UK and have never heard Bradford used as the punch line to any derogatory joke.
I have heard it more times than I can remember. If you did it unwittingly, then what is there for you to worry about?


@ghost-of-a-duke said
It is noted how often you do this. (Be accused of something and immediately try to flip it on the person making the accusation).
What are you "accusing" me of?

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@fmf said
I have heard it more times than I can remember.
Countless times?

Let's explore that notion. I live in the UK and have never heard Bradford referenced in a derogatory fashion, while you live in Indonesia and have heard it more times than you can remember? - Is that what you are claiming?


@ghost-of-a-duke said
Countless times?
Bradford has been a kind of meme in comic or not-so-comic quips since the demographic changes of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. i.e. Bradford = a dump.


@fmf said
What are you "accusing" me of?
Being passive aggressive.


@ghost-of-a-duke said
Let's explore that notion. I live in the UK and have never heard Bradford referenced in a derogatory fashion, while you live in Indonesia and have heard it more times than you can remember? - Is that what you are claiming?
As I have said, more than once, you probably did it unwittingly. Go with that.


@ghost-of-a-duke said
Being passive aggressive.
When?

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