Sort-of memes that are cracking you up at the moment

Could be more of an American thing?

Definitely common in England when I were a lad, and AFAIK when my dad were a lad too.

Ah right. It's not on my radar because of how old and outdated the phrase is, maybe.
It's interesting to learn about anyway.

This is definitely an age thing, we had it at work recently.

One of the lads just out of his apprenticeship likes to put on an Australian accent and add 'bo' to the end of people's names (Jimbo for example).

He did it to a bloke called Sam and I had to point out it was a slur and he had never heard of it. Neither has most of the under 30s in the dept.

Looks like one that has thankfully been lost in time.

Plus the father ted version
https://youtu.be/7pGcE7IvCTs

I'm 40 and have never heard of Sambo as a slur before, I've only ever known it as a martial art.

https://youtu.be/p7XY8ODQWzc?si=ICKUx8zOx10PXP5z

So if the word is also a racial slur it can’t be used to refer to the invention by the dear Earl of Sandwich?

The etymology of the word Sambo when referring to a sandwich is younger than the more sinister definition and does not generally seemed to be used daily

Lived in Ireland for four years. Never bothered me when someone said “lets grab a sambo” even though I was aware of the word’s other definition.

invention by the dear Earl of Sandwich

If you apply critical race theory here, you'll probably conclude that the Earl didn't invent the idea of slapping two slices of bread around something to make it more manageable/mangeable, and that the term is an example of appropriation by the white ruling class of a concept with a deep history within the colonised nations.

mean while over in pedant's corner, Hank Marvin's real name is Brian Robson Rankin, so 'I'm Hank Marvin' is 'no you're not you're Brian'

Agreed. We shouldn’t be calling them sandwiches. Maybe sammiches or something. Or sambos. Or sammys. All popular references to said sandwich but removing the ting of colonialism

Strictly speaking, historically ‘zambo’ was the legal term in the Spanish Empire for the progeny of an Amerindian father and African mother. It carried with it specific legal entitlements, rights, and obligations, which were distinct from other castes.

The Spanish had a rather broad differentiation of castes (see: Pinturas de Castas for an artistic representation). Zambo, being the product of two parents from the two less-privileged ‘pure’ castes (the others being Spanish and ‘criollo’ born in the colonies to Spanish parents) eventually became used (by cunts) as a way of demeaning someone because of their real or perceived racial heritage.

removing the ting

If you remove the ting from sarnies, you're just left with bread and butter

Everyone knows you need to up the ting.

We can use "butty", which is just a contraction of buttery

up the ting

Up your butty

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Ring off da ting

Sangwiches can get fucked by the way.

With or without mayo?

removing the ting

Ting is a carbonated beverage popular in the Caribbean 😬🤔

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I went to a pre-release screening of Bo Selecta in the noughties at some TV studios and met Leigh Francis in the Green Room and he was a very uninspiring kinda guy. Mind you we were beered up on the freebies and pretty obnoxious so he probably thought the same about us.

May I suggest that you try it with cherry rum.

Wasn't there a famous gay chat ad with a guy dancing? Can't find it on youtube.

Oooh that does sound good actually!

Bo Selecta

Amazing that he was masking up as black people just a few years ago.

Not that amazing - see Little Britain and Come Fly With Me, amongst others.