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Beau Peep Notice Board => Just a Fort => Topic started by: Bilthehut on January 27, 2010, 01:49:19 PM

Title: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on January 27, 2010, 01:49:19 PM
Has anyone not seen Jeff Dunham and Achmed the Dead Terrorist?



I wonder if Achmed is the Nomad?
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 27, 2010, 01:55:44 PM
Oh dear...
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on January 27, 2010, 02:58:12 PM
Forgive me if I offend.  is there a protocol in posting to this forum?
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 27, 2010, 04:27:28 PM
I know there was a problem of sorts about the Nomad - Roger will know more.

I didn't watch the sketch after about 20 seconds because I'm not keen myself on racial stereotyping, and the concept I felt was in bad taste. That's not your fault - it's out there in the public domain.

It'll make for some interesting discussion anyway - a change from the rubbish we normally spout!
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on January 27, 2010, 04:40:28 PM
Then you don't want to listen to him singing 'Jingle Bombs'.

re racial stereotyping - what about the Vultures - they seem to get a bad press.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 27, 2010, 06:12:17 PM
I may be over sensitive, but our stats show that the greatest number of visitors we get to this website, after the UK, are from the Indian sub-continent.

I'm also careful not to offend 2 contributors to this forum, namely my bird, Lucy, and an old dear from London, who are both Asian, albeit from S E Asia.

Ironically the latter is "Vulture"!
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Roger Kettle on January 27, 2010, 06:20:23 PM
Bilthehut, I don't understand your connection between racial stereotyping and vultures. As for The Nomad, he is...well...a nomad, a wandering North African tribesman. And a lovable idiot.


Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 27, 2010, 06:28:10 PM
I just checked the stats today - India isn't 2nd at the moment - it's USA.

Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on January 27, 2010, 06:58:48 PM
Understood and accepted.

Vultures always seem to get a bad press, yet they serve a valuable purpose in nature.  Apart from looking not that nice, when compared to most birds of prey.

I have always loved the Nomad's attempts to get into the fort, particularly when someone knocked his ladder down.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Roger Kettle on January 27, 2010, 07:39:56 PM
I just checked the stats today - India isn't 2nd at the moment - it's USA.



That's weird! Beau Peep doesn't even appear there. Do these stats give actual numbers, Peeps? I mean, could half a dozen be enough to register?
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Vulture on January 27, 2010, 08:45:54 PM
I may be over sensitive, but our stats show that the greatest number of visitors we get to this website, after the UK, are from the Indian sub-continent.

I'm also careful not to offend 2 contributors to this forum, namely my bird, Lucy, and an old dear from London, who are both Asian, albeit from S E Asia.

Ironically the latter is "Vulture"!

Actuallly,Peeps, I beg to differ. This old dear is from Liverpool!
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 28, 2010, 12:37:31 AM
Nige should get an award for being gender, age and racially sensitive – he can manage to insult all three simultaneously – doesn’t leave anyone out our dear Nige.  :-* ;D
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 28, 2010, 12:39:15 AM
Why am I not on the map? Grrr.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 28, 2010, 12:42:38 AM
I'm a little concerned about the member swimming for his/her life in the South Atlantic Ocean off the Nigerian coast. But at least they're bang on the Equator, so I bet the weather's nice.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 28, 2010, 12:45:17 AM
Sorry, Vulch - I didn't know you were from Liverpool. I don't want to embarrass you by changing it now, so I'll put "Old dear from Liverpool" next time.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 28, 2010, 12:49:09 AM
I just checked the stats today - India isn't 2nd at the moment - it's USA.



That's weird! Beau Peep doesn't even appear there. Do these stats give actual numbers, Peeps? I mean, could half a dozen be enough to register?

Every pointer is an individual contact.

The pointer on the Equator is probably one they can't pin-point to a specific area.

India is usually high up. I get emails now and again from enthusiasts.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Vulture on January 28, 2010, 06:05:09 AM
I may be over sensitive, but our stats show that the greatest number of visitors we get to this website, after the UK, are from the Indian sub-continent.

I'm also careful not to offend 2 contributors to this forum, namely my bird, Lucy, and an old dear from London, who are both Asian, albeit from S E Asia.

Ironically the latter is "Vulture"!

Peeps, have you stopped taking your medication? Lucy may be originally 'from S E Asia' but I was born in Liverpool and now live in Edgware! Apart from the odd trip to Canada and a holiday in Ibiza in '69, I've stuck fairly close to home.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Tom on January 28, 2010, 07:03:51 AM
I think this is one of those cross thread threads which could become confusing.

Maybe the person in the South Atlantic Ocean is really Diane, just showing in the wrong place on the map... it's easy to get places mixed up.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on January 28, 2010, 07:21:44 AM
Having passed through there a few times, I think you will find that the person in the middle of the South Atlantic is on Ascension Island, a quaint little pimple and an essential link to the Falkland Islands.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Malc on January 28, 2010, 08:19:22 AM
Look! There's me and Joan!
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on January 30, 2010, 05:20:50 PM
Has anyone not seen Jeff Dunham and Achmed the Dead Terrorist?
I wonder if Achmed is the Nomad?


As penance for upsetting the Peepmaster, I have ordered 2 peep mugs.  One will definitely be viewable soon after it arrives as I will be trying out the #102nd use for a peep mug by making the most dangerous cake in the world and posting a picture there.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 31, 2010, 04:27:59 PM
Has anyone not seen Jeff Dunham and Achmed the Dead Terrorist?
I wonder if Achmed is the Nomad?


As penance for upsetting the Peepmaster, I have ordered 2 peep mugs.  One will definitely be viewable soon after it arrives as I will be trying out the #102nd use for a peep mug by making the most dangerous cake in the world and posting a picture there.

Do you think that was wise, now he will know where you live.  :o

Welcome Bilthehut  :)
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on January 31, 2010, 04:42:41 PM
I'll take that chance - I just hope that the mug (Beau Peep mug that is) is microwaveable.  Otherwise, I shall have a problem with the cake recipe.  But then this will be my first time with this recipe so who knows?
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 31, 2010, 05:06:19 PM
Take it from someone whose age now legislates that there be almost-full cups of coffee abandoned around the house on a daily basis, Beau Peep mugs are eminently microwaveable, as well as dishwasher-safe.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on January 31, 2010, 05:20:04 PM
We have a dishwasher now.  We had tried growing two but, despite encouragement and complaint, they both still do not know how to turn on a tap, put washing-up liquid in the sink, and wash and dry the dirty objects.  We gave up and so bought a dishwasher, which only needs connecting to the mains and water supply .. hang on, maybe I should have connected the kids up this way ?
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 31, 2010, 07:39:02 PM
Ooh! Harsh - but fair.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Vulture on January 31, 2010, 07:48:24 PM
We have a dishwasher now.  We had tried growing two but, despite encouragement and complaint, they both still do not know how to turn on a tap, put washing-up liquid in the sink, and wash and dry the dirty objects.  We gave up and so bought a dishwasher, which only needs connecting to the mains and water supply .. hang on, maybe I should have connected the kids up this way ?

When I finally got a dishwasher, the constant complaint (in triplicate) was 'but it not my turn to stack the dishes'!
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Malc on February 07, 2010, 05:04:54 PM
Vulch, that's one of my old gag cartoons. A couple fight about whose turn it is to do the dishes, so they buy a dishwasher.
Now they argue about whose turn it is to switch it on.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on February 11, 2010, 03:22:10 PM
Malc, I apologise for having repeated one of your posts.

'Roger's missed opportunity' - Just a Fort, page 5

On a related tack, have you seen this? I think it's an unfortunate but inevitable by-product of the war against terror
 

My only excuse is that I did not read all previous posts before creating this thread.  But you didn't get the comments I did.

 
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Malc on February 13, 2010, 08:57:13 PM
The reason I said the "Ahmed" ventriloquist dummy routine was unfortunate, was that it perpetuated a general antipathy towards Muslims. In many ways, it was therapy for Americans, whose country had been attacked, they got to laugh at the mad bomber fundamentalist, and Jeff Dunham has been booked solid ever since.

My problem with the whole Ahmed thing is that any real Muslim involvement in 9/11 was peripheral and that America's real enemies are (as always) within.
Title: Re: Achmed
Post by: Bilthehut on February 13, 2010, 10:57:26 PM
I agree with all you said, Malc.  I am not at liberty to comment further.

My last post was an apology for starting the 'Achmed'  thread when you had already previously brought the video clip to everyone's attention.  I agree it's very stereotypical and perhaps not appropriate.  I do find it funny, but perhaps I enjoy Jeff Dunham's peanut character more.


My only excuse is that I did not read all previous posts before creating this thread.  But you didn't get the comments I did.
 
By the 'comments' bit, I meant that it was not felt appropriate by some.