Learn To Sing Like A Nigger

Anyone who lives in the West End of Glas­gow will be famil­iar with Colin, the mys­te­ri­ous man who dis­trib­utes flyers for his busi­ness repair­ing sash win­dows, hang­ing blinds, and doing sim­i­lar odd jobs around the home.

Quite often, these flyers also con­tain infor­ma­tion about Colin’s doo-​wop singing group.

Which is quite funny.

His latest flyer is also quite, er, funny:

Now, I can see how a non-​racist person with a cer­tain sense of humour might make a joke includ­ing the word ‘nigger’, but who in their right mind would dis­trib­ute the above to half the homes in the West End, includ­ing, one assumes, sev­eral black house­holds? And what’s with the spelling of boyz with a ‘z’? Is this a flyer for the first ever gay racist doo-​wop choir?

I can only assume that Colin’s twin pas­sions for DIY and doo-​wop have finally pushed him over the edge. Either that or it’s a prank from anti-​Colin forces.

Posted at 2pm on 13/06/05 by Jack Mottram to the language, misc. category.
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