Fishermen

[fern01]

According to new BBC guidelines they should now be referred to as fisherpersons.

I despair at the political correctness gone mad we have to pay for

 

[ditchman]

already refer to nickerless spungeon as a fishwife

[Dougy]

What on earth is going on with this planet.

 

[Vince Green]

Its an all male occupation.

Women can't go out as crew on a fishing boats because they cant urinate off the back of the boat

actual quote from a Cornish fisherman

when the nets are out you can't nip downstairs to use the head (toilet) and leave everything unattended for ten mins  so you have to dangle it off the back of the boat

Edited November 17, 2020 by Vince Green

[Houseplant]

Collective losing of the plot. Glad I'm old enough to have missed all this **** when I was growing up. I suspect NZ media, politicians and urbanised population are worse than their counterparts UK in this respect. Doesn't translate to the rest of the population though.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

1 hour ago, Vince Green said:

Its an all male occupation.

Women can't go out as crew on a fishing boats because they cant urinate off the back of the boat

actual quote from a Cornish fisherman

when the nets are out you can't nip downstairs to use the head (toilet) and leave everything unattended for ten mins  so you have to dangle it off the back of the boat

It was interesting watching Piers Morgan on ITV 's Good Morning Britain calling out Katya Adler of the BBC for using the term "Fisher People" and he stated that of the people fishing in Britains waters 98% were male, hence the long used term "Fishermen."

[clangerman]

after jimmy saville only guide lines the bbc are fit to issue is on employment of child molesting pedophiles 

[Saltings]

piers morgan an obniuus pece of **** shouts over everyone while asking a question its all about him 

[Rim Fire]

2 hours ago, Saltings said:

piers morgan an obniuus pece of **** shouts over everyone while asking a question its all about him 

He may shout over people but he do ask the right questions to the right people 

[Scully]

Just call them fishers? 

[WalkedUp]

In other countries the entire language is gendered! Think of the problem they are going to have. 

For me:

Fisherman (male or female)

Policeman (male or female)

Fireman (male or female)

I know two female policemen and one is an armed anti-gang officer whilst the other is a specialist child / domestic abuse officer. I think they have more on their plate than worrying about gendered language. 

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, does anyone think there will be a fishing industry in the uk after brexit negotiations ? 

[yates]

15 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, does anyone think there will be a fishing industry in the uk after brexit negotiations ? 

Yes but it will be Spanish 

[Vince Green]

1 hour ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, does anyone think there will be a fishing industry in the uk after brexit negotiations ? 

There is more chance because the EU has practically killed off our industry and when you hear the story from the people affected it was pretty blatent. Ted Heath agreed to terms that were, with hindsight, absolutely criminal. 

[johnphilip]

2 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, does anyone think there will be a fishing industry in the uk after brexit negotiations ? 

If they build some vessels  then maybe 

[Rim Fire]

21 minutes ago, Vince Green said:

There is more chance because the EU has practically killed off our industry and when you hear the story from the people affected it was pretty blatent. Ted Heath agreed to terms that were, with hindsight, absolutely criminal. 

you are right about Ted Heath but i think technology has a lot to do with it when you can spot a single mackrell then cast a net that can hold 7 jumbo jets you can't 

sustain that amount of fishing and that's just one trawler 

 

Edited November 18, 2020 by Rim Fire

[johnphilip]

2 hours ago, WalkedUp said:

In other countries the entire language is gendered! Think of the problem they are going to have. 

For me:

Fisherman (male or female)

Policeman (male or female)

Fireman (male or female)

I know two female policemen and one is an armed anti-gang officer whilst the other is a specialist child / domestic abuse officer. I think they have more on their plate than worrying about gendered language. 

And what about the poor semen , and the things he goes through 😀😀

Edited November 18, 2020 by johnphilip

[figgy]

Piers hit the nail on the head with midwives, you have men doing the job.

The bloody country is pandering to all these snowflakes.

They want to do that profession, great but don't then moan to get its name changed.

[Scully]

2 minutes ago, figgy said:

Piers hit the nail on the head with midwives, you have men doing the job.

The bloody country is pandering to all these snowflakes.

They want to do that profession, great but don't then moan to get its name changed.

Good point....midhusbands doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue! 🙂

[Morkin]

17 hours ago, ditchman said:

already refer to nickerless spungeon as a fishwife

I have just seen this Ditchman I love your sense of humour and spelling ,Very good we need cheering up

[figgy]

The Poison Dwarf is how I refer to her.

Even my wife can't stand her, wife normally don't say much about politicians at all, but can't help herself when the lord of the rings lcharacter is on TV. 

[dead eye alan]

7 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, does anyone think there will be a fishing industry in the uk after brexit negotiations ? 

This is what I think, the deal will be that we give Quotes  with licenses to EU fishing vessels that go down every year over say a 5 year period. During this time our own share will go up year on year giving us time to rebuild our own fishing industry. This may be a simple way to look at it but it could work well. Our fish stocks have been overfished for years and the cod seam to be smaller now than they were 10 years ago.

[Yellow Bear]

5 hours ago, figgy said:

Piers hit the nail on the head with midwives, you have men doing the job.

The bloody country is pandering to all these snowflakes.

They want to do that profession, great but don't then moan to get its name changed.

I fear it is not those in the job complaining but the urbanite perpetually offended on others behalf.

[marsh man]

When we had the Scotch drifters come down to Yarmouth for the Herring fishing they brought the women folk to gut and barrel up the Herring , these were some of the strongest females you were ever likely to come across and not that many men could work as hard these did , most of them had bandages and plasters on every finger where the knife caught there fingers and they just carried on laughing and singing while working in all the Winter weather conditions , these were known as Fisher girls and who could gut around 60 Herring in a minute , truly amazing women . 

[WalkedUp]

8 hours ago, Scully said:

Good point....midhusbands doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue! 🙂

Midwife = with wife 

Until ‘husbands’ start giving birth the term requires no gender review. However that is probably only a few years away at current trends.