'Gay dog' refused entry to Australian restaurant

newsinfo ^ | 04/25/2010 | Agence France-Presse

[JoeProBono]

[Man With A Gun]

Say “guide dog” with an Australian accent... it sounds a lot like “gay dog”.

LOL

[Hardastarboard]

Reminds me of the line they’re advertising from a movie where some bimbo cheer leader type comments to her friend that “Dolphins are just gay sharks. No, really.”

[Dallas59]

LOL!

[Behind Liberal Lines]

And, once again, life imitates "South Park":

[livius]

The accent was the first thing I thought of, too!

Still, it was a bit preposterous for the restaurant people to do this. And anyway, aren’t they Aussies too? Actually, I just noticed that it was a Thai restaurant, so maybe they weren’t Aussies after all.

[scoobysnak71]

Not sure how this fits in with the current thread, but the picture was disturbing enough, I just had to post it. LMAO

[GladesGuru]

That a waiter thought the customer said “gay dog” says rather more about the waiter than the customer.

However, if the customer didn’t ask for, and see the management about this issue, it seems unfair to bill the management for the act of a clearly non-functional employee.

The fine should be paid by the waiter, not the employee.

The above assumes that management didn’t support the employee.

[scoobysnak71]

>"Say “guide dog” with an Australian accent"

Could be, could be. But, I think there were other clues, too....

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

“I just want to be like everybody else and be able to go out for dinner, to be left alone and just enjoy a meal,” he said, “and if my dog homosexually rapes other dogs, well, that’s just his choice.”

[apillar]

The tribunal on Friday ordered the restaurant to pay Jolly 1,500 dollars ($1,400) and offer him a written apology for discriminating against him on the grounds of disability.

A written apology?!? WTF! Is this the elementary school teacher court? Is the minister of apologies going to decide if the apology is sincere enough?

[Slings and Arrows]

Is the minister of apologies going to decide if the apology is sincere enough?

Don't be silly. The Aussies don't have a Ministry of Apologies.

You're confusing them with the British.

[scoobysnak71]

>”You’re confusing them with the British.”

LMAO!

[Allegra]

[ApplegateRanch]

Say “guide dog” with an Australian accent... it sounds a lot like “gay dog”.

Niaxt toime, wrat it oot, say thay kin oonnerstan what ye be sighin'!

[Slings and Arrows]

I managed to insult two countries in one joke. I could go to work for 0bama’s State Department.

[Slings and Arrows]

That must be Mohammed next to Stan.

[scotiamor]

Also - did the judge consider how the blind owner of the guide dog was going to READ that written apology?? At least order the restaurant to submit it in braille.

[chaosagent]

Reminds me of the line they’re advertising from a movie where some bimbo cheer leader type comments to her friend that “Dolphins are just gay sharks. No, really.”

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That wasn’t from a movie. That was from the TV show “Glee”.

This week she said, very seriously, “I think my cat is reading my diary”