Is this the right forum for a larf at the Fat Slags?

[johny45674Participant 231]

Apologies to non UK viewers who may struggle with the Geordie Patois, but some good chuckles courtesy of our Geordie mates at Viz magazine.

Hope you enjoy…

I'm a one man guy in the morning, the same in the after noon. A one man guy when the sun goes down, I whistle me a one man tune. I'm a one man guy, one man guy, and the one man is me. 👍🏼Thanks Loudon Wainwright for the wise words

[OldBillParticipant]

For our brothers not conversant with UK popular culture, “The Fat Slags” is a long running comic strip in a magazine called Viz.

If you think of an adult version of Mad or Cracked, you’ve got a handle on what Viz is all about. It parodies UK popular culture, tabloids, movies, TV shows, celebrities, and whatnot through surreal and balck humor. I’ve picked up copies during my visits to the UK and missed out on much of the humor because I didn’t know anything about who or what was being skewered.

The Fat Slags are two morbidly obese, entitled, skanks living off welfare benefits while f~~~ing or trying to f~~~ anything that moves. The only good things that can be said about them is that they’ve never s~~~ out a kid.

Putting it in US terms, the Fat Slags are trailer trash or Section 8 housing scum.

Do not date. Do not impregnate. Do not co-habitate. Above all, do not marry. Reclaim and never again surrender your personal sovereignty.

[johny45674Participant 231]

Thanks for providing the clarification to non uk viewers.
The bits that made me laugh was their claim on sexist attitudes and sexual harrasment.
Personally I think it is very accurately observed, the other episodes are also pretty damn funny.

I'm a one man guy in the morning, the same in the after noon. A one man guy when the sun goes down, I whistle me a one man tune. I'm a one man guy, one man guy, and the one man is me. 👍🏼Thanks Loudon Wainwright for the wise words

[OldBillParticipant]

johny45674 wrote:

Thanks for providing the clarification to non uk viewers.

Glad I could help Johny. I found their strips in Viz funny even though I missed most of the culturally based humor.

While exaggerated for comedic purposes, I found the Slags’ hypocrisy very realistic. While the Slags are physically repulsive and their personalities are disgusting, they are so self-deluded that everyone else must be the problem. Just like real women!

If a man avoids them, won’t buy them drinks, or doesn’t want to f~~~ them, he must be gay or have a small penis. Similarly, all the other women they meet are fat whores. Of course, the Slags are always being sexually harassed and discriminated against.

IIRC, the few men which regularly appear in the strip are equally disgusting. One is a petty criminal and the other constantly cheats on his wife. Despite that, the UK media only whines about how the strip portrays women!

Do not date. Do not impregnate. Do not co-habitate. Above all, do not marry. Reclaim and never again surrender your personal sovereignty.

[johny45674Participant 231]

👍🏼 Old bill, who could ever forget Viz’s Sid the Sexist LMAO. I am impressed that you took the time to translate the Geordie patois, hope it was worth your efforts.

I'm a one man guy in the morning, the same in the after noon. A one man guy when the sun goes down, I whistle me a one man tune. I'm a one man guy, one man guy, and the one man is me. 👍🏼Thanks Loudon Wainwright for the wise words

[Puffin StuffParticipant 24979]

Yes. That was hilarious. The ugliest things they do is pretend to be sexually harassed. And all women born in the last 40 years think just like these slags.

#icethemout; Remember Thomas Ball. He died for your children.

[Anonymous 42]

British women look and act just like American women!

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

I had never heard of them–until now—I laughed so hard I almost puked!

[OldBillParticipant]

johny45674 wrote:

Old bill, who could ever forget Viz’s Sid the Sexist LMAO. I am impressed that you took the time to translate the Geordie patois, hope it was worth your efforts.

I was working at the Sizewell B project in Suffolk and some of the crew there had a few copies of Viz. It was very funny, but I’m sure I was missing more 50% of the humor. The men I was working with would try to explain certain references.

I remember the Slags, Sid the Sexist, and Johnny Fartpants. The last one was freakin’ hysterical. I remember a strip featuring Johnny where his flatulence actually destroys a house!

Who ever did the stop motion animation for the clip you shared was a demented genius. I nearly spit coffee all over my tablet when one of the Slags was farting in bed and you could see her asshole fluttering.

Do not date. Do not impregnate. Do not co-habitate. Above all, do not marry. Reclaim and never again surrender your personal sovereignty.

[Anonymous 6]

Thank you to the fella who posted this and provided some translations. First I have a question, do British people usually speak as fast as the characters in this deal? It was hard for me to keep up at certain points.

Second, British terms that I’ve learned from this cartoon/ comedy thing –

Sot – seems like a type of bastard or pervert

F~~ – This one is very surprising for me and almost made me fall out of my seat. This means cigarette. Geez, who would’ve thought that this word is said in polite company?

Fancy – I’ve known that this means a type of desire, but I’ve never heard it used as a replacement for “Do you want a…..?” I always hear it put like this: ” Oh yes what ever you’re fancy might be.” By the way it’s rare that I even hear the word out side out a description of something nice or on the high end of things.

[johny45674Participant 231]

No probs, glad you had a larf.
Fat Slags is based on Newcastle where the local dialect/accent is known as Geordie and they speak quickly. But its like the states different states have diferent accents and speeds of talking. As in, Not everyone in the US speak as slowly as the folks in Nwalins where I always end up finishing their sentances for them lol.

Sod as in sodomist is the term you are looking for

F~~ aka Tab is geordie for cigarette, etc etc.

So you have to be very aware of context when tou say something like ” he was outside sucking on a F~~” LMAO

chins and thumbs up guys 👍🏼

I'm a one man guy in the morning, the same in the after noon. A one man guy when the sun goes down, I whistle me a one man tune. I'm a one man guy, one man guy, and the one man is me. 👍🏼Thanks Loudon Wainwright for the wise words

[Anonymous 11]

johny45674 wrote:

” he was outside sucking on a F~~”

Publicly sucking on a meat f~~ would get one arrested for lewd behavior here.

Yes, they are very much like Ameriskanks. I almost felt as if I were in Whalemart dodging scooters. I love learning words from other parts of the Anglosphere.

[johny45674Participant 231]

Damn you Old Bill i had forgotten all about Johny Fartpants, and can i just take this opportunity to point out that despite the same name and a penchant for hot curry, the cartoon was not based on me lol.

I was struggling to come up with an adequate description for the fart arse image 30 seconds in, your term “arsehole flutter” is bang on the money 👍🏼
Nice one old bill.

I'm a one man guy in the morning, the same in the after noon. A one man guy when the sun goes down, I whistle me a one man tune. I'm a one man guy, one man guy, and the one man is me. 👍🏼Thanks Loudon Wainwright for the wise words

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