Thread: Jimmy Carr Mocks Limbless Soldiers On Stage.

I never found this tw@ funny & this confirms why!

http://express.co.uk/posts/view/1360...-Afghan-heroes

COMEDIAN Jimmy Carr has caused outrage by making a tasteless joke about soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The controversial comic stunned fans with the ill-timed gag about amputees the day after the launch of this year’s Poppy Appeal.

MPs of all parties last night joined a chorus of Â*condemnation with former officers and relatives of the many soldiers who have lost limbs in the fighting.

Downing Street took the unusual step of issuing a statement in response to the furore.

Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said: “Our brave Armed Forces put their lives on the line for all of us and deserve the utmost respect.�

There were gasps from the 2,500-strong audience at the Manchester Apollo on Friday night as Carr wrapped up his stand-up routine with the joke: “Say what you like about the servicemen amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan, but we are going to have a ****ing good Paralympics team in 2012.�

Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox said: “Our Armed Forces are the first to have a rough and ready sense of humour but this goes beyond the pale.� And Colonel Richard Kemp, a former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, branded Carr a “disgrace�.

James Cockburn, stepfather of Marine Ben McBean, who lost an arm and a leg in a Taliban attack in February 2008, said the joke was “in poor taste�.

Ironically, Carr gave Ben, 22, a signed copy of his book when he visited Headley Court rehabilitation centre in Surrey, although the comic left him cold. “Ben thought he was a bit of a numpty,� said Mr Cockburn.

SAS legend Andy McNab said that while Carr has a point – a number of amputee servicemen have been snapped up for the Paralympics because of their athleticism and determination – “it’s not a subject for humour�.

The sad thing is that its true but most certainly not funny, the stupid cnut

I never like'd the smarmy cunt
He's got a face you'd never tire of punching


Although I suppose he does have a point still not his place to say it for laughs

Fuck it I'm off to get the outrage bus work tickets whose coming ?

Originally Posted by spike7451

Ironically, Carr gave Ben, 22, a signed copy of his book when he visited Headley Court rehabilitation centre in Surrey, although the comic left him cold. “Ben thought he was a bit of a numpty,� said Mr Cockburn.

That'll do for me.

Jimmy Carr is a cock anyway. Lets get him on the next CSE, where he can say jokes like that and see if he comes home with all his limbs.

Although to be fair, we will have a blinding Para Olympics team. I can't wait for the first time it's in the press that most of the team where in a pub celebrating when naked bar was called.

Edited: for having mong typing ability

Bloody hell, get over yourselves. He's a comedian ffs, and what';s more a comedian who is known for being close to the bone. If you don't like it, dont watch, simples! He makes jokes about many unsavoury topics like rape being surprise sex for example, just like Frankie Boyle making jokes about paedophilia, doesn't mean that he means it personally.

I can't see the problem really. It's just a joke and I think that he's quite right, we will have a bloody good team in the next Paralympics.

Carr is a smug git, but if that comment had been made on here first then I guaranteed it would have been classed as genius by many.

Might be worth going down Ladbrokes and putting a bet on the number of medals won by Britain at the next Paraolympics. :D

Originally Posted by whosthedaddy

Bloody hell, get over yourselves. He's a comedian ffs, and what';s more a comedian who is known for being close to the bone. If you don't like it, dont watch, simples! He makes jokes about many unsavoury topics like rape being surprise sex for example, just like Frankie Boyle making jokes about paedophilia, doesn't mean that he means it personally.

Ah but Frankie Boyls is funny

Guardian Review of Mr. Carr

Also on the I.O.S. smuggest Briton's list, deservedly, you might say.

"Jimmy Carr oozes the charm and insincerity of a re-animated Bob Monkhouse". Although Monkhouse, in comparison, could be called genius.

Sick jokes might be viewed as Carr's stock in trade, he's been discussed on these boards already and not too favourably. Either a joke too far or a misfire, it's not funny for his victim nor would the wider audience appreciate the man's obvious desperation for a laugh, at any expense.

That Carr targeted soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan speaks volumes, and he seriously misjudges their mates, families and supporters.
It will come back to bite him, on his smug arrse.

Perhaps, hopefully, even enough to keep this smug tasteless creep out of mainstream entertainment. Permanently.

guys, i completely agree - forces casualties are not funny.

however, take a look in the NAAFI bar and see some of the groups we routinely rip to death, including the disabled. sure they don't think we're funny either.

if we dish it out so readily, we've got to be able to take it in the spirit it's meant when it comes our way. it's only a joke for fucks sake.

As much as I dislike this one-line merchant I believe this was probably a line he picked up from Headley Court from the guys there in rehab and so feels justified in using it

BTW the local news here (Meridian) did a piece about the Paralympic training team going to Headley Court and other placers to give the Ex-soldiers/airmen some guidance on fitness for the future with a view to 2012/2016. So as distastful as it may seem to some, I suspect he's more guided and informed than most.

Originally Posted by CRmeansCeilingReached

if we dish it out so readily, we've got to be able to take it in the spirit it's meant when it comes our way. it's only a joke for fucks sake.

Yes but we like to sit on the ourage bus arms folded bottom lip sticking out if people offend our delicate feelings

You see we can piss all over the street and make Hitler salutes in Germany but if someone pisses on a memmorial or slags a poppy we take to the outrage bus

It's what we do One Army TA & Regular outraged together and Arsse gives us that platform for us to express our outrage and hurt feelings

If Brown loses the next Election we may have to look at parking up at least 5 outrage buses and their crews

So please let us have a little of these threads :D

Shall we start a countdown to the first Chubb post?

I don't think he was taking the piss out of the soldiers at all and he was pointing out how fit and dedicated these young lads are and how there is still plenty for them to aim for. As has been mooted on here already, I wonder if it's a joke he borrowed off someone at Headley Court, at least he bothered himself to visit which says a lot for him in my book.

How is this outraging?

He makes jokes like this all the time, about a wide range of people.

You know what you are going to see, when you see him. Admittedly hte timing might be a bit off.

Ever thought it could be a compliment in a cack handed way?

well done the_boy_syrup, there is the chubbmonster right on cue :D

I thought it was a cracking comment and far better than his usual 'jokes'.

As said earlier in the thread: if said in the NAAFI it would have got the usual idiots posting lots of "ROFL". Comedy often works best when there is an element of truth in the core.