Funny or Offensive

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For any football fans out there struggling to discern the difference between what's genuinely funny - as opposed to really offensive - I offer the following 'joke':

Q What do you call three dogs and a blackbird?

A The Spice Girls.

Now I'm sure most readers will know straight away - into which category these comments fall - without things having to be spelled out - in letters six feet high.

And it's the same with sectarian behaviour by football fans - you know it when you see and hear it - it ain't that hard to spot.

By the way do you know who made the offensive and unfunny Spice Girls remark?

None other than the former defence secretary - the Fantastic Mr Liam Fox, a fellow Scot - who made delivered his bon mot at a House of Commons Christmas party - in the year 2000.

Apparently the Tory leader at the time - one William Hague - forced Mr Fox to apologise for his crass and boorish behaviour.

Good for him - and if William Hague can tell the difference between what's funny and what's  offensive - then so should Scottish football fans.

Mind you the Fantastic Mr Fox doesn't seem able to count properly - because there's actually five Spice Girls not four - though one of them did leave for a while.

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