Plain Weird17 Feb 2009 09:18 am

People of Kent and Kentish people

By Kelvin

Thanks to Alex for spotting this man who wants his horses erect and rampant:

People of Kent and Kentish people do not want this limp horse. Kent is symbolised by the rampant horse of Hengest and Horsa and the Jute Kingdom of Kent. Kent has been at the forefront of the defence of England over the centuries, that is why a defiant horse is so important, yet what we are to be given is a horse that can run away very fast!

Duncan Warmington, Staplehurst Kent

You’ve missed the point, Duncan. It’s facing away from France so it can shit immigrants straight back to Sangatte. That’s defiance, the way readers of The Daily Mail (and Daily Mailish readers) like it.

26 Responses to “People of Kent and Kentish people”

  1. on 17 Feb 2009 at 11:04 am   Expert Scientist

    Even Mr. Warmington has fallen victim to the PC-liberal mindwashing by referring to them as ‘people’ of kent and kentish ‘people’ rather than MEN.

    It’s ok, I’m sexist.

  2. on 17 Feb 2009 at 11:33 am   Rod Wrongnob

    The Jutes symbolise Kent? As in the people from Jutland? IMMIGRINTS FROM DENMARK!!!!! (Which is virtually Eastern Europe.)

    A giant statue of Sandi lezzing Toksvig would be more like it.

  3. on 17 Feb 2009 at 11:47 am   Chris

    Even worse, this foreign horse has a very Arab looking head

    The classic symbol of Kent is (as many have pointed out) a rearing horse, and therefore this monstrosity is in no way symbolic of Kent. In fact, as a ‘thoroughbred’ with a very Arab looking head, rather than a cobbish type, it is not even very British. The only good thing about this waste of money is that it is to be sited in probably the least attractive part of Kent and will therefore do the least visible damage possible. I’m afraid the whole thing just stinks of ‘one-up-manship’ – trying to better the Angel of the North. Well they have failed!
    Teena, England

  4. on 17 Feb 2009 at 12:00 pm   DA PC BRIGADE

    A “limp” horse as well, which implies it’s a bit gay…

  5. on 17 Feb 2009 at 12:13 pm   werka

    I’m from Kent, and I would actually suggest that what symbolises Kent is Bluewater Shopping Centre, Gillingham Football Club and Barry from Eastenders.

  6. on 17 Feb 2009 at 12:26 pm   Kelvin

    Surely the best symbol of Kent is all these little englanders whinging from behind their keyboards about how Kent is full of warriors and bravehearts? As long as the horse is designed with an appropriately scaled flaccid penis, they’re being represented already.

  7. on 17 Feb 2009 at 12:35 pm   Dr Feelgood

    as a ‘thoroughbred’ with a very Arab looking head, rather than a cobbish type, it is not even very British.

    Ah yes, there was me thinking the steppes were the original home of the horse, and not Margate. I stand corrected. And God forbid, we let any Arab horses cross-breed with our thoroughbreds – that would never happen would it?

    I hope this ‘Arab’ looking horse is thoroughly checked on delivery for insurgents hiding inside it.

  8. on 17 Feb 2009 at 12:38 pm   Gorgon

    From the BBC Kent discussion…

    stef
    This is the worse design they could have possible chose. None of the submitted choices were good to begin with. I just think that its a waste of tax payers money. I would rather have our money spent on something useful that would benefit Kent rather then a new canvas for budding graffiti artists. It will be a giant monstrosity. why would any one want to see a giant white horse. i feel sorry for all the people that will be getting the train to work that have an irrational fear of horses.

    Will no one think of the people with irrational horse fears?!

  9. on 17 Feb 2009 at 12:40 pm   Hacksaw Jim Duggan

    I often wonder how strangers in the street know that I’m from Kent; they seem to shout it at me as I pass them in the street.

    Bob Monkhouse, I thank you.

  10. on 17 Feb 2009 at 12:47 pm   Kowalski

    i feel sorry for all the people that will be getting the train to work that have an irrational fear of horses

    I would worry more about the people on those trains who have an irrational fear of trains

  11. on 17 Feb 2009 at 1:01 pm   HJ

    Kowalski, maybe I’m drunk, but that was pretty funny. I’m spoilt for laughs here, but that was a good one, cheers.

  12. on 17 Feb 2009 at 1:12 pm   Chris

    i feel sorry for all the people that will be getting the train to work that have an irrational fear of horses.

    I took the train to work this morning. Disgusting. I have irrational fears of houses, industrial estates, bridges and roads. It was a fucking terrifying journey. I suggest blacked out windows with voice announcements to let you know which stop is yours.

  13. on 17 Feb 2009 at 1:47 pm   Funny Peculiar

    I imagine that millenia ago Cerne Abbas Town Council recieved the same ‘community opinions’ when they unveiled their notoriously large, public-funded artwork.

    “My husband feels its dominates the landscape and is depressing.”

    “I think it is incompatible with modern druid teaching.”

    “A genuine expression of Celtic values. Up Yours, Londinium!”

    “It will attract Vikings and is a waste of public money. Resign I say!”

  14. on 17 Feb 2009 at 2:14 pm   skunkpussy

    @ Funny Peculiar, you forgot:

    “Great, yet another Gordonius Clownius cockup.”

  15. on 17 Feb 2009 at 3:17 pm   Randy Lahey

    Chris: “I took the train to work this morning. Disgusting. I have irrational fears of houses, industrial estates, bridges and roads. It was a fucking terrifying journey. I suggest blacked out windows with voice announcements to let you know which stop is yours.”

    Unfortunately I have an irrational fear of voice announcements. Is there any way that some cute, fluffy kittens could be employed to hold up signs for the stops?

  16. on 17 Feb 2009 at 3:41 pm   Joe C

    @ Funny Peculiar:

    “What about all those that have an irrational fear of naked men wielding clubs?”

  17. on 17 Feb 2009 at 3:45 pm   Finbar Saunders

    or maybe:

    “What about all those that have an irrational fear of naked men wielding a massive weapon?”

  18. on 17 Feb 2009 at 5:55 pm   Kelvin

    I don’t see anything irrational about these fears.

  19. on 17 Feb 2009 at 7:12 pm   Dr Shade

    Personally I have a fear of naked men weilding massive weapons while making voice announcements as they ride a horse down a train so I’m completely screwed.

  20. on 17 Feb 2009 at 10:49 pm   Daley Mayle

    If some fucktards are annoyed about it looking Arab an’ shit, why not make it more Ingerlish? A giant model of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier biting the face off a baby with an earring should do it.

  21. on 18 Feb 2009 at 1:52 am   Tied to the Tracks

    I have an entirely rational fear of trains (they’re bloody dangerous you know) so I always catch the horse to work.

    Relax, I’m the heroine of a Victorian melodrama.

    If I’m right.

  22. on 18 Feb 2009 at 4:21 am   Rissling

    It IS a pretty pathetic looking statue.

  23. on 18 Feb 2009 at 4:56 am   FrodoSaves

    Maybe he means people of Kent and Kentish Town people. Fierce stalwarts of Camden Borough that they are.

  24. on 18 Feb 2009 at 8:18 am   Clownfish

    White horse? White elephant more like! fnar fanr

  25. on 18 Feb 2009 at 12:01 pm   Simon

    alright, he’s a bit of a twerp with his “forefront of britain’s defence” stuff. but people from Kent are either Kentish or a Man of Kent, depending on what side of the river they were born.

    i have an irrational fear of irrational numbers but these damn trains always have wheels with ratio pi between their diameter and circumference. scares me shitless

  26. on 19 Feb 2009 at 6:16 pm   Funny Peculiar

    A giant model of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier biting the face off a baby with an earring.

    Passe. Tracey Emin’s already done it in 2003. She used her own soiled tampons. She coloured the work using her own piss (and she only used ‘hangover’ piss and each diffent shade of hangover piss represents a different, half-remembered shag)and she used her own shite as the fixing agent. In a brilliant, self-aware, ironic twist, to infuriate the talentless public she called it, ‘That’s My Art’s Grant Pissed Away.”

    The Woman’s a Genius.