Once upon a time I had the pleasure of plying my trade alongside a nasty, hateful old mingebag who prided himself on his casual racism and comedy Northern-ness (capital N intended).
To wind him up I once ventured the opinion that his beloved milltown was, in many ways, and without prejudice, a shithole.
"I agree with you," he spat.
"And I'll tell you why........... Asians"
Actually he sort of said "Irrrrrrrshunnnnnnnnnnns", like a a 1930s Loneranger sidekick prouncing Indian as 'Injun'.
And, Asians were (along with The Polish obviously) solely responsible for the decline of said milltown.
If a mugging, rape or bottling cropped up in the news his response would be the same: "I bet it were an Irrrrrrshunnnnn".
One day I asked Old Mingebag what his long-suffering wife was making for his "tea".
"It's Friday," he said and reclined on his chair. "Mah favourite...."
"A Nice curry. Booodiful."
Irony. It's like ten thousand spoons, when all all you need is a knife.