Paul Corfield

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:21:05 GMT, <genuine_froggie@zeouane.org> wrote:

>The problem is that 'gags' are like colour blindness. If you don't
>see them, they're invisible.

I assume you cannot be colour blind or else you would not make such an
erroneous comparison.

I am surprised that you would use a disability as a means of comparison
- I thought you knew better and were sufficiently considerate not to do
so.
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Paul Corfield <aooy65@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:21:05 GMT, <genuine_froggie@zeouane.org> wrote:

> >The problem is that 'gags' are like colour blindness. If you don't
> >see them, they're invisible.

> I assume you cannot be colour blind or else you would not make such an
> erroneous comparison.

I was diagnosed as being colour blind at the age of ten. Since then,
half of the opticians I see tell me that I am, the other half tell me that
I have 'perfect colour vision'.

My old man was plod, i.e. not colour blind, and I seem to remember reading
that if your father isn't, then you can't be.

SWK will be along to correct me.

> I am surprised that you would use a disability as a means of comparison
> - I thought you knew better and were sufficiently considerate not to do
> so.

No offence was intended to those who are colour blind, and my
apologies go to anyone who was so offended.

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Paul Corfield

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:36:07 GMT, <genuine_froggie@zeouane.org> wrote:

>Paul Corfield <aooy65@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:21:05 GMT, <genuine_froggie@zeouane.org> wrote:
>
>> >The problem is that 'gags' are like colour blindness. If you don't
>> >see them, they're invisible.
>
>> I assume you cannot be colour blind or else you would not make such an
>> erroneous comparison.
>
>I was diagnosed as being colour blind at the age of ten. Since then,
>half of the opticians I see tell me that I am, the other half tell me that
>I have 'perfect colour vision'.

The LUL doctor threw away the test results when I had my colour
blindness test [1]. She thought she had diagnosed my colour blindness
but then I said I could see numbers in some dots that she thought I
wouldn't be able to see.

>My old man was plod, i.e. not colour blind, and I seem to remember reading
>that if your father isn't, then you can't be.

Well I've passed the Met Police colour blindness test and I am colour
blind - go figure.

>SWK will be along to correct me.

I believe that colour blindness is nearly always passed down from the
males on the mother's side of the family. My grandfather (on my mum's
side) was colour blind. There is no history that I am aware of of it
being present in my dad's side of the family.

>> I am surprised that you would use a disability as a means of comparison
>> - I thought you knew better and were sufficiently considerate not to do
>> so.
>
>No offence was intended to those who are colour blind, and my
>apologies go to anyone who was so offended.

Accepted.

[1] those coloured dots tests. Ishihara?
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Ben Blaney

<genuine_froggie@zeouane.org> wrote:

>My old man was plod, i.e. not colour blind, and I seem to remember reading
>that if your father isn't, then you can't be.
>
>SWK will be along to correct me.

My Dad isn't (commercial artist in former life) and I am.

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Eiron

Ben Blaney wrote:

> <genuine_froggie@zeouane.org> wrote:
>
>
>>My old man was plod, i.e. not colour blind, and I seem to remember reading
>>that if your father isn't, then you can't be.
>>
>>SWK will be along to correct me.
>
>
> My Dad isn't (commercial artist in former life) and I am.

Perhaps you should ask your mother if there's anything
she thinks you ought to know?

Ben Blaney

Eiron wrote:

>Ben Blaney wrote:
>
>> <genuine_froggie@zeouane.org> wrote:
>>
>>>My old man was plod, i.e. not colour blind, and I seem to remember reading
>>>that if your father isn't, then you can't be.
>>>
>>>SWK will be along to correct me.
>>
>> My Dad isn't (commercial artist in former life) and I am.
>
>Perhaps you should ask your mother if there's anything
>she thinks you ought to know?

You haven't met my parents, have you?

--
Ben Blaney

Keith

wrote:
> My old man was plod, i.e. not colour blind, and I seem to remember reading
> that if your father isn't, then you can't be.
>

For a man just the other way round. RG colour blindness is passed on the X
chromosome so a man cannot pass it to his son. My brother was CB but neither
parent was nor am I.

--
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ogden

Keith wrote:
>
> wrote:
> > My old man was plod, i.e. not colour blind, and I seem to remember reading
> > that if your father isn't, then you can't be.
> >
>
> For a man just the other way round. RG colour blindness is passed on the X
> chromosome so a man cannot pass it to his son.

Because, as we all know, men don't carry an X chromosome.

Er...

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Keith

Ogden wrote:
> > For a man just the other way round. RG colour blindness is passed on the X
> > chromosome so a man cannot pass it to his son.
>
> Because, as we all know, men don't carry an X chromosome.
>
> Er...
>

He gets the X chromosome from his mother not his father.

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Triumph Sprint Exec

Rope

spoke:
> My old man was plod, i.e. not colour blind, and I seem to remember reading
> that if your father isn't, then you can't be.

I'm not, Ross is.

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