Ah, I didn't get that far. I can see why he went on the defence though. These days my stepdad would be considered a racist. He used racist language and I still remember one of his Asian colleagues from work being refereed to as "snowball". I only found it was wrong when I answered the phone and told him Snowball wanted him.
In his defence, he used to get his deathtrap though it's MOT every year. I spent many a Sunday sat in an old Datsun with a bowl of water and a wet towel, putting out the fires that my dads welding caused. He used to complain that he was welding onto welds and nothing was left of the car. When my mum asked why he bothered, he said "he's a workmate". The sentimental old racist bugger.