Peaky Blinders

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

They had razor blades in the peaks of their caps and slashed people across the face hence the name PEAKy BLINDERS.

A career in Scotland Yard beckons..............

Googled it and looked it up and agree why it's called Peaky Blinders but mate is convinced it was going to be called Pikey Blinders

Tell your mate that the earth is not flat.

 

[FantasyIreland]

I am really enjoying this show now,it gets better with each passing episode.The acting is great and the story lines fascinating.

Sam Neil's cop is very menacing but Cillian Murphy is particularly superb,for a 'pretty boy' he manages to pull off the complex hard man character brilliantly.

As previously said,the soundtrack is also great - The White stripes and Nick Cave amongst the talent.

Hopefully it will get a second series,it certainly deserves one.

 

[happy daze]

Am I seeing double here didn't another thread start on this about 3 weeks ago ;<)

 

[SteWadda]

They had razor blades in the peaks of their caps and slashed people across the face hence the name PEAKy BLINDERS.

A career in Scotland Yard beckons..............

Googled it and looked it up and agree why it's called Peaky Blinders but mate is convinced it was going to be called Pikey Blinders

Does your mate know that the Peaky Blinders were a real gang? Why would they change it to something offensive

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

A career in Scotland Yard beckons..............

Googled it and looked it up and agree why it's called Peaky Blinders but mate is convinced it was going to be called Pikey Blinders

Does your mate know that the Peaky Blinders were a real gang? Why would they change it to something offensive

He reckons it was originaly to be called Pikey Blinders as it was travellers who were in the gang. In the programme their is a gang of travellers but not the main characters.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Googled it and looked it up and agree why it's called Peaky Blinders but mate is convinced it was going to be called Pikey Blinders

Does your mate know that the Peaky Blinders were a real gang? Why would they change it to something offensive

He reckons it was originaly to be called Pikey Blinders as it was travellers who were in the gang. In the programme their is a gang of travellers but not the main characters.

I will have the answer for you shortly. Just texted my friend.

 

[Bilston Blue]

Googled it and looked it up and agree why it's called Peaky Blinders but mate is convinced it was going to be called Pikey Blinders

Does your mate know that the Peaky Blinders were a real gang? Why would they change it to something offensive

He reckons it was originaly to be called Pikey Blinders as it was travellers who were in the gang. In the programme their is a gang of travellers but not the main characters.

Your *ahem* mate obviously isn't paying much attention then, is he? It's very plain for even the casual observer to figure the gypsy's aren't part of the Peaky Blinders gang, until last night when the two clans became linked by marriage.

If your comments are a snide dig at the Birmingham accents on the show then you're way wide of the mark. Your veiled allusion that "peaky" could, in a Brummie accent, sound like "pikey", is wrong. In a heavy, almost now unheard Black Country diction, the two words could easily sound very similar, but Black Country and Birmingham tongues are so different.

Possibly one of the subtlest wind ups on here, ever, but foiled nonetheless.

 

[fbloke]

Does your mate know that the Peaky Blinders were a real gang? Why would they change it to something offensive

He reckons it was originaly to be called Pikey Blinders as it was travellers who were in the gang. In the programme their is a gang of travellers but not the main characters.

Your *ahem* mate obviously isn't paying much attention then, is he? It's very plain for even the casual observer to figure the gypsy's aren't part of the Peaky Blinders gang, until last night when the two clans became linked by marriage.

If your comments are a snide dig at the Birmingham accents on the show then you're way wide of the mark. Your veiled allusion that "peaky" could, in a Brummie accent, sound like "pikey", is wrong. In a heavy, almost now unheard Black Country diction, the two words could easily sound very similar, but Black Country and Birmingham tongues are so different.

Possibly one of the subtlest wind ups on here, ever, but foiled nonetheless.

I doubt it was a wind up or even a joke of the subtlest kind.

Its more about people who can't see the wood for the trays.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Does your mate know that the Peaky Blinders were a real gang? Why would they change it to something offensive

He reckons it was originaly to be called Pikey Blinders as it was travellers who were in the gang. In the programme their is a gang of travellers but not the main characters.

Your *ahem* mate obviously isn't paying much attention then, is he? It's very plain for even the casual observer to figure the gypsy's aren't part of the Peaky Blinders gang, until last night when the two clans became linked by marriage.

If your comments are a snide dig at the Birmingham accents on the show then you're way wide of the mark. Your veiled allusion that "peaky" could, in a Brummie accent, sound like "pikey", is wrong. In a heavy, almost now unheard Black Country diction, the two words could easily sound very similar, but Black Country and Birmingham tongues are so different.

Possibly one of the subtlest wind ups on here, ever, but foiled nonetheless.

Yo tell im bab.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Right,

My friend has just texted back "Was that a joke? Peaky blinders is the name of a real gang".

So, as suspected, your mate was bullshitting.