Ooookaaaay. In addition to being offensive, that got strangely specific at the end. How many Mexicans has he actually come across that were sleeping against a fence, wearing a poncho, while looking at a cactus? And how could the Mexican be looking at a cactus if he's asleep?
And flatulent?
The hosts also described Mexican food as "refried sick"...which, it must be said, is actually leaps and bounds above English cuisine, which is "stodgy sick slathered in gravy." (Two can play this game!)
Definitely bags used for holding fluids for a vaginal cleanse
Another host said they won't get any complaints about their comments because the Mexican ambassador is too lazy to complain. He said, "At the Mexican embassy the ambassador's going to be sitting there with a remote control like this....", as he slumped down in his chair, pretending to snore.
The ambassador, of course, did complain.
And what I don't understand is where this negativity is coming from? How much experience do these hosts actually have with Mexicans -- let alone, lazy ones? The Mexican population in London is not terribly big, and I'm guessing the largest percentage of Mexican-born people in London are students. And if they're not students, and they've traveled all the way to London to work, they're probably working their asses off. And if the hosts are just generally talking about all Mexicans in Mexico, well, then they're obviously completely unaware of that population of people, too. The hosts are obviously just falling back on xenophobic stereotypes. Sad.
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