Christiana Ofori-Boateng – Second year, health and society
“[Shirley] shouldn’t have been fired because there was a warning at the doors. you got warned before you entered.”
James Francis – First year, psychology
“It’s dirty bingo. you’re going to a place to get offended and then you get offended and then you [complain]?”
Shozab Parbal – Second year, public administration and justice studies
“Nobody should bring their parents to dirty bingo. It just seems wrong to bring parents.”
Photos and interviews by Brittany Goldfield-Rodrigues and Brandon Lorenzetti
Streeters: Should Shirley have been fired for her offensive comments at Dirty Bingo?
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Shirley has been doing this for years, there are warnings on the ad’s and before the show. it should be the undergrounds responsibility to make sure their clientele are ready for the obscenity of Shirley who was TRUELY their best event. I’ve attended every bingo in my 3.5 years at york (and regrettably one of the frosh week ones with out Shirley) and am sad that the student center management has decided to deal with the situation they way they have.
I completely agree with everything Shirley did to handle the situation, and I don’t think she should have to apologize for anything. Everyone I have talked to that I brought to Dirty Bingo, saw what happened and feel that she handled things perfectly and the Underground needs to grow the fuck up and realize that we are not a bunch of little children that need to be babysat. If you don’t want to hear that sort of thing, DON’T GO!!! Its as simple as that. Everyone that I go with and have ever gone with in our 4 years here are refusing to attend any Dirty Bingo event that is not hosted by Shirley.
Also, the last time they removed her the person they had take over made the winners make sounds like they were having an orgasm in order to get their prize….that is just disgusting, Shirley handles the event sooo much better and we won’t go see anyone else. She may make fun of you and call you dirty names, but it is all in good fun and she never insults one person, its a free for all on anyone and everyone.
Oh, and in regards to the XXX Hypnotist show, I have been to 1 of them and I won’t go to another. They are extremely disgusting, he has the people stripping and humping each other and other degrading things on stage and its just not fun to watch at all.
Bring Shirley back….and I think this time…the Underground needs to apologize for acting like babies. Really…we are university students…we hear worse crap in the music we listen to.