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To be totally fed up with Political Correctness

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rubetube · 20/04/2010 21:53

I'm all for manners, equality and respect but my word, it's all becoming over the top don't you think?

No specific examples, just noticed it recently.

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ShowOfHands · 20/04/2010 22:59

My Grandma's only 83 so this might not be relevant. But the neighbourhood watch bods asked her to remove her gnomes from plain sight as they were offensive to anybody with achondroplasia and/or fishermen and/or people with jaunty hats.

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rubetube · 20/04/2010 23:00

You would find it acceptable to joke about Jesus, but not about Mohammed.

What is the difference between the two? It shouldn't make a difference.

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LeninGrad · 20/04/2010 23:00

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theyoungvisiter · 20/04/2010 23:01

SOH, was she jailed? If not then no dice I'm afraid. You need at least a custodial or capital sentence on this thread.

displayuntilbestbefore · 20/04/2010 23:01

lol at "people with jaunty hats"

Don't forget people who mind toadstools for a living. Their role in society shouldn't be undermined either.

Goblinchild · 20/04/2010 23:03

It will be the League against Cruel Sports protesting the fishing rods. And the gnomes pleading cultural and traditional reasons for their lifestyles.

ShowOfHands · 20/04/2010 23:04

Or people who had a traumatic or even mildly upsetting incident within a 500 yard radius of a toadstool and the site of one triggers it all off again.

We had her deported tyv. She's English but we thought it best anyway.

theyoungvisiter · 20/04/2010 23:04

My 109 year old great-aunt was sentenced to six years hard labour in the salt mines for planting blackberries on her allotment.

Only raspberries, loganberries or boysenberries are now permitted.

hazeyjane · 20/04/2010 23:04

What the what!

I am trying to find a post about Jesus and Mohammed jokes, did I miss something?

LyraSilvertongue · 20/04/2010 23:05

Boysenberries? That's sexist against girls. They should be renamed personberries, surely.

ShowOfHands · 20/04/2010 23:05

Personally, I've nothing against gnomes, some of my best friends are plastic-faced gurners who loiter in old ladies' gardens, but do they have to seem so happy about it?

I meant sight btw. Obviously. I blame Gordon Brown for my inability to type post 11pm.

LeninGrad · 20/04/2010 23:05

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theyoungvisiter · 20/04/2010 23:05

Sorry cross posted SOH.

Best thing to do, I think. You can't be too careful. I hope she's inflicting her plaster figurines on some other continent now.

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rubetube · 20/04/2010 23:06

The young visiter, she only put WTF after a scripture, but if that had been a verse from the quaran I would be willing to bet you would all be up in arms about it.

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ShowOfHands · 20/04/2010 23:06

Oh site/sight is the mixing of homophones no? That starts with the prefix homo, I'll just book myself into prison first thing shall I?

theyoungvisiter · 20/04/2010 23:07

Sorry, you can't say Gordon B*n any more.

runnybottom · 20/04/2010 23:08

Did you say allotment? Shame on you! Don't you know how offensive that is to people who only have alittle-ment?

Sorry, I'll get me coat.

theyoungvisiter · 20/04/2010 23:09

oh damn - that was supposed to be "You can't say Gordon B * * * n any more" but MN turned it into a boldening instead

ShowOfHands · 20/04/2010 23:09

You have a coat? You utter bitch. I only have a light showerproof jacket. And I had to deport sell my granny to afford it.

ShowOfHands · 20/04/2010 23:11

Conspicuous consumption innit? Now we have to ration the * because of HWMNBN and his recession.

theyoungvisiter · 20/04/2010 23:13

oh dear, now I really do HAVE to go - the baby has just woken up. Probably because of my intemperate guffawing.

Rube - it's been fab. Thank you.

cory · 20/04/2010 23:14

I am getting a bit worried about all this talk about the age of your deported grandmas and aunts. Are you sure this is not ageist?

chipmonkey · 20/04/2010 23:16

Where has anyone joked about Jesus?

Goblinchild · 20/04/2010 23:20

'"In shaking and waking up the dead Mummy of failures and horrors of the past from the graveyards of different ghostly ancestor's culture and custom with self lack of knowledge.
In having the dead Mummy to rule, lead and guide the survival of living human kind with pots and pans as cheap-skate ghostly constitution and ghostly laws.
Getting themselves kick on the butts by the dead Mummy in kicking the butts of God in not worshiping God.
Without being aware of getting hit on the head with the Book of the Dead.
In messing up and roughing up their head against the wall.
When they were the living and not the dead yet.
Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49
What do you think?"

What do I think? I think WTF?!'

As you will see, TYV was not being dismissive of the Lord, but responding to the entire post. The Gospel bit was the section that made some sort of sense. However, rube seems to have missed the point, lost the plot.
Must be the moat and beam in both eyes that's doing it.

Goblinchild · 20/04/2010 23:22

mote, you foolish Goblin.
Never try typing whilst giggling, mucks up your mental dictionary. Too many homophones.

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