Baa baa rainbow sheep...

Pubic Wig · 7th March 2006, 03:43 PM

so yeah...for ma second wee thread in Serious discussion...the lyrics to childrens nursery rhymes are being rewritten in many nursery schools across our fine little country of Britainland to avoid causing offense to children!
'Baa baa black sheep' is fast becoming 'Baa baa Happy sheep' or 'Baa baa rainbow sheep' in an atempt to avoid discrimination... Also, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' is now called just 'Snow White'...and 'Humpty Dumpty' has to have a different 'happier' ending in order not to upset young children...

Oh my dear sweet buddah...is this not just a tad ridiculous?

Wee_rick · 7th March 2006, 04:11 PM

Soz, just making use of it while i can!

Hell at this rate we'll only be allowed to drink milky coffee...but wait...that might offend me...Dammit...

maybe we shud just censor the entire spectrum of colours...

jynx · 8th March 2006, 07:00 PM

The black sheep one makes no sense... as well there's the saying 'black sheep of the family' what will we say now... 'the less intergrated sheep of the family'.

We're all just too p.c.... fat= horizontally challenged, short= vertically challenged.

I watched a programme about dwarves in America, and they find the word offensive (even though it is the medical word used to define the condition)... they prefer 'little people of America'.. which I think without a doubt is one of the most condescending things I've ever heard.

Rebelius · 8th March 2006, 07:35 PM

haha, when i hear people talk about horizontally challenged and vertically challenged people, I can't help wondering if they call black people racially challenged.

7th March 2006, 03:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pubic Wig Dark Lord of the Sith Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Scumdee and Stirling Posts: 1,884 Band: 'Im The Juggernaught Bitch!' - working title	Baa baa rainbow sheep... so yeah...for ma second wee thread in Serious discussion...the lyrics to childrens nursery rhymes are being rewritten in many nursery schools across our fine little country of Britainland to avoid causing offense to children! 'Baa baa black sheep' is fast becoming 'Baa baa Happy sheep' or 'Baa baa rainbow sheep' in an atempt to avoid discrimination... Also, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' is now called just 'Snow White'...and 'Humpty Dumpty' has to have a different 'happier' ending in order not to upset young children... Oh my dear sweet buddah...is this not just a tad ridiculous?

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7th March 2006, 04:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Wee_rick Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Menziehill, Dundee Posts: 1,328	Soz, just making use of it while i can! Hell at this rate we'll only be allowed to drink milky coffee...but wait...that might offend me...Dammit... maybe we shud just censor the entire spectrum of colours...

8th March 2006, 07:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
jynx Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Dundee Posts: 642	The black sheep one makes no sense... as well there's the saying 'black sheep of the family' what will we say now... 'the less intergrated sheep of the family'. We're all just too p.c.... fat= horizontally challenged, short= vertically challenged. I watched a programme about dwarves in America, and they find the word offensive (even though it is the medical word used to define the condition)... they prefer 'little people of America'.. which I think without a doubt is one of the most condescending things I've ever heard.

8th March 2006, 07:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,220	haha, when i hear people talk about horizontally challenged and vertically challenged people, I can't help wondering if they call black people racially challenged.