Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)
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BTWMy favorite swear term is:
"You black-enameled bastard"
And I've no idea where I picked it up from. It just sounds good.
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 2:44,
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that's weirdI just remembered (thanks to your story) that in my childhood my family used to say 'Black enamelled toothbrush'..I think it was a polite way of saying 'bastard' in front of the kids. (and saying 'cheesy peeps' instead of 'jesus').
Maybe your lot subverted the saying, by using the word bastard anyway..just a thought.
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BadBadman saw an incorrect comma placement on, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 8:31,
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I believeIt comes from the days when illegitimate children were literally enamalled to a fine sheen so that people would know them. Or did I just make that up?
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Isn't black enamelalso called "Japan" finish?
Therefore you're being offensive to Japanese people by using that phrase...
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 9:19,
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Black Enamelled Bastardwas a term used by Paul Whicker the Tall Vicar in Viz oooh twenty years ago? And yes I fell about laughing too. I'm not sure why.
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Fathter Puddytat Kill Kill dat widdle boid is mine on, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 16:51,
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