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)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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Americans in YorkshireBeing a Yorkshireman now married and living in luverly New York, it occasionally fall to me to bring Mrs Evilbert and her Newyorkie relatives to visit the wondrous isle of my birth and upbringing. Naturally, there are some cultural differences (yorkshiremen are now referred to as "british rednecks by wifey's family) but a grand old time is usually had by all.
On one of our trips, my very PC mother-in-law stopped dead in the street in York with a confused and rather angry look on her face. "What the hell is that about?!?!" she demanded, pointing at the sign:
"Yes, mum, we still have slavery here. We've not moved on much from the middle ages, ya know?"
"what?!?!? you're not serious are you?!?"
"mum! calm down! It's an estate agents called "Blacks"!!
Bloody Americans..
(, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 23:11, 3 replies)
Guy goes to buy a pair of shoesand tries on these stunning white shoes in the corner. "Christ, they are nice, what are they?"
"Human leather," says the salesman, "tis all above board etc, top of the line in comfort."
"Ummm....ok...how much?"
"£2000 a pair."
"Oof, can't afford that sorry."
"Well we do have them in black for a fiver."
Oh, amusing story btw *clicks*
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 23:40,
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The perils of missing apostrophes...
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 11:18, closed)
English Rednecks?!As a Yorkshireman as well I demand a swift kicking in punishment be dished out, Yorkshires the best place in England :(
And awwww Micklegate, how i miss the drinking there, moved away for uni now sadly *tears*
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 12:57, closed)
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