Oh for the sake of ****

[HOGEPH]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/8431483...

A bingo caller has been advised to stop using phrases such as "two fat ladies" for fear of offending his audience.

John Sayers, who runs charity games in Sudbury, Suffolk, says he was told by a council clerk the traditional bingo call could upset some players.

Mr Sayers said no-one had complained before, but now players moaned his new numbers-only style was boring.

A town council spokeswoman said it was "sad" they had to give the advice but they had to be "politically correct".


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[macp]

[Eric Mc]

Don't you folks understand that these stories are run PRECISELY to get you riled?

[turbobloke]

Eric Mc said:

Don't you folks understand that these stories are run PRECISELY to get you riled?

Really? Why do they fail so often?

[10 Pence Short]

Bingo Caller said:

Hello and welcome to the Christmas Bingo. I'd just like to thank the management for inviting me to the Paraplegic Recuperation Home and wish you all the best with your recoveries.

Bingo Caller said:

Now, let's start with the first number...Legs 11!

[TimJMS]

Is this the purest example of Bingo bullst?

[Eric Mc]

turbobloke said:

Eric Mc said:

Don't you folks understand that these stories are run PRECISELY to get you riled?

Really? Why do they fail so often?

I think they succeed - judging from the conditioned responses we get here on PH.

[eldar]

Eric Mc said:

turbobloke said:

Eric Mc said:

Don't you folks understand that these stories are run PRECISELY to get you riled?

Really? Why do they fail so often?

I think they succeed - judging from the conditioned responses we get here on PH.

Not quite. It was a BBC link, not Daily Mail. Poor job by someone.

[Puggit]

Eric Mc said:

Don't you folks understand that these stories are run PRECISELY to get you riled?

Are you telling us it didn't happen?

[turbobloke]

At this stage to get a major reaction it would need something further down the line that a man complaining at not being given a doctor's appointment for a smear test. And then only for laughter value as the idiots responsible for this are fit only for humouring.

[groucho]

Puggit said:

Eric Mc said:

Don't you folks understand that these stories are run PRECISELY to get you riled?

Are you telling us it didn't happen?

My thoughts too.

[Eric Mc]

groucho said:

Puggit said:

Eric Mc said:

Don't you folks understand that these stories are run PRECISELY to get you riled?

Are you telling us it didn't happen?

My thoughts too.

Maybe it did - but does it matter to you and me - really?

Nearly all these stories turn out to be over egged by the "wind up" tabloids.
Virtually none of these "PC gone mad" stories ever turn out to quite what the papers are intimating and the topics selected rarely have any impingement on our daily lives - apart from raising the ire of those who are susceptible to having their ire raised.
Sometimes (heaven forfend), the story turns out to be a cunning ploy by some marketing organisation to create a quick and popular headline.

On very rare occasions they turn out to be EXACTLY as reported.

They are out to manipulate your mind - you know.

[Wadeski]

Local Council member in "cock-up" shocker....

have you ever been to see people who work for the council? Its not exactly Mensa in there.

[10 Pence Short]

Wadeski said:

Local Council member in "cock-up" shocker....

have you ever been to see people who work for the council? Its not exactly Mensa in there.

Indeed. More like Mind than Mensa.

[Bing o]

TimJMS said:

Is this the purest example of Bingo bullst?

[Parrot of Doom]

Eric Mc said:

groucho said:

Puggit said:

Eric Mc said:

Don't you folks understand that these stories are run PRECISELY to get you riled?

Are you telling us it didn't happen?

My thoughts too.

Maybe it did - but does it matter to you and me - really?

Nearly all these stories turn out to be over egged by the "wind up" tabloids.
Virtually none of these "PC gone mad" stories ever turn out to quite what the papers are intimating and the topics selected rarely have any impingement on our daily lives - apart from raising the ire of those who are susceptible to having their ire raised.
Sometimes (heaven forfend), the story turns out to be a cunning ploy by some marketing organisation to create a quick and popular headline.

On very rare occasions they turn out to be EXACTLY as reported.

They are out to manipulate your mind - you know.

All too often they serve a good purpose—to highlight the insecurities of those foolish enough to believe them.

[Jasandjules]

Well, I can't imagine it not being true, with the PC Brigade we now appear to have employed by the state..

[Eric Mc]

Parrot of Doom said:

Eric Mc said:

groucho said:

Puggit said:

Eric Mc said:

Don't you folks understand that these stories are run PRECISELY to get you riled?

Are you telling us it didn't happen?

My thoughts too.

Maybe it did - but does it matter to you and me - really?

Nearly all these stories turn out to be over egged by the "wind up" tabloids.
Virtually none of these "PC gone mad" stories ever turn out to quite what the papers are intimating and the topics selected rarely have any impingement on our daily lives - apart from raising the ire of those who are susceptible to having their ire raised.
Sometimes (heaven forfend), the story turns out to be a cunning ploy by some marketing organisation to create a quick and popular headline.

On very rare occasions they turn out to be EXACTLY as reported.

They are out to manipulate your mind - you know.

All too often they serve a good purpose—to highlight the insecurities of those foolish enough to believe them.

But only if they are not so dim that they don't realise they are foolish. Unfortunately, it is the lot of the foolish to forever fail to realise how foolish they really are. And the REALLY foolish imagine they are wise.

Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 27th December 13:26

[Parrot of Doom]

So one idiot says that something isn't PC, and another idiot agrees.

And that is news?

[eldar]

Parrot of Doom said:

So one idiot says that something isn't PC, and another idiot agrees.

And that is news?

Kind of, if one of the idiots is being paid £35k a year from public funds. Better news would have been that said idiot had been told to fk off and get a proper job that did something productive.