Another - The world has gone mad thread.

[simon12]

What ffs is an "imagined" allergy?

 

[Druncan]

What ffs is an "imagined" allergy?

People who advise us on booking that they are dairy intolerant, but when it comes to pudding they ask for a scoop of ice-cream. No problem, we have dairy free ice cream!
No, I don't like that stuff, Just the proper one,,,, As I have been good,,,????
Designer dietary needs?

 

[Clint]

Ah yes....met some people on hols years ago and this girl bleated on a out being a vegetarian blah blah blah. Then ate steak ..because she liked it.
Sound like *********.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Poem written by Jayne Parsons to Wiltshire Council Parking Services (and she got off with it) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-45307817

Dear Sir, or to whom it may concern,

A parking fine I did earn.

I was parked outside my house on yellow lines,

Intending to move and dodge your fines.

But on Sunday I was loading my car

With food and cakes for a horse show; not far

Before these events, I get a nervous tum,

For the toilet I had to run.

And with not a moment to lose,

I made it indoors to release my poos!

I couldn't move until all was done,

But when I returned the fine was done.

I thought it better was be discreet

And leave the car parked in the street.

Next time I'll move and not be a pain,

But if I get caught short, I'll s*** in the drain.

 

[GerritT]

Colleague of mine has coeliac disease. If he eats gluten, he poos out the inner lining of his bowels, at least it feels that way. One good thing with all those fashionable gluten-haters: REAL coeliacs have now way more choice in the supermarkets.

 

[Norfolk79]

Talking of nonsense, my daughter sings ba ba rainbow sheep at her nursery. That really is pc gone mad.

You try explaining to a 3 year old why they sing that as, in her words, sheep are black and white!

 

[Alex.mc]

Offence, or what is offensive is subjective. And.... has a grey area sitting in the middle of it.
My wife travelled to Boston some 12 years back for business related stuff, and was out one evening with the group for some drinks. Arriving in an Irish Bar she was perturbed to see amongst the cocktails one titled "Car Bomb" Not offensive in Boston, but probably a no-no in a bar in London. Having walked past the Harrods car bomb with my mother in 83, not 7 minutes before it went off, I would have just walked out of that bar and found somewhere else.

To play devil's advocate, what is too offensive? Were a stout to be named N#gger-juice (Symbol used for good reason) then I'd imagine most would find it offensive. However a racist EDL knob would probably be calling it an acceptable name, after all "It's just a name innit!"
Maybe it's a scale, from 1 to 10? With 1 being names that are bland and boring and will offend no one. And 10 being similar to my above mentioned name for a stout? Somewhere in the middle are clever names that are imaginative and maybe witty too. Head up a little and they get edgy for some people, and okay for others?

It's an impossible subject really, so subjective.
Just my two hapeth...

 

[Gunge]

Talking of nonsense, my daughter sings ba ba rainbow sheep at her nursery.

Whaaa the f***?!? What do they call a blackbird, a devoidoflightbird or summat?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Talking of nonsense, my daughter sings ba ba rainbow sheep at her nursery

My question is if they do not want to sing the words "Black sheep" why sing it at all.