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Re: Politically Correct
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| Pete Dashwood 2007-05-18, 3:55 am |
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"James J. Gavan" <jgavandeletethis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Had to share this one which my wife just quoted from the w ly
> International Express. Now I know the whole Western world has gone nuts on
> PC, but..........
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> There's this lady in Dorsetshire has a small business making breads/cakes.
> She has Pig Tarts - just sweet with a marzipan or pastry figure of a pig.
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> "No can do", say the austere authorities, no doubt quoting EU regulations.
> "You can't call them pig tarts. There's no pork in them".
> As she said, "I also make Robin Tarts. I wonder what's next, Shepherd's
> Pie ?"
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> Jimmy
As Lonnie Donegan once famously remarked: "If tin whistles are made of tin,
what do they make fog horns out of?"
Insanity.
I hope she keeps making her pig tarts and I hope she still calls them that.
Pete.
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| Howard Brazee 2007-05-18, 6:55 pm |
| On Fri, 18 May 2007 20:23:25 +1200, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>As Lonnie Donegan once famously remarked: "If tin whistles are made of tin,
>what do they make fog horns out of?"
Not to mention baby oil.
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