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Tommy BOO
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what the f**k? 
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2073043,00.html
so, they've now decided to take political correctness to a whole new level, changing the traditional nursery rhyme
'baa, baa, blacksheep, have you any wool?'
to
'baa, baa,
rainbow
sheep...'
i thought this has to be some sort of a terrible joke, but apparently it isn't.
hmm, what exactly is a
rainbowsheep
anyway? and who the hell got this crazy idea?
i think this new rainbowsheep song may insult homosexuals (doesn't a rainbow sometimes imply homosexuality?), so i suggest they change it to
'baa, baa, bluesheep'
or
'baa, baa, greensheep'
or something...
this is just so goddamn stupid. 
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joeloke22
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 16:18 Post subject: |
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my GOD!!!...
it's actually that difficult to just say
sheep
or even
white sheep?!
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sparky
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 16:40 Post subject: |
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it's actually that difficult to just say
sheep
or even
white sheep?!
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Hey less of the white sheep if you don't mind, I resent feeling pointed out because of my race, gender or anything else.
FFS
On the subject of nursery rhymes, what the fuck is this one all about?
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?
Who thought that one up? Mice that can't see having their tails cut off - yeah great idea, that'd be perfect for primary school kids. |
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joeloke22
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 17:32 Post subject: |
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sheep are naturally white, so i thought "why would'nt it be ok to just say
white sheep?"
besides it's just nursery rhyme.  ...
and i don't see how people can associate sheep with humans? |
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discoRdance
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 17:49 Post subject: |
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and i don't see how people can associate sheep with humans? |
Coldplay fans, U2 fans, etc |
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sparky
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 18:02 Post subject: |
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| joeloke22 wrote: |
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sheep are naturally white, so i thought "why would'nt it be ok to just say
white sheep?"
besides it's just nursery rhyme. ... |
there's no issue joe - i think the irony in my post just went right over your head! |
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joeloke22
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 18:18 Post subject: |
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well maybe so,
but it did'nt go over this
black sheep's head.
and besides, he's looking for someone to
adopt
him. |
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discoRdance
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 18:40 Post subject: |
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baah!
still got a black face... |
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Melz
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 00:38 Post subject: |
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| sparky wrote: |
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Mice that can't see having their tails cut off - yeah great idea, that'd be perfect for primary school kids. |
I remember learning about this in school but I couldn't remember who the mice represented. Here's a cheerful explanation courtesy of the wonderful Wikipedia:
"The wife in the rhyme may refer to Mary I, daughter of King Henry VIII, sometimes referred to as "Bloody Mary." She is called a "farmer's wife" because of the large estates owned by her and her husband, King Philip of Spain. The mice in the rhyme may refer to Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer, three Protestant noblemen convicted of plotting against the Queen. They were subsequently burned at the stake."
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Baa Baa *insert random colour* Sheep"
"This song was written to help children associate wool with the animal that produces it, and also the sound that a sheep would make. Baa Baa Black Sheep was first published in 1744. It probably dates back to the Middle Ages, possibly to the 13th Century, and relates to a tax imposed by the king on wool. One-third went to the local lord (the 'master'), one-third to the church (referred to as the 'dame') and about a third was for the farmer (the 'little boy who lives down the lane')."
As for the Rainbow Sheep, be sure to wish it "Seasons Greetings" from me. This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard.
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sparky
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excellent research melz.
wiki rocks! |
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Kris
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 09:17 Post subject: |
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| joeloke22 wrote: |
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and i don't see how people can associate sheep with humans? |
Coldplay fans, U2 fans, etc |
Hey leave me out of this xxx
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John Mc
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Apparently the story isn't true.
From this weeks Private Eye:
HALLEY'S comet, Peter Mandelson
resigning, Ulrika being dumped and Tim
Henman getting knocked out of Wimbledon:
some stories can be relied on to turn up
regularly in the papers with only the tiniest
alterations required to bring them up to date.
One such is that which reappeared in the Sun,
Mail, Times and Mirror, and most spectacularly,
emblazoned across the front of the Daily Express
last week: "Political Correctness goes mad at the
nursery: NOW IT'S 'BAA BAA RAINBOW
SHEEP'."
According to the Express: "Teachers at a
government-backed school were ordered to
change the lyrics of the classic Baa Baa Black
Sheep... The idea was to 'avoid offending
children' and keep in line with 'equal
opportunities'. "
This tale - wherein a politically correct
administrator insists that children remove all
references that could be considered racist from
"Baa Baa Black Sheep" - first surfaced in
February 1986, when the Daily Star and Sun
declared that "loony left-wing councillors" had
banned children at Hackney play groups from
singing the rhyme. It was not true then either.
Neither was it true in October of that year,
when the Daily Mail claimed play leaders on a
Haringey council racism awareness course had
been told to stamp out the song; nor in 1987,
when Islington Council went to court to stop an
SDP party political broadcast which falsely
claimed they had imposed a ban; nor in 2000
when various papers relocated it to Birmingham;
and nor in 2005 when the Mail on Sunday moved
it all the way up to Aberdeen.
For the record, the charity Parents and
Children Together, which runs the two play
groups at the centre oflast week's outbreak, told
the Press Association that "children at the two
family centres sing a variety of descriptive words
in the nursery rhyme to turn the song into an
action rhyme. They sing happy, sad, bouncing,
hopping, pink, blue, black and white sheep etc.
This encourages the children to extend their
vocabulary." Curiously, this explanation went
unreported by any of the national papers.
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Melz
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 00:36 Post subject: |
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Apparently the story isn't true.
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Thank goodness for that!
And hey - we got through this topic without any
I Want A Rainbow Sheep
jokes! 
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