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No more Snowmen on CBeebies ?

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Bridgeit Mon 05-Nov-18 12:32:39

They are to be called Snowpeople, (allegedly)

Good idea, ?does it matter or has political correctness gone overboard?
Where will it all end, can you imagine Gransnet of the future, opinions & differences will not be tolerated.

Bridgeit Mon 05-Nov-18 16:33:24

Brilliant SueDonim, absolutely brilliant ,& scarily accurate.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 05-Nov-18 16:37:22

SueDonim ?????

Bridgeit Mon 05-Nov-18 16:37:35

Good one EllanVanni ?

Cherrytree59 Mon 05-Nov-18 17:50:21

grin SueDonim & EV ?

Cherrytree59 Mon 05-Nov-18 18:16:12

Will the BBC leave the seasonal showing of the Raymond Briggs Snowman to another channel?hmm

Iam64 Mon 05-Nov-18 19:14:39

Wow! I'm out on a limb here but I absolutely don't see SueDonim's post at deserving of applause or support,

Yours sincerely, mad feminist x

Jalima1108 Mon 05-Nov-18 19:26:21

Enjoy while you can:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-pX7sIjFY

Witzend Tue 06-Nov-18 06:50:02

Slightly off topic, but some years ago, on a roundabout on dh's route to work, someone had fashioned a huge snow-willy.
Sadly he could never stop and take a picture of it, but it gave him a good laugh every morning.

Whatever the Beeb decide to call the usual sort of snow-erections, I don't think that any time soon children will be rushing out after the first fall of snow to make a 'snowperson'. Doesn't have quite the same ring to it, somehow.

NanKate Tue 06-Nov-18 07:12:31

Love your poem SueDonim. IMO We are living in a P C world which I hate.

acanthus Tue 06-Nov-18 10:01:21

Watch out for 'Mother Christmas' next......

NanKate Tue 06-Nov-18 10:20:33

Give me strength acanthus you could be right.

Kim19 Tue 06-Nov-18 10:39:19

Dearie me!

Saetana Tue 06-Nov-18 10:52:44

I had to steal that post SueDonim to post on my Facebook page - friends only of course as I wouldn't want to offend Joe Public who might accidentally come across it and get triggered by it, my friends tend to have a sense of humour grin

Mabel2 Tue 06-Nov-18 10:52:58

Nope, Can't have mother Christmas. This is actually classed as a genuine occupational quality and so the job can be advertised as male only.
Could have Mrs Claus though ;)

Minerva Tue 06-Nov-18 10:53:48

SueDonim, that is horribly amusing.
Too many humourless people in this country with not enough to keep them occupied.

It’s much easier to make a snowman than a snow woman and there is rarely enough snow down South to make anything else. Our last snowman was about 18” high. As children when we had regular thick snow we would make whole Snowfamilies complete with a snow dog.

The last time we had thick snow where I live now, a decade ago there were snow constructions dotted all around our local park and someone/some people had created a large as life anatomically correct snow couple. I went back next morning with my camera but they had been destroyed by someone without a sense of humour.

maddyone Tue 06-Nov-18 11:33:06

Love, love, love it SueDonim gringringrin

sylviann Tue 06-Nov-18 11:45:37

to me they will always be snow men I don't care who is offended by it .I could be offended by some one being offended by me ad infinitum

HillyN Tue 06-Nov-18 12:04:42

Nicenanny3, your comment reminded me of this clip:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyrHM1rcVh4

youngagain Tue 06-Nov-18 12:18:30

Am I wrong in thinking that snowman is literally describing the snow statue which most, if not all of us, have built at some time in our lifetime and they are usually depicted as a snowman? Being politically correct has gone absolutely crazy, as has Health and Safety. Is there someone, somewhere, just sitting at a desk saying 'what can we "regulate" next?

youngagain Tue 06-Nov-18 12:19:39

SueDonim thank you for giving me a smile this morning - desperately needed today.

b1zzle Tue 06-Nov-18 12:21:17

Brilliant, SueDomin! (And I'm guessing a gender fluid snowperson is a melted one. Right?)

notgoneyet Tue 06-Nov-18 12:31:36

Oh GN-ers you have all really excelled yourselves today with the snowmen and the vibrators posts. Such witty remarks, have had me in stitches all day.
Thank you all grin

PECS Tue 06-Nov-18 12:35:31

why not snow people?

GreenGran78 Tue 06-Nov-18 13:10:20

A man named Guy Chapman has been ordered to change his name, because it isn't politically correct to have three 'male' words in your name.

He was going to call himself Person Personperson. Someone then pointed out that you can't have 'son' and not 'daughter', as that is discrimination.

He is now known as Perchild Perchildperchild!

GrannyAnnie2010 Tue 06-Nov-18 13:21:35

Bridgeit, would you be kind enough to share your source, please? I can't find it anywhere else to confirm veracity. Cheers.