I say good for black sheep having three bags full, if ryhm said they were empty but white sheep had full bags then maybe a problem unless black wool had been stolen by goths then it is not blame for black sheep. 
Baa Baa white sheep
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Originally Posted by comedyfish:
“isn't 3 bags a lot of wool?”
“isn't 3 bags a lot of wool?”
Depends on the size of your bags. I myself have HUGE bags, but that's probably not a discussion for here.
Originally Posted by emg:
“Depends on the size of your bags. I myself have HUGE bags, but that's probably not a discussion for here.”
“Depends on the size of your bags. I myself have HUGE bags, but that's probably not a discussion for here.
”
Maybe get more sleep
unless you mean what I call 'sacks' in that case - get bigger pants
Last edited by comedyfish : 16-03-2007 at 12:12
Originally Posted by SweetyPie2006:
“It's a traditional bloody song. It's been going around for years. Why on Earth would they have to change it now just because a bunch of people take ridiculous offence at anything with a colour in it?!
”
“It's a traditional bloody song. It's been going around for years. Why on Earth would they have to change it now just because a bunch of people take ridiculous offence at anything with a colour in it?!
”
Who are these people, exactly?
Originally Posted by William Hague:
“Because this is PC-Britain.
”
“Because this is PC-Britain.
”
No it isn't.
Last edited by Mark. : 16-03-2007 at 12:14
If I had a pound for the threads that started with 'my son/daughter/stepson/stepdaughter/grandson/granddaughter/niece/nephew came home from nursery school today' I'd have enough to buy most of the regulars on here a drink.
Originally Posted by comedyfish:
“Maybe get more sleep”
“Maybe get more sleep
”
Heh heh. Too much bed and not enough sleep. Maybe that's the cause of oversized baggage.
Both my children have been taught Baa baa white sheep, I had an arguement with my oldest because she was singing it and I told her it was wrong.
Turns out all the local schools have changed the rhyme.
Now if I was black I would claim they are being racist by missing black out of the rhyme.
Last edited by lostsworld : 16-03-2007 at 12:21
Turns out all the local schools have changed the rhyme.
Now if I was black I would claim they are being racist by missing black out of the rhyme.
Last edited by lostsworld : 16-03-2007 at 12:21
Oh, sweet baby Jesus.......not this crap again!
Just to re-iterate:
o No-one in the history of Britain, anywhere, has ever, does or will ban the singing of the song, "Baa, baa, black sheep"
o Anyone who believes such a ludicrous concept to actually be the case needs a good kicking
o Some nurseries, as discussed earlier, utilise the nursery rhyme to do a round-robin of colours to teach toddlers the same. When this is the case, the colour black is not necessarily shunned.
o Seeing the phrase "Baa, baa, <insert colour other than black here> sheep" does *NOT* indicate in any way, that some rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth hippy teacher has instilled in your child that the use of the word black is offensive to either black humans, black sheep or black anything else.
o Teachers still refer to blackboards where they exist.
o Stop.
o No really. Stop.
Just to re-iterate:
o No-one in the history of Britain, anywhere, has ever, does or will ban the singing of the song, "Baa, baa, black sheep"
o Anyone who believes such a ludicrous concept to actually be the case needs a good kicking
o Some nurseries, as discussed earlier, utilise the nursery rhyme to do a round-robin of colours to teach toddlers the same. When this is the case, the colour black is not necessarily shunned.
o Seeing the phrase "Baa, baa, <insert colour other than black here> sheep" does *NOT* indicate in any way, that some rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth hippy teacher has instilled in your child that the use of the word black is offensive to either black humans, black sheep or black anything else.
o Teachers still refer to blackboards where they exist.
o Stop.
o No really. Stop.
Originally Posted by lemoncurd:
“Oh, sweet baby Jesus.......not this crap again!
Just to re-iterate:
o No-one in the history of Britain, anywhere, has ever, does or will ban the singing of the song, "Baa, baa, black sheep"
o Anyone who believes such a ludicrous concept to actually be the case needs a good kicking
o Some nurseries, as discussed earlier, utilise the nursery rhyme to do a round-robin of colours to teach toddlers the same. When this is the case, the colour black is not necessarily shunned.
o Seeing the phrase "Baa, baa, <insert colour other than black here> sheep" does *NOT* indicate in any way, that some rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth hippy teacher has instilled in your child that the use of the word black is offensive to either black humans, black sheep or black anything else.
o Teachers still refer to blackboards where they exist.
o Stop.
o No really. Stop.”
“Oh, sweet baby Jesus.......not this crap again!
Just to re-iterate:
o No-one in the history of Britain, anywhere, has ever, does or will ban the singing of the song, "Baa, baa, black sheep"
o Anyone who believes such a ludicrous concept to actually be the case needs a good kicking
o Some nurseries, as discussed earlier, utilise the nursery rhyme to do a round-robin of colours to teach toddlers the same. When this is the case, the colour black is not necessarily shunned.
o Seeing the phrase "Baa, baa, <insert colour other than black here> sheep" does *NOT* indicate in any way, that some rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth hippy teacher has instilled in your child that the use of the word black is offensive to either black humans, black sheep or black anything else.
o Teachers still refer to blackboards where they exist.
o Stop.
o No really. Stop.”
And breathe........
Seriously though, I agree 100%.
Originally Posted by PamelaL:
“If I had a pound for the threads that started with 'my son/daughter/stepson/stepdaughter/grandson/granddaughter/niece/nephew came home from nursery school today' I'd have enough to buy most of the regulars on here a drink.”
“If I had a pound for the threads that started with 'my son/daughter/stepson/stepdaughter/grandson/granddaughter/niece/nephew came home from nursery school today' I'd have enough to buy most of the regulars on here a drink.”
i'll have a cola, please
I've been thinking about this and I wonder if it's just the new "jobsworth", if you see what I mean. There have always been stories of odd people in (local) government departments - and other big organisations - doing things which smack of power-craziness and the old phrase for that used to be "jobsworth", as in "it's more than my jobsworth to let you do that".
Now certain elements of the press seem to have an agenda in trying to stir up the idea that we're all going to hell in a handbasket, these kind of stories get reported under the "PC gone mad" banner.
Discuss.
Now certain elements of the press seem to have an agenda in trying to stir up the idea that we're all going to hell in a handbasket, these kind of stories get reported under the "PC gone mad" banner.
Discuss.
Originally Posted by lostsworld:
“now stop spurting crap”
“now stop spurting crap”
Must have been a particularly lively curry.
Claims that baa-baa black sheep has been banned have been doing the rounds for at least 20 years now. Even if any of these claims were true, it'd be a rubbish ban seeing as its still sung on such a regular basis.
Yawn :sleep:
More "It's political correctness gone mad what's this country coming to maybe Hitler had the right idea". I'm getting sick of people who do nothing but rant on about "political correctness gone mad" and "bloody foreigners" . Has nobody got anything better to do? The PC Briagde doesn't really exist, and you shouldn't believe evrything the Daily Mail tells you. Just please NO MORE "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD" threads. We've all herad it all before and anyone with half a brain knows these things are invented to sell newspapers. End of!
More "It's political correctness gone mad what's this country coming to maybe Hitler had the right idea". I'm getting sick of people who do nothing but rant on about "political correctness gone mad" and "bloody foreigners" . Has nobody got anything better to do? The PC Briagde doesn't really exist, and you shouldn't believe evrything the Daily Mail tells you. Just please NO MORE "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD" threads. We've all herad it all before and anyone with half a brain knows these things are invented to sell newspapers. End of!
Originally Posted by lemoncurd:
“Right, give me phone numbers, I'll check whether the use of the word `black' is indeed banned at any school. I very much doubt it.”
“Right, give me phone numbers, I'll check whether the use of the word `black' is indeed banned at any school. I very much doubt it.”
I said the Rhyme Baa Baa black sheep has been changed to Baa Baa white sheep not that the word black has been banned.
Local School 029 2059 1657
Originally Posted by lostsworld:
“I said the Rhyme Baa Baa black sheep has been changed to Baa Baa white sheep not that the word black has been banned.
Local School 029 2059 1657”
“I said the Rhyme Baa Baa black sheep has been changed to Baa Baa white sheep not that the word black has been banned.
Local School 029 2059 1657”
I suppose you want us to call up your headmaster and say "wee wee poo poo" to satisfy your juvenile sense of humour without getting you into trouble. Is that it, little boy? And is this all made up? I bet you made it up!
Originally Posted by muguguyman:
“I suppose you want us to call up your headmaster and say "wee wee poo poo" to satisfy your juvenile sense of humour without getting you into trouble. Is that it, little boy? And is this all made up? I bet you made it up!”
“I suppose you want us to call up your headmaster and say "wee wee poo poo" to satisfy your juvenile sense of humour without getting you into trouble. Is that it, little boy? And is this all made up? I bet you made it up!”
No, some people seem to think that because thier local school teaches something that every other school in the country does so.
That is not the case, now unless you are going to phone every school in the country and ask have they changed it to white from black then shut up and stop posting.
That is actually a phone number for an infant school. First one on the list.
http://sites.cardiff.gov.uk/ysgol/Sc...?School_type=i
Is anyone going to phone and ask the question?
http://sites.cardiff.gov.uk/ysgol/Sc...?School_type=i
Is anyone going to phone and ask the question?
Originally Posted by lostsworld:
“I said the Rhyme Baa Baa black sheep has been changed to Baa Baa white sheep not that the word black has been banned.
Local School 029 2059 1657”
“I said the Rhyme Baa Baa black sheep has been changed to Baa Baa white sheep not that the word black has been banned.
Local School 029 2059 1657”
And do you have any reason to believe that the change has *anything* to do with political correctness, or that it's a school or council policy rather than one teacher, or are you just assuming so that you can rant?
Originally Posted by PamelaL:
“That is actually a phone number for an infant school. First one on the list.
http://sites.cardiff.gov.uk/ysgol/Sc...?School_type=i
Is anyone going to phone and ask the question?”
“That is actually a phone number for an infant school. First one on the list.
http://sites.cardiff.gov.uk/ysgol/Sc...?School_type=i
Is anyone going to phone and ask the question?
”
We need Mesostim!
Originally Posted by pickwick:
“And do you have any reason to believe that the change has *anything* to do with political correctness, or that it's a school or council policy rather than one teacher, or are you just assuming so that you can rant?”
“And do you have any reason to believe that the change has *anything* to do with political correctness, or that it's a school or council policy rather than one teacher, or are you just assuming so that you can rant?”
I can rant because it has been changed, i'm not the only who has experienced this being changed in a school.
I had to sit my daughter down and explain why it was black sheep originally.
I haven't spoken to the school about as it's not a big deal but it p*sses me off when people say i'm a liar or made it up.
Hence the rant !!
Originally Posted by jen0607:
“I haven't heard that one, but The Fat Controller from Thomas is now called 'Sir Toppum Hatt'.
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“I haven't heard that one, but The Fat Controller from Thomas is now called 'Sir Toppum Hatt'.
”
Wasn't he always called that anyway?
Originally Posted by PamelaL:
“If I had a pound for the threads that started with 'my son/daughter/stepson/stepdaughter/grandson/granddaughter/niece/nephew came home from nursery school today' I'd have enough to buy most of the regulars on here a drink.”
“If I had a pound for the threads that started with 'my son/daughter/stepson/stepdaughter/grandson/granddaughter/niece/nephew came home from nursery school today' I'd have enough to buy most of the regulars on here a drink.”
the same if I read this
Originally Posted by Barry Scott:
“Wasn't he always called that anyway?”
“Wasn't he always called that anyway?”
You beat me to it! Yes, he was always called Sir Toppam Hatt.
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