Three Little Pigs 'too offensive'

[Spartacus]

I'm easily confused.

Unsurprising really, what with your account being used by a loose collective of alien intelligences from the Andromeda galaxy.

[threaded]

In my son's school, they changed the main character, from Fat Pig to Pat Pig, by carefully drawing over the F.

Wouldn't do in Denmark: they had to change 'Postman Pat' to 'Postman Per' here.

Pat meaning

[Diver]

http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~od...pigs/pigs.html

Best to get these things out into the open I think

[TimberWolf]

http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~od...pigs/pigs.html

Best to get these things out into the open I think

Ah, the Ladybird books take me back, especially the “Peter and Jane” series. Highly relevant to this thread in other ways too, for example to quote the Wiki page cited below:

For example, ********* were airbrushed out. Daddy takes a more active domestic role; and Jane moved out of skirts and dresses into jeans, and abandoned her dolly for roller-skates. However, it remains notable how often Peter goes out to help Daddy, or actively plays with a ball, for example, while Jane stays at home to help Mummy, passively watches Peter, or plays with her doll.

I might get banned for using the asterisked word used in those early Peter and Jane books (or it may just been a picture) and which formed part of many of our childhood curricula.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Jane

Another interesting fact paraphrased from that Wiki entry:

Murray realised that only 12 words account for a quarter of words used in everyday speaking, 100 words account for ½, and 300 words account for ¾.

Does anyone else remember reading "Here is Peter", "Peter is here", "Here is Jane", "Jane is here", "I like Peter", "I like Jane"?

[beaker]

I'm offended that some people consider these stories offensive. Please reinstate all offensive material so I will no longer be offended. Thanks.

[BrilloPad]

I'm offended that some people consider these stories offensive. Please reinstate all offensive material so I will no longer be offended. Thanks.

I would like to see the andyw offensive material.

[beaker]

I would like to see the andyw offensive material.

Me too. Please.

[lilelvis2000]

In my son's school, they changed the main character, from Fat Pig to Pat Pig, by carefully drawing over the F.

Thus obviously to avoid offending fat bar stewards, don't think they're too bothered about the Muslims.

My son watches Thomas and Friends every morning..The Fat Controller is still there..I'm sure they haven't renamed him to Pat. Which is curious, was Postman Pat really named Postman Fat before?

[BrilloPad]

My son watches Thomas and Friends every morning..The Fat Controller is still there..I'm sure they haven't renamed him to Pat. Which is curious, was Postman Pat really named Postman Fat before?

I have just taught my 5-year old twins the alternative postman pat song -
postman pat, postman pat, postman pat ran over his cat

[lilelvis2000]

I have just taught my 5-year old twins the alternative postman pat song -
postman pat, postman pat, postman pat ran over his cat

There are also alternate dialogs on YouTube. check it out. some are hilarious. Some have four letter words, need to filter them before the kids see them.