On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:39:43 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> news
> > On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:19:31 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "notbob" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > On 2013-06-21, Ophelia > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> We have a soft toy called a golliwog. Generations of children have
> >> >> loved
> >> >> them but they are none pc (politically correct) now. I read in the
> >> >> news
> >> >> last
> >> >> year that police made a toy shop removed them from the window.
> >> >
> >> > DOH! Yep, definitely non-PC and mega inflamatory.
> >> >
> >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwogg
> >> >
> >> > And here folks think Sambo's is a showstopper. Whew, that's Sambo's,
> >> > Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima, and a black lawn jockey all rolled in
> >> > one and writ large!
> >>
> >> I suppose some of the white nursery rhyme characters are non pc now too.
> >
> > Nursery rhyme characters - like Humpty Dumpty?
>
> Who knows? NB came up with a few.
>
They made as much sense as Humpty Dumpty would.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila