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Freddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."

How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)

(unknown, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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This is a QotW answer Tasty pastries
Why is it that bakeries now have to call gingerbread men gingerbread people? Who could possibly have been offended by that? I mean, was it someone ginger that complained, a feminist, or a pastry of some sort?
(Robbish is twitching & salivating like with myxomatosis, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 16:30, closed)
This is a QotW comment Gingerbread people
If it was someone ginger (offensive IMO the ammount of times I've heard it as an insult..but I digress) then they wouldn't be gingerbread people, they'd be indeterminate-hair-coloured bread men.
(Teran Thinks Pogonophobia is funny, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 16:50, closed)
This is a QotW comment In my local bakery
You can get gingerbread men AND gingerbread women.
(Cuthbert Annihilator http://www.gamesbooksfilms.com/, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 17:01, closed)
This is a QotW comment Are there obvious anatomical differences?
Or have they fallen back on un-PC gender stereotypes regarding modes of dress?
(I helped save b3ta! le brian ..., Tue 27 Nov 2007, 17:06, closed)
This is a QotW comment Ginger Trannies!
Ginger butches!

This could spawn a whole new market...
(I helped save b3ta! chenobble GSV Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 17:10, closed)
This is a QotW comment I think it was
Gene Hackperson.

I certainly wouldn't want to piss him off.
(The Resident Loon is currently a starving artist, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 17:34, closed)
This is a QotW comment chenobble's post reminded me of this:
blue-nine.deviantart.com/art/Rude-gingerbread-men-22660524
SFW, not made by me.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Yuletodd Got a dA? Join #b3tards! b3tards.deviantart.com, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 20:03, closed)
This is a QotW comment scoff
Gingerbread men and gingerbread women do actually exist.

Somewhere in the world it's someone's job to remove the gingerbread cocks and fannies and then eat them.
(Heyzeus, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 21:26, closed)
This is a QotW comment Tesco sell "Gingerbread Characters"

(I helped save b3ta! hedonist in excelsis releasing the hounds since, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 0:45, closed)
This is a QotW comment and nonces go for Gingerbread kiddies.
They're the ones with cherries.
(I helped save b3ta! Farmer Geddon Un-necessarily deferring to religious sensibilties, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 13:11, closed)
This is a QotW comment Tasty pastries
Maybe it was a ginger bread feminist?!
(kintore_homeboy tenuous links since 1986!, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 16:30, closed)
This is a QotW comment It's a preventative measure
To stop bakers making them with huge gingerbread cocks and balls.

Doesn't stop them from making iced buns that look like boobies, though.

And then they angry when you frenziedly masturbate in Greggs.

Tsk. Gone mad, I tell you.
(Sir Harrington Titsmith pinned you to a wall with a Honda Accord on, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 16:50, closed)

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