Embarrassing British dessert
Britain's Spotted Dick becomes Spotted Richard
"For generations it has risen above all the schoolboy sniggers. But it appears the smirking has to stop as modern sensitivities struggle to cope with the jokes prompted by one of our most loved puddings - Spotted Dick. Now those sensitivities have seen a prudish council changing the name to Spotted Richard after canteen staff tired of the giggling.
The latest attempt to censor classic Victorian suet and raisin pudding has angered traditionalists, who have fought several battles in recent years over the name. The defenders of the old ways have been joined by Klaus Armstrong-Braun, a councillor who was taken aback when he saw the name change in the canteen at the headquarters of Flintshire council in North Wales. 'I couldn't believe it, it seemed ludicrous,' he said. 'Spotted Dick is part of our heritage. 'It just seemed political correctness gone mad. 'There was a sign in the dining room for things like rice pudding and then this Spotted Richard - I had to ask what it was.
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11 comments:
Haven't "Hot Cross Buns" already been banned?
This is just further down the slope...
I also see an end to General Tso Chicken sometime soon. After all, I'm sure the general is not amused!
Ahh, so it's the canteen staff that makes the rules in Britain. No wonder the whole country is a living, breathing example of FUBAR!
To paraphrase another Brit - "What's in a name? ... a pudding by any other name would taste as sweet".
Your government can dictate what you call food?
Is it true that if you leave Spotted Dik uncovered in your yard it will attract Great Tits?
The real question here is, what's more fcuked-up, the country or it's people? By jove, maybe it's both!
It's a good thing they didn't rename it Spotted Johnson.
That'd go down real well in African-American (PC usage only) neighbourhoods.
It's a good job that landmark clock tower in London was named after a Benjamin and not a Richard.
why we don't want to copy miserable drunken Britain
If your impression of the US only came through the media, you wouldn't want to live there either!
Life imitates art again! Over a decade ago, The Royal Canadian Air Farce did a skit on the Quebec Language Police in which an inspector made sure that the menu of a restaurant specializing in English cuisine also had its menus in French. Well worth a listen if you've never heard it before. A sample is available here.
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