Crazyl Pc in Ireland

200yrolecrank

I just got a call from the local ragg asking me to reword my advert for an old moped I am selling on behalf of my mother.
The advert went basically" black Honda 80 for sale,runs well 1998 model original black paint work with low milage,all offers considered phone #########".
She informed me they are not able to print it with the word black so prevalent as it may offend and could I choose a different word or omit black.
I pulled the add and will stick it up on adverts but I would never have thought about an add for a moped being racist,this is getting ridiculous.

Hande hoche!

Isn't Honda Japanese?

krudler

change it to African American moped for sale for the laugh

xzanti

Change it to 'very very very very very dark blue'

Jev/N

I thought black was the PC term as opposed to using the word "coloured" ?

token101

200yrolecrank wrote: »

I just got a call from the local ragg asking me to reword my advert for an old moped I am selling on behalf of my mother.
The advert went basically" black Honda 80 for sale,runs well 1998 model original black paint work with low milage,all offers considered phone #########".
She informed me they are not able to print it with the word black so prevalent as it may offend and could I choose a different word or omit black.
I pulled the add and will stick it up on adverts but I would never have thought about an add for a moped being racist,this is getting ridiculous.

Bollocks!!! That's not PC, that's just her being a f***ing fool!!

arybvtcw0eolkf

krudler wrote: »

change it to African American moped for sale for the laugh

He can't as they're left hand drive moped's!.

FoxT

Take out the 80 as well. It is ageist.

AngryBollix

Must not say it

bigneacy

Ring her back and ask if its ok if you change it to Bro'-ped for Sale

200yrolecrank

I have to say I was flabbergasted after the call,what a joke if this is the way were heading.

kfallon

Put down "Non white, blue, red, orange, green, brown, purple, pink, beige, yellow etc Honda for sale"

Might cost you a fortune in words mind given the amount of colours there are!

Or else say, "Honda that would be worth 7 points in snooker for sale"

RachaelVO

What an absolute CROCK OF SH1TE!!!!

Are ya serious???

Ya just couldn't make that up!!!!

Sea Sharp

Perhaps it's one of your mates winding you up?

Nodin

200yrolecrank wrote: »

I just got a call from the local ragg asking me to reword my advert for an old moped I am selling on behalf of my mother.
The advert went basically" black Honda 80 for sale,runs well 1998 model original black paint work with low milage,all offers considered phone #########".
She informed me they are not able to print it with the word black so prevalent as it may offend and could I choose a different word or omit black.
I pulled the add and will stick it up on adverts but I would never have thought about an add for a moped being racist,this is getting ridiculous.

I BELIEVE THIS ANECDOTE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. IT HAS THE RING OF TRUTH.

Angeles

200yrolecrank wrote: »

I just got a call from the local ragg asking me to reword my advert for an old moped I am selling on behalf of my mother.
The advert went basically" black Honda 80 for sale,runs well 1998 model original black paint work with low milage,all offers considered phone #########".
She informed me they are not able to print it with the word black so prevalent as it may offend and could I choose a different word or omit black.
I pulled the add and will stick it up on adverts but I would never have thought about an add for a moped being racist,this is getting ridiculous.

Ahh here, you're taking the piss?
either that or she needs to be blasted with it.

Dudess

Sea Sharp wrote: »

Perhaps it's one of your mates winding you up?

This.

I really can't believe that's for real.

Napper Hawkins

200yrolecrank wrote: »

I just got a call from the local ragg asking me to reword my advert for an old moped I am selling on behalf of my mother.
The advert went basically" black Honda 80 for sale,runs well 1998 model original black paint work with low milage,all offers considered phone #########".
She informed me they are not able to print it with the word black so prevalent as it may offend and could I choose a different word or omit black.
I pulled the add and will stick it up on adverts but I would never have thought about an add for a moped being racist,this is getting ridiculous.

Jesus wept..

I think the only solution is that in order to avoid offending the more sensitive (idiotic) little souls amongst us, we need to just stop using words. All of them.

mikemac1

Over in motorbike forum one night we were discussing our bikes and someone complained over us saying saying Jap

What's wrong with Jap?

A Honda is a Jap bike

Unlike the OP's story, this one is actually true

AngryBollix

Just re-word as "the bike thats a certain colour that the magazine in which this ad is placed will not allow me to name for fear of offending an ethnic minority"

200yrolecrank

I have to say I was flabbergasted after the call,what a joke if this is the way were heading.

The King of Moo

Did she suggest what you might replace "black" with?

She was being profoundly stupid, though I think such cases are the exception rather than the rule.

*blue text used to avoid offence, except to Fine Gael blueshirts*

Chuck Stone

A black Honda PC killed your Mother?

AngryBollix

200yrolecrank wrote: »

I have to say I was flabbergasted after the call,what a joke if this is the way were heading.

We've already arrived there

arybvtcw0eolkf

mikemac1 wrote: »

Over in motorbike forum one night we were discussing our bikes and someone complained over us saying saying Jap

What's wrong with Jap?

A Honda is a Jap bike

Unlike the OP's story, this one is actually true

Maybe that was one I was involved in too.

I once referred to a 'Jap bike' on boards.ie and someone near took the head off me!.

Nodin

200yrolecrank wrote: »

I have to say I was flabbergasted after the call,what a joke if this is the way were heading.

What was the "local rag"?

cloptrop

Just change it to slave for sale. Its less words saves money.

MickySticks

I call shenanigans.

200yrolecrank

It Wasn't a mate winding me up as I never told them I was selling it,they would have been devastated if they knew I was selling it as the ole bike gave us many a laugh sneaking it out for a bit of fun.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

AngryBollix wrote: »

Just re-word as "the bike thats a certain colour that the magazine in which this ad is placed will not allow me to name for fear of offending an ethnic minority"

Oooh, you can't call them a minority, that's implying inferiority.

Nodin

200yrolecrank wrote: »

It Wasn't a mate winding me up as I never told them I was selling it,they would have been devastated if they knew I was selling it as the ole bike gave us many a laugh sneaking it out for a bit of fun.

What is the name of the "local rag"?

Nodin

200yrolecrank wrote: »

It's a large rag with circulation in Connacht,not sure about naming things on boards so I can just say they boast the most readership.

PM me then.

200yrolecrank

Nodin wrote: »

200yrolecrank wrote: »

I have to say I was flabbergasted after the call,what a joke if this is the way were heading.

What was the "local rag"?

It's a large rag with circulation in Connacht,not sure about naming things on boards so I can just say they boast the most readership.

Dudess

AngryBollix wrote: »

We've already arrived there

Nah we haven't. Those things about "person-hole" and "baa baa rainbow sheep" etc are untrue. They're just products of people who resent the fact that racism shouldn't be tolerated, so they make that sh1t up.

aujopimur

If you had described it as "she's black" you'd have been rightly bolloxed.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Dudess wrote: »

Nah we haven't. Those things about "person-hole" and "baa baa rainbow sheep" etc are untrue. They're just products of people who resent the fact that racism shouldn't be tolerated, so they make that sh1t up.

How about 'manhole inspector' for the gay men folk?.

Chuck Stone

For Sale:

Small African child black motorbike, great little runner, starts on command every time.

200yrolecrank

Chuck Stone wrote: »

For Sale:

Small African child black motorbike, great little runner, starts on command every time.

We all know your joking and it's funny.
Now who in their right mind is going to scan the bloody classifieds looking at words that may be deemed racist if you twist it in that light.

The King of Moo

Black motorbikes are running over our swans and taking our petrol!

Yakult

#000000 Honda 80, runs well 1998 model original #000000 paint work with low milage,all offers considered phone

sbsquarepants

RachaelVO wrote: »

What an absolute CROCK OF SH1TE!!!!

Are ya serious???

Ya just couldn't make that up!!!!

Or could you???:rolleyes:

The King of Moo

I'm a little curious. OP, what did you say to the woman on the phone when she told you that?
What did she suggest, if anything, you might replace the word "black" with?

Plazaman

200yrolecrank wrote: »

The advert went basically" black Honda 80 for sale,runs well 1998 model original black paint work with low milage,all offers considered phone #########".

Too right, a disgraceful un PC advert if ever I saw one.

Black - Obvious racial undertones implies as has been already covered here. By stating it's black you're implying it runs faster

Honda - After what happened in Pearl Harbour, i think it's awfully insensitive that you try to gain monetarily from such an event

80 - Ageist it may be as someone mentioned but why put a number on it as this places a bias on all Honda 50's, 100's and 120's

For Sale - Well this takes the biscuit. It's this type of capitalist propaganda that has started civil wars around the world and also led to the property bubble bursting in Ireland leaving the country in a vicarious financial state

Runs Well - Of course, see the first reference. All you're missing is the London 2012 Logo.

1998 Model - Sexist and downright degrading to "fashion display artists" such as Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell. We all can't be size zero no matter what year you refer too.

Original Black - Bible thumping at it's best and brings up the whole creationism vs evolution arguement. Black is black. When Johnny Caveman invented black he didn't say this is original black then I'll have new black and then classic black (incidentally Johnny went on to work for Coca Cola but thats a diffrent story).

Paint work - Don't know if this is a dig at the unemployment rates in Ireland or going back to the freedom of EU Labour movement implying that it's OK to eat a swan once you have a tin of Dulux in your hand.

Low Mileage - Whats wrong with Kilometers, we didn't join the EU for the good of our health. Even though Kilometerage isn't a word, that doesn't mean it can't be used.

All offers considered - Well, well, well only offers are considered. So if i made a bid, a tender or an agreed cash sale, it wouldn't be good enough? Holy silver spoons batman.

Phone - Ah ya say no more, we know what that implies.

######## - Hash, hash and more hash, keep your drug references out of the local print media, it's a family paper I'm sure and we still like to listen to the soothing tones of The Angelus at 6pm with nothing but a cup of tea to soothe us thank you very much.


And that's why I won my International PC Award four years in a row (2008 - 2011)

Caliden

So it's not PC to call a spade a spade?
Unless the moped is made from the remains of some lad from Nigeria, she's an idiot.

sbsquarepants

200yrolecrank wrote: »

It Wasn't a mate winding me up as I never told them I was selling it,they would have been devastated if they knew I was selling it as the ole bike gave us many a laugh sneaking it out for a bit of fun.

What the fúck sort of mates would be "devastated" that someone was selling an old heap of shíte motorbike??
Are you in full control of your faculties OP??
Have you been riding that bike without a helmet by any chance??:D

Big Nasty

Caliden wrote: »

So it's not PC to call a spade a spade?
Unless the moped is made from the remains of some lad from Nigeria, she's an idiot.

Where did that 'Call a spade a spade' saying come from anyhow? Is it referring to people with a dark complection or the tool somewhat like a shovel!?!

John Doe1

Reword it in spanish "El moped negro a venta""

py2006

Dudess wrote: »

Nah we haven't. Those things about "person-hole" and "baa baa rainbow sheep" etc are untrue. They're just products of people who resent the fact that racism shouldn't be tolerated, so they make that sh1t up.

Actually, I do recall a woman ringing up one of the radio phone in talk shows in the late 90's complaining about the term 'man-hole'.

200yrolecrank

sbsquarepants wrote: »

200yrolecrank wrote: »

It Wasn't a mate winding me up as I never told them I was selling it,they would have been devastated if they knew I was selling it as the ole bike gave us many a laugh sneaking it out for a bit of fun.

What the fúck sort of mates would be "devastated" that someone was selling an old heap of shíte motorbike??
Are you in full control of your faculties OP??
Have you been riding that bike without a helmet by any chance??:D

We get an old laugh out of the times we used take it out,sentimental reasons,surely you did something like this in your teens or have you lead a sheltered life behind a keyboard.Actually lent it to a friend 5 yrs ago when his car got nicked.

To another poster when she called me from the paper I was in work and completely put on the spot I actually couldn't believe it.
She suggested leaving the word out entirely or having a think about it to submit it without using a colour.
Now that I think about I should of lambasted her but I was having a good morning and just said whatever I will take my business elsewhere whilst pointing out it's an insane policy.

Nothingbetter2d

black El Negro Honda 80 senior citizen model for sale,runs well 1998 model original black El negro paint work with low milage, would suit person not sensitive to racism comments regarding colour, all offers considered phone #########

try this reworded advert with her again so

Caliden

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Where did that 'Call a spade a spade' saying come from anyhow? Is it referring to people with a dark complection or the tool somewhat like a shovel!?!

You're starting to sound like the woman who called the OP :P

It is what it is and white people seem to be better judges of racism against other races than the races themselves.