Monday, December 28, 2009

Bingo caller told to cut ?fat ladies?

UK - A bingo caller has been advised to stop using phrases such as ?two fat ladies? for fear of offending his audience. John Sayers, who runs charity games in Sudbury, Suffolk, says he was told by a council clerk the traditional bingo call could upset some players. A town council spokeswoman said it was ?sad? they had to give the advice but they had to be ?politically correct?. ?The concern was that if there might be two large ladies in the audience when I said ?two fat ladies 88? or someone might think I was looking at their legs when I said ?legs 11?,? he said. ---...More

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