Gingerbread person

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  1. Skryptic

    Skryptic Well-Known Member

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    On a similar note I've started using a Firefox extension to revert "batter" to "batsman" in the BBC's live text for Test Matches.
     
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    But the gingerbread person in the story identifies as a man, so surely it's ok. He doesn't sing, "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm a gingerbread person".
     
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    Batter in my world is what you deep fry everything
     
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    I haven't got a strong opinion on all this, but it has made for an amusing thread...
     
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    I might be a bit stupid (what do you mean might?) but I thought gingerbread men were actually based on a fairytale in which the character was male so it's not really just a name, the man part is an accurate description
     
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  6. Redstone

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    I just made a point a saying "here's your gingerbread MAN" when I gave it to my son.
    Though my wife pointed out it had a pink scarf so may have been a woman.
     
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    Looks like I’m going have to become Bossperson
     
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    That I’m afraid might possibly be your good wife
     
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    You’re not wrong Ian :)
     
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    I think GB News need to hear about this.
     
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    So did I.
     
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    Has anyone actually ever had a gingerbread man with a cøck and balls though? Makes you think.
     
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    Exactly. In the fairytale its a gingerbread man. The BBC aren't questioning it.

    https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/gingerbread-men-0
     
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    Oi! you can’t say that it’s racis…oh you mean British Broadcasting Corporation
     
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    The words you mentioned have always been offensive , much more than calling a biscuit a man imo, I don't think we'll look back in 20 years and find it ludicrous that we called it a gingerbread man, if society is like that then Father Christmas will be getting lynched
     
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    Is this the way forward?

     
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    Isn’t the story about a show off biscuit who gets outsmarted by a fox?

    Sounds like a man to me!
     
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    Get yer ******* hedge cut...
     
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    if you mention it you care about and on some level are offended but my point was a general one not specific to any individual so it’s polite to say so. “Virtue signalling” is such a pathetic insult. You need to step up your game or are you too woke for that.
     
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    Sorry they really weren’t offensive and were mainstream but given you are using the you can be put in prison just for being English these days line it’s hard to know of you are serious or not.
     
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