by Ryan D. Jaeger
The United Kingdom has regularly been accused of taking the idea of political
correctness too far, and this is beginning to show in one of the most
traditional areas of them all - UK bingo rooms.
Recently, there have been calls to change some of the more traditional bingo
sayings called at bingo games because customers may take offense and may even go
as far as suing the bingo hall.
The problem was clearly demonstrated by the Sudbury Town Council after
council officials requested a change to several bingo calling names out of fear
of legal action by patrons.
75 year old pensioner, John Sayers, who once served as town mayor and now
regularly calls numbers at charity bingo games in the town, was approached by
officials and asked to stop saying "legs 11" and "two fat ladies 88".
"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'," explained Sayers regarding the council's request.
"I was advised that someone might take offence and we could end up being
taken to court," he added.
Sayers said that since the change, players have complained that the game is
boring and the new numbers are also boring.
"No one had ever complained abut being offended," he said.
When approached for comment, a spokesperson for Sudbury admitted that the
council had to be politically correct.
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