A pub called The Midget is to change its name. The watering hole, in Abingdon takes its name from the classic MG sports car which was manufactured in the Oxfordshire town, and was opened as 'The Magic Midget' in 1974. But the name was labelled 'disablist hate speech' by disabilities studies lecturer Dr Erin Pritchard.
Oh, FFS!
Dr Pritchard, who teaches at Liverpool Hope University, said that she and other people with dwarfism find the term 'offensive'. She previously campaigned for Marks and Spencer to rename their Midget Gem sweets to Mini Gems.
Someone who is employed to teach at a university turns out to be a crank with a chip on her shoulder? Gosh! You could knock me down with a feather!
I wonder why she's not objecting to other, more problematic things? Is it because she'd get a decidedly rougher ride from them?
Dr Pritchard spoke with the owners of the bar, brewers Greene King, which is set to reopen the venue with the new name in December following a renovation, the Telegraph reported. Its managing director Zoe Bowley said the new branding would honour the town's heritage while ensuring the pub remains a place 'where everyone feels welcome'.
They don't say what the new name will be. May I suggest 'The Special Snowflake'?
Greene King previously found itself in hot water over a pub called 'The Black Bitch' in Linlithgow, West Lothian, amid fears the name could be seen as racist. Its origins derived from a female greyhound that formed part of the town's traditional crest - but pub bosses opted to rename it The Willow Tree regardless.
And thus left yourself open to pressure from every crank and nutter in the land. So you've only yourself to blame.
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The snowflake needs to research the difference between "midget" and "dwarf".
Looking forward to the 'Meek Inoffensive If That's OK With You' pub.
perhaps another example of a DEI CEO? Has she never heard of 'Go Woke, Go Broke'?
If I had the money, I'd like to open a pub cum restaurant in Bristol, and call it "The Woke Numpty".
Penseivat
Perhaps they can combine the two names - "The Willow Tree where the Blach Bitch Wees".
I read somewhere that the proposed new name will be The Roaring Raindrop. Apparently this was a record breaking car with some local connections. Too close to rainbows to me. There is a reassuring fight back against this proposal.
Greene King should change the name of the pub to “The Daft Little Cow”
And all to deflect Woke attention from the fact that Merry Old Ben Greene was a very naughty boy, owning and trading slaves.
Little do the present directors know that it was switches of the willow that were used to encourage his property to work harder.
That pub, The Female Canine of Color, is a shadow of the former busy cheerful hostelry it was since the before US of A was founded.
Barbra Streisand could tell them about digging holes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAnIOCIBFR4
She probably thinks the classic sci-fi show Red Dwarf is an archaic racist tome regarding a native American with a height problem.
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I like Penseivat's suggestion below!
Brilliant!
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Good!
If they keep rolling over for these malcontents, they will always be hostages.
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