Black day as EU fools with place names (PC stupidity Alert)

Yahoo UK ^ | 1 April 2005 | PAUL DRURY AND JIM MCBETH

[Army Air Corps]

EUROPEAN bureaucrats will push forward legislation today to force the Scottish Executive to change place-names that offend or discriminate on the grounds of race and gender.

In a move the Nationalists described as the "ultimate madness in political correctness", it has taken only a quorum of four Euro commissioners from Italy, Germany, France and Spain to redraw Scotland's map.

The German commissioner, Arlo Pilof, the architect of the 2006 Race and Gender Equality Imposition Code (conformity), an amendment to existing rules, said: "We believe many names do not conform, and we started with Scotland because it is the worst of the culprits with offensive names such as Skinflats, near Grangemouth."

[Army Air Corps]

Too bad that this is not an April Fool's joke. It is this kind of stupidity that is causing many in Europe to question the direction and nature of the EU. Also, this points-out the lack of scholarship in the EU commission looking into this matter: none of the investigators bothered to examine the Anglo-Saxon, Old English or Celtic meanings of the placenames.

[Servant of the 9]

"The German commissioner, Arlo Pilof"

Too bad that this is not an April Fool's joke.

It is. The 'comissioners' name is an anagram for "April Fool"

So9

[Loyalist]

The German commissioner, Arlo Pilof

Arlo Pilof = April Fool

[Army Air Corps]

Thanks. A friend in who is moving to York sent this to me. I asked several times, "Is this a joke?" The git swore that it was genuine. Hmmm, now to plot my revenge...

[1066AD]

the right to table what is known as a "L.I.L Proof A",

Yes, but the fact that it's so easy to believe it shows such nonsense is not unlikely in the future.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

"Arlo Pilof" is an anagram of...

[spetznaz]

It is an April 1 joke.

[Army Air Corps]

Well the EU is demanding that certain food items be renamed if they do not originate from specific regions. For example, Parmesan cheese can only bear that name if it comes from Parma, Italy. Otherwise, it has to be named "Parmesan Style Cheese."

[raybbr]

Did the word "fools" not jump out at you in the title?

[Army Air Corps]

Yes, that has been sussed above. I was so busy when I read it, I asked if it was a joke and took a friend's response on face value. My mistake, and his...

[peyton randolph]

And 'champagne' can only come from the unwashed hands and feet of Frenchmen. I'm glad I drink sparkling wine instead.

[Army Air Corps]

Read post 5.

[raybbr]

It's almost believable coming from the EU though, isn't it?

[Army Air Corps]

Gee, you don't enjoy a bit of French foot fungus in your beverages? :-)

[Army Air Corps]

Considering the genuinely stupid things that they do every day, yes it would not surprise me if this joke becomes a reality.

[ItsForTheChildren]

Darn... and I had a Crayola pic all ready to go.

[Army Air Corps]

Recently, a colleage brought in a box of imported chocolate into the office. The package read "chocolate style product." I asked, "what the hell is this?" as i pointed at the label. He replied that the Dutch pushed for "chocolate" to apply to their chocolate and that non-Dutch chocolate had to be named something else. Don't Europeans have anything more important to do with their time? Oops, that was a silly question...

[raybbr]

He got you alright. Take your time getting back. If you do it too soon he'll know.

[Army Air Corps]

I had not been the subject of an April Fool's prank in so long, I had let down my guard; that is when folks usually strike.