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Winnie the Pooh gets bum rap in Polish town


InWroclaw  89 | 1910  
20 Nov 2014 /  #1
Winnie the Pooh is banned from being playground logo after councillors declare him a 'hermaphrodite' of 'dubious sexuality' in Poland
...'This is very disturbing but can you imagine! The author was over 60 and cut his [Pooh's] testicles off with a razor blade because he had a problem with his identity.

This is surely just a joke, or a malicious false story, planted by some nasty individual just to discredit Poland. Please, let it not be true. Please.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2842948/Winnie-Pooh-banned-playground-logo-councillors-declare-hermaphrodite-dubious-sexuality-Poland.html
englishbird  
21 Nov 2014 /  #2
hahahahhahaahahahahaha I always knew there was something weird about pooh
OP InWroclaw  89 | 1910  
21 Nov 2014 /  #3
But all stuffed teddy bears are nude, aren't they? So, I don't understand why people think it's odd.

I think those councillors said these things with a wink. Or at least I hope so.
jon357  73 | 22777  
21 Nov 2014 /  #4
Please, let it not be true. Please.

Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes. Have you seen the transcript of them discussing it?
Roger5  1 | 1432  
21 Nov 2014 /  #5
Teacher: What did you do at the weekend, Johnny?
Little Johnny: I went to see my Nana.
Teacher: That's nice, Johnny, but "Nana" is a baby word, and you're a big boy now, so say "Grandma".

Little Johnny: I went to see my Grandma.
Teacher: Good. How did you get there?
Little Johnny: I went on the Choo Choo!
Teacher: That must have been very exciting, Johnny, but big boys say "train".
Little Johnny: I went to see my Grandma on the train.
Teacher: Good boy. Did you bring a book?
Little Johnny: Yep.
Teacher: Which one?
Little Johnny (thinks hard...): Winnie the Sh1t.
smurf  38 | 1940  
21 Nov 2014 /  #6
Proof that Winnie isn't a hermaphrodite

Winnie
OP InWroclaw  89 | 1910  
21 Nov 2014 /  #7
I think your image link there exceeded its bandwidth allowance!

Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes. Have you seen the transcript of them discussing it?

The only hope left is it's all for a Polish version of Candid Camera or You've Been Framed.
smurf  38 | 1940  
21 Nov 2014 /  #8
I think your image link there exceeded its bandwidth allowance!

just do an image search for 'fired winnie the pooh'
I forgot that have a sense of humour isn't allowed on this forum.
OP InWroclaw  89 | 1910  
21 Nov 2014 /  #9
That brings up lots of images, I don't know which you'd chosen. But I can guess what it might have looked like ;)

(I assumed the image you might have posted was blocked by the host of the image because they don't want it on another site.)
mochadot18  18 | 242  
22 Nov 2014 /  #10
Merged: Winnie the Pooh Banned in Tuszyn

nbcnews.com/news/world/town-reportedly-nixes-winnie-pooh-mascot-over-dubious-sexuality-n253226
MediaWatch  10 | 942  
26 Nov 2014 /  #11
Its sad that an element of the English language media wants to bash Poland by insinuating that all of Poland is defined by an extremist element of Poland (from a small Polish town of less than a thousand people).

If they want to imply negative things to nations or groups of people by the unsophisticated elements of nations.....why don't they make a big deal about all the people from half of the world who are Third World nations who don't have plumbing and drink the same water they deficate in?
jon357  73 | 22777  
26 Nov 2014 /  #12
Its sad that an element of the English language media

You forget (or perhaps just didn't realise) that the story first appeared in the Polish press. Perhaps you think that it shouldn't have ever been reported at all and those people should have just been left to wallow obscurely in their stupidity.

If they want to imply negative things to nations or groups of people by the unsophisticated elements of nations.....why don't they make a big deal about all the people from half of the world who are Third World nations who don't have plumbing and drink the same water they deficate in?

I'm sure you can find a few thousand or so articles from the past year alone about infrastructure in developing countries.

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