'TWO FAT LADIES' BANNED FROM BINGO HALL !!!

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Source: http://www.news.com.au/world/two-fat-la ... 5814216485

By Neil Syson, The Sun From: NewsCore December 28, 2009


"Two fat ladies" may offend, warns council
No record of complaints over the phrase
Fans campaign to protect bingo calls

BINGO fans have launched a campaign to protect traditional number calls after a hall in the UK was banned from saying "two fat ladies".

The fun phrase has been used for decades to describe 88 - because the figures resemble a pair of large women.

But ex-mayor John Sayers, 75, was ordered by Sudbury Council, Suffolk, to drop it from his weekly town hall sessions because it might upset overweight players - despite getting no complaints, The Sun reports.

Rob Hutchinson, of onlinebingoclub.co.uk, fears politically correct meddlers and bureaucrats will target other number phrases.

He has started a petition to preserve them and has already collected 3000 signatures.

"The call of 'two fat ladies' in bingo is part of our heritage. What's the alternative - 'two generously proportioned people of either gender'?" Mr Hutchinson said.


Chrissie Maher, founder of the Plain English Campaign, said: "It shouldn't be necessary to mess about with parts of our heritage like bingo slang."