F Flatfish Messages 271 Thursday September 10, 2009 #1 Spotted Richard is on the menu in my canteen in work. I'm not very happy. Political correctness gone mad.
Spotted Richard is on the menu in my canteen in work. I'm not very happy. Political correctness gone mad.
hunnymonster Messages 8,392 Location Little Feckwittering-on-the-Moor Thursday September 10, 2009 #2 So refuse to order it as such. Order it as it should be. Complain to them. Kick up a fuss. I would - and have in the past.
So refuse to order it as such. Order it as it should be. Complain to them. Kick up a fuss. I would - and have in the past.
OP F Flatfish Messages 271 Thursday September 10, 2009 Thread Starter #3 I am eating my spotted dick as I write this. Its nice too. I ordered it as such and from what I can gather, so has everyone else.
I am eating my spotted dick as I write this. Its nice too. I ordered it as such and from what I can gather, so has everyone else.
OP F Flatfish Messages 271 Friday September 11, 2009 Thread Starter #5 Just been to voice my complaint to the canteen staff. It turns out that it was all a practical joke. Spotted dick it remains. Comman sense prevails.
Just been to voice my complaint to the canteen staff. It turns out that it was all a practical joke. Spotted dick it remains. Comman sense prevails.
Rev-O Messages 2,656 Friday September 11, 2009 #6 When I saw the title to this thread I thought I was like "Where's Wally?" "Spotted Dick yet?" Maybe it's from Stephen Fry's "I Spy" book (remember them? You used to get points for seeing different things, the rarer the more points. I loved those.)
When I saw the title to this thread I thought I was like "Where's Wally?" "Spotted Dick yet?" Maybe it's from Stephen Fry's "I Spy" book (remember them? You used to get points for seeing different things, the rarer the more points. I loved those.)