Talked to Apey about this last week. It's the new mantra here.
Someone asks yer opinion. You give it.
they say, "You can't say that."
Yes I bloody can and just did
I say, "Why not?"
They say, "Well, it might offend a dwarf (or somesuch See also: Turks/Turkish
)"
Me: What dwarf?
Them: Any dwarf
ME; How do you know
Them: Well a dwarf might find it offensive
And before you know it some fucking hypothetical dwarf is in the room and no one can say the word "short" or "teeny"
Formal apologies to TMR