The hokey-pokey illegal in U.K.

[qweasd170]

I heard on teh radio that the hokey-pokey was illegal in teh U.K. cuz it was a hate crime. Isn't that just GAY!?

[heroicspatula]

source please

if there is no source, no one(including myself) will believe you.

[qweasd170]

Google it dood: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi cs/howaboutthat/3883838/Doing-the-Hokey-
Cokey-could-be-hate-crime.html

[LightandDark]

They misspelled Pokey.

.....*facepalm*

Also, seriously? Since when did applying the actions of people in history applied to totally different people?

Wait, I think I've read about countries with that kind of stupidity, I think it started with a G....

[MultiCanimefan]

Can humanity fail any harder yet? Can we ban sugar now because slaves harvested it? How about oxygen because murderers breath it?

[Earfetish]

If the hokey pokey takes the piss out of those Fenian terrorist fucks I'm gonna sing it every day

[Saint-Pig]

But according to the Catholic Church and some Scottish politicians, singing the popular tune that begins with the words "You put your right hand in, your right hand out," may constitute an act of religious hatred

haha

[Dragon-Smaug]

Yeah I heard about this. It's stupid. W/e.

[Achilles2]

I guess if I start speaking Latin, that'd be a hate crime against the Catholic Church.

Thank God I'm a Protestant now.

[AntiangelicAngel]

Up the long ladder and down the short rope...

[universal-fear]

yay, iv always hated that dance
but this isnt as bad as dodge-ball being band
now we have "ILLUSION"
which is just dodge ball with pins in the back
and "ocasionally" someone gets in the way of the ball
its fun
there's many styles to
but thats getting off subject

[Centurion-Ryan]

At 12/23/08 10:41 PM, Earfetish wrote: If the hokey pokey takes the piss out of those Fenian terrorist fucks I'm gonna sing it every day

That's the most blatantly ignorant statement I've read all day.

That being said, it's 7:00 AM.

But I don't think anything's gonna top that.

[Ledgey]

It's not illegal, it's just a few pissed off catholics thinking that people actually know it's origins.

And it won't be illegalised, that's just stupid.

[xscoot]

If I'm correct the song "Ring around the rosie" also has dark and secret origins. No one cares.

[SmilezRoyale]

i never thought about it that way, it's rather interesting when you think of it.

Anywho.... even IF that's what the hokey-pokey REALLY means, and even IF the people who did that actually did feel that way about catholics, i would still not make the hokey poke illegal, people have a right to say what they like.

However, i doubt either of those are true.

[heroicspatula]

At 12/25/08 09:34 PM, xscoot wrote: If I'm correct the song "Ring around the rosie" also has dark and secret origins. No one cares.

actually...

it seems it wasn't, people just interpreted it that way.

[Ericho]

You'd be surprised at the large number of ridiculous laws out there.

I heard that in Florida, it is officially illegal to bathe with clothes on. Thing is, no one cares and I guess they were just too lazy to legalize it, much less regulate it.

[D2Kvirus]

Why? Because the line "You put your right hand in, your right hand out" is a call for widespread fisting?

[CBP]

At 12/25/08 09:34 PM, xscoot wrote: If I'm correct the song "Ring around the rosie" also has dark and secret origins. No one cares.

That come from the black death. The pocket full of posies has to do with the infected wearing posies to keep from smelling. Ashes ashes they all fall down refers to the burning of corpses.

[Conspiracy3]

Soon there will be a black market on the hokey pokey dance.

Whenever you go to Great Britain and want to do the hokey pokey immediately stand next to a dark alley and wave hundreds of dollars above your head. If you get pulled into the alley it is safe to dance.

[TheGuyAtYourWindow]

well guys, they banned santa claus from saying Ho Ho Ho in australia because its offensive to women HAHAHAHA