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Thread #119441   Message #2590626
Posted By: Azizi
16-Mar-09 - 08:44 PM
Thread Name: Homophobia in Playground Rhymes
Subject: RE: Homophobia in Playground Rhymes
Here's another example of a children's rhyme with homosexual text-

Zippy and Bungle
went to the jungle
so they could have some fun,
Zippy got silly
and pulled out his willy
and stuck it up Bungle's bum

http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml

It's my understanding from reading this wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_(TV_series) that the both Zippy and Bungle are male puppets in a British television show that was/is somewhat like the American show "Sesame Street".

I'd appreciate it if a British Mudcat member or guest would let me know if I'm correct about that.

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A person could say that there are no insults in the text. Yet, it appears to me that many children believe that they are insulting a person by calling him a homosexual. Therefore, imo, the children's rhymes that label a person as homosexual should be viewed as insulting rhymes, whether they contain direct insults or not.