Still here Silas. . . I actually AGREE with you about gollywogs, my sisters loved theirs to bits. There was no trace of irony in them, they were kids and loved them.

Interesting little conundrum for the PC brigade. . .

In Doncaster, the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep is no longer acceptable and it's been replaced with Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep.

I was up on the North York Moors not too long ago and there was a field full of . . . yes, black sheep. How on earth do you explain that level of stupidity to children?

Also the 'brainstorm' verb is non-PC as being too aggressive, now it's 'thought showers'. Does anyone truly believe that this kind of reaction to perceived racism (usually NOT from the ethnic minorities) does any good?

I've a good friend who is of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity (apparently) - she just says 'I'm black and quite happy about that'. Very refreshing realism.

OK, waiting for the next lot of stereo-typical rhetoric . . .