Lose the Handbag, Purple Boy!
Once again Eastern Europe waves the flag of homophobia. Last week Moscow gave us the beatings and arrests of not so gay gays and now Poland gives us: THE TELETUBBY PROBLEM.
Ewa Sowinska, spokesperson for children’s rights, will launch an investigation lead by psychologists to see if Tinky Winky of Teletubbies is in fact gay and if that is suitable television for children.

Find the error in this picture.
Did you find it? Well…it’s the handbag!
Tinky Wiiiinky…
A British radio programme asked their listeners if they could come up with other gayish children’s characters. They came up with Winnie the Pooh (just the name…) who has only male friends. May I just add that the same applies to Mole in The Wind in the Willows. I mean – look at them…sailing down the stream going for a “picnic”:

And he even fraternises with Toad who occasionally wears women’s clothes, but perhaps Ewa Sowinska will let it pass on the grounds of his love for automobiles? Well, I wouldn’t be so sure.
Way to go Poland! And welcome to the European Union!
/anna



confidentialattachees replied:
Surely Peppermint Patty is in trouble too, then? Captain of a baseball team? Always wearing shorts instead of dresses? Having a suspiciously close relationship with a girl friend who insists on calling her “Sir”…?
I’d say that’s pretty much a sure thing, right there.
/marie
May 29, 2007 at 9:29 am. Permalink.
Latest EU Scandal: the official ad “let’s come together” « karteikartenkasten replied:
[...] to have no other severe problems to solve, besides – of course – the very important questions if tinky winky is gay and is therefore of great harm for our little [...]
July 4, 2007 at 4:54 pm. Permalink.
European homophobics unite! « karteikartenkasten replied:
[...] to have no other severe problems to solve, besides – of course – the very important questions if tinky winky is gay and therefore of great harm for our little [...]
July 4, 2007 at 6:39 pm. Permalink.
Out of the broom cupboard « Annina Teatime replied:
[...] another reason to burn the books and the Polish politicians who were chewing on the meagre bones of Tinky Winky’s alleged homosexuality have now some real business to attend to. Just too bad the Poles threw them out of government the [...]
October 23, 2007 at 8:43 am. Permalink.
Teletubbies’ Fans Beware! « Sugar Ice replied:
[...] See for yourself. [...]
November 23, 2007 at 5:28 pm. Permalink.
Overhea(r)d at the University « Sugar Ice replied:
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November 23, 2007 at 5:45 pm. Permalink.