On 9/2/08 10:36, in article
, "Des
Higgins" wrote:

On Feb 7, 10:02*am, Amethyst Deceiver
wrote:
In article , Frederick
Williams "Frederick says...

adder1969 wrote:

On Feb 6, 1:40 pm, allan tracy wrote:
Now the corporation has sparked claims it has pandered to the
"politically correct brigade" by apologising.

Yet another brick for the wall to support New Labour's thought police
Britain.

What if there was a plant that looked like a fat womans fanny? *..or
droopy tits flowers?

I'm sure more than one person has compared flowers to the vulva. *(And
if they haven't, I hope they have a good excuse.)

Flowers may have been compared to the vulva, but in general don't have
names like "fat woman's fanny" or "white lady's ****". Because they're
offensive.

The traditional "rude" names tend to be pretty quaint alright.
Maidenhair fern gets its name from the leaf shape.
Orchids get their name from their bulbous roots (Orchis is greek for
testicle). In Irish, Early Purple Orchid is called Magairlín
Meidhreach (pronounce moggerleen mire-och) which either mans big
little testicles or mad little testicles (I think the latter; I cannot
remember). These names are earthy rather than offensive though unless
you are a victorian or vote Republican in the US. As for the black
mans willy name, you would want to be pretty dense not to realise the
name would offend a lot of people. I guess what offends goes in
cycles.

Des

And then there's the weed known variously as goosegrass, cleavers and sticky
willy!
And I've wondered often what gross name was given to 'long purples':
"There with fantastic garlands did she come
Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples,
That liberal shepherds give a grosser name,
But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them. "

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'