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Woke Watch PC UK! {Case 4} Those Magnificent Gender-Neutrals in their Flying Machines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is your Captain speaking, I may have a male voice, but don\u2019t let that fool you! Welcome to flight B for Bandit, three letters starting with a B, 0707 gender-neutral heaven. We are currently cruising at 35,000 feet under a rainbow with pink varnish on our toenails. Our estimated arrival at the Isle of Person is recommended as the weather is bright and gay, so I am not allowed to fly you anywhere else. Please continue to keep you seat belts fastened, as we are expecting some politically correctly turbulence as we fly through EU air space and flak over Berlin. May I take this opportunity to welcome you aboard. Thank you, whatever you think you are and what Nature will never allow you to be, for flying Woke Airlines today.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just when you thought that the UK could not get more Woke, the country\u2019s flagship carrier British Airways leapfrogs into the PC queue with its announcement that it is dropping the very British and very correct salutation, \u2018Ladies and Gentlemen\u2019. Presumably, concerned that the whingeing, whining, hand wringing, bed-wetting gender-neutral brigade might shoot them down with accusations of being too binary, British Airways have scrambled to copy airlines from other woke-oriented countries, such as Canada, for example, and Germany, lifting off on a non-scheduled flight to destinations unknown ~ in non-woke speak they have jettisoned an age-old and perfectly respectful tradition without, according to media reports, having any clear idea of what they will replace it with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WOKE WATCH UK!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When I first heard the news that the Jerries had dropped the phrase \u2018Ladies & Gentlemen\u2019, it came as no surprise to me. I mean the Luftwaffe are well known for dropping things, usually thousands of tons of high explosives on Western Europe and the Soviet Union, and, let\u2019s face it, they always were inclusive. I mean when they were out on a bombing spree, they didn\u2019t fly around and around attempting to miss LGBTs. And then someone corrected me; not about the Luftwaffe and LGBTs but that it was another German company, not the Luftwaffe, that had dropped \u2018Ladies & Gentlemen\u2019. Sigh, some things never change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those Magnificent Gender-Neutrals in their Flying Machines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

But what-a mistake-a to make-a. My sincere apologies. I am not much of a flyer. I would never have known that British Airways was anything to do with Britain if it was not written on the sides of their aircraft, and now that \u2018Ladies & Gentlemen\u2019 is about to be replaced with, what? ~  \u2018Good morning LGBTs, its, others, refugees, multicults, perverts, terrorists, knee-takers, statue-removers and \u2018I\u2019ve had my vaccine\u2019 Facebook clones etc\u2019 ~ nor would you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it wasn\u2019t for the fact that my suggested salutation is a fair appraisal of where we are at in modern-day UK, you would not know who they are, who you are and what that thing sitting next to you is, would you? Will they include extraterrestrials?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the words of my retired scientist friend, Martin: \u201cIt\u2019s all so peculiar. What shall we do first, blow the satellites out of the sky or gas the sink estates?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is probably not the answer. But, instead of ingratiating themselves with the wrong uns, couldn\u2019t British Airways and the other dominoes simply have replaced the no-smoking symbol with an illuminated red bar that lights up across the word WOKE as their planes prepare for take-off? Or even just edit the old signs: \u2018No Smoking\u2019 to \u2018No Woking\u2019 ~ being careful, of course, to ensure that whoever undertakes this task knows how to spell the word \u2018Woking\u2019. There\u2019s no point in being too accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those Magnificent Gender-Neutrals in their Flying Machines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If it wasn\u2019t so amusing, it would jerk out more tears than Gone With The Wind<\/em> ~ which just about sums it up really. It\u2019s nothing but a storm in a teacup, or should that be an airline company in a colander?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gender-neutrals<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Whilst I wait expectantly for the gender-neutral sequel of Star Trek<\/em>, \u201cto gayly go where no man<\/s> thing has gone before\u201d, previous generations of legacy English ladies and gentlemen observing our world from a better past might find consolation in the incontrovertible fact that as any street after 11 pm in any town in the UK denotes, there are very few \u2018ladies & gentlemen\u2019 left to address.  In the present twisted nature of things, we could always argue our case on the basis of minority, but there really seems little point. If we are to \u2018gayly go\u2019 at warped speed to the gender-bending place that they are so bent on sending us, why make the trip in a handcart when you can travel first class Woke. Just fasten your seat belts, extinguish political correctness and don\u2019t forget to laugh. History certainly will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, Ladies & Gentlemen, for reading my post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Jiggery Pokery Hokey Wokery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Woke Watch PC UK! Introduction<\/a>
Woke Attack in Pimlico UK!<\/a>
London Woke Up to Khan<\/a>
Keep Woke out of Football!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further reading {accessed 17 October 2021}:
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https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/396132-ladies-gentlemen-gender-tube\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/529087-lufthansa-gender-neutral-ladies-gentlemen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-ed\/523832-ladies-gentlemen-non-binary-pronouns\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/537086-british-airways-neutral-greeting\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image attributions: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bomber:<\/strong> https:\/\/publicdomainvectors.org\/en\/free-clipart\/Bomber-plane-vector-sign\/9604.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UK Flag Map:<\/strong> https:\/\/publicdomainvectors.org\/en\/free-clipart\/United-Kingdoms-flag-with-map\/50789.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colander:<\/strong> https:\/\/freesvg.org\/colander<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sun & Wind Vector Illustration:<\/strong> https:\/\/publicdomainvectors.org\/en\/free-clipart\/Sun-and-wind-vector-illustration\/28316.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright [Text] \u00a9 2018-2021 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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