So farewell then, "drunken sailor"...

[Zulu Romeo]

... and hello to the "grumpy pirate"?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7860869.stm

"Drunken sailors" have been removed from the lyrics of a nursery rhyme in a government-funded books project.

But the Bookstart charity says the re-writing of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? has "absolutely nothing to do with political correctness".

The charity says that the shift from drunken sailor to "grumpy pirate" was to make the rhyme fit a pirate theme, rather than censorship.

"Put him in the brig until he's sober," has also been lost in the new version.

This latest ideological spat over nursery rhymes was sparked by the re-writing of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor.

I wonder how the new version will go down in the seas off Somalia? [With all hands, no doubt - someone]

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

They brought it upon themselves. Lousy seamen drinking all time ...

 

[Ethros]

What about Master Bates? Seaman Staines? And Roger the Cabin Boy?

 

[Mallory]

PC runs amuck in Britain yet again.

 

[Jadzia]

"What can we do to get government funding, early in the morning?"

 

[Zulu Romeo]

"What can we do to get government funding, early in the morning?"

"Meet a junior minister and make him drop his pen drive"

 

[stoneroses]

Who cares

 

[Captain Intrepid]

I thought you were talking about me!

In any case, it's not a nursery rhyme, it's a sea shanty, a traditional working song used by merchantmen and whalers. The motherless sons of whores have no damned fucking right to refucking write the poxed song. Why don't they make little miss muffet a meth addicted underaged one legged whore while they're at it?

In my humble opinion.

 

[Arrqh]

"Tickle him 'till he starts to giggle"? Really??

 

[Kommander]

it's a sea shanty, a traditional working song used by merchantmen and whalers.

We're whalers on the moon,
We carry a harpoon.
But there ain't no whales
So we tell tall tales
And sing our whaling tune.

 

[Captain Intrepid]

I'd just like to add, pirates are not people to be admired. While the old school ones are kickass awesome in jest, in all seriousness the old ones were sadistic bastards, and the modern day ones are about on the level of people who rob banks with rocket launchers and machine guns and use them. I know many a drunken sailor, and on the whole they're good solid people that I'd trust with my life.

So again, fuck the cocksucking pc bastards with a rusty two inch steel rope covered in meathooks.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

it's a sea shanty, a traditional working song used by merchantmen and whalers.

We're whalers on the moon,
We carry a harpoon.
But there ain't no whales
So we tell tall tales
And sing our whaling tune.

I don't see you with a Fungineering degree!

 

[Zulu Romeo]

So again, fuck the cocksucking pc bastards with a rusty two inch steel rope covered in meathooks.

Whatever happened to keelhauling the scurvy PC dogs and confining their sodden carcasses to the brig?

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

Doesn't that song also have a verse about shaving his balls with a rusty razor? I wonder if that one's making the cut

 

[Rii]

But the Bookstart charity says the re-writing of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? has "absolutely nothing to do with political correctness".

I believe them, if only because the concept of theft (often accompanied by violence or murder) being more "politically correct" than alcohol is utterly laughable.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

Doesn't that song also have a verse about shaving his balls with a rusty razor? I wonder if that one's making the cut

Pun intended?

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Right. Because historically, pirates have always been politically correct and child-friendly.

 

[Danoz]

The ironic thing is that they've effectively replaced the theme of an intoxicated, law abiding sailor with a disgruntled, professional thief. What should we do with the grumpy pirate murdering rapist? Do a little jig to cheer him up in his life of crime!

The classic lyrics are a lesson in moderation. "What shall we do with the drunken sailor" is a song that developed out of the temperance movement; it is not, and has never been, a celebration of drunkenness. In fact, this song is more commonly found in choral arrangements these days than it is sung in pubs and bars.

Silly Brits.

 

[Kommander]

it's a sea shanty, a traditional working song used by merchantmen and whalers.

We're whalers on the moon,
We carry a harpoon.
But there ain't no whales
So we tell tall tales
And sing our whaling tune.

I don't see you with a Fungineering degree!

Meh, I went to a seminar.

It was four hours a day over the course of a whole weekend.

 

[auntiehill]

The ironic thing is that they've effectively replaced the theme of an intoxicated, law abiding sailor with a disgruntled, professional thief. What should we do with the grumpy pirate murdering rapist? Do a little jig to cheer him up in his life of crime!

The classic lyrics are a lesson in moderation. "What shall we do with the drunken sailor" is a song that developed out of the temperance movement; it is not, and has never been, a celebration of drunkenness. In fact, this song is more commonly found in choral arrangements these days than it is sung in pubs and bars.

Silly Brits.

I actually had to sing that song in choir class when I was in 6th grade. I don't recall thinking anything particularly wrong with it, other than the fact that it's an annoying little ditty.

I mean, people, PUH-LEEZE. Some people just have too much time on their hands to worry about these things.