Irish police recently arrested a vertically challenged Irishman who had been posing as a leprechaun and obtaining sex from women (both tourists and locals) by promising that they would receive the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. While 26 victims had filed complaints at the time of the news report last month, police think there may be as many as 200 or 300 victims. They indicate that many of the victims were quite naïve (a penetrating insight into the obvious) and some even cried when told that leprechauns don’t exist. Sigh.
Tit for Tat
Our second event took place much closer to home (St. Catharines) and began when an employee of the city saw a calendar inside someone’s locker which contained a picture of a topless female and filed a complaint. The resulting investigation brought into disrepute the firefighters’ calendar – featuring topless male firefighters – which had for years raised money for charities (some $18,000 in 2019). In a classic case of political correctness run amok, the brain trust reviewing the situation decided that if a naked female breast was unacceptable then so were naked male breasts. Huh?
This year’s calendar had already been produced, but it can no longer be sold on city property and future calendars will only be permitted if the firefighters cover up their torsos. The apparent rationale was the need to avoid a double standard and to ensure respect and dignity in the workplace for all staff. There is no indication that other simpler or more sensible options were considered – such as telling the complainant to stop peeking in other folks’ lockers or just removing the offending calendar from the locker.