Still funny, though. The average nursery rhyme is NOT very PC. It's one of the things I like about 'em.
It HAS to be! I absolutely refuse to believe there are peope this ridiculous on earth with me.
As ridiculous as this story looks, its for real.
Think again, Tonto.
Children are told these stories "without people stopping to really look at what's happened", according to the tongue-in-cheek research.
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"What sort of EMS (emergency medical service) training and equipment did these first responders have?" they ask in a light-hearted paper published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Now, if any of those words I italicized gives you trouble, follow that first link I provided.
...they ask in a light-hearted paper...
Sorry, you need to read a little closer before getting bent out of shape-it's a joke.