Puzzled
 

I got a letter from Hyndburn Homes this morning, it was in reference to the repair work that has recently been done on the roofs of our block of flats. I was in the form of a tick box questionnaire. the first section was name and address, the second one was "gender" it said "Male" "Female" "Other":confused: other!!!!!!!, it appears this problem with aliens on the canal is worse than we originally thought:D

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Everyone should be encouraged to check "Other" ... that would really put Hyndburn on the map:D And if they also ask for "religion"; it might be a good time to put "Jedi Knight, Sunni branch."

By the way, a tour through any of the more tasteful porn sites, will show you at least one alternative: "She-male";)

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On your case I can't see any thing to be puzzled about.
:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::tongueout

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I'm starting to worry about you Retlaw, will have to have a word with your daughter AGAIN:D

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I find they ask far too many questions that aren't needed on their forms, my street was part of a block re-furb, the area is much improved thank's to this.
They sent a Questionnaire, asking what I thought about it, I would gladly have filled it in had the final page not asked for sexual oriantation, ethnic background and religion, what on earth have those questions got to do with whether I'm happy with the new railings they have put in front of my house?

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I didn't fill that part in Less got sod all to do with them, maybe the Others will oblige;)

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My mum got a form like that to fill in when she had a repair to her back door on Warwick Ave in Accrington. She's 85 and doesn't want to be bothered with that sort of thing.

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I haven't got one. They daren't ask me because their 'performance objectives' score would be seriously dented.

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Was wondering if they actually dare sent you one Margaret, looks like I guessed right:D

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If, and according to the law we are all equal and must not discriminate. Then it doesn't matter if I'm a Chinese homosexual that worships at the gates of hell itself or a white male aethiest that has to pleasure himself because he is too old and ugly to find someone to do it for him, both our answers to the relevent questions must carry the same weight. So these 'extra' questions should never need to be asked.

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Last week I binned a questionnaire which was thicker and more detailed(intrusive) than the census - that one was from NHS.

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why do they need to know gender of teh person who had the repair.Is it so that if theres a complaint they will know that either ...

A: a blokes probably tried to address the issue with a butter knife and a tin of beans but made it worse

b: if its a woman its probably not as bad as is been made out but the repair will haunt every repair man that turns up by been mentioned for the next 10 years

:D

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It matters to us, so lets be knowing, we know you are not chinese, so are you a white male?

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The last questionair i filled out from the NHS was pre operation and it basically took thousands of words to say that if they kill you then tough luck.

why they cant just put something like "we will do our best but if things go wrong you cant sue us" i dont know :)

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Is that question relevent to the matter in hand?
:eek:

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There you go getting all subtle again. You make it hard sometimes to follow.

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I still haven't heard anyone come up with a viable explanation for Other being included in the Gender section of this document:confused:

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Not Known

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There may be a small number of hermaphrodites in the British population - perhaps the answer lies there with the "Other" option.

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Why would Hyndburn Homes need to know this:rolleyes:

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So that they can have Social Services on 24 hour call out?

It must be very confusing not knowing if you need the toilet seat up or down.
:confused:

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My other half solved that problem without the aid of Hyndburn Homes Less:D

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Eunochs could also tick the other box I suppose -but would you want people from the council to know, that is the question...:rolleyes:

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Well to my way of thinking when your born it says on your birth certificate your gender, either Male or Female, didn't know they had come up with another category, even the PC brigade:confused:

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No doubt it will turn out to be yet another Tory tax fiddle.
:)

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Maybe someone from Hyndburn Homes could enlighten us.

It's a simple enough question, which we know you have the answer to.

What percentage of residents of Oswaldtwistle who consider themselves to be neither male or female are satisfied with the roofing repairs you carried out?

And a couple of supplementaries.

Is this percentage in line with your targets, and if not, what do you propose to do about it?

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Well you'll be safe then Less;)

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Could be transgender? Although why they want to know I've no idea, other than perhaps to provide stastistics and to tick some box required to prove that they are meeting diversity targets.

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My problem is this, on a birth certificate it says Male or Female, until the word other appears why is there any need for anything else.

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I would like to think that if any parent ever tried to register their baby's birth as 'other', the little mite would be taken straight into care!

:eek:

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Yes, and perhaps a doctor should look at the person that put 'other' into the form as well, unless they have a personal reason for putting it in? In which case should we allow anyone that would answer a gender question with other, to compile a questionnaire?
:)

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Exactly, so why this stupidity by HH

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Political Correctness. The bane of the 21st Century!

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Ya gynn, unfortunately due to the PC brigade we now have to cater for "Others" in life:rolleyes:

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Questionnaires are one of the few things that annoy me.
When compelled to answer (the census), I just provide silly answers to mess up their statistics.

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Ah so your a Jedi Warrior then Margaret:D

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No - I am Atlantean whose main language is ESP

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Does that mean future HH leaflets will include a translation into ESP?

And isn't an Atlantean a bus?

;)

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:eek::eek:Ya but your not getting you message accross:rolleyes:

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It's definitely to do with being politically correct, perhaps everyone should return it with 'other' ticked and see what happens!
And if they were thinking about transgender people, I would have thought they would put down the sex they've changed to after all the trouble they've gone to, so it's stupid and pointless - but I suppose it's keeping someone in a job!

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To be honest Anne I was very tempted to do just that, but they'd have known I was telling lies:D

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Now Jay -let's be really honest - a bit of mascara and lippy and you could fool anyone!;):D

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A bit of mascara and lippy and a trowel to put the filler on with:D

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Hoody blell, even Wimpey's couldn't manage job like that, don't think a miracle would work either.:tongueout.

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Wimpey's would even quote for a face job on you, they'd find it easier to paint the Forth Bridge:tongueout:tongueout:tongueout:tongueout:ton gueout