I thought the whole issue of Tinky Winky's sexuality had been put to bed however, this article suggests that they are going to rehash the situation again. It appears that Poland will probe the sexuality of the teletubbies to determine if they are gay. Apparently there are some people in that country that are worried that it is really homosexual propaganda.

I know that this isn't funny but sometimes one has to shake their head at the small-mindedness of people sometime. Take a comment by a government-appointed children's rights watchdog, in which she is quoted saying this about Tinky Winky of the Teletubbies:

I noticed (Tinky Winky) has a lady's purse, but i didn't realize he's a boy...
At first I thought the purse would be a burden for this Teletubby...Later I
learned that this may have a homosexual undertone.

While the country of Poland is under fire from many others in it's homophobic policies, there also appears to be some movement to stop such action against the teletubbies. There is some movement within the government to distance itself from this opinionated watchdog for fear it would make Poland a laughing stock.

This almost gives those horrible discriminatory "Polish" jokes a whole new spin...

My question is, does a purse in itself make a man gay? That's the silliest thing I've ever heard. And how the hell can they tell a gay Teletubby from a straight one. That's almost as ridiculous as being able to tell gays & straights apart.

Now here's something I have heard about the Teletubbies. A British woman that I once knew told me that the original idea behind the whole teletubbie thing was to model them (ever so subversively) after certain British politicians in a type of political satire. I don't know how true that is because I am not that familiar with politics in the UK but if anyone were able to do such a thing, it would be the Brits. They are way too good at writing and creating a subdued but potent form of satire that many here don't get. The Brits usually excel at this type of humour although I don't know what happened in the case of Sasha Cohen. I just don't find him funny at all. (It's no doubt though that he hasn't been able to capture the whole nuance of British humour and that's probably why he's so successful here. Personally, I find all of his characters, Ali G, Borat, etc extremely distasteful and, in fact, quite tedious and offensive)

If you'd like a taste of some of that exceptional writing, you should check out Mulled Whines. I was recently reacquainted with this one after a long absence. I hope that you like it.