PC In The Southern Hemisphere

A lot like PC in the Northern Hemisphere:

AN advertisement for a "midget" or "large-chested woman" to act as a beer wench has landed some New Zealand sports fans in controversy.

The men placed an ad for a "beer bitch" to fetch cold drinks for them at the Rugby Sevens in Wellington next month. The lucky woman would be rewarded with "cuddles and shoulder rides", wrote the men, who run a blog called When in Rome Bro.

The ad outraged the organisation Little People of New Zealand, with spokeswoman Caela Brackenbury telling The Dominion Post newspaper it was hurtful to refer to small people as midgets.

...It seemed many others agreed. The ad was pulled off website Trade Me after 27 complaints were received.

But 11 women found no fault with it, enthusiastically applying for the gig with photographs and blurbs about their "bubbly" nature.

...The men behind the ad said they were shocked by the venom among the complainants. "One called us a bunch of pigs," Wellingtonian Daniel Herbison siad.

In fact, they had received so many "scary threats" they had revised the ad to seek a "beer delivery person" and had apologised.

"We never meant to cause offence," Mr Herbison said.

That did not stop the group splashing photos of the semi-clad applicants on their site, calling for comments on which "midget" would best suit the job.