Correct to call 'em DIKES?

[L. Bupp]

Axe the P.C. stuff. I hate it. Take it from me, I am a very openly gay
man and when visiting the Aussies I never got offended when someone
asked for a "fag" ( a cigerette). :-) If they got or get offended, it's
their problem and they will get over it. The story is funny as hell
though. Can't wait to pass it on to some friends. 

Rob & Heather Williams wrote:
> 
> Dilemma:
> 
> (This is embarrassing) After lunch today a local all-female
> rock band of a particular sexual orientation (TIN LIZZIE)
> brought one of their analog synths (Arp Odyssey) into my
> shop to have an XLR connector installed.  While doing the
> mod, I got frustrated with a particular tool of mine that
> had become dull with use and tossed them over to my partner
> across the bench with the comment, "Would you get rid of
> these DIKES!" (diagonal cutters).  I got some unusual stares
> and it never dawned on me till these two were way out in the
> parking lot what I had just done.  My partner Rod could
> hardly keep from busting a gut over it.
> 
> Question:
> 
> Is it politically correct to call diagonal cutters "DIKES"
> anymore?  I've been doing it for years, but if it's going to
> lose me some business I better start changing my ways.
> 
> Robert