Like many parents I have been thanking God this week that we got our kids their Po Teletubby doll months ago and so will not have any explaining to do now manufacturers have apparently withdrawn the little red one.
A quick re-cap for those of you with no idea of the important things in life: Po is the smallest of the four-baby team who have taken over the world in a British children's show called Teletubbies (World, 4.30pm). This is the show ATV, in its infinite wisdom, initially scheduled for 10.30pm, and which has resulted in a flood of merchandise including Teletubby dolls, bags and colouring books.
Po has been unmasked by horrified local parents as a foul-mouthed monster who, instead of mouthing cute little phrases in Cantonese, has actually been saying awful things like 'fattie'.
This was fine in other markets where no one knew what she was saying, but Hong Kong's keen-eared parents were not fooled for a second. So talking Pos are off the shelves until the matter can be cleared up.
If it will help, I must throw open to the public my limited knowledge of the actress involved - Pui Fan Lee who plays Po.
She is not Hong-Kong born, as has been claimed elsewhere, but is the daughter of Hakka parents originally from the Tai Po area.
She made her first visit to Hong Kong in early 1994 to take part in the Fringe Festival in her one-woman show called Short, Fat, Ugly and Chinese.