Australian Bureau of Statistics keeps it real.

[Puros Y Vino]

Found this over on reddit.  

 

[dominattorney]

I'm offended that they only think that this applies to same-sex marriages. 

[El Presidente]

"The ABS acknowledges that in issuing 16 million barcodes it did not check and remove words and phrases that may be offensive," Deputy statistician Jonathan Palmer said.

[Luca]

I couldn't believe that when I saw it. How can something like that slip through!? They are the "masters" of data...its easy to search for keywords like that in their barcodes.

[Auspaul]

This is going to be a pain in the ass for them too many whingers these days

[MIKA27]

36 minutes ago, Auspaul said:

This is going to be a pain in the ass for them too many whingers these days

To much political correctness everywhere!! 

[Smokin Joe]

With a deep enough data set even the ATO is statistically capable of cracking a joke.

[garbandz]

Here in North Carolina, USA, the State License Bureau apologized publicly for issuing plates with the letters "WTF" in the number/letter sequence.

They also offered to replace these plates if the owner thought it was in bad taste.

As far as I know, there was no mention of this problem prior to the announcement.

Bad luck for me I did not have one..............

  

[Dave O)))]

"The ABS acknowledges that in issuing 16 million barcodes it did not check and remove words and phrases that may be offensive," Deputy statistician Jonathan Palmer said.

I bet he has five daughters