My father was a civil engineer in the UK. In the 70s, during a bridge construction project, they uncovered a skeleton. He kept the skull on his desk for about 1

My father was a civil engineer in the UK. In the 70s, during a bridge construction project, they uncovered a skeleton. He kept the skull on his desk for about 10 years, until someone mentioned to him that that probably wasn't OK, so he put it in the trash. He blamed shifting sensibilities over time, and had he known the phrase at the time, he'd have probably described it as political correctness gone mad.