There’s much talk these days about "political correctness." There are so many things you shouldn’t say because it might offend some people. Do you suppose "those people" already have lawyers waiting? You’d better believe it.

What you may not know is the rules of political correctness do not apply to the criminal element. A few cases in point:

Local cops — even the FBI — are fond of using pet names for wanted criminals. There’s "Blimpo the Bandit," for example. This suspect weighs an estimated 350 pounds and stands only 5 feet 9 inches tall according to measuring tapes at convenience store exit doors.

Then there’s the "Geezer Gunman" who robs convenience stores using a toy gun — at least the cops hope it’s a toy. From store video tapes this guy looks to be about 60 years old. I always thought you had to be over 65 before you could be dubbed a "geezer." Apparently not in California where this ancient specimen is wanted for at least four robberies.

I remember "Tony the Tent," a drug trafficker who was so named because it was rumored his clothes were made by Omar the Tent Maker at the winter home of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey.

The latest entry in the field of weird looking outlaws is the "Enormous Ears Bandit." That’s the name created by the FBI in response to the gunman who robbed over six banks from San Diego up to California’s central coast. "Big Ears" usually demands the money be handed over banded in $50s and $100s.

After viewing bank tapes, agents dubbed him the "Enormous Ears Bandit" for reasons which are obvious. How big do ears have to be before they’re considered enormous? I have no idea and the FBI has not specified. You’ll just have to make an educated guess if you see this guy running from a bank.

After "Enormous Ears" gets arrested — and over 90 percent of bank robbers do get arrested — I’d like to be at his trial and hear what the cops call him in court.