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"Edward Dolan" wrote in message ... "skip" wrote in message ... [...] Unaware of the Political Correctness Police,eh? It is something of a covert operation so you will need to pay attention and listen if you are to identify them. Here's a Political Correctness primer that will tell you just about all you need to know to be a pc person. http://tinyurl.com/dywk Lots of very good humorous information there Skip. I am saving it to My Documents so I can remind myself of where I have gone wrong. The fact is that I know what all this political correctness crap is about, but it is my pleasure to flaunt my NOT being politically correct. It must be hell to be a liberal and to always have to be politically correct about everything. I think eventually it becomes impossible to even think clearly once you have imbibed all this political correctness horse dung. -- Best Regards, Ed Dolan the Politically Uncorrected - Minnesota Glad you liked it. It was written for Canadians in simple, straight forward terms that are easily understood.. A couple of my favorites from the PC Lexicon a Cattle Ranch = Cattle Concentration Camp - Moo-shwitz Hamburger = Seared mutilated animal flesh (SMAF) Cheeseburger = Adding insult to injury. Pimp-Mobile or Low Rider - Culturally responsive transportation. (PC cyclists ought to steal this right now) I'm getting hungry. I think I'll have a SMAF with cheese. I'm sure glad all this took place after Jimmy Buffet wrote "Cheeseburger in Paradise". http://tinyurl.com/4alt6 |
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skip wrote:
"Slugger" wrote in message ... I Googled "smirking moron" and Larry Varney was the third one to appear. Here's the smirking moron passage I was remembering: "Maybe there are some readers out there who feel just the opposite, some women who, when hearing a southern man talking, think of coming-out parties and carriage rides with some beau - and don't hear some smirking moron saying "Golluholluhollee!" This type of liberal elitist characterization of southern men isn't a problem with the politically correct police - as long as you aren't referring to southern males with black skin - so you will probably want to include that little disclaimer, just to be on the safe side, as you write these kinds of things in the future. Anyway it's water under the bridge - think nothing more of it. Smirking morons exist in the north as well as the south so i don't see that as a dig on the "Southern Man". Why is it important to include the colour of skin in a smirking moron sentence? Blacks and whites can both be smirking morons so skin colour does not matter. Slugger. I don't know Slugger, you'll have make a voice recording and send it to Larry to see if your Canadian accent reminds him of a smirking moron. Could be. From what I've heard of the Canadian Political Correctness Police I seriously doubt they would permit you to run around claiming African Canadians sound like smirking morons. You'll have a hard time convincing me otherwise. skip - proud to have a Varney certified smirking moron accent I thought I had cleared this misunderstanding up before I left for a glorious week of triking in sunny, dry and warm Florida, but apparently not. So, here goes one more attempt. The "smirking moron" comment *could* have been interpreted to refer to every southern male - but that wasn't my intention. If you'll read the article again, you'll see that the accent reminded me of *someone else*, and I even tossed in a famous phrase that this *someone else* used quite a bit. *That* person was the "smirking moron" that the accent reminded me of. Surely, I'm not the only person on this board to remember Gomer Pyle? So, once again, I can see where my comment could have been interpreted the way it apprently was. The "smirking moron" is not southern males in general, but just one in particular - the character, Gomer Pyle. If I hear some guy who has a similar accent, I am reminded of that "smirking moron" - but I do NOT think of the person with the accent as a "smirking moron". Everyone clear on that now? -- Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney |
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"skip" wrote in message ... Speaking of Gomer I saw one of those "separated at birth" photos of Gomer and John Kerry. The photos were taken when they were both about the same age and both were in military uniforms. They looked like twins. They were both smiling, but neither seemed to be smirking. You can see these photos are he http://tinyurl.com/3gvc3 Disclaimer: I am *not* inferring Jim Nabors is a moron just because he played one on TV or that John Kerry is a moron just because he looks like a TV moron. Being the good ole southern boy that I am, I've spent more than my fair share of time in the Okefenokee where the gators rule absolutely. I've got a lot of alligator photos, but after a while they all start looking the same. I think we can agree it's better to photograph southern women. Great, now you've just opened up the whole "Gomer Pyle: Was he really a moron or secretly the smart guy?" debate Thanks! |
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I'm new to this newsgroup and recumbent bikes. A lot of garbage to wade
through, but enough useful information to make it worthwhile. Quick and easy: ignore the trolls, filter the idiots, plonk the uninteresting threads. Don't take other people's (whom you don't even know) sociopathic behavior personally. Stop snivelling about how awful the newsgroup has become and start making positive contributions. Look at rec.pets.cats.anecdotes for a newsgroup that's extremely good at suppressing trolls. Joe Keenan wrote: I'm curious why folks stay with this newsgroup given that any thread is immediately subject to contamination. (I'm being kind) Yup, I'm a "usta be" and just stopped in to see if things had changed in a few months. Slow Joe Recumbo John Kimmel remove "x" |
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John Kimmel wrote: I'm new to this newsgroup and recumbent bikes. A lot of garbage to wade through, but enough useful information to make it worthwhile. Quick and easy: ignore the trolls, filter the idiots, plonk the uninteresting threads. Don't take other people's (whom you don't even know) sociopathic behavior personally. Stop snivelling about how awful the newsgroup has become and start making positive contributions. Look at rec.pets.cats.anecdotes for a newsgroup that's extremely good at suppressing trolls. Joe Keenan wrote: I'm curious why folks stay with this newsgroup given that any thread is immediately subject to contamination. (I'm being kind) Yup, I'm a "usta be" and just stopped in to see if things had changed in a few months. Slow Joe Recumbo John Kimmel John, You said: "Stop snivelling about how awful the newsgroup has become and start making positive contributions." No snivelling here, just a simple curiousity about why folks would spend the time to "ignore the trolls, filter the idiots, plonk the uninteresting threads. Don't take other people's (whom you don't even know) sociopathic behavior personally." when there are so many other boards out there where you don't have to do all that. And I got some "makes sense" answers especially when it comes to having an unmoderated versus a modereated board. If you'll check my posts, you'll see that when there's something posted where I think I can contribute, I do. DejaNews, the predecessor, was incredibly helpful to me, so in a way I have a vested interest. The folks on that newsgroup back in the late 90's helped me. I try to return that favor by helping someone new, when I can. Cheers, Slow Joe Recumbo remove "x" |
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I try to
return that favor by helping someone new, when I can. Cheers, Slow Joe Recumbo I would appreciate it if you would post links to the other forums you've mentioned. I've looked at recumbents.com, and it's practically dead. Also, I consider it bad form to selectively "quote" large tracts of a previous post, as if you intend to punch holes in the argument. I stand by everything I say, except when I'm wrong. I came to this newsgroup first, because I knew that this is where the information I wanted would be. I knew that this group would be populated with many kooks, but I like it anyway. I got a line on a recumbent bike I want to buy here. I have gotten a lot of links to interesting web sites about recumbent bikes and it's quicker than using Google. I haven't even asked any questions yet, but I will in a moment. Yes, it's a very corrupt newsgroup, with many contributors using it to broadcast to the whole world their otherwise mercifully repressed emotions, but if it weren't for this newsgroup in the last few days, I wouldn't even know about the other nice safe moderated forums. I think it is more important for a newsgroup to be active than strictly on-topic. When I compare an unmoderated, wild and crazy newsgroup like this one to the (casually) moderated yahoo groups I follow, this one is much more interesting, it has a lot more useful information, and while I have to wade through a lot of crap to find it, I can also filter it and search it to find the information I want. Like who's selling bikes. If I stick around, I will learn whose posts are worth reading (posts with useful or interesting information about recumbent bikes). If I'd been paying attention, I wouldn't have responded to a thread that was dead for a month. I'm sorry that I don't have any useful information on recumbent bikes, but I'm new. -- J Kimmel www.metalinnovations.com "Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum." - When you have their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow. |
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