Political Correctness

[JesPiddlin]

Sorry for jumping in on that one. It just bothered me that the word was used in a comment about choosing a better word. The whole purpose of using that word is to offend, or it would not even exist to be used the way it was used. It was not necessary.

The description of the old colored man drew more sympathy than contempt from me. The driver obviously felt the same way. The bad thing is that so many people have been harmed by decoy situations. Because of that, most would never stop, due to the possible danger to themselves and those with them. If there are passengers, there is a responsibility to their safety to be considered, as much as the situation the old man may or may not be in. That's one of those situations where you have to make a decision and hope you made the right one.

You guys go on and fuss some more. I'm gonna take a while off, again. Just had to jump in and spit a couple of things out.

 

[!Smorgass Bored]

Stop Me If You've Heard This One

So this Italian guy walks into a bar with a Polish guy, a Rabbi, a priest, an Irish guy, an asian guy, a leper, a guy with no arms and no legs, a black guy, an Ethiopian, a Puerto-Rican, an Iraqi, a lesbian, and a Jew.
The bartender says...."Hey, what is this....some kind of joke?"

No, it's not a joke......... YET.
They were all looking for an Eskimo.

Doug
( THEN it has the makings of a Joke )





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[jgpool]

Where you been

Who are the racist ? The 'bubbas' that took a few pot shots at him as they drove past.....
Doug
( I've seen Easy Rider plenty of times.......... AND, I'm from New Orleans (though not recently)

Happy b-day. Where you been. On a B-day beer holiday?
I'm having one now for you. Cheers!!

 

[crosseyedjoe]

You may not realize it, but you have offended many people by using the "d" word. Where was your better word?

Yeah, that was on purpose. Albiet it's a paradox. You can choose a "better" word even when your angry or emotionally excited without resorting to degrading labels specially when you're "supposedly" not being racist.

 

[Neil]

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[ShootingArts]

memories

Who are the racist ? The 'bubbas' that took a few pot shots at him as they drove past.....
Doug
( I've seen Easy Rider plenty of times.......... AND, I'm from New Orleans (though not recently)

I learned to drive on the stretch of river road where they scared hell out of them hippie biker guys. The family farm I was born on was a rock's throw from where they killed poor ol' Jack, and I have eaten more meals than a few in Melancon's Cafe where they ran afoul of the good ol' boys that killed Jack.

I haven't seen the new Dukes of Hazzard but I have to admit I am curious. They filmed it around my property in French Settlement and they repainted the Moonlight Inn as the Boars Nest for that movie. As soon as the movie shoot was over they had to put the right name back up though. I don't know how long it has been the Moonlight Inn but that was the name when I danced(cowboy style, I held the girls while they danced) and shot pool there back in high school and that was a few years ago! The Inn was ancient then.

Hu

 

[jgpool]

No Flame

So much for the first paragraph in my original post!

I don't feel this is a flame war. I think it has been a very inciteful conversation with people who disagree. Which is acceptable. If I am in anyway flaming anyone PLEASE let me know and I will reconsider my comments.

 

[ShootingArts]

no danger of a decoy

Sorry for jumping in on that one. It just bothered me that the word was used in a comment about choosing a better word. The whole purpose of using that word is to offend, or it would not even exist to be used the way it was used. It was not necessary.

The description of the old colored man drew more sympathy than contempt from me. The driver obviously felt the same way. The bad thing is that so many people have been harmed by decoy situations. Because of that, most would never stop, due to the possible danger to themselves and those with them. If there are passengers, there is a responsibility to their safety to be considered, as much as the situation the old man may or may not be in. That's one of those situations where you have to make a decision and hope you made the right one.

You guys go on and fuss some more. I'm gonna take a while off, again. Just had to jump in and spit a couple of things out.

No Danger of it being a decoy situation. As I said, the man was walking down the road. In the wetlands there is the highway, the shoulder, and a very large canal level with the road full of 'gators and stuff. Anyone hiding would be too far away to get into play. A filthy old man staggering down the road wouldn't be someone's choice of decoy anyway. A friend was decoyed by a nude young lady in the middle of the desert but that is another story!

Hu

 

[Neil]

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[!Smorgass Bored]

Anythings Possible

No Danger of it being a decoy situation. As I said, the man was walking down the road. In the wetlands there is the highway, the shoulder, and a very large canal level with the road full of 'gators and stuff. Anyone hiding would be too far away to get into play. A filthy old man staggering down the road wouldn't be someone's choice of decoy anyway. A friend was decoyed by a nude young lady in the middle of the desert but that is another story!

Hu

Maybe he thought that he saw an O-assis...
Doug
( hey, it could happen )

 

[JesPiddlin]

...A friend was decoyed by a nude young lady in the middle of the desert but that is another story!

I don't think that was a decoy. That was a mirage. And, he probably asked her if she was gonna be there tomorrow, too.

 

[ShootingArts]

Oh well . . .

I don't think that was a decoy. That was a mirage. And, he probably asked her if she was gonna be there tomorrow, too.

Doug and Jes, I can see I'd just as soon give up the tail, oops, tale!

Roland was maybe twenty miles outside Resume Speed, West Texas when he came upon a young lady nude. Well, he knew his wife was an understanding sort, especially if she never found out, so he stopped. A man with a pistol was laying out in the low scrub brush and once Roland stopped and was away from his car he accosted Roland and relieved him of his nice watch and wallet, maybe a ring or two. Then the gunman wants Roland to disrobe so he is slowed down going for help and he and the girl, now dressed, were going to take Roland's new Mercury. (This was back in the day when it was the big road machine.)

All of this took some time, giving Roland time to think: "How did you know about the money in the trunk?" "What money?" He and Roland go to the trunk and Roland opens it. There is indeed an old money bag behind the spare tire with a few tools in it. The guy tells Roland to get it. "No, you are going to shoot me if I bend over!" They go around awhile but Roland is persistent and that money bag is laying there fat and pretty.

I visited Roland a couple days later and he asked me if I wanted a nice wrist watch. Seemed he had an extra. When the guy finally leaned into the trunk for the money bag Roland slammed the trunk lid on the small of his back a couple of times and then leaned on the trunk and went to work on his kidneys with a fist. When he finally took his weight off of the trunk the fight was over.

Roland being the type that was easily annoyed then made the pair strip, took their money, clothes, and possessions, and left them to sunburn. At that time Roland had killed at least two people and shot another besides his time in combat for Uncle Sam, he wasn't really the right guy to play games with.

The story was funny enough he did tell his wife when he got home. He is another good friend gone that left behind dozens of tales, some I knew were true because I was there.

Hu

 

[JoeyA]

The story was funny enough he did tell his wife when he got home. He is another good friend gone that left behind dozens of tales, some I knew were true because I was there.

Hu

Is Roland the reason why you occasionally have trouble with your back?
JoeyA

 

[ShootingArts]

ya got me!

Is Roland the reason why you occasionally have trouble with your back?
JoeyA

You are right however it was something to do with a certain "filly" he turned me on to, not a Merc trunk lid!

To keep the post sorta on topic, watch out for black girls especially when they weigh over a thousand pounds!

Hu

 

[LAMas]

If someone hears "Latino," and instantly thinks it's used in the negative way, they are the ones assigning the negative connotation, not the one using the term.

Back in the day, in East Los Angeles, when most Chicanos were legal and called the illegal ones Mojarros, the name Latino was well respected. With the influx of illegal Latinos and the eruption of the MS13 gang and their ilk driving up the crime rates, it is not percieved as always a positive description - rightly so.

 

[BazookaJoe]

Dang!!!!

Do you guys think this deeply when you're watching South Park or Carlos Mencia? Or do you actually let yourself laugh?

 

[Andrew Manning]

Do you guys think this deeply when you're watching South Park or Carlos Mencia? Or do you actually let yourself laugh?

I laugh at South Park. There's nothing funny about Carlos Mencia.

-Andrew

 

[BazookaJoe]

I laugh at South Park. There's nothing funny about Carlos Mencia.

-Andrew

Really?
I think he's funny as hell

 

[jgpool]

Hiding!

No, it's not a joke......... YET.
They were all looking for an Eskimo.

Doug
( THEN it has the makings of a Joke )





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They were hiding from the Sicilian Eskimo!! Is anyone else offended by jimmy-leggs avatar?

 

[jgpool]

Always laugh.

Do you guys think this deeply when you're watching South Park or Carlos Mencia? Or do you actually let yourself laugh?

I always laugh. Smorg was gone for awhile eating 2 lobsters and never ending shrimp so there was no one to joke with. Having said that I thought I would exercise the deep part of my brain for awhile. A good discussion sometimes can be stimulating and at my age stimulation is out of the norm.