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- JoltinJacket - 07-29-2005 01:14 AM These pitiful, simple-minded PC emme-effers. What will they reach for next? Heard this blurb of Headline News earlier. Some PC group wants those "men at work" construction signs banned from all streets, construction sites, etc. They said that "workers at work" or "persons at work" are acceptable replacements. Discuss. - georgia_tech_swagger - 07-29-2005 01:35 AM Re: PC nazis..... I think daddy needed to take them into his bedroom... drop their pants... rare back... and give them the arse beating of a lifetime. That will instill a good sense of "where your rights end you arrogant little brat" for life. - flyingswoosh - 07-29-2005 06:46 AM i always knew this would happen. everytime i see those signs, i get to wondering when people will declare these sexist. - jrhessey - 07-29-2005 07:55 AM There was a Rick Reilly article "No Man's Land"in SI in September of 2002 about a Womens only golf course in Toronto. Very interesting article... It surprising you don't here Martha Burke complainging about this or forging protests to get us in... it is in the September 16, 2002, near the back. I'm not sure if I still have it or not, I'm trying to find it online, but can't... Anyways here is another guys comments, from GolfEdmonton.com, on the same course after reading Reilly's article... Quote:I grabbed an old Sports Illustrated the other day, the one I’d left sitting downstairs in the room I refer to as my ever-changing shrine to the game of golf. - SouthGAEagle - 07-29-2005 10:10 AM Personally, I think the sign should say "Men sitting around doing nothing but causing a major headache for drivers while they take their long lunch breaks." :D As the old joke says.... Q. What's yellow and sleeps 3? A. A Georgia D.O.T. truck. OK, serious now: If it said "Males at Work" I could see where they're coming from. But, it used to be that "men" could mean people of the male gender, or it could also mean humans in general. "Mankind" doesn't exclude women... it's just easier to write than man/womankind or (wo)mankind. Also, street signs need to be consise. Ever notice that they leave off punctuation on street signs? Check it out the next time you "DONT WALK". "MEN AT WORK" gets the message across in only 9 letters. And really, don't these women have better things to do, like fighting breast cancer, rape, malnutrition, etc? - Laettners Legacy - 07-29-2005 10:25 AM shutup, go to work, and quit ruining my life! - PirateTreasureNC - 07-29-2005 10:25 AM What's next..the band will have to change its name *sigh* - Lucy - 07-29-2005 10:31 AM Do you come from a land down under? - NOLEY - 07-29-2005 10:34 AM I dont see the big deal with "MEN AT WORK" I have seen the Mommy signs before I think in Jacksonville last week... Geeez the big <span style='color:orange'>ORANGE</span> sign clues me in I may want to slow the roll or better yet "speeding fines double in work zone" that is another clue people are in the area! ~NOLEY~ :wave: - blah - 07-29-2005 10:37 AM SouthGAEagle Wrote:And really, don't these women have better things to do, like fighting breast cancer, rape, malnutrition, etc?You forgot making dinner and cleaning the house..... :D - NOLEY - 07-29-2005 10:42 AM blah Wrote:Oh that was almost funny :rolleyes: hey blahSouthGAEagle Wrote:And really, don't these women have better things to do, like fighting breast cancer, rape, malnutrition, etc?You forgot making dinner and cleaning the house..... :D ~NOLEY~:wave - blah - 07-29-2005 10:49 AM NOLEY Wrote:Are you disappointed that I forgot the barefoot and pregnant piece?blah Wrote:Oh that was almost funny :rolleyes: hey blahSouthGAEagle Wrote:And really, don't these women have better things to do, like fighting breast cancer, rape, malnutrition, etc?You forgot making dinner and cleaning the house..... :D It was a joke....Don't be such a "See You Next Tuesday." - NOLEY - 07-29-2005 10:53 AM That is it I will continue to clean the camper trailer why Bubba grades the road.... Seriously it is stupid that they are changing the signs..... - SouthGAEagle - 07-29-2005 10:57 AM blah Wrote:Blah, you gotta admit, you kinda deserved the nutkick on that one! :roflol:NOLEY Wrote:Are you disappointed that I forgot the barefoot and pregnant piece?blah Wrote:Oh that was almost funny :rolleyes: hey blahSouthGAEagle Wrote:And really, don't these women have better things to do, like fighting breast cancer, rape, malnutrition, etc?You forgot making dinner and cleaning the house..... :D - flyingswoosh - 07-29-2005 11:11 AM blah Wrote::roflol:SouthGAEagle Wrote:And really, don't these women have better things to do, like fighting breast cancer, rape, malnutrition, etc?You forgot making dinner and cleaning the house..... :D - Guest - 07-29-2005 11:31 AM NOLEY Wrote:Well, in Florida, they have to have the 'Slow down my MOMMY works here' sign in order to make them believable. How many kids are actually going to know who their daddy is? - NOLEY - 07-29-2005 11:49 AM No Comment - Yawhooos - 07-29-2005 12:25 PM Good grief !! Damn wili it ever end :bang: - blah - 07-29-2005 12:26 PM OwlJacket Wrote:OwlJacket always jumps in there with a zinger to take it to the next level....Nice work. :roflol: :roflol: :roflol:NOLEY Wrote:Well, in Florida, they have to have the 'Slow down my MOMMY works here' sign in order to make them believable. How many kids are actually going to know who their daddy is? |