PC stupidity!

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buzz_knox

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Just a little story that shows the depths of PC stupidity.

I'm famous for dresing conservatively at work. Well, today I wore a colored shirt with my suit. I was chatting with a fellow attorney a few minutes ago and a secretary came by and commented on how I looked better in colored shirts. She then stammered an apology for saying "colored shirt" in front of the other attorney, who is black. She then said that showed how unprejudiced she was, that she would use the word "colored" around an African-American without thinking about it. Huh?

It didn't help her, though, that I immediately corrected her and said the proper term is "shirt of color." I later stated that I would found the NAACS: the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Shirts. As you can tell, I'm a bit non-PC and irreverant.
 
Just out of curiosity, what was the other gentleman's reaction after she wandered off muttering to herself?

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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
Fred Reed
 
Sheeesh...I suppose I ought to offer an apology to genitals of male Jewish persuasion when I call someone a schmuck, too. :rolleyes:
 
Oleg -
I'm not sure of the etymology of "schmuck," but are you sure you're not thinking of "putz?"

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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
Fred Reed
 
Which reminds me of an old classic.

Bubba finally buys him a bass boat after working OT for several years. The next Saturday he's out on the local lake, but he can't get a nibble. He sees a feller in a boat who is just pulling them in, one after another. He motors over and says, "Sorry to bother you, buddy, but I can't catch a thing and you're haulin' them in like crazy. What's your secret?" The fella replies, "Well, don't tell anyone, but I'm a cardiac surgeon, and I use leftover bits of human heart for bait." Bubba nods his head, realizing that he can't use this new knowledge, and goes back to fishing, unsuccessfully.

Next weekend, Bubba's back out on the lake, and again doesn't get a bite. He sees yet another guy reeling in fish after fish. He motors over, and asks what this fella's secret is. "Well, don't tell anyone, but I'm a plastic surgeon, and I use leftover bits of human skin for bait." Well, again Bubba learns something he can't use.

One more weekend, one more lousy day fishing. And of course, one more guy wearing his net out. Bubba motors over and says, "I bet you're a surgeon." The fella answers, "No, actually, I'm a rabbi."
 
Schmuck, Yiddish, 1892.

From Shmok. Literally, penis.



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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
 
Buzz Knox, if I didn't know you at least a little I'd swear you were lying through your teeth--where the hell do these people come from? How do they operate computers and drive cars?
 
What tickles me pink about these morons, is that you will find the very PC folk out there refering to blacks in Africa as "African Americans". Hell, most of them haven't even seen pictures of America, and we're already granting them quasi citizenship. I guess a Black frenchman would be called African American too.
I've also heard that we shouldn't post the 10 commandments on the classroom walls for fear of offending Jewish people. This was on a local radio call-in show.
At a school my wife worked at, Qwanza was refered to by another teacher as a religious holiday for blacks. My wife asked her: "What religion would that be?" She recieved a puzzled look.
 
Just remember that the PC crowd is the real uncorrect bunch, Jews where not PC in germany in 1942. Its just a Liberal criminal thing that sounds good as "PC". We have a Constitution that says we do not need to be "PC". That is the basis of our nation. PC=NAZI in a kinder nicer term. We have political police now? Its "PC" to vote for Gore too. :) :)
 
Mike -
Thanks. Gotta get me a better dictionary - Webster's Ninth Collegiate is OK for most stuff, but every once in a while...

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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
Fred Reed
 
Reminds me of the time my father and I were at the store and I was looking for some white gloves (dressing up for performance). My father approached a black woman behind the counter and asked her for "white mens' gloves". As we were leaving the store a while later (they didn't have any gloves) he realized how it may have sounded to a PC type person and we both had a laugh. To the woman's credit she didn't take it the wrong way.
Y'know, with all of the laws against "hate crimes" soon it will be supremely illegal to shoot anyone but straight, white men. On the other hand I have never been sure when murder/maiming/assault has been caused by anything BUT hate whatever the religion, race, or creed of the victim. The older I get the more I think either I am a lone nutcase or the majority of people are screwy on a lot of issues. The odds are not in my favor!

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Those who use arms well cultivate the Way and keep the rules.Thus they can govern in such a way as to prevail over the corrupt- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
 
One time years ago I was delivering a load in Virginia . I was about third trailer in line so I had time for lunch . I went to a BBQ joint about a block away . It was a salt and pepper crowd and all the help were black . I ordered the special and the woman asked me if I wanted bread and what kind. I replied " Yes , white bread ." You coulda heard a pin drop . The woman said " Light bread ? " I said "yes" and life went on . This was about 1975 .
Being a truck driver things like this happened a lot . Back in 1970 I tried to order an English Muffin in a truck stop in Georgia . She gave me a Honey Bun .

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TOM
SASS AMERICAN LEGION NRA
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ivanhoe:
Which reminds me of an old classic.

One more weekend, one more lousy day fishing. And of course, one more guy wearing his net out. Bubba motors over and says, "I bet you're a surgeon." The fella answers, "No, actually, I'm a rabbi."

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The feller who does the circumscision is called a moel. The rabbi doesn't do it.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Oleg Volk:
Sheeesh...I suppose I ought to offer an apology to genitals of male Jewish persuasion when I call someone a schmuck, too. :rolleyes:[/quote]

Oleg, I thought Genitals was the name for people who were NOT of the Jewish Persuasion?

Confused,

Ledbetter
 
"What tickles me pink about these morons, is that you will find the very PC folk out there refering to blacks in Africa as "African Americans". "

I think the proper term is African Africans.

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- Ron V.
 
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