Re: Hello World

Blinky the Shark wrote

> Stateside, here, a year or two ago some public servant lost his job
> for using the word "niggardly" in a speech. It means "cheap" or
> "greedy". It's etymology has nothing at all to do with the forbidden
> "n" word. He lost his job amid a big media stink because of the
> ignorance and paranoia of others.

There's plenty of that here in the UK too. Such words as "blackboard" or
"blacklist" have been deemed not politically correct.

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Charles Sweeney wrote:

> There's plenty of that here in the UK too. Such words as "blackboard" or
> "blacklist" have been deemed not politically correct.

The one that really gets me is that we aren't supposed to use "brain
storm" because epileptic people suffer from brain storms during a
seizure! Apparently, we're supposed to say "thought shower" instead,
which IMHO sounds like something perverts would do behind closed doors.

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Dylan Parry wrote

> Apparently, we're supposed to say "thought shower"

LOL! That's just political correctness gone mad!

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Dylan Parry wrote:
> Charles Sweeney wrote:

>> There's plenty of that here in the UK too. Such words as "blackboard" or
>> "blacklist" have been deemed not politically correct.

> The one that really gets me is that we aren't supposed to use "brain
> storm" because epileptic people suffer from brain storms during a
> seizure! Apparently, we're supposed to say "thought shower" instead,
> which IMHO sounds like something perverts would do behind closed doors.

A thought shower would be fantasizing about doing the real one with
someone.

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Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Dylan Parry wrote:
>> Charles Sweeney wrote:
>
>>> There's plenty of that here in the UK too. Such words as
>>> "blackboard" or "blacklist" have been deemed not politically
>>> correct.
>
>> The one that really gets me is that we aren't supposed to use "brain
>> storm" because epileptic people suffer from brain storms during a
>> seizure! Apparently, we're supposed to say "thought shower" instead,

Comes to close to racing thoughts, which is no fun at some times :-D.
Which is sometimes called brain storm too, but I prefer waterfall of
thoughts :-D.

>> which IMHO sounds like something perverts would do behind closed
>> doors.
>
> A thought shower would be fantasizing about doing the real one with
> someone.

:-D.

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John Bokma wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:

>> Dylan Parry wrote:
>>> Charles Sweeney wrote:

>>>> There's plenty of that here in the UK too. Such words as
>>>> "blackboard" or "blacklist" have been deemed not politically
>>>> correct.

>>> The one that really gets me is that we aren't supposed to use "brain
>>> storm" because epileptic people suffer from brain storms during a
>>> seizure! Apparently, we're supposed to say "thought shower" instead,

> Comes to close to racing thoughts, which is no fun at some times :-D.
> Which is sometimes called brain storm too, but I prefer waterfall of
> thoughts :-D.

>>> which IMHO sounds like something perverts would do behind closed
>>> doors.

>> A thought shower would be fantasizing about doing the real one with
>> someone.

>:-D.

Either kind.

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