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Re: Chronic For The Tonic

Covertwalrus — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 02:49:12 -0000

Notably on Femonade, august 30 2009:" There's no such thing as misandry, its a made-up word that makes you look stupid and its as mysogynistic as f**k, so stop using it"

And not just feminists. Try this quote from someone smart enough to invent Climate Change and Nuclear winter; “She had to fight against developing too combative a personality or
becoming altogether a misanthrope. She suddenly caught herself.
"Misanthrope" is someone who dislikes everybody, not just men.
And
they certainly had a word for someone who hates women: "misogynist." But
the male lexicographers had somehow neglected to coin a word for the
dislike of men. They were almost entirely men themselves, she thought,
and had been unable to imagine a market for such a word.”

―

Carl Sagan,

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Re: Chronic For The Tonic

Covertwalrus — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 16:30:11 -0000

I don't know - A few neat Gins might improve this customer's outlook :D

Re: Chronic For The Tonic

Covertwalrus — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 16:28:20 -0000

And they say misandry doesn't exist.

Re: Holding On To That Bakers’ Dozen

Covertwalrus — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 16:22:06 -0000

This really isn't funny. It's clearly dementia.

Re: Okay… Rude!

Covertwalrus — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:19:44 -0000

Of course, the customer coudl have demantia, whcih would explain the childish behaviour.

Re: Cover Every Eventuality Except The Customer Being Right

Covertwalrus — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:15:07 -0000

Or they could have dementia.

Re: Not In Receipt Of Common Sense

Covertwalrus — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:13:01 -0000

In this case, it could be dementia too.

Re: Karen Wants Her Pudding

Covertwalrus — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:09:11 -0000

So, no-one finds it odd that the customer seems to *insist* on calling it "Roast Pudding" when it's repeatedly called by the correct term, Yorkshire Pudding to theri face? No? Just me? Okay then . . .

Re: I Have Seen The Light… And It Is Not Good

Covertwalrus — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:01:05 -0000

Not really funny. This sounds like dementia.

Re: That’s A Compliment In Anyone’s Book

Covertwalrus — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 02:38:38 -0000

My post started out full of HTML tags - Each word was put in seperately.

Re: You Bruise, You Lose

Covertwalrus — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:46:31 -0000

There's a lot of stuff like this happeneing aroudn the globe - Check the "Lowering The Bar" website for more.

Re: Christmas In July!

Covertwalrus — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:42:04 -0000

Someone with Dementia?

Re: When Leaving The Zoo Please Adopt A Different Attitude

Covertwalrus — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:41:23 -0000

Maybe they have Dementia?

Re: The Compliant Client

Covertwalrus — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:38:02 -0000

Given the current POTUS you can see why.

Re: The Compliant Client

Covertwalrus — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:36:52 -0000

Some do. Have you ever met anyone with Tay-Sachs Disease in their twenties?

Re: The Compliant Client

Covertwalrus — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:35:53 -0000

. . . Well played, sir, well played.

Re: The Compliant Client

Covertwalrus — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:35:04 -0000

You know, that makes sense.
I recently read that one of the reasons many social clubs are falling off in popularity and numbers of members is because they are open to men and women now; And a *lot* of men are pressured not to join or even quit, because the wives in question fear that being with other women will lead to unfaithfulness.

Re: You’re Awful – For The Record

Covertwalrus — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:30:12 -0000

I recall a similar story that was solved in an even simpler manner; the staff at Penthouse magazine ( When it was still published in England, and when it stiill had some class ) were pestered by a man who would call up, and when the phone was answered, say "Knickers" and hang up. More amused and annoyed than anything else, the female staff put up with this for some time, until a new hire came in; She answered the phone, he gave his usual response, to which she quickly replied "Socks".
There was a gasp from the other end of the line. Then the voice said " You dirty b****" and hung up.
Never to call back.

Re: The Kind Of People Who Think Ketchup Is A Spice

Covertwalrus — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 01:57:39 -0000

Have you had Marmite, though?

Re: That’s A Compliment In Anyone’s Book

Covertwalrus — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 06:20:14 -0000

No idea.
No-one's really tried to turn me on ;/

Re: That’s A Compliment In Anyone’s Book

Covertwalrus — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 06:19:20 -0000

I was until I read what my post looks like, after it was flagged "Our moderators will clear this shortly".

Re: That’s A Compliment In Anyone’s Book

Covertwalrus — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:08:55 -0000

Maybe the *concept* of bookshops has become lost as the exposure people have to them becomes less and less over time. After all, most books bought online are self-published . . .

Re: So That’s Where It Went Wrong…

Covertwalrus — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:21:58 -0000

In this case, the person involved used phrases like "corporate irresponsiibility", "persecution of decent workers and undocumented citizens" and "pandering to fat-cats" during the discussion, which are palinly emotive dogmas . . . And IMHO irreleavnt to the discussion ( We were talking about the lack of funding for astronomy at the time )
*Opens Dictionary Tab* Not sure "supercilious' counts here; What the person I was referring to generally does is when confronted with a question like "When can we see [product] available?" or "Will [Feature] be part of the [Product]?" replies with such comments as " I'm really glad you asked that! You'll be pelasantly surpised at how we have handled that issue, and I can tell you , we are working away busily behind the scenes here in a dynamic fashion to achieve all that and more! Morevover, we are aiming at a release very soon - which will astound everyone, let me tell you! - somewhere around [month]"
When nothign happens in [month], and he's asked about it he replies " Pretty sure I didn't specify with any certainty [month ] would see anything . . . After all, if you knew what was happening and what still needs doing here to perfect this great [product] you'd know the challenges we face . . "
Not so much "Behaving or looking as though one is superior to others " ( Definition of supercilious) more like "Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending one knows less about soemthign than one really does" ( Definition of disingenuous ). Though Ingenuous in the meaning of "shrewd and sharp-witted" *could* apply.
In any event it underlines my point about reading comprehension not being a good test for voting eligibility.

Re: So That’s Where It Went Wrong…

Covertwalrus — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 21:03:41 -0000

Probably for the same reason no-one has ever tried to ride a bicycle at the speed of light; The evidence is against the success.
That evidence being the constant failure to create a non-biased and "fair" IQ test that didn't have some form of cultural, etnhic or social imbalance, real or imagined.

Re: Coconuts About Dairy

Covertwalrus — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 18:49:14 -0000

"I resent that! I'm as American as you are!" - George Donner, Jeffrey Dahmer, Boone Helm, Albert Fish, William Seabrook, Alfred Packard, Michael Woodmansee, Stanley Dean Baker, Omaima Aree Nelson, and Antron Singleton.