(October 3, 2018 at 10:54 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Might as well post this here, it's already "out there".

Love the eyebrows  

(October 4, 2018 at 1:12 am)Joods Wrote:

(September 28, 2018 at 9:24 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Is that a Dr Who joke?

No. Sadly it's a shortened version of retard. People could have picked a better word than that one. And as usual,  it'll get laughed off or downplayed so that it looks innocent. Sorry, not sorry but no one uses that word unless they mean it in a derogatory manner.

I have a child with mental retardation. It isn't funny. Ever.

Hmm, I was reading it as a different way to say turd.

Love you, Joods, you know that

(October 3, 2018 at 10:54 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Might as well post this here, it's already "out there".

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That's the face of too much coffee if I ever saw one.

What's the check on the wall?

(October 4, 2018 at 9:18 am)wyzas Wrote:

(October 4, 2018 at 1:34 am)Joods Wrote: Fair point. However,  the only way we can get rid of the stereotype is to stop using words like that. After all, who do you think the younger generation learns from?

We know better and should strive to be better.

I think you might be a little to close to the issue to have perspective when it comes to any version of the word retardation. It's coming off as a little too  PC.

Whether I was close to the issue or not, the fact remains and I stand by what I said. No one ever uses that word as a compliment. Ever.

(October 4, 2018 at 3:11 pm)Joods Wrote:

(October 4, 2018 at 9:18 am)wyzas Wrote: I think you might be a little to close to the issue to have perspective when it comes to any version of the word retardation. It's coming off as a little too  PC.

Whether I was close to the issue or not, the fact remains and I stand by what I said. No one ever uses that word as a compliment. Ever.

No, but they do use it to poke fun, and not in a malicious way.

(October 4, 2018 at 4:45 pm)wyzas Wrote:

(October 4, 2018 at 3:11 pm)Joods Wrote: Whether I was close to the issue or not, the fact remains and I stand by what I said. No one ever uses that word as a compliment. Ever.

No, but they do use it to poke fun, and not in a malicious way.

I'm sorry but using someone else's disability (mental retardation) to poke fun at someone else isn't funny. Shame on you for thinking that it is.

(October 4, 2018 at 4:47 pm)Joods Wrote:

(October 4, 2018 at 4:45 pm)wyzas Wrote: No, but they do use it to poke fun, and not in a malicious way.

I'm sorry but using someone else's disability (mental retardation) to poke fun at someone else isn't funny. Shame on you for thinking that it is.

Spaz.

Edit: Better put these on your list of unspeakables: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_di...nnotations

(October 4, 2018 at 10:48 am)wyzas Wrote:

(October 3, 2018 at 10:54 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Might as well post this here, it's already "out there".

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That's the face of too much coffee if I ever saw one.

What's the check on the wall?

Check for $0.09 from the Infernal Revenue Service. They sent me six of those, I never cashed any. Probably drove some bean counter crazy, with any luck.

And yes, the Australia calendar is right side up.

(October 3, 2018 at 10:54 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Might as well post this here, it's already "out there".

Loved you in the Flash Gordon movies!

Just for future reference...

So I just got back from a road trip to the northwest.  I allowed three days to drive up to Vancouver, B.C. where we stayed three nights, then Bainbridge Island in Washington for three, then Oregon for two nights in Silverton and two in Ashland.  I'm pretty sure I already shared the one of me eating dinner with Chthulu and Kitty.  Here are some pics of the places I visited.

Around Vancouver:










I wasn't even going to go to Butchart gardens in Victoria but when I read you could bring your dog in on leash .. neither the $100 both ways on the ferry nor the $65/person entry could keep me away.  First one of me and the boy and then one of the missus.







Here are a couple from gardens on Bainbridge Island, WA.