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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:01:57 GMT, "rb608"
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I'd not call a
"sexist" marketing scheme for _toys_ demeaning, I'd call it stupid -
what do kids really know or care about sexism? Are you sure it was
"sexist?"

FWIW, the product was Hasbro's "Rose Petal Cottage". The TV ad that set me
off was within typical norms of little girls playing with dolls & doll
houses; but the voiceover of "inspiring your imagination" while showing a
little girl putting landry into a washing machine was way past acceptable
for me.

MY GOD!! Little kids playing house and doing laundry! The exploitive
*******s! So, I'm curious...do you and your family simply throw away
that day's clothes, have the servants do it, send it out, or ??? Me
personally, I have a staff of course, but don't you common people have
to do menial things like that? I mean, I was in a grocery once (hey, I
needed ice for cocktails, and the machine in the Roller was on the
blink...) and I saw all sorts of that stuff the help puts in that thing
with the window, so I figure at least SOME of you folks do it...laundry,
not landry...although if it were Ali, I'd be game to give her, er, it a
go...

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, you're calling the Maytag repairma...er,
repairperson,
R
....I mean, they didn't show 'em ridin' the dryer or anything, right?

Saw a news report the other night about all the F-15's being
grounded. They led off with an aircraft taking off from a carrier.
Even the wiff was calling them a bunch of idiots (for the uninitiated,
F-15s are land-based, USAF fighters. They don't do well with carrier
landings. No Starbucks on the carrier).
Frank Reid

rw wrote:
rb608 wrote:

On Nov 9, 1:16 pm, rw wrote:

My fishing partner, Tatiania (we called her "Tits")



I'm probably more PC than most, but I still gotta say, no matter how
affectionately that's meant, no matter how funny it may be, and no
matter how much that may not bother her, that's just wrong.


Well, she actually has a sense of humor, and I'm sure that how you feel
about her nickname is of no concern to her. You should hear some of the
stuff she called her friends. The river guides around here are a pretty
profane bunch.

BTW, when I wrote that "we" called her Tits I wasn't referring to just
me and the other guy in the raft. I was referring to ALL of her circle
of friends in Stanley, probably at least half of whom are women.

Unfortunately, the rafting company was sold last year and most of the
staff left. I really enjoyed hanging with that crowd, even though they
were half my age.

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On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:23:50 -0800, rb608
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On Nov 9, 1:16 pm, rw wrote:
My fishing partner, Tatiania (we called her "Tits")

I'm probably more PC than most, but I still gotta say, no matter how
affectionately that's meant, no matter how funny it may be, and no
matter how much that may not bother her, that's just wrong.

You realize he's just trailing, right? Oh, "they" probably do call her
"tits" and she may act like she thinks it's funny (or may even like it,
but I'd have to, um, well, see 'em in real life to believe it...), but
I'd offer that it's her call to make and, um, well, her hills to defend
if she thinks they need defending.

Thus explaining the need for you to enter yet another conversation with
nothing to add to it.......right?

I'd be interested to know something. You say you are "PC," and are a
"liberal," yet you'd categorically deny a woman the right to be called
whatever she wished, yet you don't seem to have any opinion on when such
involves one guy calling another guy something that parallels "tits."

I'm going to guess that I'm the only person here who missed your proof that
the woman in question (or any other, for that matter) has been denied her
right to be called whatever she wishes. Could you (or anyone else) please
repost that? Thanks, awfully.

I'll temper that opinion with the confession that on one of the blogs
I frequent, I posted a diary railing against a toy manufacturer for
what I though was an incredibly demeaning sexist marketing scheme for
one of its toys. The blog is unquestionably on the "liberal" side of
things, and I expected a sympathetic audience for my rant. I was
wrong; opinion was split almost exactly 50:50. So what do I know.

Well, see, that's the problem with trying to be politically correct -
everybody is with a different party or wing thereof...

No, that's not the problem. In fact, it's not even "a" problem.

and I'd not call a
"sexist" marketing scheme for _toys_ demeaning,

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

I'd call it stupid -

As some of us would you. So?

what do kids really know or care about sexism?

They learn their first lessons in sexism before they can speak. If you
think about it, this puts them well ahead of you......on a great number of
issues.

Are you sure it was "sexist?"

Imbecile.

Wolfgang

"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
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On Nov 9, 1:16 pm, rw wrote:
My fishing partner, Tatiania (we called her "Tits")

It's obvious it's short for Tatiania.

Moron.

Wolfgang

"rw" wrote in message
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rw wrote:
rb608 wrote:

On Nov 9, 1:16 pm, rw wrote:

My fishing partner, Tatiania (we called her "Tits")



I'm probably more PC than most, but I still gotta say, no matter how
affectionately that's meant, no matter how funny it may be, and no
matter how much that may not bother her, that's just wrong.


Well, she actually has a sense of humor, and I'm sure that how you feel
about her nickname is of no concern to her. You should hear some of the
stuff she called her friends. The river guides around here are a pretty
profane bunch.

BTW, when I wrote that "we" called her Tits I wasn't referring to just me
and the other guy in the raft. I was referring to ALL of her circle of
friends in Stanley, probably at least half of whom are women.

Well.....gosh.....how charming.

Unfortunately, the rafting company was sold last year and most of the
staff left. I really enjoyed hanging with that crowd, even though they
were half my age.

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

Wolfgang

jeffc wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.
They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away. The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast.


The more curling line swirling about in the air, the better.

Irt makes for an interesting photo for someone who doesn't know what
they're looking at.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

rw wrote:
jeffc wrote:

"rw" wrote in message
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Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting
company (owned by some friends) that had very little experience with
flyfishing. They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and
the photographer (another close friend) shot away. The photo they
picked showed an embarrassingly bad cast.



The more curling line swirling about in the air, the better.


Irt makes for an interesting photo for someone who doesn't know what
they're looking at.


"Irt" = "It" :-)

I'm the next-to-worst typist in ROFF.

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On Dec 3, 1:03 am, "jeffc" wrote:
"rw" wrote in message

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Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.
They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away. The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast.

The more curling line swirling about in the air, the better.

I cast cast reasonably well.... when no one is looking. However, the
instant a tourist whips out a camera, I am DOOMED!

The line gets sloppy and everything just screws up, it a wonder I
don't catch myself more with all the cameras around here in the summer
months.