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Boxer's a Maam? Hmmm.. things I learn

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by tinytim, Jun 18, 2009.

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  1. Pastor Larry

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    The phrase in question is sufficiently tied to a particular issue so as not to be useful for any reasonable conversation. The fact that the urbandictionary defines it should be sufficient to call its usefulness into question.

    You don't further the conversation in any meaningful way by saying stupid things. As I say, her policies and priorities provide sufficient fodder.
     
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  2. tinytim

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    I agree... her policies and priorities are enough to not have any respect for her....
     
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    Please MP, you of all people have no right to say anything about name calling. You are the king and you know it. But, I'll change my title. Let's call her Mrs. Senator Bleeding Heart Liberal.
     
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  4. tinytim

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    Now, you know that whether or not she has heart problems does not play into this thread....

    Call her a lilly livered liberal.

    Oooop.... that implies she has liver problems...

    LOL

    What about Yellowed belly....
    Nope.. .that won't work, besides, that could be because of the bedwetting!

    All these euphemisms mean one thing...

    She has no right talking down to a General.
     
    #24 tinytim, Jun 19, 2009
  5. Bro. Curtis

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    It just cracks me up when you claim the Christian high road, Mr. "Caribou Barbie Pig Man".

    Physician, heal thyself.
     
    #25 Bro. Curtis, Jun 19, 2009
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    From a military perspective - we normally use the title "Sir" or "Madam" - to us that is a title of respect, for officers and civilians.
    Of course for NCO's we are addressed as Sergeant.

    She made much ado about nothing - especially since she interrupted the General during his answer.

    Sergeant Salty

    ps - I REFUSE to address someone by the so-called title of "Ms"
     
    #26 Salty, Jun 19, 2009
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    Why not? I address people by their own preference. It's called respect.

    Also Ms. is quite useful. First, why should a womans marital status be important? It is a holdover from when women were deemed a man's property. Mrs. actually is an abbreviation for "Mistress of". Secondly, if corresponding with a female, often her marital status is unknown. Miss could be seen as demeaning and childlike. Ms. is very useful in those situations, and preferable.
     
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    What I don't think Boxer (D-Beijing) realizes is that she really has no authority over them. Any cooperation or consideration they show her is a courtesy on their part, not any kind of obligation.
     
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    [​IMG]


    It's a MA'AM baby!!! Yeah!!
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    Same here. It's a made up title and I won't play the game.
     
    #30 JohnDeereFan, Jun 19, 2009
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    [​IMG]

    News Flash!!! ALL titles are "made up".
     
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    Note: Kettle just called pot black!
     
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    Wow, it's Bob Snow, with an off-topic insult.

    You, of course see nowhere where I use Christ to beat others over the head, but instead point out the inconsistency of those who do.

    But then again, from your short time here, I've noticed reading comprehension isn't a strong point of yours......

    I'll wait for your next "oh yeah, well, your stupid" posts, since that seems to be all you ever offer.
     
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    Good Ole Curtis, true to form! :laugh:
     
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    Hey Salty ... Hey John -

    You are certainly free to your opinion. Since I was the one who brought it up, I just wished you had addressed me when you gave it.

    Let me tell you why I go by that title and I won't belabor the subject. I assure you that I am playing no game.

    I don't go by "Miss" because I am 47 years old. I have not lived under my father's roof since I was 19. In my circle of friends, relatives, and acquaintances, "Miss" is a title for an unmarried woman, aged 20-ish and younger who is still under her father's roof and authority. I respect my father's opinions, beliefs, and strength of character. I often ask his advice and he asks mine. I will honor him long after he dies. I will honor him until the day that I die. But I am not his "Miss". And he, hard-core conservative that he is, respects that. If he's the only man who does .... that's fine with me.

    I don't go by "Mrs." obviously because I am not married.

    I have used title, "Ms." for about 20+ years. I use it to mean that I am an unmarried woman who is no longer a young girl and who does not live under her father's house.

    Many of my students and parents of my students will accidentally write or speak "Mrs" because the average woman my age is married and the average school teacher is married.

    As I said earlier, I do not correct them after my initial introduction to my name. I simply sign all of my correspondence with my preferred title and leave it at that.

    And that's what I will do here ... I will leave it at that.

    Have a great day.
     
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    As far as I can tell, spinsters are still refered to as "Miss".
     
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    Ha! Brother ..... this is a spinster. [​IMG]

    This is me. [​IMG]

    Now, you are going to have to write lines on my chalkboard. 25 times. "I will not call an unmarried woman a spinster."

    Here ... I'll get you started. [​IMG]
     
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    Why not?

    spin·ster (spĭn'stər)
    n.
    A woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying.
    A single woman.
    A person whose occupation is spinning.

    [Middle English spinnestere, female spinner of thread : spinnen, to spin; see spin + -estere, -ster, -ster.]
    spin'ster·hood' n., spin'ster·ish, spin'ster·ly adj.

    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
    Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
    Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
     
    #38 JohnDeereFan, Jun 19, 2009
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    [​IMG]
    Hard to believe there are guys like this still roaming the earth!


    Time to
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    #39 Magnetic Poles, Jun 19, 2009
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    Why?

    What's wrong with calling a spinster a spinster? I looked in a couple of books and I couldn't find anything that says that spinsters are not to be adressed as "Miss".
     
    #40 JohnDeereFan, Jun 20, 2009
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