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Sign of the times: Atlanta road signs to be gender neutral
National Union of Public and General Employess(Canada) ^ | July 14, 200

Posted on 07/14/2008 3:29:56 PM PDT by DallasBiff

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To: Cobra64
We used to refer to them sarcastically as personpersons in the seventies
21 posted on 07/14/2008 4:02:24 PM PDT by NathanR
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To: Cobra64

“You fogot the “Hu-man Resource department.
Hu-MANkind. What happened to the mail-MAN?”

Please, one cultural language disaster at a time, OK, Pal . . . er, Creature-type Thing! (It’s hard to keep up . . )


22 posted on 07/14/2008 4:04:17 PM PDT by laweeks ( to)
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To: laweeks
"Well, let’s see . . ."

TRUTH IN ADVERTISING:

Unqualified Affirmative Action Hirelings Ahead

Caution - Females Leaning On Shovels

Your Tax Dollars Not At Work

Men Working (Others Just Watching The Clock)

23 posted on 07/14/2008 4:07:29 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: ought-six

“What I never understood is that these feminists who seem to loathe men so much always have their faces made up with a half-inch of make-up, which makes me wonder — why?”

Well, if the makeup fell off, you’d gag. What’s that old saying, “Her looks could knock a buzzard off a $hit wagon! Make a train take a dirt road!” . . . you know the rest!


24 posted on 07/14/2008 4:07:46 PM PDT by laweeks ( to)
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To: laweeks

I have been informed that the term “black coffee” is considered offensive to some people.

To placate those people, the preferred term is “coffee au naturelle”.

Some things sound so silly that you can’t believe that people believe these things.


25 posted on 07/14/2008 4:09:16 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Iron Munro

Hate to be too nasty, but the only time I see women at a construction site, they’re either standing there watching others work, or they’re holding those “SLOW/STOP” signs. Never seen one with a shovel or anything in the shovel ever.

Would love to make what they make per/hour though! Ah, gender-equality . . .


26 posted on 07/14/2008 4:10:45 PM PDT by laweeks ( to)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Some things sound so silly that you can’t believe that people believe these things.”

Hey, they have changed “religious” to “faith-based” (makes me gag), “homosexual” to “gay,” “God” to “Intelligent Design,” “Baby” to “Tissue mass (or my favorite, “Obligate Parasite”). . . so nothing at all surprises me.


27 posted on 07/14/2008 4:15:01 PM PDT by laweeks ( to)
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To: DallasBiff

Michael Medved had this woman on his show today. Every woman caller, and all but one man (and I use that term lightly), called in to tell her this whole thing is so trivial, it is ridiculous and an insult to women. Many criticized her for not mentioning and exalting motherhood as an honorable career choice for women. So many did so that Good complained about the number of critical calls to Medved. She came across a prissy, insincere busy body.

Btw, she wants all stick figures that look like men on those “Walk/Don’t Walk” electronic signs to be changed to look like women. She thinks that would be a good idea. “I am woman, hear me roar...”.


28 posted on 07/14/2008 4:26:50 PM PDT by Robwin
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To: laweeks; NathanR
I know. All this PC crap make ya dizzy and cross-eyed.

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29 posted on 07/14/2008 4:40:40 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: laweeks

And what about wo-MAN? Yikes, a serious problem with our language!


30 posted on 07/14/2008 4:50:09 PM PDT by GregoryFul
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To: DallasBiff
womanhole cover?
31 posted on 07/14/2008 4:51:20 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
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To: Iron Munro

Come on now....sometimes I see the girl road workers sweeping.


32 posted on 07/14/2008 4:52:57 PM PDT by VermiciousKnid
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To: DallasBiff

Note to Cynthia Good,

Get a real job; one that actually contributes to the economy and society. Being a whiny busybody does not count.


33 posted on 07/14/2008 5:07:03 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: TexasCajun
Too cute to be a liberal?

And far too stupid to be a blonde.
34 posted on 07/14/2008 5:19:22 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg ("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
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To: DallasBiff
Call it another sign of the times.

Call it continued wussification of a once great Nation.
Call it cultural gutting and nullification.

35 posted on 07/14/2008 5:28:12 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: DallasBiff

“Caution: Open Personhole.”


36 posted on 07/14/2008 9:13:05 PM PDT by Erasmus (I invited Benoit Mandelbrot to the Shoreline Grill, but he never quite made it.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I think that picture is from Personhattan.


37 posted on 07/14/2008 9:17:14 PM PDT by Erasmus (I invited Benoit Mandelbrot to the Shoreline Grill, but he never quite made it.)
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To: Erasmus

Sign should read:

CAUTION WORKERS AHEAD THEY MIGHT BE MEN OR WOMEN, COULD BE GAY OR BLACK OR EVEN ILLEGAL ALIEN, THEY MIGHT NOT BE WORKING THEY COULD JUST BE STANDING THERE DOING NOTHING. THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THERE SOMEONE MIGHT NOT HAVE REMOVED THIS DUMB *** SIGN BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO WORRIED ABOUT HOW POLITICALLY CORRECT THE HOLE IN THE GROUND WOULD LOOK AFTER REMOVING IT.


38 posted on 07/15/2008 5:02:50 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
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