Not Getting Any

New York Sun ^ | 8/9/02 | EDITORIALS & OPINION

[Khepera]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[MrB]

Repeating:
Niger Innis is one of the good guys

[robertpaulsen]

Whatever happened to this message:

He calls you sweet baby
And sweet sugar plum.
If he won’t wear a wedding ring
He ain’t getting none.

[Aggie Mama]

They should have called in Maya Angelou.

[ArGee]

Whatever happened to this message:

He calls you sweet baby
And sweet sugar plum.
If he won?t wear a wedding ring
He ain?t getting none.

Bump for an outstanding poem.

Although I might say, if he won't wear your wedding ring...

Shalom.

[order_of_reason]

LOL

[APBaer]

"What's the _______ and why was the word not used?"

Condom, and it is usd on the poster

[APBaer]

"Why don't they target queers?"

NYC has such an ad.
They have two gay guys and some text about using a condom

[Redcloak]

"Let us roll."

[Old Professer]

Niger Innis? Is this Roy Innis' boy?

[Willie Green]

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

"Mental Hygiene"???

Good grief.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Niger Innis? Is this Roy Innis' boy?

Yes! And both of them, and the Congress Of Racial Equality are conservative now, which is why you never hear the media mention them anymore!!

[usadave]

The national spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality, Niger Innis, called the ad “very unfortunate.” “It sounds like it is promoting a negative stereotype of African Americans,” Mr. Innis said.

Having listened to countless African-American college and professional athletes being interviewed on TV over a period of many years, I would say that this negative stereotype has been in place for quite a long time.

[faintpraise]

Dynamo Hum.
Dynamo Hum.
If he don’t wear a ______
He ain’t getting numb.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

He calls you sweet baby
And sweet sugar plum.
If they would abstain from gay sex and dirty needles
We wouldnt be in the mess of aids and condoms

[dennisw]

Your poem is much better. I look forward to seeing it plastered in adverts on the sides of NYC busses...............

[operation clinton cleanup]

They should try some Burma Shave style signs along local bus routes.

[Timesink]

Condom, and it is usd on the poster.

The Sun actually thinks the word "condom" in and of itself is so offensive as to be unprintable? If so, that's exactly the sort of thing that's going to lead to their ultimate demise. Manhattan is not Bumblefart, Mississippi, where the entire town might shun you forever if you're ever caught exclaiming "Oh my God!" instead of "Oh my gosh!" Whether conservative or liberal, we are sophisticated and intelligent and do not need to be shielded from mere words, especially when almost nobody else on the planet thinks the word is profane. I find their patronizing attitude towards their readers more offensive than the ads.

[parsifal]

Gosh, and I thought,

Shake it
Don't break it
Wrap it up
And I'll take it.

was the nadir of this type of poetry. Or is it zenith? Apogee? Oh,heck, the height. The height. parsy who is lost for the right durn word.

PS: Ever heard of Sax Rohmer? I just bought one of his books. And I got "From Opium Fiend to Preacher" by A.P. Quirmbach, 1907. parsy who broke for buying books.