Bull (sorry buzzword) bingo reaches a new low.
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My fiancee’s a teacher and they have been told they must refer to white boards as "wipe boards" to prevent the negative connotations of racial supremacy that come with the implicit preference for white boards over black boards. My view: White boards are far better than black boards. I will continue to call them that because thay are boards that are white. If you don't like it, go build a bridge (in order for you to get over it)
Simon
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"Close of Play" :mad:
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long
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My fiancee’s a teacher and they have been told they must refer to white boards as "wipe boards" to prevent the negative connotations of racial supremacy that come with the implicit preference for white boards over black boards. My view: White boards are far better than black boards. I will continue to call them that because thay are boards that are white. If you don't like it, go build a bridge (in order for you to get over it)
Simon
If they were called honkey boards I could perhaps understand the desire to use an alternate description.
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My fiancee’s a teacher and they have been told they must refer to white boards as "wipe boards" to prevent the negative connotations of racial supremacy that come with the implicit preference for white boards over black boards. My view: White boards are far better than black boards. I will continue to call them that because thay are boards that are white. If you don't like it, go build a bridge (in order for you to get over it)
Simon
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My fiancee’s a teacher and they have been told they must refer to white boards as "wipe boards" to prevent the negative connotations of racial supremacy that come with the implicit preference for white boards over black boards. My view: White boards are far better than black boards. I will continue to call them that because thay are boards that are white. If you don't like it, go build a bridge (in order for you to get over it)
Simon
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Somehow, taking a shower with some of the project teams I work with, is a picture I'd rather not see. Not to mention that any ideas generated would probably have nothing to do with the project anyway. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] Donate to help Conquer Cancer[^]
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she screamed 'NO! You don't have problems, you have challenges'. At which point I almost lost the will to live. :laugh:
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I guess this means paper scraps and such will never be called 'white trash' even though it's mainly white...
I can just hear it now, 'just off down the tip to recycle the honkey trash dear, won't be long!'
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she screamed 'NO! You don't have problems, you have challenges'. At which point I almost lost the will to live. :laugh:
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
You don't have problems, you have challenges'
And here are a couple of insurmountable challenges.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Chris Maunder wrote:
You don't have problems, you have challenges'
And here are a couple of insurmountable challenges.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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I worked in a culture where even 'challenges' was considered to have a negative connotation. You didn't have problems, or challenges, you had 'opportunities to learn' :wtf:
Shucks. With all the "opportunities to learn" that I've had to deal with in the last 30 years, you'd think I'd be a lot smarter. :doh: :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] Donate to help Conquer Cancer[^]
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Shucks. With all the "opportunities to learn" that I've had to deal with in the last 30 years, you'd think I'd be a lot smarter. :doh: :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] Donate to help Conquer Cancer[^]
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My fiancee’s a teacher and they have been told they must refer to white boards as "wipe boards" to prevent the negative connotations of racial supremacy that come with the implicit preference for white boards over black boards. My view: White boards are far better than black boards. I will continue to call them that because thay are boards that are white. If you don't like it, go build a bridge (in order for you to get over it)
Simon
Dry erase visual communication system?
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"Learning curve" still makes me cringe. But worse, last week I was watching a video of a guy assembling a model for a model railroad. Every ten ten seconds there was one of: "First we'll go ahead and ..." "Then we'll go ahead and ..." "Next we'll go ahead and ..." "After that we can go ahead and ..." I still don't know why I watched the whole thing. X| "OMIT NEEDLESS WORDS!" -- Strunk
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My fiancee’s a teacher and they have been told they must refer to white boards as "wipe boards" to prevent the negative connotations of racial supremacy that come with the implicit preference for white boards over black boards. My view: White boards are far better than black boards. I will continue to call them that because thay are boards that are white. If you don't like it, go build a bridge (in order for you to get over it)
Simon
If you use a dry or wet erase pen on it, it's a whiteboard. If you use chalk on it, it's a blackboard (even though most modern ones are green). What's racist about that? Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river. The river gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your contract says you can't use concrete or steel - the client only provides timber and cut stone (but won't tell you what kind). Gravity changes from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
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If you use a dry or wet erase pen on it, it's a whiteboard. If you use chalk on it, it's a blackboard (even though most modern ones are green). What's racist about that? Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river. The river gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your contract says you can't use concrete or steel - the client only provides timber and cut stone (but won't tell you what kind). Gravity changes from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
Robert Royall wrote:
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
may I steal this for signatures?
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always got punched out when I reached 4.... -- El Corazon
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Robert Royall wrote:
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
may I steal this for signatures?
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always got punched out when I reached 4.... -- El Corazon
Be my guest!
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river. The river gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your contract says you can't use concrete or steel - the client only provides timber and cut stone (but won't tell you what kind). Gravity changes from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
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Dry erase visual communication system?
Blatant discrimination against the visually impaired! Rich