Drunk Baboons
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Now here is problem I'm glad I don't have: Drunk baboons plague Cape Town's exclusive suburbs[^]
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
My brother almost got attacked by baboons with his wife, brother in law, and his wife on the head land round the corner form Capetown. The monkey was trying to steal his bag, which had his car keys in. To fend it off they hit the thing around the face with some beach tennis rackets they were playing with at the time. Pretty lucky the rest of the troop were up on the cliff still because they can be nasty bastards.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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My brother almost got attacked by baboons with his wife, brother in law, and his wife on the head land round the corner form Capetown. The monkey was trying to steal his bag, which had his car keys in. To fend it off they hit the thing around the face with some beach tennis rackets they were playing with at the time. Pretty lucky the rest of the troop were up on the cliff still because they can be nasty bastards.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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fat_boy wrote:
because they can be nasty bastards.
Not if you carry a gun with you :)
"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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My brother almost got attacked by baboons with his wife, brother in law, and his wife on the head land round the corner form Capetown. The monkey was trying to steal his bag, which had his car keys in. To fend it off they hit the thing around the face with some beach tennis rackets they were playing with at the time. Pretty lucky the rest of the troop were up on the cliff still because they can be nasty bastards.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
Closest I ever came to one was in a zoo. Big teeth, bad manners. Definitely not a cuddly pet.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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My dad used to have one in the car when he grew up there for that kind of thing. And shooting kaffirs of course. ;) Just kidding!
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
fat_boy wrote:
And shooting kaffirs of course.
Not Funny.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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fat_boy wrote:
And shooting kaffirs of course.
Not Funny.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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harold aptroot wrote:
Oh lighten up, you're not a moralfag are you?
No, but neither do I find humor in jokes about "shooting kaffirs" (or anyone else). Just because I live in Mississippi doesn't mean I have a hood and a white robe hanging in my closet. The "morality" of the joke isn't an issue. But I thought it to be in very poor taste, even for a wide-open forum like this one. Just my opinion, and I mean no offense to you or fat_boy.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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fat_boy wrote:
And shooting kaffirs of course.
Not Funny.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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harold aptroot wrote:
Oh lighten up, you're not a moralfag are you?
No, but neither do I find humor in jokes about "shooting kaffirs" (or anyone else). Just because I live in Mississippi doesn't mean I have a hood and a white robe hanging in my closet. The "morality" of the joke isn't an issue. But I thought it to be in very poor taste, even for a wide-open forum like this one. Just my opinion, and I mean no offense to you or fat_boy.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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You missed the 'just kidding' bit then? :)
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
fat_boy wrote:
You missed the 'just kidding' bit then?
I saw it. But it still hit me the wrong way. Maybe I'm just grumpy this morning. There are reasons why I'm a bit touchy with anything remotely racial but I won't bore you with the details. Like I said above, "not funny" was an opinion, and not intended to offend, just as I'm sure you meant no offense to anyone in your post. Still, there are some things that shouldn't be said even in jest.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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fat_boy wrote:
You missed the 'just kidding' bit then?
I saw it. But it still hit me the wrong way. Maybe I'm just grumpy this morning. There are reasons why I'm a bit touchy with anything remotely racial but I won't bore you with the details. Like I said above, "not funny" was an opinion, and not intended to offend, just as I'm sure you meant no offense to anyone in your post. Still, there are some things that shouldn't be said even in jest.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
Alan Burkhart wrote:
there are some things that shouldn't be said even in jest.
When you CANT jest about something you know there is a problem. Thats my point of view. I am not a racist, therefore I can jest about it in the same way I jest about a friends dress sense, or car, or taste in music. Its such a non issue to me that I dont feel any special sensitivity about it.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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Well, I wasnt going for humour so much as black humour. Mind you, you should see what the kaffirs do to each other...
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
fat_boy wrote:
Well, I wasnt going for humour so much as black humour.
Happens to the best of us. I've said a few things I shouldn't have over the years. "Kaffir," when used in the context of the South African culture, is interchangable with "nigger." As Mr Carlin loved to say, "baa - aad word!!!"
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Just tried it. Works ok. Probably the filter as you said.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
I really hate the filter here at work. It blocks all sorts of forums for programming too.:mad:
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
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I really hate the filter here at work. It blocks all sorts of forums for programming too.:mad:
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
wolfbinary wrote:
It blocks all sorts of forums for programming too
And more companies are using filters these days. I have a friend who can't even check her e-mail during her lunch break unless she uses her cell phone. And since cell phones are banned in the office, she has to go out to the car just to do that.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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harold aptroot wrote:
Oh lighten up, you're not a moralfag are you?
No, but neither do I find humor in jokes about "shooting kaffirs" (or anyone else). Just because I live in Mississippi doesn't mean I have a hood and a white robe hanging in my closet. The "morality" of the joke isn't an issue. But I thought it to be in very poor taste, even for a wide-open forum like this one. Just my opinion, and I mean no offense to you or fat_boy.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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fat_boy wrote:
You missed the 'just kidding' bit then?
I saw it. But it still hit me the wrong way. Maybe I'm just grumpy this morning. There are reasons why I'm a bit touchy with anything remotely racial but I won't bore you with the details. Like I said above, "not funny" was an opinion, and not intended to offend, just as I'm sure you meant no offense to anyone in your post. Still, there are some things that shouldn't be said even in jest.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
Damn nigger lover.
Aw c'mon Captain! Is that the best you can do? Try coming up with something original for once in your developmentally-challenged life. Me and fat_boy are perfectly capable of working out whatever minor differences we have without an attention whore like you sticking your nose in the middle of it. Get a life! :laugh:
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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I really hate the filter here at work. It blocks all sorts of forums for programming too.:mad:
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_