Terry the Interrobang! Super-awesome mascot for the Mighty Fightin' Whatnots!
How cool would it be if the Cleveland Indians decided to cash in their culturally demeaning name for The Mighty Fightin' Whatnots?
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DavidS - Aug 13, 2008 7:18:07 am PDT #1407 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ailleann - Aug 13, 2008 7:19:23 am PDT #1408 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Terry the Interrobang! Super-awesome mascot for the Mighty Fightin' Whatnots!
I'm trying to imagine the costume! Would the question mark and the exclamation point be stuck together? Or would they have two people and make them go around together all the time?
Miracleman - Aug 13, 2008 7:20:13 am PDT #1409 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
How cool would it be if the Cleveland Indians decided to cash in their culturally demeaning name for The Mighty Fightin' Whatnots?
Hell, any team would have a bump in their super-awesome quotient with a name like the Mighty Fightin' Whatnots.
The Detroit Mighty Fightin' Whatnots.
The New York Mighty Fightin' Whatnots.
Mighty Fightin' Whatnots Stadium.
Mighty Fightin' Whatnots Field.
You can just *taste* the awesome. Admit it.
ADMIT IT!
TASTE IT! TASTE THE AWESOME, DAMN YOU!!
...sorry. I'm in a Mighty Fightin' Mood.
Steph L. - Aug 13, 2008 7:21:03 am PDT #1410 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Or would they have two people and make them go around together all the time?
And then....they could FIGHT EACH OTHER!!!!
Miracleman - Aug 13, 2008 7:21:46 am PDT #1411 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Or would they have two people and make them go around together all the time?
And then....they could FIGHT EACH OTHER!!!!
...or crime. They could fight crime.
Scrappy - Aug 13, 2008 7:21:57 am PDT #1412 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am at work with my two dogs. J is still in Connecticut on Operation Brother Rescue. Sounds like it is going well--they expect to get on the plane and get back here tonight. Bro still claims he has taken no drugs, but we are not believing him, but not pushing the issue either.
Tomorrow, Bro goes up with sis to stay. THAT's when any drug issues will come up--luckily Bro-in-Law is a longtime sober former heroin and alcohol addict. BiL is a sponsor to many in AA and runs NA groups in the local prison, so ain't no one gonna get nothing by him, no sir.
Sean K - Aug 13, 2008 7:26:49 am PDT #1413 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Gronk. I woke up with a pounding headache today. It's slowly fading, with the application of tea and water, but still....
smonster - Aug 13, 2008 7:31:57 am PDT #1414 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I like Dress for Success
Hmm, looks like there's an affiliate in my area. I'd heard of them, but thanks for the rec.
omnis_audis - Aug 13, 2008 7:32:52 am PDT #1415 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
OK, I'm learning a lot here. Love it! It's always best to see it from others point of view, rather than just sitting in my shoes going "well, that's not how *I* was taught... blah blah blah".
"Lady" sports teams are in fact a huge issue; they're a remnant of the first days of women's sports teams. It's unthinkable for girls to be Bulldogs, or Tigers, or whatever, so we'll make them Lady Bulldogs, and Lady Tigers. They aren't the real thing; they're cute and unthreatening. And you know, since you obviously know women's basketball, that in reality, those women are absolutely fierce athletes -- but the name still suggests "not really as tough as the Mighty Fightin' Whatnots".Said like that, I totally see the point. I had always seen it as a way to differentiate between the two teams. So if the Men & Women both were playing a game, it was an easy way to talk about the game "And the Lady Vol's wholloped Duke last night..." kind of thing. But why some schools feel the need and not others?
I guess the difference in my perception is, I've grown up seeing them as equal, and a name is just a name. The folks who play for the Cleveland Indians aren't actually Indians. It's just what we refer to the team as. That said, I totally get how, after years of "there there" and "you shouldn't do that because (fill in crazy reason)", how a name could effect how folks perceive you as.
OK, hopefully this isn't perceived as a "two step forward, one step back". But being a fan of the "Vagina Monologues", and thinking of the bit on the "c" word (not gonna even white font for fear of arrows flung at me)... if you let "Them" take ownership of the definition of "Lady", then it will always be that 'bad word'. Maybe it's time you (I wanted to say "we", but being a man, it seemed like it wasn't up to me) rebrand "Lady" to not be a useless arm candy on a Lord, or a young female in trouble with her parents, or someone whose body can't regulate body temperature naturally. So? What should be the new definition of "Lady"?
That said. I'm angry at work. I put in LAST WEEK forms that need to be filled out in order to get rental equipment. And a check. We told them I was picking it up today, in the late morning. The front office still hasn't done the insurance paperwork. Now, I am behind schedule. Grrr. We gotta mount a musical people!!!!
:: breathe ::
MM, do you have another cow? I'm not ready to order it just yet, but just checking in case I do.
DavidS - Aug 13, 2008 7:34:34 am PDT #1416 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Maybe it's time you (I wanted to say "we", but being a man, it seemed like it wasn't up to me) rebrand "Lady" to not be a useless arm candy on a Lord, or a young female in trouble with her parents, or someone whose body can't regulate body temperature naturally. So? What should be the new definition of "Lady"?
Le Tigre has done this a little bit.