New tattoo: [link]
'Trash'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Bat Tatt! That's nicely rendered.
Ooh, very nice!
He's still a little scabby, but lovely.
'Gay dog' refused entry to Adelaide restaurant
An Adelaide restaurant that refused a blind man entry because a waiter thought his guide dog was "gay" has been ordered to apologise and pay compensation.
Ian Jolly was told he could not take guide dog Nudge into the Thai Spice last May because a member of staff objected, The Sunday Mail reported.
The restaurant's owners said a misunderstanding had arisen between Jolly's female companion and a waiter who understood the woman "to be saying she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant".
"The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," the owners said in a statement to South Australia's Equal Opportunity Tribunal.
The tribunal on Friday ordered the restaurant to pay Jolly $1500 and offer him a written apology for discriminating against him on the grounds of disability.
The restaurant, which displays a "guide dogs welcome" sign, refused to comment to the newspaper and was unavailable to respond on Sunday.
When travelling through North Africa we didn't consider any sort of pants demure enough when demure was mandated. Our modest skirts were a few inches above the ankle. Basically I tried to dress like my Orthodox Jewish friends from high school.
Gay dog? Seriously? People are as dumb as rocks.
"The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," the owners said in a statement to South Australia's Equal Opportunity Tribunal.
Even assuming the kind of bigotry necessary to parse the headline, this doesn't make sense.
Just because you're a eunuch doesn't make you gay. I am neutered, technically, and I'm still a girl, and like guys!
I am starting a facebook campaign in protest! (Not really. I have to grade papers.)
This is sort of weird, but I seem to have fallen off the radar when people are collecting money for various Buffista gifts. So- if anyone is organizing anything-- I would love to be included!