Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Overheard in the Office...

I am dying at my keyboard. Bobbi is down the hall in her room, watching the news...

RX: "Superintendent Wiener?"

Me: "What?"

RX: "San Francisco is passing an anti-public-nudity ban..."

Me: "San Francisco has a 'Superintendent Wiener'?"

RX: "He's the guy who wrote the bill."

Me: "Wait, of course they do..."

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

"anti-public-nudity ban"

So wait... Is that a ban on public nudity, or a ban on being opposed to public nudity?

Roberta X said...

Yes?

doubletrouble said...

Shouldn't that be 'Wiener superintendent' (Castro district)?

Reno Sepulveda said...

I've come to appreciate San Francisco as the sacrificial anode of the West.

KM said...

Superintendent Wiener, Wiener Superintendent, in SF it's as interchangeable as pitching and catching.

Tam, hope your chills, aches & malaise are of the 24 hr variety and on their way out of town.

Turk Turon said...

You didn't answer the question about "anti/ban" and now somebody's implying that Weiner is a verb...

Anonymous said...

Hey if you're Weiner, and your whole family are Weiners, as is likely, I'd expect that preventing more weiners from showing themselves in public might be a priority. You might run into one and that could be embarrassing.

Woodman said...

Hey, I thought in America we were all Weiners!

Better than being a loser isn't it?

Matt G said...

Turk, Weiner should be an adjective, not a verb.

EG: "The San Francisco superintendent is Weiner than the Oakland superintendent."

Stretch said...

Hardest job in the world?
Writing satire for The Onion.

SRSLY, How the Hell do you parody San Francisco?

Geodkyt said...

Reno Sepulveda just won the Internet, AND owes me a new monitor.

{grin}

Anonymous said...

SF has long been a home of super silly liberals. It doesn't work. For a change, this one guy with the unfortunate name is trying to legislate a bit of sanity. Of course sanity must be mocked by the news media.

His bill permits public nudity during parades and events, so the Gay Pride public indencency can still continue, but people will know to keep their kids off the streets during those events.

Catherine (Dot) Flames said...

It seems unfair -- I have gay friends who would no more be nekkid in public than I would. Can't they have Public Indeceny Pride in May or July, instead of simultaneously?

It's a win-win, pure Crazyfornia: there are people who would go to one but not the other and people who would go to both; but nobody who didn't want to have to tolerate the one with the other just to get a parade and a picnic would have to.

NAVIGATOR said...

WE HAD A CONGRESSPERSON WEINER
WHO HAD TO RESIGN IS THERE ANOTHER ONE ???

AS TO PUBLIC INDECENCY PARADES I PROPOSE THEY BE HELD IN POINT BARROW
ALASKA IN FEBRUARY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COULD USE THE BUSINESS IT WOULD BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT
WELL REMEMBERED BY THE SURVIVORS IF ANY

Anonymous said...

"Can't they have Public Indeceny Pride in May or July, instead of simultaneously?"

I recommend January.

Two reasons, you have to very committed to flashing to do so in January, and not fearful of ridicule.

Matt G said...

If you're rearing your kids in San Francisco and fear that they will be traumatized by the sight of public nudity, you're doing it wrong.

Andrew said...

I don't care much if they ban dickie-waving in SF; I'm just thrilled that the writer displayed literacy, sneaking a usage lesson into the lede.

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco lawmakers are getting ready to bare their decision on a proposed ban on public nakedness that has sparked indignation in a city known for flouting convention and flaunting its counter-culture image.

Hooray!

Brad K. said...

But - is Black's Beach in San Francisco, or outside the reign of a proposed ban? Because, as far as I know, a ban on nudity can have a nasty impact on a nude beach.

I know that every sight at a social nude recreation event or gathering is a Playboy-foldout moment, but folk dropping trous for the feel of the wind and the sun, and not because others think that means "Sex time!", tend to be pretty decent folks.

Besides, the Supreme Court has held that "mere nudity" isn't obscene, and is protected speech.

Now, if San Francisco were noted for baked beans, like Boston was during the slave trade days, then could SF celebrate the council meeting with beans and Wiener? They go well with rice, or with (chicken) ramen noodles.

Geodkyt said...

Heh. Good point, Andrew.

RM1(SS) (ret) said...

Black's Beach is in (or near) San Diego.

And I notice the article said the ban would be on displaying one's genitals in public, so going topless should be legal....

Ed said...

Baker Beach, at Fort Baker, beneath the Golden Gate Bridge.

For a list, see http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches