tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2683636587359178208..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Somewhere an editor is crying in his beer...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39792343043876687222010-04-08T08:25:21.639-04:002010-04-08T08:25:21.639-04:00Rehab bus heading your way, mts 1!Rehab bus heading your way, mts 1!staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58420530202664107822010-04-07T19:34:19.671-04:002010-04-07T19:34:19.671-04:00And I get in trouble for thanking the Mexican clea...And I get in trouble for thanking the Mexican cleaning lady for cleaning the kitchen and bathroom so Spic and Span ...mts1http://mts1.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20139616262010559842010-04-07T12:59:19.837-04:002010-04-07T12:59:19.837-04:00Am I evil because now I keep wanting to sing "...Am I evil because now I keep wanting to sing "Do wop, do wop do wop!"<br /> <br />LittleRed1 - a gringo of cracker ancestryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67375061108949457592010-04-07T09:40:48.956-04:002010-04-07T09:40:48.956-04:00And people say that computer security isn't an...And people say that computer security isn't any fun.<br /><br />;-)<br /><br />Quite frankly, I blame the lack of focus on racial sensitivity in George W. Bush's Amerikkka in general, and at the New York Times in particular. They must all be a bunch of thoughtless Republicans or something.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72290981680443173062010-04-07T04:57:39.063-04:002010-04-07T04:57:39.063-04:00"I laughed until I died. Then I read the comm...<i>"I laughed until I died. Then I read the comments and laughed until I snorted."</i><br /><br />ZOMBIE!Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29834130008706991152010-04-07T01:52:48.144-04:002010-04-07T01:52:48.144-04:00I laughed until I died. Then I read the comments ...I laughed until I died. Then I read the comments and laughed until I snorted. I'm just really glad that I wasn't drinking and reading.A Horse Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663025786744608760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82120431936780533952010-04-06T19:23:16.341-04:002010-04-06T19:23:16.341-04:00staghounds,
I know what they meant, of course, an...staghounds,<br /><br />I know what they meant, of course, and had they included the rest of the homily ("...in the armor") I probably wouldn't have said "boo".<br /><br />As it is, it's merely a gaffe on the order of trailing a few squares of TP from the restroom on one's heel... Unless one is, like The Gray Lady, the self-appointed arbiter of decorum, in which case said trailing TP squares go from mildly amusing to completely risible. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63537142051943709792010-04-06T18:41:33.518-04:002010-04-06T18:41:33.518-04:00If some R congressman said this in a hearing of th...If some R congressman said this in a hearing of the armed services committee on cyber security, the New York Times would have to be printed on asbestos to bear the invective. <br /><br />The point, anon, isn't that people are getting upset. I found it, and I'm not "upset".<br /><br />I'm irritated that the NYT does something that would get most of us notorious if the NYT found out about it. And more and they give themselves a pass by memory holing the entire incident.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9695443173197449832010-04-06T16:32:02.969-04:002010-04-06T16:32:02.969-04:00anon 3:53,
Yes, I know that.
However, it has a s...anon 3:53,<br /><br />Yes, I know that.<br /><br />However, it has a street meaning which elevates it to the level of awkward double entendre, given the subject of the article.<br /><br />If it was a cold and breezy day when Emperor Akihito's personal aircraft touched down at Dulles, would it be proper to include the sentence "<i>There was a little nip in the air...</i>" in the official reportage of the incident? I think not.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72060835445786640292010-04-06T15:56:33.799-04:002010-04-06T15:56:33.799-04:00They're just a bunch of renegers!They're just a bunch of renegers!Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91197001120292176682010-04-06T15:53:35.303-04:002010-04-06T15:53:35.303-04:00chink1 /tʃɪŋk/ Show Spelled[chingk] Show IPA
...chink1 /tʃɪŋk/ Show Spelled[chingk] Show IPA <br />–noun<br />1.a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall. <br />2.a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings. <br />–verb (used with object)<br />3.to fill up chinks in. <br />Use chink in a Sentence<br />See images of chink<br />Search chink on the Web<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Origin: <br />1350–1400; ME; perh. chine1 + -k suffix (see -ock) <br /><br /><br />—Synonyms <br />1. breach, rent, cut<br /><br />I can't believe that people/nutbags are getting upset about thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36285026264513747482010-04-06T14:45:57.713-04:002010-04-06T14:45:57.713-04:00I shall never look at The Gap the same again.
Jim...I shall never look at The Gap the same again.<br /><br />Jim<br /><br />w/v: couli. I swear it is so upon my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83339501440561654392010-04-06T13:12:52.263-04:002010-04-06T13:12:52.263-04:00Wow, they're certainly not niggardly with the ...<i>Wow, they're certainly not niggardly with the erase pen, are they?</i><br /><br />Watch your mouth, you racist!<br /><br />(chuckle)Dixiehttp://dixiecarpetbagger.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18021406010445232112010-04-06T13:06:44.334-04:002010-04-06T13:06:44.334-04:00That'll teach 'em to call a spade a spade....That'll teach 'em to call a spade a spade...<br /><br />ATAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79863816946312196712010-04-06T11:57:27.413-04:002010-04-06T11:57:27.413-04:00Does that mean that someone at Walmart has to go t...Does that mean that someone at Walmart has to go through and change all the labels to "Gap Made"?BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83878251856656093152010-04-06T11:47:26.942-04:002010-04-06T11:47:26.942-04:00Dirtcrasher wins the internets this week.Dirtcrasher wins the internets this week.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67205608516561274892010-04-06T11:45:19.088-04:002010-04-06T11:45:19.088-04:00Gosh. I should alert Frank Rich, because though I...Gosh. I should alert Frank Rich, because though I'm white I don't seem to be a racist. The "chink" thing totally went over my head on the first read.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03442354270552212335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69906335532823812452010-04-06T11:14:25.241-04:002010-04-06T11:14:25.241-04:00We had some take-out gap food this weekend that wa...We had some take-out gap food this weekend that was real tasty!NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46768100746965758602010-04-06T11:07:18.807-04:002010-04-06T11:07:18.807-04:00Darn you, Jay G, you stole my line.Darn you, Jay G, you stole my line.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7746903107017927552010-04-06T10:45:57.972-04:002010-04-06T10:45:57.972-04:00If I loved this any more, I'd put it in high h...If I loved this any more, I'd put it in high heels and lipstick and show it a good time.pdbhttp://www.papadeltabravo.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25121810538057292752010-04-06T10:37:32.659-04:002010-04-06T10:37:32.659-04:00Those chinks can really screw up your day.Those chinks can really screw up your day.ParatrooperJJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35384030425740823022010-04-06T10:27:15.558-04:002010-04-06T10:27:15.558-04:00Sorry, but that right there is fun-NEE.
wv: cloun...Sorry, but that right there is <i>fun-NEE</i>.<br /><br />wv: cloun. The editor who let that slip by. :)Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7849796284226536812010-04-06T10:04:15.203-04:002010-04-06T10:04:15.203-04:00Wow. This post needs a beverage warning. And possi...Wow. This post needs a beverage warning. And possibly a NSFW warning, too. It's hard to explain to coworkers why you suddenly burst out laughing when it's something you really shouldn't be doing.<br /><br />wv: rooze - I bet the editor who let that slip by rooze the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24992444917200351832010-04-06T09:43:17.662-04:002010-04-06T09:43:17.662-04:00They must have a whole room full of Winstons moni...They must have a whole room full of Winstons monitoring RSS feeds or something, that was VERY quick.<br /><br />And no mention of the change...<br /><br />Funny, isn't it? It's all over the web in the original version. It was written and reviewed by all the oh so sensitive NYT staff, was up at the NYT for a whole day, fifty comments, who knows how many thousand earnest lefty readers. <br /><br />And no one caught it before evil Anglo raaacist hunting mad conservative gun nut me.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75809228679275301352010-04-06T09:33:21.264-04:002010-04-06T09:33:21.264-04:00I dunno, I kinda liked it.I dunno, I kinda liked it.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.com