- The Cat

What is the difference between Hitlery and the Panama Canal?

The Panama Canal is a busy ditch.

For women this granularity does not really occur, so when leveling a slur one is likely to begin with an already serious epitaph.

I find it interesting that I’ve heard women use “bitch” against other women just as often as men, if not moreso.

I have a lot of apologizing to do…

Sorry, mom. I’ll go wash my mouth out with soap now.

Oh, sorry, I’m a little slow. I get it, now.

Humble apology.

Not like you to interject without a supporting argument…

Writing your own dictionary are you?

Does the GOP want to attract female voters or not?

his daughters Mary and Elizabeth were both referred to as bastard children

CORRECTION:

…referred to as “bastards”.

Bastard children is redundant.

Even Shakespeare recognized the convention and used “female bastard” as a play on words – knowing he couldn’t just call her a bastard. See Act II, Scene 3 of Winter’s Tale.

You certainly take license to extrapolate with that PhD. He damn well could have called her a bastard, much as he could of called you (if you were illegitimate) a male bastard.

Try a little uncommon sense…

Open the dictionary…and…read…it.

But the second you call her a “bitch,” nobody will be listening to the rest of your statement.

You might as well call Obama a “n*****r” before commenting on his appeasement policies. You may be right, but you already lost the debate.

Professor Blather on May 21, 2008 at 9:45 PM

absolutely correct, and better than I said it anyway.

Does this guy (supposed GOP strategist) want to attract middle class, middle aged Hillary supporters to the GOP ticket or not?

But the second you call her a “bitch,” nobody will be listening to the rest of your statement.

You might as well call Obama a “n*****r” before commenting on his appeasement policies. You may be right, but you already lost the debate.

Professor Blather on May 21, 2008 at 9:45 PM

PB says it better than I did. Not a surprise!

We’re trying to get women who are POd by the way the Obama people treated her to vote McCain, so we repeat the same offensive behavior?

Assinine in the extreme. No wonder the GOP is having trouble if this is the public face.

And if the dictionary and the bard and the plain language aren’t simple enough – how about some common sense:

Professor Blather on May 21, 2008 at 10:06 PM

Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary defines bastard as “a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child“. If that’s not enough for you, Black’s Law Dictionary Abridged Seventh Edition-”illegitimate child“. Both of these are the first definition, if that means anything to you, Professor.

In pre-Shakespeare England, during the reign of Henry VIII, his daughters Mary and Elizabeth were both referred to as bastard children, in the legal sense, at different times in their life.

Usually, when I’m wrong, I just admit it and move on, I don’t “blather on”. Then again, I’m not a Professor.

Why does Hillary have 2 pair of lips?

So she can piss and moan at the same time.

Maybe the real analog here is “bastard.”

geez…took you long enough

the analog for prick is the c word, as they both reduce the recipient to genetalia

p word and c word are for going nuclear

b and b are conventional weapons

PS the first prick who comes to mind….Elliot Spitzer

Bastard as defined at Encarta:

1. offensive term: an offensive term for somebody regarded as obnoxious and disagreeable ( slang insult )

2. offensive term: an offensive term for somebody born to unmarried parents ( archaic or offensive )

3. offensive term: an offensive term for something that is extremely difficult, trying, or unpleasant ( slang )

4. inferior thing: something that is inferior, debased, or of questionable or mixed origin ( sometimes considered offensive )

“Bastard” is an equal opportunity, gender neutral word Professor, no need to put “female” in front of it.

“Prick” refers to penis. Slang terms for genitalia is not acceptable by FCC standards. Descriptive and/or medical usage of genital terms is acceptable.

The Race Card on May 21, 2008 at 9:41 PM

Nope, it comes from the Bible:

Acts 9:5, And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

The pricks were the goads an ox driver used to spur his ox ahead. It came to be a derogatiry term for one’s boss. “He’s a prick” means “He makes me work.”

Try iglet next time. Maybe it’ll catch on.

Professor Blather on May 21, 2008 at 10:06 PM

Oh, that’s great! Iglet it is.