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03-04-2014, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Piscator
Lets call a spade a spade...not many take Obama and his "team" seriously either.
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OK . . . I guess you chose the "spade" locution on purpose. But be careful. The administrations NSA spies are searching communications for key words and phrases that indicate extremist tendencies. |
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03-04-2014, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by detbuch
OK . . . I guess you chose the "spade" locution on purpose. But be careful. The administrations NSA spies are searching communications for key words and phrases that indicate extremist tendencies.
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What are you talking about? |
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03-04-2014, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Piscator
What are you talking about?
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That there is another definition of "spade" (infrequently used in a derogatory manner towards black people formerly of African extraction). The PC / Diversity folks will be scanning your system for you may use other terminology that would indicate you are an Obama hating racist white heterosexual male.
You can't use sayings or phrases unless they have been pre-approved by the diversity kommissars. |
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03-04-2014, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Piscator
What are you talking about?
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Just a poor attempt at humor. Calling a spade a spade is obviously not meant to be a racial reference. On the other hand, a spade is a sometimes derogatory reference to a black person. Well, it used to be, but gone out of fashion. So, when referring to Obama you say calling a spade a spade . . . well . . . |
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03-04-2014, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by detbuch
Just a poor attempt at humor. Calling a spade a spade is obviously not meant to be a racial reference. On the other hand, a spade is a sometimes derogatory reference to a black person. Well, it used to be, but gone out of fashion. So, when referring to Obama you say calling a spade a spade . . . well . . .
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I like that. " gone out of fashion "
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03-04-2014, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by detbuch
Just a poor attempt at humor. Calling a spade a spade is obviously not meant to be a racial reference. On the other hand, a spade is a sometimes derogatory reference to a black person. Well, it used to be, but gone out of fashion. So, when referring to Obama you say calling a spade a spade . . . well . . .
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It wasn't an attempt at humor, sound like a poor interpretation on your part...Jesus...what has the world come to here...I went and googled the term and looks like some have turned this into something more...take it from the Erasmus translation..."a garden tool".
Reminds me why I don't come on this thread much anymore, everyone is so uptight and looking for any reason to jump on someone.
PS. Putin is Eurotrash...might as well bring the KGB into the investigation too  |
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03-04-2014, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Piscator
It wasn't an attempt at humor, sound like a poor interpretation on your part...Jesus...what has the world come to here...I went and googled the term and looks like some have turned this into something more...take it from the Erasmus translation..."a garden tool".
Reminds me why I don't come on this thread much anymore, everyone is so uptight and looking for any reason to jump on someone.
PS. Putin is Eurotrash...might as well bring the KGB into the investigation too |
Damn you're sensitive
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03-04-2014, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by buckman
Damn you're sensitive
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Chicks dig my sensitivity... |
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03-04-2014, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Piscator
Chicks dig my sensitivity...
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"Chicks" is rather degrading , don't you think?
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03-04-2014, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Piscator
It wasn't an attempt at humor, sound like a poor interpretation on your part...Jesus...what has the world come to here...I went and googled the term and looks like some have turned this into something more...take it from the Erasmus translation..."a garden tool".
Yes, it was, really, an attempt at humor. Apparently a VERY POOR attempt since you took it seriously. I did say your phrase was obviously not meant to be a racial reference. I thought that the use of "spade" as a racial slur was more widely known, but in no way did I mean to say anything negative about your post--which I thought was a good retort to Nebe's post. My admonition to "be careful" was kidding and in reference to so much of the "spying" being done on us in the name of security. I should have made that more clear. Maybe some smiley emoticon would have helped.  I apologize for my stupid ignorance 
Reminds me why I don't come on this thread much anymore, everyone is so uptight and looking for any reason to jump on someone.
If there were some emoticon for eating humble pie I'd insert it here. Again, I wasn't jumping on you, it was, really, truly, friendly kidding about how some PC/diversity folks, as JohnR put, it would find a reason to do so.
PS. Putin is Eurotrash...might as well bring the KGB into the investigation too |
I also agree with that. 
On the other hand, if you were just joking as well, you got me. 
P.S. That's why I liked JohnR's explanation better than mine. |
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03-04-2014, 06:56 PM
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I also agree with that.
On the other hand, if you were just joking as well, you got me.
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Detbuch, no worries at all. I leaned something though...lots of stuff on Google related to how that phrase has transformed.... |
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