Beaver is slang for female genitalia, while some mods felt it was fairly benign(myself being one of them), it was decided it was too over the top. Mods do discuss things like this offline, Group consensus usually wins. Sometimes we get it right, other times maybe not. It can be a flip of the coin.

Explanation accepted.

However, there are many things that have been slang-a-fied, in other words, taken out of context and turned into some with unclean minds and made off limits. On the news (and I'm not making a joke of this) a woman ordered a cake to celebrate her son's graduation from college. While I don't recall the entire quote, part of what was requested on the cake were the words "Cum Laud", which is latin. I don't know what it means, but the C word was censured from the cake. When she went to pick it up she was rather upset that someone would decide that her words were offensive. They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Well, maybe something similar can be said of what is heard being in the ear of the listener.

Yes, the post I linked WAS intended to be somewhat oriented toward the slang of the word, but I've not heard of anyone being offended by the B word before. If someone was offended, I apologize.

There are team names that can be called into question under the same scrutiny. The Oregon State Beavers Women's Basketball team. Women who refer to themselves as Beavers? OK, one person may think of the animal that builds dams in streams, while someone else may think of - well - you know.

Nevertheless, I accept your decision to remove the link. I don't want to offend anyone. I didn't think anyone would be offended by it, but perhaps someone DID complain.

Thank you for the clarification.

 

Explanation accepted.

However, there are many things that have been slang-a-fied, in other words, taken out of context and turned into some with unclean minds and made off limits. On the news (and I'm not making a joke of this) a woman ordered a cake to celebrate her son's graduation from college. While I don't recall the entire quote, part of what was requested on the cake were the words "Cum Laud", which is latin. I don't know what it means, but the C word was censured from the cake. When she went to pick it up she was rather upset that someone would decide that her words were offensive. They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Well, maybe something similar can be said of what is heard being in the ear of the listener.

Yes, the post I linked WAS intended to be somewhat oriented toward the slang of the word, but I've not heard of anyone being offended by the B word before. If someone was offended, I apologize.

There are team names that can be called into question under the same scrutiny. The Oregon State Beavers Women's Basketball team. Women who refer to themselves as Beavers? OK, one person may think of the animal that builds dams in streams, while someone else may think of - well - you know.

Nevertheless, I accept your decision to remove the link. I don't want to offend anyone. I didn't think anyone would be offended by it, but perhaps someone DID complain.

Thank you for the clarification.

Sad, I'm responsible for the bad joke in this Thread, but I learned something this morning. I had no idea Oregon had a "Basketball Team" who knew?

BTW, not just "Laud" it's :"Laude" many on the Forum are versed in "Latin" I have to look it up, but then I work at a University. The things I hear there would melt your ears.

"Cum Laude" Latin: "With Praise"
"Magna Cum Laude" "With Great Praise"
"Summa Cum Laude" "With Highest Praise or Distinction"

kv

 

Two dirty bikers, a long haired boy and a long haired girl, both so dirty you couldn't tell one from the other. But they were in love.

One afternoon while out riding across the countryside, they came upon a small wedding chapel. The boy looked at the girl and asked "Wanna get married?" To which the girl said "Sure. Why not?!" So they pulled in and asked the chaplain if he would perform the service. He was happy to, but wasn't sure which was which. So he leaned over to one of them and quietly asked, "Confidentially, which one of you has the menstrual cycle?" The boy replied "Don't ask me, ask her. I'm riding a Honda."

 

Ugh faceplant...

On a lighter note found this online

 

Boy goes to zoo with uncle. The boy has never seen animals before so he's really keen on asking "What's that Unc?" The whole day goes by with this same question repeated a hundred times or more. Late in the day, uncle is exhausted. The last exhibit visited was the deer exhibit. Once again "What's that Unc?" Bored with the whole day the uncle decides to spice things up just a little. He says "That's what your dad calls your mom every night when they go to sleep."

The boy, puzzled look on is face gazes at the deer, then his uncle, then back at the deer. Then with a cracking smile on the boys face he turns and says laughing "Awe! That ain't no PIG!"

 

Woman goes to meet her friend for dinner, but she's very late in arriving. The friend asks "Why are you so late?" The woman responds "It took me four hours to bury the cat."

"FOUR HOURS TO BURRY THE CAT?!" exclaims the friend?

"Oh yes! It put up such a struggle."

{{{{ 160 }}}

 

... she just had it stuffed.

 

Please understand that if you want this thread locked you can continue to post offensive material. It is up to each of you.

 

Can we please get back to the jokes?

 

Stuffed beavers are now offensive here?

What's next? Stuffed mushrooms? There goes the Grill thread.

Seriously Mods: chill. You're making a stuffed mountain out of a stuffed molehill.

 

@joeyd999 Please don't speak for me.

@DickCappels any material I post that violates the guidelines, please hold me accountable and not everyone else. Thanks. I'll do my best to be more modest.

 

@joeyd999 Please don't speak for me.

I'm not speaking for you, I'm speaking for me. They deleted my "stuffed beaver" post, one of the funniest scenes from the "Naked Gun", a PG-13 Hollywood Movie for Pete's sake.

Sometimes the Mods get mindlessly silly -- it seems to happen periodically -- and start unnecessarily whacking the delete button repeatedly.

Once the fever passes, all will be ok again -- for a time.

 

@joeyd999 Had a political joke removed even though there are plenty of PJ's from years gone by. Dick explained to me that they're trying to keep things from becoming offensive; and I must agree. The Naked Gun scene you posted has been posted a number of times before - and it hasn't been removed. So I understand the frustration. Look to your InBox for a private comment.

 

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When it comes to "Wife" I usually find more FRICTION than Fiction.

 

When it comes to "Wife" I usually find more FRICTION than Fiction.

Lube helps.

 

True story, I was asked to take photos of the school prom and did so. I gave the roll of film to the teacher in charge of the yearbook and a few days later she meets me all smiles and says "Great pictures of the Elephants". I had mixed up the rolls of film and had mistakenly given her the one of pictures taken a week earlier at a family outing at the zoo when the elephants had decided it was time for mating. My face still burns just thinking about it but the teachers got a great laugh out of it and enjoyed the pictures.

 

Maaaaa... Joeys at it again...

 

Isn’t butter good for that?

 

Maaaaa... Joeys at it again...

Wait 'til your 'ma talks to my granny... Joey's gonna pay!