The Question again - with a twist

[JS Sanders]

I love that word, kevorka. Would make a great name for a pipe tune.

Dunno about the rest of yall, but this wasn't the 1st time a young female showed me her apparatus. In fact, I have witnessed ample displays to conclude that 'black' is the preferred thong color. And as I recollect, all had colorful stamps as well.

On New Year’s Eve, my drummer & I were performing at a local pub. A young cutie accosted drummer and me wanting an Answer.

This was at a downtown Memphis Irish-themed pub that’s located within a multi-level mall. It also has an “outdoor patio” protruding into the mall functioning as its dining area. We were in full view of the diners.

Drummie and I were on a break in front of the dining area, when said female approached and demanded an Answer. She proposed to “show us hers”, if we would reveal ours. We declined - she went ahead and showed us “hers’ which consisted of the standard issue naughty bits.

I quickly glanced around trusting this display was going unobserved. What I saw was the entire dining section frozen in time, their forks halfway to their mouths….

Slainte yall,
steve


Pipers are generally clothed in scarlet & fine linen... fare sumptuously every day... and are courted and caressed by every body, especially by the Ladies, who would prefer a Piper to a Prince... Captain Robert Menzies - The Bagpipe Preceptor, pub. 1818

[Dirk Skene]

I just recvd this from an anonymous source.

It's from a Saturday Night Live sketch and is pertinent to this topic. .........
steve

As a "marked" one I really found great humor in that.

That was good

Hope to see you Sunday.

[Makeitstop]

Now that is my kind of funeral!

[beowulf67]

That video is now making the rounds here at work. Thanks!!

Oh and to stay on topic, she was totally inappropriate. Wish I could meet her at the pub though....

[DireStraitsFan]

No. You cunducted yourself very professionally. But I don't think there would have been anything wrong with you suggesting that you and her retire to a place where cold beverages are sold to further discuss the matter at hand.

[DireStraitsFan]

In all seriousness, though, that question really does get old. Why is that women feel like they can ask us that question, but if we were to ask the same question of a complete stranger, we'd be accused of harrassment? Ruddy double standard, I tell ya!

[RobertParker]

I find the term "tramp stamp" offensive, but otherwise agree that it was inappropriate behavior on her part.

Tattoos do not give you/anyone else permission to make sweeping assumptions about character of the owner of them.

I heard that term for the first time yesterday, and kept my mouth shut. You see, my wife has a tatoo on the small of her back. However, it is the Japanese character for music and she is a classically trained clarinetist with her Master's in performance. I understand the stereotype, but most certainly will take issue with anyone who would imply my wife would be a tramp for having a tatoo in such a place.

That said, the young woman in question certainly behaved incredibly inappropriately (for any circumstance to my belief). Nonetheless....

[DireStraitsFan]

I heard that term for the first time yesterday, and kept my mouth shut. You see, my wife has a tatoo on the small of her back. However, it is the Japanese character for music and she is a classically trained clarinetist with her Master's in performance. I understand the stereotype, but most certainly will take issue with anyone who would imply my wife would be a tramp for having a tatoo in such a place.

That said, the young woman in question certainly behaved incredibly inappropriately (for any circumstance to my belief). Nonetheless....

It's just what it is: a stereotype. We, as people, seem to love to catagorize folks and put them into their neat little boxes. I think it really is just human nature. Try not to take the comment personally, and just realize that people sometimes say things they don't know will hurt others.

I once said something was "gay" in front of my lesbian boss. Talk about feeling like a meat head. I meant nothing by it, it was just something I had picked up from friends and had never really thought about the hurtful meaning behind the usage. You wouldn't want to call something or someone "retarded" while in the company of someone who is related to or friends with someone with a developmental disability. Yet I hear people say it all of the time, and they never think about how hurtful it might be to others.

By the way, my sister has a tatoo in the small of her back, and my fiancee used tp refer to those types of tatoos as "tramp stamps", and I would wince everytime. I think she has stopped saying it, at least in front of me she has.

Anyway, that's my two cents worth.

Peace.

[McFarkus]

She obviously doesn't know the meaning of discretion.

[SteveB]

I have respectfully declined the show event on crowded subway cars several times.
Totally inappropriate, and very disrespectful of the people around her.