You may be interested to know that Robert Plant is a Turd Burglar (although is world famous for not being an uphill gardener)
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http://www.led-zeppelin.org/reference/int22.html
He used to play with a band called Melvyn Giganticus and the Turd Burglars.
Waaaaaay down inside…
Holy shit! You said Fenris! Do you have any idea how insulting that is to the gay people of Finland?
[sub]it’s true. I saw it used once on IRC. People were crying for days. [/sub]
Good God, Ace: this is another post of yours that I agree with. Is this the apocalypse or what?
Seriously: well said!
Fenris
Now I see why all of you hang out in caves so much. This may be one shady lot, which MUST be watched. Fortunately there are groups dedicated to fighting you sick & evil fucks:
Looks like batshit turdburglars are a real problem here people. I’m starting to suspect that blowero and Mr. Nemo are just trying to throw us off the trail of a major heist they are setting up. Not on my watch you silly rabbits. . .
“Why do I have to be Mr. Brown? Can’t I be Mr. Pink?”
“No, some other turdburgler on some other job is Mr. Pink. You’re Mr. Brown.”
DaLovin’ Dj
Buttmunch.
Dillhole
Fartknocker
Choadsmoker
Dillweed
Bunghole
Bungwipe
Ehehehe…
“What’s a bunghole?”
“You’re a bunghole, Bunghole!”
Well, just to play devil’s advocate, there’s some contention over whether using “gay” to mean “sub par” or “uncool” or “stupid” is justifiable or not, but many of us in the gay community find it terribly offensive. And although there is no turdburgling community (that I know of) loudly protesting the use of the word, obviously there are a few (granted a very few) who find the word offensive. And so, even though I have never, ever used this term before (nor, in fact, even heard of this term before this thread), I shall endeavour never to use it in the future.
It is, after all, just Plain Courtesy.
Esprix
We’ve covered this. Anybody got a link?
Esprix
Looks like we’ve been covering our tracks pretty well.
Burgle people’s turds as you would have them burgle unto you.
The Brownish Rule?
Just to be clear, and in all seriousness, does this hold when you (and every other poster save one) really think that the word in question is being misinterpreted?
Because I really think that “turdburgler” is simply a childish term of insult, because it sounds funny. As a thirdgrader, this would have been my favorite insult in the world - not because I would be equating the subject of the insult to being homosexual (I don’t think I knew what a homosexual was in 3rd grade), but because the word “turd” is hilarious, and using it in a compound word only magnifies that hilarity.
I would also suppose that “turdburgler” would continue to be my favorite word until Fr. Stark taught my 9th grade english class what “masticate” meantm, but that’s neither here nor there.
I was visiting some friends out of state the other day, and I found what appeared to be some very valuable fossils in their back yard. Thinking quickly, I broke into their garden shed and grabbed a bag of fertilizer they had lying around and hid the fossils inside, and headed for the border. Along the way, I killed a rooster and cooked it over a campfire I made with some mesquite chips I had in my backpack. Thusly provisioned, I crossed the California border at the dead of night and made it home with my valuable fossils.
That’s right, I’m a bone-smuggling, cock-smoking turd-burglar.
Well, if Cajun Man can have a problem with the word “queer” - which has, for all intent and purposes, been reclaimed by the gay community and is actually used in mainstream organizations (Queer Nation, for one) and as an identifying moniker for the community - then surely “turdburglar” can be interpreted as offensive, even if it’s not meant to be.
Yes, I think it’s silly, too, but I’m not inclined to offend someone who has given me no reason to offend them.
Esprix
Gotcha.
What about in this case, where the offendee isn’t a member of the group that is supposedly being targeted? (Sorry to keeping aiming these your direction, Esprix, but you’re giving great replies - thanks.)
An excellent point. However, recall the first mention in this thread of the alleged offensiveness of “turdburglar”:
The first deliberate offence in this thread came from the people claiming “turdburglar” was offensive. If A. Nemo or blowero had displayed a fraction of the tact and politeness Cajun Man had in his thread about the word “queer,” this hijack probably wouldn’t have gone past five or six posts.
AND HE’S SOMEWHERE IN YOUR HOUSE! :eek: :eek: :eek:
Well, in this case, I liken it to the kid that ran home wailing to Mommy over every conflict, no matter how small, real or imagined. After awhile, you just stop listening.
I’m all for being sensitive to anyone’s feelings, but there’s a certain point when you just feel like saying…
Aw…c’mon. Aren’t we pushing it a tad too far here?
So pinching turds is or is not offensive?
If burgling is acceptable I’m going to assuming pinching is as well.
Now…Is it “turd burgling” or “turd burglarling” when used as a verb? I’d hate to piss anyone off more than I already have.
band name.