Here I am, minty green. Something you want to say?

[Truth_Seeker]

**Is it “turd burgling” or “turd burglarling” when used as a verb?

**
It’s “turd burgling.”

A “turd burlgarling” is a baby turd burglar.

[lieu]

Sphincterlunkers Untie!

[dalovindj]

Aw…c’mon. Aren’t we pushing it a tad too far here?

A tad? A tad? Some of these kids push this issue right in the path of the oncoming train!!! Some relevant quotes (especially the last one) for this thread:

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
~ Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
~ Dale Carnegie

The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.
~ Lewis Thomas

DaLovin’ Dj

[Munch]

I’d like a clarification on “big vagina bigots”, Diane. Are you implying that the vagina bigots in this thread are overweight or large in some manner; or that we’re bigoted against specifically enormous vaginas?

[apotheosis]

:

Just my way of showing solidarity with the rest of the inflamed colons in this thread.

[Witch]

Thanks for clearing that up Truth Seeker. I hated to sound nit-picky or anything…

And dalovindj…I’m carving Disraeli’s quote on the wall of my wee corner of the cave.

[Koxinga]

*Originally posted by Esprix *
**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 **

Just think, if history had been just a little bit different, we might have had a Turdburgler Nation.

OK, OK, that’s going too far . . .

[Eutychus]

Moderator’s Notes

Okay, this has really gone on long enough.

minty green, just give Doghouse Reilly his turds back and we’ll call it even.

[Koxinga]

The point being, the word “turdburglar” is so patently silly that it would never be on the short list of terms for any community to “reclaim”, even if it could be considered a slur under some circumstances.

[Koxinga]

*Originally posted by Eutychus *
**Moderator’s Notes

Okay, this has really gone on long enough.
**

Nooooo! Must . . . reach . . . six . . . pages . . .

**KHANNNNN!!! **

[dalovindj]

You gonna add a link to this thread in your sig Doghouse?

[apotheosis]

You dirty…Klingon…bastards…you burgled my TURD!

[lieu]

I guess it’d be wise to get one of those vibrating pens and engrave some form of ID on any loose items.

[minty_green]

Too loate, Euty. Already flushed 'em.

[minty_green]

It was gonna be “late,” but it ended up rhyming with “float.” Guess that’s just the nature of this thread.

[Buck_The_Diver]

Wouldn’t Chocolate Starfish Commandos be a great name for a band?

[lieu]

I’ve historically been unable to differentiate between a cat anus and a knot on an oak tree.

But that’s just me.

[lieu]

Come to think of it, one of 'em did accept a grafted limb a little better than the other.

[Enderw24]

The problem with turd burglary is that it doesn’t stop there. I mean. one must remove the turd somehow, right?
Yes folks, we’re talking about armed turd burglary. That’s a felony in most states.

[Esprix]

Originally posted by Munch

What about in this case, where the offendee isn’t a member of the group that is supposedly being targeted?

What does that matter? Can I not see racism and be offended by it even thought I am not black, Asian, Native American, Latino, or whatever? Granted, the offense here isn’t felt by, well, any member of the gay community that I’m aware of, but if someone’s offended, that’s legitimate.

Esprix