So I’m the TD on Guys and Dolls at my old high school, and I had to paint a lot of signs and hang them around the auditorium to make it look like New York. One of the signs I had to paint was for Ovaltine. In very tiny letters, way down in the corner of the sign, I wrote “May cause certain sexual side effects in some adults. Consult your physician before consumption”. Every one who saw it thought it was funny. But the Assistand Director, I’ll call her ‘Nina’, because that’s her name, told me it was completely unappropriate and I need to paint over it. She threatened to mark it out herself, which would be a huuuuuuge mistake. The last person who defaced a piece of my art… let’s just say all they found was a hat and a jawbone.
So what do you think? Is that obcene? Unappropriate? (Nathan Detroit does say “What am I, a sex maniac?” Is that any worse?) Or does Nina just have a big ol’ broom stick up her arse?
I personally find that hysterically funny, and since I doubt many people are ever going to look at the poster, I would be GLAD to have it hanging around.
I say tell her to bugger off:P
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No, I don’t find it unappropriate. I might, however find it inappropriate… but I don’t. It’s a high-school production, nobody in the audience is going to see it… what’s the big deal?
Of course, you realize I’m just saying that because I like my jawbone where it is.
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Yeah, tell her to kiss your ass right in the crack, and if she told you it was “unappropriate” you can add “…and that’s INappropriate, dumbass. Unappropriate isn’t a word!”
PS- If it was your mistake and not hers, then never mind, I was wrong.
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
I personally don’t think it’s inappropriate either. But then again, I don’t teach high school. The assistant director might be more familiar than you are with the kind of thing that brings about parental complaints.
I don’t know that I would necessarily qualify “painting over very tiny letters in the corner” a defacement of your art that would warrant going ballistic.
Why don’t you ask some other people at the school (e.g. the principal or some other teachers) what is and is not allowable? Then you would have more information in case it comes down to a confrontation between you and the AD.
And that should be “dislike.” Jesus, Babar, if you are so demotivated and discouth as to use unproper English, then I have nothing but nonrespect for you. My god, the misknowledge around here is imbelievable…
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Hey Babar, I for one don’t think you’re a dumbass. You’re on my cool list (I know, wither at the exclusiveness) and I only added that because I didn’t want to sound like I was pokin’ fun at you. Sorry.
Anyway, I am with Sue 100%.
Don’t take that crap, tell her to piss off.
There’s nothing wrong with what it says on your poster.
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
Neuro-trash, I reallllly hope you know that was a joke.
Lex, the problem is, what if I have a chance with her? Sure she’s a bitch, but I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I destroyed any chance of finding out if she’s a real blonde.
Oh well, if you’re trying to bang her then by all means,
Still tell her to piss off! Stick to your guns. Don’t back down. Ask her if she wants to talk about it over dinner. See how that goes over.
She is probably just trying to get your attention, stud. See where it goes, and if it turns out that she is just being a bitch, then forget about it.
No, you aren’t a dumbass just because of a minor slip in language. And even if you were a drooling, knuckle-dragging troglodyte, at least YOU have a sense of humor!
Nina definitely has a dowel the size of a redwood pinching her sphincter. Maybe it’s causing enough discomfort that she’s making a technicolor PROBLEM out of nothing. Sheesh. Senior or not, she still hasn’t learned to pick her battles.
Hate to tell her, but squads of the Trademark Police and Ovaltine Defense League will not storm in over a small joke.
Thanks for all the support, Dopers. You should be happy to hear that I have decided I don’t care to find out her true hair color, and I shall tell her where she can keep her ‘redwood-sized dowel’. If I find anything missing from my signs when I go into the auditorium tomorrow, that dowel better make way for my foot.