# Will we ever run out of busybodies who wish to take offense at the slightest thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 3, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459 "2005-04-03T00:26:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/1 "2005-04-03T00:26:49Z")
[This is nonsense.](http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050401/D89695RG0.html) Too many things can be taken with a negative spin if you put your mind to it. Grow up, get over it, and find greater issues to absorb your interests. I fail to see how the message on these kids’ uniforms (or tees) will scar them for life. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/2 "2005-04-03T00:32:37Z")
> [@](#): > > School administrators, however, say it’s all too easily seen as a derogatory reference to prostitutes. If the school administrators don’t protect the prositutes, then who will? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/3 "2005-04-03T01:00:30Z")
Will we ever run out??? NO. I didn’t know there was such a strong prostitute lobby…hmmmm. Makes you think. Does Snohos mean that they service their Johns in the snow? My life is so narrow. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/4 "2005-04-03T02:10:43Z")
Snow ho’s? Well, I suppose even Frosty has to get his freak on. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/5 "2005-04-03T02:15:17Z")
The cheerleaders should be the snoblowers. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/6 "2005-04-03T04:12:24Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > The cheerleaders should be the snoblowers. \*Gimme an H. Gimme an E. Gimme an A. … :o 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/7 "2005-04-03T04:18:43Z")
> [@](#): > > “There’s a real difference between the word ‘Snoho’ and the word ‘Snohos,’” Principal Diana Plumis insisted. She should have one of her English teachers explain to her that the real difference is one of singular vs plural. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/8 "2005-04-03T04:40:02Z")
That principal is just victim of her own dirty mind (as are many prudes.) When I think of the word “snohos” I mentally get a picture of one of those machines you see at ski-resorts which make new snow for the slopes. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/9 "2005-04-03T04:42:04Z")
Strange, I think of the blondes in the tight ski outfits drinking too much and hitting on the intructors. Six years at a ski resort will do that to you. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/10 "2005-04-03T05:56:04Z")
If you live in a place called “Snohomish”, you have no chance of the teenagers not calling something Snohos. Too bad, so sad, get over it. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/11 "2005-04-03T06:20:56Z")
Does the cheerleader squad assume the Snohomishionary position? They might as well rename the place Double-entendre County. I swear, whenever I hear of the the town of Bothell I cna’t help but form the visual image of an entire town of women sitting on sofas in their underwear waiting for the doorbell to ring. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/12 "2005-04-03T06:37:17Z")
Yeah, I think it is the administrator that is being offensive to prostitutes more than the kids. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/13 "2005-04-03T07:19:11Z")
So… according to the principal, Snoho = Good and Snoho **s** = Bad Does this remind anyone else of the Stonecutters episode on the Simpsons? Boy: Hey Billy! Hey Joey! Come on in. There’s plenty of room. Sorry, not you, Homer. Homer: Why not? [boy points to sign, “No Homers Club”] Homer: But you let in Homer Glumplich. Homer G.: [pops head out window] Hyuck hyuck! Boy: It says no Homer **s**. We’re allowed to have _one_. Homer: Oh… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/14 "2005-04-03T15:47:22Z")
What! Are you saying that Snohomish has at least ONE Snoho? Gives new meaning to the phrase this could snowball out of control! I wonder who the token Snoho is? Does she only do Black Diamonds? Or does she prefer the bunny slopes? Is her bed called a snowboard? What about apres? could anyone help me make better puns? Please! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/15 "2005-04-03T15:54:06Z")
What! Are you saying that Snohomish has at least ONE Snoho? Gives new meaning to the phrase this could snowball out of control! I wonder who the token Snoho is? Does she only do Black Diamonds? Or does she prefer the bunny slopes? Is her bed called a snowboard? What about apres? could anyone help me make better puns? Please! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/16 "2005-04-03T15:59:44Z")
Here in Australia we had the [Daily Planet](http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/01/1051382038749.html) brothel trying to sponsor major sports teams. Go girls. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/17 "2005-04-03T16:24:29Z")
> [@Principal Plumis](#): > > “I can’t see our boys football team wearing a shirt that said ‘We are Snohos,’ can you?” Plumis said. “It’s a pejorative reference to women, and I don’t want our name to be used to rank on our girls.” This is pretty insensive of the principal. She completely ignores the the town’s man-hos, or as they call themselves, ‘Snohomishexuals’. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/18 "2005-04-03T16:34:47Z")
Follow up question: will we ever run out of knee-jerks who wish to take outrage at the slightest thing said by a busybodies who want to take offense at the slightest thing? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/19 "2005-04-03T18:17:05Z")
Have the administrators also banned mention of Santa Claus, too? 'Cause he says “Ho ho ho,” which is three hos, so that’s too many; and he also likes snow, so the hos in question could be assumed to be Snohos. Anyone else suspect that administrators in this kind of situation draw straws to see who has to explain the stupid zero-tolerance policies to the media, while the rest stand back and get to pretend that THEY don’t necessarily agree, but it wasn’t their decision? “Dammit! I had to do this last time! The public already thinks I’m an idiot with a stick up my ass, this’ll only confirm it!” “Don’t complain. You weren’t the one who had to defend the sexual harrassment policy when we expelled that 2nd grader for hugging his classmate…” ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459/20 "2005-04-03T18:19:59Z")
> [@](#): > > “There’s a real difference between the word ‘Snoho’ and the word ‘Snohos,’” Principal Diana Plumis insisted. > > “I can’t see our boys football team wearing a shirt that said ‘We are Snohos,’ can you?” Plumis said. “It’s a pejorative reference to women, and I don’t want our name to be used to rank on our girls.” First off, for there to be a difference in meaning, shouldn’t the one she’s talking about exist? I found nothing at [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com), and my handy [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com) doesn’t turn up anything either (usually if it’s offensive, it’s on [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com)). So does this come down to the fact that the word ‘ho’ is in Snohos? If that’s the case, she should be brought up on charges for wasting everyones time. I mean, this is the name of the school right? What does ‘Snohos’ (the offending plural version) mean, and why does she think it’s a slam at women? A Google search only turned up this story. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-run-out-of-busybodies-who-wish-to-take-offense-at-the-slightest-thing/297459.md?page=2)