People you would not trust to leave a kid with

[Burney]

John McCririck

Yes, there's more than a hint of the Saviles there, isn't there?

[Viva Prat Vegas]

Yes, there's more than a hint of the Saviles there, isn't there?

All the jewellery
"Come and polish my shiny rings "

[Burney]

All the jewellery
"Come and polish my shiny rings "

I have my doubts about Gregggggg Wallace. Not nonceing so much as just being nasty piece of work.

[Sir C]

John McCririck

He stinks, apparently.

Dirty bástard.

[Ash]

John McCririck

Good call. :shudder:

Anyone who goes for an in-store Santa job.

[Burney]

There's always been cross-dressing and all that sort thing though. Perhaps "normal" chaps are just more sensitive to it nowadays because of their own .. issues.

We watched "Summer Holiday" the other night and there was even one of that sort in there, which I'd completely forgotten about.

Oh, don't get me wrong! I've no issue with cross dressers (although I reserve the right to laugh at them, of course). If a chap likes popping on a frock, that is purely a matter between him, God and his tailor.
No, my issue is with this business of everyone going along with the absurd, unscientific nonsense that what is clearly a bloke should be regarded societally and legally as a woman. That is the point at which my head starts to throb with the sheer lunacy of it.

[redgunamo]

Oh, don't get me wrong! I've no issue with cross dressers (although I reserve the right to laugh at them, of course). If a chap likes popping on a frock, that is purely a matter between him, God and his tailor.
No, my issue is with this business of everyone going along with the absurd, unscientific nonsense that what is clearly a bloke should be regarded societally and legally as a woman. That is the point at which my head starts to throb with the sheer lunacy of it.

Yes. As a hound fancier, the whole thing makes perfect sense to me.

We say that the only difference between a dog and a bitch is that the bitch can have puppies. The clear implication being that if she does not or can not breed, gender is no longer a factor (when deciding upon her value and if and when to campaign, compete her, for instance).

It therefore follows that if society downgrades breeding, then gender, sex, cease to be of any but academic interest. So, at this point, what difference does it make.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

Yes. As a hound fancier, the whole thing makes perfect sense to me.

We say that the only difference between a dog and a bitch is that the bitch can have puppies. The clear implication being that if she does not or can not breed, gender is no longer a factor (when deciding upon her value and if and when to campaign, compete her, for instance).

It therefore follows that if society downgrades breeding, then gender, sex, cease to be of any but academic interest. So, at this point, what difference does it make.

Cross gender dogs do not look any different from original gender ones so there is no laugh to be had

[Burney]

Cross gender dogs do not look any different from original gender ones so there is no laugh to be had

They probably do to other hounds.

[redgunamo]

They probably do to other hounds.

Right. A neutered animal will give off strange and distinctive odours (to others) which identify it as infertile, impotent or what-have-you. It doesn't make them sexually inactive though, or even sexually unattractive. To other dogs, I mean, before you ask.

In fact, if I find that my male hounds have gone off to "bother" another dog, it's either a bitch in-season or a castrated male that likely had the job done on the cheap (animal/rescue home stuff) and they honestly don't seem to mind which it is.

Naturally, if it's the latter, I don't mind and they are often allowed to just get on with it. The former is rare as bitches in heat are normally kept out of circulation for a few days until the thing blows over. An inexperienced owner may make a mistake though so one must always be careful.