I have managed to seriously offend somebody by asking them whether they need to be at

[Peter]

a meeting.

I was being nice- I know full well they don't need to be there.

Bloody lezzas :mad:

[Burney]

a meeting.

I was being nice- I know full well they don't need to be there.

Bloody lezzas :mad:

You can't say anything to women these days without being accused of mansplaining, p. :shrug:

What they appear to mean by 'mansplaining' is 'being told why they're wrong'.

[Rich]

You can't say anything to women these days without being accused of mansplaining, p. :shrug:

What they appear to mean by 'mansplaining' is 'being told why they're wrong'.

I discovered this to the case at the weekend. The topic was 'the correct way in which to negotiate a roundabout'.

[Peter]

You can't say anything to women these days without being accused of mansplaining, p. :shrug:

What they appear to mean by 'mansplaining' is 'being told why they're wrong'.

I think the accusation is that I was downplaying their significance to the process (as I do with all women). Naturally I am hurt at such an accusation and now feel as though I am being attacked.

The two chaps who dressed up as the Williams' sisters got off. They had a photo of themselves with a black bloke who 'found it funny' . All a bit Father Ted.....

[Burney]

I think the accusation is that I was downplaying their significance to the process (as I do with all women). Naturally I am hurt at such an accusation and now feel as though I am being attacked.

The two chaps who dressed up as the Williams' sisters got off. They had a photo of themselves with a black bloke who 'found it funny' . All a bit Father Ted.....

Meetings are funny, though. Most of us would crawl over broken glass to avoid them, but the minute someone feels they're being excluded from one, they lose their shît.

:hehe: Excellent use of the black friend defence. We all need to keep an entourage of handy minority types around to get us out of the shït on these occasions.

[Rich]

I think the accusation is that I was downplaying their significance to the process (as I do with all women). Naturally I am hurt at such an accusation and now feel as though I am being attacked.

The two chaps who dressed up as the Williams' sisters got off. They had a photo of themselves with a black bloke who 'found it funny' . All a bit Father Ted.....

Can someone get Amla out now, please? I'm getting a bit uncomfortable about this chase.

[Ash]

I think the accusation is that I was downplaying their significance to the process (as I do with all women). Naturally I am hurt at such an accusation and now feel as though I am being attacked.


In all fairness you don't give the impression of being particularly keen on women overall. Obviously I'd hate to judge before all the facts are in but it might not be beyond the realms of possibility that some of your latent, erm, misogyny pops out to the surface now and again. I have never had the mansplaining word directed at me be any of my lady-on-lady-action colleagues when I am explaining how certain things work.

No offence, like. I wouldn't want you to have to relive your experience of being under attack all over again.

[Burney]

I discovered this to the case at the weekend. The topic was 'the correct way in which to negotiate a roundabout'.

What MASSIVELY fûcks me off about it is that it's treated by certain specimens of womankind as a surefire excuse to stop listening and carry on doing things completely fücking wrong. It is the most idiotic and childish idea, based as it is on the nonsensical notion that women are always right.

[Burney]

In all fairness you don't give the impression of being particularly keen on women overall. Obviously I'd hate to judge before all the facts are in but it might not be beyond the realms of possibility that some of your latent, erm, misogyny pops out to the surface now and again. I have never had the mansplaining word directed at me be any of my lady-on-lady-action colleagues when I am explaining how certain things work.

No offence, like. I wouldn't want you to have to relive your experience of being under attack all over again.

I think p is a misanthrope rather than a misogynist. He's an equal-opportunity miserable cùnt.

Love you, p ;-)

Oh, and you probably don't get the mansplaining thing because you have an acknowledged area of expertise.

[Burney]

Can someone get Amla out now, please? I'm getting a bit uncomfortable about this chase.

Yes, they're really being rather tiresome about the whole thing, aren't they? Not really playing the game at all.

Mind you, if you saw what the ball was doing earlier, this knock by Amla is pretty bloody impressive.

[Rich]

Yes, they're really being rather tiresome about the whole thing, aren't they? Not really playing the game at all.

Mind you, if you saw what the ball was doing earlier, this knock by Amla is pretty bloody impressive.

Every time I look at the screen I see the ball rolling to the rope again. They're being nasty to Moeen :-(

[Burney]

Every time I look at the screen I see the ball rolling to the rope again. They're being nasty to Moeen :-(

I was reading an interview with Moeen in which he revealed that he's just another Jew-hating Allan the other day. He's dead to me.

[Peter]

In all fairness you don't give the impression of being particularly keen on women overall. Obviously I'd hate to judge before all the facts are in but it might not be beyond the realms of possibility that some of your latent, erm, misogyny pops out to the surface now and again. I have never had the mansplaining word directed at me be any of my lady-on-lady-action colleagues when I am explaining how certain things work.

No offence, like. I wouldn't want you to have to relive your experience of being under attack all over again.

I think what you see of me on here is a reaction to the sheer amount of effort I have to put in on an hourly basis just to maintain a reasonable and healthy working relationship with some of these people……

I don’t dislike women at all. Some of my best friends are women. Well, one, actually. And she does hate women, but then most women do, don’t they. That’s just what they are like- all of them. :D

As a rule, the lezzas like me because I treat them the same as I do everybody- with mild, light-hearted contempt.

The problem isn’t my attitude to women, its my impatience with people’s hang ups, touchiness and personal bull****. My response to what I was going to do about her being offended was ‘well, she will just have to be offended, won’t she’…. It’s not my problem at all. None of my business, in fact.

[Burney]

I think what you see of me on here is a reaction to the sheer amount of effort I have to put in on an hourly basis just to maintain a reasonable and healthy working relationship with some of these people……

I don’t dislike women at all. Some of my best friends are women. Well, one, actually. And she does hate women, but then most women do, don’t they. That’s just what they are like- all of them. :D

As a rule, the lezzas like me because I treat them the same as I do everybody- with mild, light-hearted contempt.

The problem isn’t my attitude to women, its my impatience with people’s hang ups, touchiness and personal bull****. My response to what I was going to do about her being offended was ‘well, she will just have to be offended, won’t she’…. It’s not my problem at all. None of my business, in fact.

Yes, but for the sort of people who spend their time being offended, letting you know how offended they are is sort of the point.

[Luis Anaconda]

Every time I look at the screen I see the ball rolling to the rope again. They're being nasty to Moeen :-(

:clap: :clap: Bowling Rich - got to give you some credit for that one

[Burney]

I was reading an interview with Moeen in which he revealed that he's just another Jew-hating Allan the other day. He's dead to me.

Well that was a very successful reverse jinx

[Rich]

:clap: :clap: Bowling Rich - got to give you some credit for that one

Ty LA. Mine's a Doom Bar.

[Burney]

:clap: :clap: Bowling Rich - got to give you some credit for that one

England aren't getting much change out of Dharmasena this match, are they? Every close call is going Sudeffrika's way, it seems to me.


I could be making this up, of course and am just still angry about the DRS being used to back up his písspoor decision against Bairstow the other day.

[Burney]

Ty LA. Mine's a Doom Bar.

de Kok in now, though. He can be damaging if he gets going.

[Rich]

de Kok in now, though. He can be damaging if he gets going.

Hmm yes, I think he should be higher up the order, really. All of the others after him are poes, though.

[Burney]

Ty LA. Mine's a Doom Bar.

The Cricinfo chap's got a bit carried away, here. :hehe:

693

[Rich]

The Cricinfo chap's got a bit carried away, here. :hehe:

693

:hehe: I'm more of a TMS man when I can't watch it. CricInfo does the ball by ball stuff which I like, though. May have to consider a change.

[Peter]

Yes, but for the sort of people who spend their time being offended, letting you know how offended they are is sort of the point.

Of course, and for people like me, letting them know that I don’t care whether they are offended or not is entirely the point. Which they obviously find terribly offensive.

Everybody wins :)

[Luis Anaconda]

:hehe: I'm more of a TMS man when I can't watch it. CricInfo does the ball by ball stuff which I like, though. May have to consider a change.

Well - that escalated quickly