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What's Black and White and Red All Over?
Yesterday we noted that the Seattle Times was limiting references to the Washington Redskins in news articles about this weekend's playoff game between the You Know What Skins and the Seattle Seahawks. It seems that the District of Columbia team's name is offensive to the descendants of people whose ancestors lived in America before Columbus discovered it.
If the Seattle Times is serious about this policy, though, it will also have to stop using the first word in the Seattle Seahawks' name. True, it's a reference to the city, but the city is named after Chief Seattle, who was what, in less enlightened Times, was known as an Indian.
Come to think of it, the Seattle Times will have to stop using its own name for the same reason. But what name would be better? Just the Times is too confusing, since there are Timeses in New York, London and a few other places. Washington Times is taken, too.
Here's an idea: How about using an anagram? From now on, the Seattle Times will be known as Let's Eat Mites! OK, it's not exactly elegant, but it beats Talentless Piglet Erection.
ping-a-ding!!
ROTFLMAO!!!
Talentless Piglet Erection.
Priceless! All posts from that paper should be referred to as such in the future.
After reading the article I went directly to Google in order to find the radix of the name "Seattle" before I saw your post.
Thanks.
I was most happy my 'Skins spanked the Dullus Cowgirlz twice (2 times) this season... finally. I especially liked the first win in God's toilette bowl... flush!
"OK, it's not exactly elegant, but it beats Talentless Piglet Erection."
LOL. Taranto just has too much fun doing his job.