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Don't Say It

HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
in Purgatory
At a family gathering or a dinner party, what topics of conversation should be avoided? I have heard that one should not talk about sex, money, religion or politics, but what else? Notice that on the Ship, we have discussions about religion (a lot, appropriately) and politics, but not much about sex or money.

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  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Maybe we don't have a lot of the last two?
  • North East QuineNorth East Quine Purgatory Host
    How many years is it since we had the T&T thread?
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    This reminds me of a song parody by the Holderness Family from Thanksgiving 2018 about ignoring the "elephant in the room" at family gatherings during contentious political times...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EuqRVtq1aw
  • KarlLBKarlLB Shipmate
    North East Quine wrote: »
    How many years is it since we had the T&T thread?

    Since we can't post anonymously T&T is a less appealing thought.
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    North East Quine wrote: »
    How many years is it since we had the T&T thread?

    More than twenty!
  • Gill HGill H Shipmate
    It’s a long time since I proposed that the newly merged forum comprising liturgical discussions and alt worship should be called “Let’s Talk Tat ‘n’ Tealights” then…
  • Gamma GamalielGamma Gamaliel Shipmate
    I avoided the T&T thread all those years ago as I didn't want to see Shipmates I knew posting things that might require brain-bleach once I'd read them.

    I like @Gill H's suggestion.
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    Gamma Gamaliel wrote: »
    I avoided the T&T thread all those years ago as I didn't want to see Shipmates I knew posting things that might require brain-bleach once I'd read them.

    Who, me? ;)
  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    Firenze wrote: »
    Maybe we don't have a lot of the last two?

    Well, I don't have a lot of money ... 😈
  • HugalHugal Shipmate
    I don’t have any dynamite. Oh not that T and T.
    You should never say the food is awful even if it is.
  • SpikeSpike Ecclesiantics & MW Host, Admin Emeritus
    North East Quine wrote: »
    How many years is it since we had the T&T thread?

    It wasn’t just a thread, it was an entire board. The original one was set up as a temporary board for discussion on a “sex edition” of the magazine section. It proved so popular it was brought back the following year. I think this was around 2001/2002
  • Merry VoleMerry Vole Shipmate
    T & T .??
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    Tits n testicles
  • Merry VoleMerry Vole Shipmate
    😅
  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    Doublethink wrote: »
    Tits n testicles

    The mind boggles as to the amorous escapades of shipmates if these are the primary anatomy involved.
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    edited September 2024
    Arethosemyfeet wrote: »
    Doublethink wrote: »
    Tits n testicles

    The mind boggles as to the amorous escapades of shipmates if these are the primary anatomy involved.

    NSFW Monty Python link
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    One can find some of the threads on the old Ship, including my own leather thread! ❤️
  • RuthRuth Shipmate
    Arethosemyfeet wrote: »
    Doublethink wrote: »
    Tits n testicles

    The mind boggles as to the amorous escapades of shipmates if these are the primary anatomy involved.

    I was always irritated that the desire for alliteration led to yoking a secondary sex characteristic with a primary one.
  • Leorning CnihtLeorning Cniht Shipmate
    edited September 2024
    Ruth wrote: »
    I was always irritated that the desire for alliteration led to yoking a secondary sex characteristic with a primary one.

    You can alliterate primaries, but it would be a bit cruder. I think "pricks'n'pussies" is about the least crude I can do. There are several other choices.
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    Leorning Cniht wrote: »
    Ruth wrote: »
    I was always irritated that the desire for alliteration led to yoking a secondary sex characteristic with a primary one.

    You can alliterate primaries, but it would be a bit cruder. I think "pricks'n'pussies" is about the least crude I can do. There are several other choices.

    “Poles’n’Holes”?
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Or 'Beards'n'Bosoms' has a nicely Victorian ring to it.
  • Gamma GamalielGamma Gamaliel Shipmate
    Yes, and is also more prudish than @ChastMastr's more graphic suggestion.
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Gamma Gamaliel wrote: »
    Yes, and is also more prudish than @ChastMastr's more graphic suggestion.

    Absolutely. We are looking for something that will not bring a blush to the cheek of the young person. Farthingales'n'Doublets?
  • Gamma GamalielGamma Gamaliel Shipmate
    At least ChastMastr's suggestion is to the point.

    It may not cover all bases but ...
  • KarlLBKarlLB Shipmate
    Firenze wrote: »
    Gamma Gamaliel wrote: »
    Yes, and is also more prudish than @ChastMastr's more graphic suggestion.

    Absolutely. We are looking for something that will not bring a blush to the cheek of the young person. Farthingales'n'Doublets?

    Bugger me there's a spanking joke in there somewhere only I could just make it work.

    Sorry. As you were.
  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    I think if one intends to bring a blush to the cheek of a young person a plimsoll is the traditional approach.
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    The nebulousness of it is enough. :lol:
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    I'm not sure there's much serious Purgatorial discussion on this thread.

    la vie en rouge, Purgatory host
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    Well, that never really had a chance, did it. The second post started our tipping, and the third post sent us all the way over.
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