Newsweek: Candy Canes BANNED by School Principal "Shape is J for Jesus"

[Metlakatla]

Originally Posted by hertfordshire

Minervah didn't strike me as offended at all. Just pointing out that words have meaning. Maybe you're the one who's being too touchy?

Can't give you any more rep just now, but yeah.

[Minervah]

Originally Posted by hertfordshire

Minervah didn't strike me as offended at all. Just pointing out that words have meaning. Maybe you're the one who's being too touchy?

LOL! Thank you. No offense taken here, just puzzlement as to why the poster would think men would not want to be differentiated from women and vice versa when it came to being identified in the job. Unless, if course, one is talking about drag queens or cross dressers. Then it's an entirely different story.

[steiconi]

Originally Posted by Quietude

Do you have any data on Santa's sugar content?

Dude lives on cookies and candy canes. Gotta have a high sugar content.

[steiconi]

Originally Posted by JerseyGirl415

Yes, the candy CANE that's shaped like a CANE is actually a J for Jesus.

I think I'll buy a bunch of candy canes ($2 a dozen at Wal-Mart), relabel them "Jesus candy", and sell them for a buck each.

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by thebobs

I'm surprised the National Weather Service hasn't been sued yet for snow always being white.

of course you are

[Redraven]

Originally Posted by Minervah

Sometimes words and phrases change for better clarification as the times change. Would a man really want to be called a stewardess? It would seem a bit odd to call a woman a policeMAN or a mailMAN?

Actually, the term used in the past to identify a male "flight attendant" was "steward", not "stewardess".
It is interesting that the Navy has said that rating names will not be changed. Thus, "Personnelman" is still the name for the rating, even though women work in the field along side of men. Same goes for "Yeoman" and many other terms used in the Navy.
Of course, that was a long time ago, perhaps the Navy yielded to societal pressure. I hope not!

[Quietude]

In good news, the term "actress" is falling further and further out of use.

[thebobs]

Originally Posted by steiconi

I think I'll buy a bunch of candy canes ($2 a dozen at Wal-Mart), relabel them "Jesus candy", and sell them for a buck each.

Remember to repackage them upside down to create the J effect. Otherwise they won't sell.

[Podo944]

Old men walking down the street with a cane might be banned.

[RP2C]

Depicting the "J" upside-down seems more like a symbol for the Anti-Christ than for Jesus; arguing that might be more acceptable to school officials and secularists.