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BlueBalls?
Topic Started: Aug 8 2008, 07:08 PM (588 Views)
Piano*Dad
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Klaus,

That is a truly bizarre analogy you're trying out. Do you really think it is an appropriate comparison or are you just trying to be obstreperous.

If I invited an orthodox Jewish family over for dinner (or conservative muslim) I would indeed consider their sensibilities. I would not serve foods that were traif. If I were a woman, I would not appear in a miniskirt and bare midriff to entertain them. That's just common decency.

No, I would not dress in a Burka. Nor would I think that they would have any such expectation. That's common decency from the other side.

If you cannot see that hanging testicles under your piano is crude humor then what is crude humor? I don't have any particular aversion to crude humor once in a while. I have been known to engage in it myself! But I would not inflict the most extreme aspects of my personality or my tastes on people who I did not know quite well.
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Klaus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Well, I for one don't have balls hanging under my grand piano (or anything else along these lines), but then again I have little tolerance for people who would be upset about such a completely harmless joke, just as I have no tolerance for "perpetually offended muslims".

I had a friend who had a sofa that looked like a vagina. This was somewhat crude humour, but I don't think anybody was ever upset about that. But maybe there is really a mentality difference between US and Europe in this regard.
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Piano*Dad
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Something like this? :lol:

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If Americans are more willing to consider the sensibilities of guests, I would regard that as a virtue of our culture and not a defect. You are free to think otherwise. :yes:
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sue
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I really am amazed by the reactions here. I guess we see things quite differently. I just do not see a couple of coloured balls hanging from a piano as horribly crude.




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kenny
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sue
Aug 9 2008, 07:35 AM
I really am amazed by the reactions here. I guess we see things quite differently. I just do not see a couple of coloured balls hanging from a piano as horribly crude.

Many people think sex is dirty.
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Mikhailoh
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It isn't horribly crude. But it is crude humor. Jokes about genitalia are crude humor.

The entire fact that there is a difference of opinion on it is sufficient reason not to do it.
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AlbertaCrude
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Let 'em hang Kenny. It's your house, your piano your partay. If they don't like it they can leave.
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kenny
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I could always say I never noticed them, or they must have come with the piano. :shrug:
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Mikhailoh
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Whatever you do about the balls, you still have the happiest avatar I'v ever seen.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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Frank_W
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Again: It's not that I think sex is dirty or anything else. It's a matter of being a gracious host, and considering the sensitivities of the guests. If I went over to Kenny's house, we'd have a laugh over it and crack a beer. Who cares?

I have a huge matted and framed poster of a very artistically photographed nude woman, in my studio. I have friends over all the time for jam sessions, and stuff. No one cares, or else they may crack a joke... It's no big deal. If I were inviting dozens of people and their families over though, I would probably take it down until the party was over.

It's not a commentary on sexual mores or anything else. It's simply a question of hospitality and respect. :shrug: I realize that all of this is probably a point of distinction that people who refuse to understand, will simply NOT understand.

Oh well.... :tongue:
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blondie
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You know, I thought about it Kenny.

If the danglers are normally on your piano, I'd just leave them there. They're just testicles after all. And this is your house. So what?

I did a little look-see of what art is up displayed around our house. I've got a very fine painting that could be interpreted as 2 lesbians kissing (yes LE I'll post it), a Haitian (or is it Honduran?) statue with a penis down to his knees, a porcelin Chinese Examination Doll on the fireplace (it appears the lady is masturbating) ... nude this & thats on the walls, etc. ... like whatever. It's our house. We collect these things.

Now Kenny, ... if you kept your sex toys displayed on your piano, yes, I'd put those away, but heck, those testicles can be seen on trucks all across the continent.

Kids need a laugh & some explanation too. If you think parents will be miffed, simply forewarn them.
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John D'Oh
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I knew someone who went to a house party and they showed the (pretty graphic) video of the birth of their most recent child after dinner. Sounded like a good excuse to spend some time in the kitchen emptying their fridge to me, but each to their own I guess.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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ivorythumper
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sue
Aug 9 2008, 08:35 AM
I really am amazed by the reactions here. I guess we see things quite differently. I just do not see a couple of coloured balls hanging from a piano as horribly crude.

Once you go black, huh? :lol:
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Frank_W
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John D'Oh
Aug 9 2008, 01:23 PM
I knew someone who went to a house party and they showed the (pretty graphic) video of the birth of their most recent child after dinner. Sounded like a good excuse to spend some time in the kitchen emptying their fridge to me, but each to their own I guess.

Oh gawd... :weeping: I've delivered three babies, and was in the delivery room for the entire birth of my daughter, but holy cow, I can't imagine inviting dinner guests over to actually watch it, had I videotaped it.

Man, people are weird.... :unsure: :tongue:
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
kenny
Aug 9 2008, 08:38 AM
sue
Aug 9 2008, 07:35 AM
I really am amazed by the reactions here. I guess we see things quite differently. I just do not see a couple of coloured balls hanging from a piano as horribly crude.

Many people think sex is dirty.

I don't know *anyone* who thinks sex is dirty, do you? That canard seems to be something that you are in perpetual reaction against.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
ivorythumper
Aug 9 2008, 11:28 AM
sue
Aug 9 2008, 08:35 AM
I really am amazed by the reactions here. I guess we see things quite differently. I just do not see a couple of coloured balls hanging from a piano as horribly crude.

Once you go black, huh? :lol:

:confused:
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
sue
Aug 9 2008, 11:30 AM
ivorythumper
Aug 9 2008, 11:28 AM
sue
Aug 9 2008, 08:35 AM
I really am amazed by the reactions here. I guess we see things quite differently. I just do not see a couple of coloured balls hanging from a piano as horribly crude.

Once you go black, huh? :lol:

:confused:

Hey, you're the one who mentioned "coloured balls"... sorry. :leaving:
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
ivorythumper
Aug 9 2008, 11:31 AM
sue
Aug 9 2008, 11:30 AM
ivorythumper
Aug 9 2008, 11:28 AM
sue
Aug 9 2008, 08:35 AM
I really am amazed by the reactions here. I guess we see things quite differently. I just do not see a couple of coloured balls hanging from a piano as horribly crude.

Once you go black, huh? :lol:

:confused:

Hey, you're the one who mentioned "coloured balls"... sorry. :leaving:

:lol: Sorry, I missed that. ;)
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Jolly
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kenny, you answered your own question by asking the question.

Take 'em down.
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George K
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Finally
"Is sex dirty?"

"Only when done properly."
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ivorythumper
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George K
Aug 9 2008, 01:59 PM
"Is sex dirty?"

"Only when done properly."

Sort of like my desk -- messy, yes; dirty, no.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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John D'Oh
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ivorythumper
Aug 9 2008, 02:29 PM
I don't know *anyone* who thinks sex is dirty, do you? That canard seems to be something that you are in perpetual reaction against.

I'm not ashamed to go on record as saying that I think that sex with a duck is dirty.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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