John M., Thanks for that news about Miss Shenanigans. And for the pointer to the Urban Dictionary "Asian" page, which is decorated with pictures of "Asian Girls For Love & Marriage" (an Asian would not ungrammatically capitalize the preposition For in a title, or commit ampersand abuse). How did this ad come to appear on this page? Probably from software that calls up advertising appropriate to keywords it finds on the page. But sometimes this mode of advertising can be counterproductive. A website that criticizes the Amish for hypocritically selling electrical appliances might be paid for with advertising from the very company it it telling people to avoid. Ironic, ain't it? And I see from this Urban Dictionary "Asian" page that people who are interested in Asians also go for Interracial Gay Dating (or so decrees the artificial-intelligence software). -- Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY)
----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:38 PM Subject: Re: yoots amok Mark wrote: > http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story > .aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemi > d=WeED13%20Jan%202009%2020%3A43%3A18%3A030 > is a puzzling report about "a gang of youths" who > are "racially motivated", although no races are identified. > "Cops said the youths were Asian", says the report. > "Asian"? That's a peculiar description. What are > Asians doing in London in the first place? > And Asia is the planet's largest continent. > You'd think a reporter would identify what part > of Asia these Asians are from. My guess is > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmykia , > but it could be [unfinished] Mark, Perhaps having a look at definition 1. here may help. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=asian I wish I had more time to read over the Urban Dictionary. Some of the entries are truly inspired, for example the following one for "Ann Coulter (definition 3.)": [QUOTE] Ann Coulter is actually a former drag queen from Key West named Pudenda Shenanigans. Ms. Shenanigans was famous for her renditions of “Dude Looks Like a Lady” “I will Survive” and “You Shook Me All Night Long” as well as an extensive Barbra Streisand repertoire. We who used to work with her are concerned for her as well as upset by the vile hatred she has spewed towards her former friends in the gay community. We feel that by bringing the truth to light perhaps Ann will come to grips with her past and change her wicked ways. [END QUOTE] JM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
