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JimGinPA

(14,811 posts)
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 06:38 PM Sep 2017

Well, Here's Something I'll Have No Problem Boycotting

Cycling Weekly sorry for 'token attractive woman' caption

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-41122033?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook




A leading cycling magazine has apologised after a female rider was labelled "token attractive woman".

Cycling Weekly's edition from 31 August featured a profile of Hinckley Cycle Racing Club to mark the Leicestershire group's 70th anniversary.

Club secretary Tim Ellershaw said they were annoyed, and the comment "should never have been made in the first place".

The magazine accepted the caption was idiotic and not funny.
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Well, Here's Something I'll Have No Problem Boycotting (Original Post) JimGinPA Sep 2017 OP
Wtf? eom Control-Z Sep 2017 #1
Bloody wankers! ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #2
Ok I get sister and wife unblock Sep 2017 #3
"China plate" equals "mate" ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #4

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
2. Bloody wankers!
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 06:49 PM
Sep 2017

Could be me skin and blister, or trouble and strife, or just me best china. Not some random gooseberry puddin'.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
3. Ok I get sister and wife
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 07:07 PM
Sep 2017

And I've heard gooseberry pudding is somehow meant to rhyme with woman.

But I'm afraid to ask about best china. Uh, let's just say girlfriend I presume...?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
4. "China plate" equals "mate"
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 07:10 PM
Sep 2017

It's so common that they just leave off the "plate", which is strange since it's the word that actually rhymes.

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