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gvstn

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24. O/T

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #9)

Sun May 28, 2017, 01:05 PM

May 2017

I was just reading a book in which one of the characters was not particularly studious. At one point in trying to explain some idea he exclaims, "It's not rocket surgery!". I am chomping at the bit to slip that into conversation sooner rather than later. It cracks me up every time that I think of it. I don't care what people think of me.

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United sorry for falsely accusing gay father of fondling his child [View all] n2doc May 2017 OP

despicable! fugging bigots imagine and notice what they want to see luvMIdog May 2017 #1

Post removed Post removed May 2017 #2

Yeah, it was pretty "off" - he had his hand on his son's lap on an airplane Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #4

"Pretty off"? cwydro May 2017 #6

As a lesbian mom, and child sexual abuse survivor, Ms. Toad May 2017 #8

Political correctness? off? hrmjustin May 2017 #12

Oh, dear. MineralMan May 2017 #13

This culture of fear is what is destroying this country. athena May 2017 #16

How did they know he was gay? I saw nothing in the link? Were they given a heads up? angstlessk May 2017 #3

I wondered the same nini May 2017 #5

As a lesbian parent, who occasionally traveled with our child without my partner, Ms. Toad May 2017 #9

The whole article leave a bit to be desired the way it was written. nini May 2017 #15

O/T gvstn May 2017 #24

When I comfort my children, I don't do it like that. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #7

No one has appointed you as the definition of proper behavior. athena May 2017 #10

+1000 nt NutmegYankee May 2017 #11

Well I hope you feel better after all that. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #19

If you read the article, he had his hand on his child's lap. athena May 2017 #22

This is what the article says... near the genitals sarah FAILIN May 2017 #25

There is no suggestion that anyone touched anyone's genital area. athena May 2017 #33

I think your source may not be a reputable one sarah FAILIN May 2017 #34

Different parents; different styles. MineralMan May 2017 #14

"near the genitals" is what was said sarah FAILIN May 2017 #17

That's what the worried passenger reported. MineralMan May 2017 #18

Flight attendant said.. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #20

People whe see a parent's hand on a child's lap as sexual give me the creeps. Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #23

This is what the article says... near the genitals sarah FAILIN May 2017 #26

Now we've moved to *touching* genitals? Cal Carpenter May 2017 #28

Not my imagination. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #29

Like I said... Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #30

You are kidding. You need to refresh your memory. vanlassie May 2017 #31

Not in my home sarah FAILIN May 2017 #32

Good fathers are supposed to smack their sons and tell them to quit acting like girls. hunter May 2017 #21

Like drumpf, the airlines.have gone completely insane. democratisphere May 2017 #27