Brevity by Dan Thompson for June 12, 2013

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    Jeff0811  over 11 years ago

    Is it just me or is the guy with glasses “pitching a tent”?

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    Varnes  over 11 years ago

    For what it’s worth, I’ve discovered the Fountain of Old Age…You can have it……

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    The Fountain of Utes???

    Dan Thompson …. go to your room!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Varnes…. s’OK, I found my own way there….

    And Dog…. that just cries out for a resPonce.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Bri — I’ve wondered about that, cos so many tribes and Native American groups have protested and petitioned over team names.

    Good to know this one is sanctioned.

    Of course, I was scolding Dan over the pun, not the team name.

    (Like anybody takes me seriously if I complain about a pun.)

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Wow, Bri… I think I need to Google that… interesting.

    Meanwhile… haven’t seen you at the Tiki for a while.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Ok, it’s complicated…But if anyone is interested…there’s a whole Wikipedia article on the controversies vs. cooperation in the use of Native American symbols for sports teams….HERE

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    jreckard  over 11 years ago

    And I thought baseball players spat too much.

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    Varnes  over 11 years ago

    Susan ,thanks for the explanation, I didn’t have clue….

    “Did you just say Utes?” Fred Gwinne in My Cousin Vinny

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    Godfreydaniel  over 11 years ago

    In Kansas City, we have a real fountain called “The Fountain of Ewes.” I don’t know how to post a picture of it in here, although if somebody could be so kind as to do it?

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    ChucklinChuck  over 11 years ago

    Go Blackhawks!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Godfrey….. a Google search seems to find it on TWO different bases… some rocks with a small waterfall, and a funky metal (?) platform.

    Hard to find any info but from the brief descriptions, they’re both noted as being in KC.

    Did someone change the base at some point?

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Night-Gaunt… it’s more complicated than that…There’s no clear answer as to who has the right to decide.

    That’s why I linked to the Wikipedia article.

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    Godfreydaniel  over 11 years ago

    Thanks, Susan. The fountain’s been renovated more than once since it was originally installed. I used to walk by it every so often although I haven’t for a few years. Maybe I should, just to see what it’s doing these days……….

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    Godfreydaniel  over 11 years ago

    For that matter, maybe there’s more than one fountain nowdays, although originally I know it was just the one.

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    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    “Utah” is from a Ute word meaning “High in the mountains”.

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    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Years ago there was a group of Navajo high-school students who called their intramural basketball team the “Fightin’ Whities” to bring attention to the offensive names of sports teams.This plan backfired because white people thought it was funny and the team captain was flooded with orders for “Fightin’ Whities” T-shirts.

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    emjaycee  over 11 years ago

    Not necessarily, of course. From my recollection, a member of the Oklahoma band wrote off a letter with the implication that it had come from the Florida group which came as quite a surprise to the Florida group and the university.

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    CrouchingBruin  over 11 years ago

    There is current controversy over the Washington Redskin’s refusal to change their name.http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2013/06/12/roger-goodell-defends-redskins-nickname-in-a-letter-to-congress/

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