Proposed amendments to the rules of lawn-tennis

[amateur51]

Oh dear- did Mummy or Daddy never tell you about the birds and the bees? Do you still think babies are delivered by storks?

It was the 'in the first place' bit that caught my attention, MrPee, but I granted you too much intelligence.

My mistake

[scottycelt]

I would agree with ff that male & female pin-up calendars are inapropriate in the workplace. However, there is a subtle difference between the two; the relative power positions of men and women

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Hey, wait a minute, Flossie, whatever happened to all this 'equality' and 'non-discrimination' all of a sudden? I've noticed subtle little differences between men and women myself, but that's not the point.

In my latter years in the workplace we had predominately female bosses. Does that mean I should have been able to put up posters of Nigella Lawson but the girls banned from displaying photos of George Clooney, because of the relative 'power positions'?

Also, In such a situation would gays be allowed to pin up pictures of Gorgeous George, but not the poor girls?

I'm truly appalled at your now quite reactionary comments on equality, Flossie, I really am ...

[amateur51]

At one place of employment I had a photograph of Jean Rhys on my wall with the caption "all I need is to buy a new ginger wig and to start a new novel".

That either started or stopped the conversation, I can tell you!

[EdgeleyRob]

Better still, why not just drop cricket ... ?

and tennis.

[AmpH]

and tennis.

even better still , drop football

[teamsaint]

even better still , drop football

if I was in charge, I would make you sit in the naughty corner and listen to Lou Reed for saying that.

[EdgeleyRob]

even better still , drop football

[scottycelt]

and tennis.

C'mon we need to see Andy Murray winning 30 Slams before we could ever countenance that ...

After that your proposal will be considered robustly by our management team and the current situation reviewed accordingly ...

[AmpH]

if I was in charge, I would make you sit in the naughty corner and listen to Lou Reed for saying that.

Better than having to sit and watch Man Utd

[teamsaint]

Better than having to sit and watch Man Utd

fair point

unless its MMM !

[Vile Consort]

Back in the 1970s, practically every male student pad in the country was decorated with the famous Athena poster of the tennis girl raising her skirt and showing her bottom.

Really? Really??

Not at my university they weren't.

[EdgeleyRob]

Better than having to sit and watch Man Utd

So is poking oneself in the eye with a sharp stick.