Apology to Terminus, as I changed the thread title slightly.
I talk in slang a lot, as do most Americans, and it has gotten me in trouble, especially when working overseas. Talking about one of the guys working for me in Asia who'd really screwed up, I didn't think and said "That person could f* up a two car funeral" while near enough for my host to hear me. He stared and was clearly not happy. I apologized right away for the rude remark that he wasn't supposed to hear, because I know that humor is lost in translation and his religion does not condone insults and would NEVER make a joke about funerals, especially while we were working on something where people died. oops!
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Another time I did a dumb one unintentionally which relates to how Terminus started this thread. A couple of folks were arguing on ADV and I posted an old meme that no matter who wins in the special olympics, they are still .....
Turns out one of the guys has a challenged (autistic as I recall) daughter and flagged my post to the mods. That one got me the week of "Banned Camp" which Snakebitten keeps teasing about.
More recently, we've taken up The Potomac Center
http://www.potomaccenter.com as our charity recipient for the Romney Camp-N-Ride, where we get to interact with the kids and young adults. He's not the type to EVER complain but I personally know at least one forum member who has a very challenged kid and after being with the Potomac Center folks a number of times now, I can't imagine being a parent.
What I'm getting to is that while we'd all love to learn some new colloquialisms and I want to encourage the fun, please use some discretion for the members who might be hurt. You're a great group and no doubt will understand.