Thursday, January 19, 2012

How about the " Corner Canyon Pussies"?

There is stupid, and then there is STUPID: "Utah School Board Says Cougar Mascot Too Offensive To Women".
One Utah school district believes a cougar mascot would be insensitive to women.

The Canyons School District overrode the students top choice of a cougar mascot for their high school that is to be completed in 2013.

Would-be Corner Canyon High School students chose the Cougars as their mascot — a name principal Mary Bailey said carries an ugly connotation that is disrespectful to women.

In popular culture, the cougar is a sexually aggressive middle-aged woman who attracts younger men.
Hitting a little too close to home, Mary?

10 comments:

Steve Burri said...

When I first saw that I thought it was the Onion.

Parents, keep your kids away from this principal... any word or deed can be twisted to the sexual.

JeffS said...

As I noted to Mr. Bingley, don't be telling Washington State University about this.

JeffS said...

And to prove my point, here's an ancient question, long asked of Washington State residents:

"How do you keep a cougar out of your backyard?"

The answer:

"Put up a set of goal posts."

TW: joinness. No thank you, I don't care to join the stupid.

richard mcenroe said...

No, that's a MILF. A cougar is attracted TO younger men.

And it's the NEW HIT SERIES! (brief NSFW text)

rinardman said...

I suppose Corner Canyon Pedophiles would be offensive to some, too.

Sounds like they want something non-threatening and neutered.

How about the Corner Canyon Unicorns? The Fluffy Kittens? The Playful Puppies? The U.N. Blue Hats?

RebeccaH said...

Good grief. I propose they name themselves the Corner Canyon Corsets, or the Corner Canyon Bustles, or something equally 19th century.

Col. Milquetoast said...

So they ended up calling them "Chargers" … isn't it disrespectful of women to imply they can't manage money and charge everything?

I would have counter-proposed naming the team after the Moros Island Liberation Front.

Anonymous said...

Deborah Leigh said... Only in the liberal world where the definition of "is" is debated, could this take place. Can't have "artichoke", it's already taken by Scottsdale Community College. And I suspect "banana" is out...so to speak.

RebeccaH, they'd probably dismiss corsets or bustles as antiquated appliances that constrained women.

JeffS, keeping a cougar (animal or human) our of the backyard is easy. Keep Fluffy inside, and the firearm handy.

JorgXMcKie said...

I'm reasonably sure that when 'teachers' go back to a College of Education to the necessary credential [probably Masters' or EdD in "Educational Leadership] to be a principal or superintendent of a school the first thing that happens is that they get whacked upside the head with a brick.

That would explain a lot of their decisions, I think.

Paco said...

Colonel M.: Very clever, old fellow!