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the term ”maintenance hole” this week to replace ”manhole”

Too suggestive, says the Religious Right.

(Beat y’all to it)

And we decided to make a video about it, that parodies the training sequences in films like Rocky and the Karate Kid. Pleas have a look and share it with your friends around the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn7Y5pdSSkM

Happy holidays for next month!

“Slam-dunk” encourages children to do drugs and endanger other children by pushing them under water.

Don’t you mean “slam-dunk” might encourage children to become sycophantic lying heads of intelligence agencies?

Seriously though, great post.

Next? How about 1990?

Sacramento city officials, having found the word ”manhole” sexist, have now come up with a new name for those utility holes in streets. Without fanfare, the City Council adopted the term ”maintenance hole” this week to replace ”manhole” on official maps and documents. Public works officials had proposed finding a non-sexist term in jest, but Mayor Anne Rudin liked the idea and the debate quickly spread.