How do these people get elected?

[Ram]

So you think it is a racist term?

No, not at all. But, to tell on my self, I thought the people in this thread, my saying ignorant, were saying that the person who said "Black Hole" was ignorant of the racist overtone of the comment. I truly did not know they were agreeing with me. Thusly, I am ignorant.:lol:

[Hasbeen]

T,B, & G can, I'm sure, give a much better description of a black hole, but my understanding is it's a body in space so dense, and with so much gravity, that not even light can escape. Everything within range is sucked in and just disappears in darkness. Thus the saying when anything goes in and does not come back out, is it's a "black hole".

[Uncle Jed]

I understand where the commissioner is coming from. I personally am offended of the term, “Fat Chance”. This term indicates that those of us who prefer pleated pants have little chance to succeed. When will the madness end?

[True blue (and gold)]

In short, a black hole is the end point of an extremely massive star that collapses on itself, due to gravity. It is a region of space where, once you cross a certain point, nothing except X-rays can escape.

[BoondockSaint]

No, not at all. But, to tell on my self, I thought the people in this thread, my saying ignorant, were saying that the person who said "Black Hole" was ignorant of the racist overtone of the comment. I truly did not know they were agreeing with me. Thusly, I am ignorant.:lol:

:lol: :thumb: I'm just glad we're all on the same page now.

[mcpapa]

There is a member of BGP that shall remain nameless whom I christened "The Black Hole" after playing some pickup basketball games together (well, I mostly watched).

 

He is Caucasian. However, once the ball gets near him, it gets sucked in (his gravitational force must be exceptional) and is never seen again, unless expelled toward the rim. Hence, "black hole".

[Jim Schue]

There is a member of BGP that shall remain nameless whom I christened "The Black Hole" after playing some pickup basketball games together (well, I mostly watched).

 

He is Caucasian. However, once the ball gets near him, it gets sucked in (his gravitational force must be exceptional) and is never seen again, unless expelled toward the rim. Hence, "black hole".

 

Kinda like Kevin McHale: 13 moves in the low post, and No. 13 is to kick it back out.

[mcpapa]

Kinda like Kevin McHale: 13 moves in the low post, and No. 13 is to kick it back out.

 

I guess my buddy only has 12...

 

Wait, I take that back. There are only two moves. Ball fake and shoot, or shoot.

[Jim Schue]

I guess my buddy only has 12...

 

:lol::lol:

[saint4]

I understand where the commissioner is coming from. I personally am offended of the term, “Fat Chance”. This term indicates that those of us who prefer pleated pants have little chance to succeed. When will the madness end?

 

It is just a saying. I don't get offended by sayings. If someone calls be a name or points me out and ridicules me, I take offense. But old sayings like that, I don't. They all have BAD meanings to them, like "Rule of Thumb".

[True blue (and gold)]

It is just a saying. I don't get offended by sayings. If someone calls be a name or points me out and ridicules me, I take offense. But old sayings like that, I don't. They all have BAD meanings to them, like "Rule of Thumb".

 

I'm pretty sure that Uncle Jed was making a joke.