BS: Is BS Doomed???

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 02:11 PM

You can all groan and go "Dur..." if you like, but what exactly does BS stand for please?

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 02:17 PM

Bruce is Sexy

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 02:28 PM

Of course it could be BullShit ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Elmore
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 02:51 PM

BS: Bush (still) Sucks.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: gnu
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 02:52 PM

What could be bullshit? Surely not that part about 9 bein sexy? Why, if I was so inclined... >;-)

Just a joke, rum.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 03:36 PM

Every time I read the title of this thread I read it as:

"Is BS Donuel?"

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 03:40 PM

Below Standard? Bi- Sexual? Bent Sausages? Come on, I really do want to know!

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 03:55 PM

Breeze shooting; Brain Storms;

all of the above and anything else one can think of that would use BS as initials....

It's the mudcat equivilant of "Off Topic" (OT)

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 04:06 PM

"Come on, I really do want to know!

well, the US standard is "bull shit"

a google search for no BS shows the usage.


and THIS clarifies it.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: catspaw49
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 05:39 PM

Geeziz....What a frightening picture! Looks like someone sliced that bull in half and a basketball shot out his ass! Wow......


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 05:51 PM

It means "idle talk", Eliza...otherwise known as "shooting the breeze (breeze shooting)" or just plain "bullshit".

It's also an acronym for Bill Shatner.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,999
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 05:52 PM

Eliza, don't believe these guys. Bunch of sickos.

BS stands for Below the Salt. In the days when Mudcat was just beginning, many of the songs posted were about the sea and ships and sailing and shanties (chanties for your American cousins). As I heard it from some trusted people, Spaw got outrageous and talked the way he does and the thread deteriorated in quick order. He was banished for a day to the BS section which didn't exist, so Pene, Joe and Max started it. Thus the term BS--or Below the Salt. Trust me on this, Eliza. That's the way it was.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 05:52 PM

"Caca del toro" en Español. Como mi hermano dijo, "¡Silencio -- no pueda eskier en caca!"

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 06:02 PM

No es "caca", hombre. Es "mierda". Mierda de toro. Hay mucha mierda en el Mudcat Cafe'.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,olddude
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 06:19 PM

It means Big Stick, cause everyone hits everyone over the head down here in the pit

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,999
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 07:40 PM

Ustedes están tan llenos de mierda que usted tiene ojos marrones. Con afectuoso saludo, amigo suyo, 999.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,Pepe Gonzales
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 08:39 PM

Claro que si'! Son hijos de putas, uno y todos.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 08:41 PM

¿Pequeño Halcón, usted está intentando insultar la memoria de mi hermano? Él me enseñó a qué español sé.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Ebbie
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 08:55 PM

Stop it!

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,999
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 09:01 PM

Estoy de acuerdo con Ebbie. Se comportan ustedes mismos. Gracias, Eb. He estado tratando de resolver los chicos abajo. Niños, ¿eh? ¿Qué puede hacer?

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 09:09 PM

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Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Ebbie
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 09:15 PM

I read just enough Spanish to just barely get by- but thanks, Bruce.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,999
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 09:27 PM

Usted está siempre amable y comprensivo, y si no fuera por los sitios de traducción en línea que iba a escribir Inglé.

You are as always gracious and understanding, and if it was not for online translation sites we would be writing English.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 09:39 PM

Parlez pour votre-meme, Neuf Neuf Neuf.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 09:42 PM

I think the problem with the BS section is that people have gotten a bit blaise about bullshit. It's everywhere. It no longer carries the weight it did in the early days when posting to "The Bullshit Section" was a bit of an act of rebellion .

Therefore, I think it's time this section was rechristened with a more current and disgusting monicker.

Please cast a vote for one of the following:

A) The Toejam Section
B) The Buttcheese Section
C) The Smegma Section

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,999
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 09:42 PM

There's a lady present, Rap. Sheesh.

See what I mean, Ebbie?

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 10:00 PM

Well, Bee-Dub, ya see, at least one of your suggestions is sexist. I'll let you figger out which one it is.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Bobert
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 10:18 PM

Hey, I remember that Toejam Horse story...

I think it was about the Toejam/Sparjam wars??? Yeah, that was it... Ya' see there were these Toejams and they snuck into Sparjam in a big Volkswagen bus disguised as a horse...

'Er somethin' like that...

Maybe someone with a better recollector might add some of the details???

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 10:27 PM

They snuck into Spawjam, Bobert. Not Sparjam.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Bobert
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 10:50 PM

Thanks for the assist, Rap... I did have the basics, tho... Been a long time since college...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Amos
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 11:22 PM

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Footnotes

Rapparee's inufferable egotism researched in wikipedia. Rapparee's inufferable egotism @ dictionary.com

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 11:46 PM

No S?

Rapparee's inufferable egotism is actually a 2.3 billion dollar a year industry

So...where's my money? How come I don't got none? Did Amos take it all? I'll betcha he did. He's that sort -- a genuine SoCal Republican.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 04:50 AM

Hey therr youse yins, whit's gaun oan. Ah gang tae ma pit, efter a nicht doon ra pub, an here ye's is talkin' in furrin.
By the certies fowks, if youse gan oan talkin' furrin, ah'll hiv tae jine in.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 04:55 AM

John, by all rights you should post that last post on this thread .

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 06:44 AM

Have been laughing so much I spilled my coffee on the table. Luckily it missed the keyboard! Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I think I'll go for 'Below the Salt'! It would be a shame if this BS section were to close, 'cos I really love reading and posting on it.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 08:43 AM

Mid-January blues, that's what it is, that doom and gloom feeling. Christmas is gone, Chongo is having a strop.

I thought BS meant Below Stairs as it was back in the old days when servants quarters were situated away from the gentry of the house.

Subject: BS Section REFORMS
From: Donuel
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 10:00 AM

Reforms for BS section. (proposed by HLS)


One could easily enhance the BS section to further reflect society as a wholw, media and the socio economics of the world by creating a   TWO TIERED   system whereby 1% of the BS section will be exclusively posts by Amos, Rap, Little Hawk, catspaw, Bobert, gnu, Sandra, kat, Tam, Ebbie and the three Johns. Probationary members of the 1% will be named in the fullness of time.

The 99% of all other; infrequent posters, toadies, disbelieved, hangers on, neer do wells and the downright peculiar
will be allowed to post in their own BS2 section exckusively where they may praise the 1% AND/OR create pro ethnic and pro sectarian subdivisions within the BS2 section.

The pro ethnic and pro sectarian sections will actually serve Anti sect and anti ethnic groups such as the BS mudcat Bund, Mother of everything anti American, anti Irish threads and further subdivisions right down the line until each individual has their very own BS section in which they are in total agreement, except when a person wishes to disagree with themselves.

The upper 1% of the privileged BS section will resemble broadcast news in which polls may be cited about the 99% but decisions based upon verified rumor will be done via Private Messages. The ability to edit, expand or delete BS1 posts will remain sacrosanct.

Grounds for reprimanding contributors of the BS1 section will include;
Not taking the loyalty oath.
Refusal to site one's source.
Not attending at least one getaway every 4 years.

NO removal or banning of members of the BS2 is needed since the sensibilities of the 1% are protected by permanently filtering out any poster in the BS2 section with one click. In two cases BS2 members continued to post for over 7 years, despite the fact of being completely and uniformly filtered. These 2 individuals only saw a cached version which seemed to include their own posts but was actually unseen by loyal members. The 1% compassionately reserves the right to use such methods for specific posters or even the entire BS2 section. (restrictions may be suspended for secret santa threads or fund drives for the 1%)

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 10:09 AM

How can anyone "site" their source if it doesn't have a physical location but is quoted solely from another website?

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,olddude
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 10:45 AM

My Russian ain't what it use to be
так много дерьмо так мало времени

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 11:00 AM

Please leave PIPA alone.
She's got a lovely tush.



Whaddya mean we're not discussing the Royal Wedding?

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 11:33 AM

Donuel...wow! Impressive!

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 12:29 PM

I'm wondering which of the other categories I've been consigned to;-infrequent posters, toadies, disbelieved, hangers-on, ne'er-do-wells or downright peculiar? Hope it's not the latter!

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,olddude
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 12:56 PM

Wiener dog just BS'd on my throw rug... should have named her "Bad Dog"
cause that is all she ever hears anyway

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 06:49 PM

"Latter" is only used if there are two choices. If there are more than two "last" should be used. E.g.,

Of the green and red, I'd choose the latter.

Of the green, red, pink, and blue, I'd choose the last.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,olddude
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 09:07 PM

Latter is what I fell off of trying to fix my roof last summer

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,999
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 09:58 PM

Eliza, you would be consigned to the forefront of equanimity and verve. Ya got class.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 01:02 PM

GUEST999, if I weren't very old and already married, I'd propose to you! Thank you for that compliment!

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: fat B****rd
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 03:11 PM

Latter is posh coffee in Yorkshire.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: gnu
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 03:32 PM

Don... I am honoured to be considered a true bullshitter by one of your high calibre. Thanks.

Subject: RE: BS: Is BS Doomed???
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 03:36 PM

We're doomed Mr Mainwaring, doomed!