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To: joseffy who wrote (265875)	8/3/2010 3:31:53 AM
From: SI Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Sicko lefty lazarus wrote: “OR IS YOUR BUTT TOO PUCKERED.” While I won't argue whether Laz is a sicko or not, and I don't know or care whether he's right or left or sideways or whatever politcal/philosophical labels can be used "is your butt too puckered" isn't a phrase I find too vulgar but maybe it's a regional thing. "Pucker moment" is a pretty common phrase out here and though completing the phrase graphically is too much and heading that way does push things a bit, I don't find that one too bad. Just moves the needle a little that way. Actually, I guess it's not inaccurate to say that the needle that swings a little is on what I call the Puckerometer. I don't use brake makers on real familiar tracks. I have a Puckerometer I can visualize in my head and then there's the ever-trusty sound of seat fabric ripping that tells you you should've started braking about 50 feet ago and you in a heapa trouble. "Pegged the Puckerometer" is a phrase I like to use, too. So, could we lighten up on the intolerance of a bit of crudeness here and also back of a tad on that crudeness itself? Laz? Others? This isn't a stock board where anything short of civil is good for a wrist-slapping but it's also not a political board where we couldn't care less since policing those is a frustrating exercise in futility. A bit gray here but would like it to clean up and loosen up just a tad. M'kay?

To: joseffy who wrote (265875)	8/3/2010 10:39:04 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Lesbian gangs prowling jails for new recruits Barclays 'sends female staff into jails to recruit inmates as customers' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 4:33 PM on 2nd August 2010 Barclays bank is sending female staff members into prisons across the country to recruit inmates as new customers. The High Street bank has chosen the unusual tactic to boost the number of account holders but critics have labelled the scheme scandalous. According to The Sun, the female customer services workers have been sent to 17 jails including Parkhurst and Albany on the Isle of Wight, where large numbers of sex offenders and paedophiles are held. A source at HMP Isle of Wight told the newspaper: 'The bank has a captive market of accounts by cashing in on prison inmates.' dailymail.co.uk