… is a phrase often used on this forum.

Presumably you’d have to make sure that the victim isn’t wearing, let’s say, some kind of black dress that might get in the way.

This could be good.

That’s what SHE said.

You’re so funny.

Gone very quiet around here.

My personal view is it should be added to the swear filter.

It’s lazy and misogynistic.

I’m uncomfortable with the phrase.

My personal view is it should be added to the swear filter.

My personal view is that people shouldn’t say it, not that you should be protected from it. That isn’t changing culture just brushing it back under the carpet.
There again I have used the phrase and like other swearing it does have an effect at times that would require a lot more work to get. Whether I should be going for that effect is of course a HUUUGE tin of worms.

You get your hand’s off my tin of worms you filthy bugger.

My personal view is that people shouldn’t say it

which was the meaning of the second sentence wot I wrote.

The point of banning it is that like **** and **** it’s not language that is acceptable to use.

You can’t stop people saying stuff but it being removed from the forum is an indication it’s not acceptable.

Have to say I am pretty immune to bad language and people’s views on equality, respect etc. but I have to say I do find that particular phrase very unnecessary and not very funny.

It just feels like a more grown up version of a 6 year old saying ‘poo’ in the playground in an attempt to get laughs.

wwaswas – Member
My personal view is that people shouldn’t say it
which was the meaning of the second sentence wot I wrote.

I think we’ll have to agree to agree.

Oh are we wringing our hands over this now?

As an analogue to a kick in the nuts I’m not sure where the notion of misogyny comes from unless you are prepared to argue the case for a kick in the nuts being misandrous.

My personal view is maybe we should be making issues of real issues rather than trying to find them where there aren’t any.

I say ban threads about US politics.

oh, and whinging about nothing.

My personal view is maybe we should be making issues of real issues

I agree. But not saying that particular phrase isn’t exactly difficult and it really isn’t necessary. How many men on here would say it in front of their partner and feel comfortable with it?

“Kick in the nuts” is in fairly common usage. It’s been around since I was at school.

“Hoof in the slats” I’ve only ever read on here. I’ve never heard anyone say it.

It might just reflect which threads I look at, but I haven’t noticed the slat hoofing construction being used very much at all in recent times, certainly not much relative to a year or two again.

I think leaving those kinds of things to users’ individual judgement is a useful tool for others to form judgements about those users, and their judgement…

“Hoof in the slats” I’ve only ever read on here. I’ve never heard anyone say it.

Yeah, it’s just one of those forum in-jokes/clichés. It’ll die off, like ‘baby robin’ & pics of some numpty trying to fit tubeless tyres.. oh.

oh, and whinging about nothing.

May as well shut down the forum then.

How many men on here would say it in front of their partner and feel comfortable with it?

Me. She found it amusing.

What’s wrong with a good old gender neutral ‘shit down their chimney’?

What’s wrong with a good old gender neutral ‘shit down their chimney’?

It’s really gross?

squirrelking – Member
Oh are we wringing our hands over this now?

I assumed it was a piss-take thread rather than one for the terminally sensitive, apparently not

johndoh – Member
How many men on here would say it in front of their partner and feel comfortable with it?

Erm, Me, almost daily.

It’s crass, but I can’t see how it’s offensive really.

The first time I’d ever heard the phrase was on here, and I admit it did give me a puerile chuckle, probably because it was new to me.
I mentioned it to Mrs, and she was surprised I’d never heard it, she says it was in common use when she was at school in Fife and uni in Glasgow.
I cant see an misogyny in it; when I’ve seen the phrase used on here it wasn’t aimed at women in general, it was towards a specific person (and clearly wasn’t meant literally)

Fife

Normal rules do not apply

Oh are we wringing our hands over this now?

Snowflake, virtue signaller, etc.

Or we could call it what it is: people having a discussion.

No pudding for you.

Reusing old gags? That’ll be £500 please.

I think the usage I’ve seen on here has been more in reference to men than women so I just took “slats” to be a neutral crotch sort of region of the anatomy, I didn’t realise it was gendered.

I have seen the error of my ways and will be poised to take offence in future.

I thought it meant kick in the balls. I am now massively offended on behalf of all the ladies of the world

can we still poke the sponge?

Does “kick someone in the nuts” cause the same level of offence? If not, why not?

I think the thing is I’ve never seen anyone on here threaten to kick somone in the balls.

Maybe the ‘comic’ value of slats softens the physical threat the action represents?

Mostly though I’d like to see people be a bit more innovative about the insults they offer 🙂

Only ever seen it on here ( see my brothers been caught speeding thread) and it’s never occoured to me that it was gender specific…..

I’m going to stick with “owned with a set of Bombers” as a glance back to the days of the yellow grey and burgundy forum of my salad days..

This. Is it still offensive to say something like this if it is intended in a totally gender neutral way?

Surely we can reach some kind of compromise here?

Why not agree that “Slats” is actually referring to the ribs, a delightfully unisex and particularly slatty bit of human anatomy.

That way , you can still playfully suggest extreme violence without being a horrible sexist.

Could we just use “Kick in the anus” (although this might get confused with administering rectal caffeine)? Most people have one of those?

I don’t mind it, I mean it’s a bit stupid, but in the list of offensive words based on women’s bits it’s pretty low down the list.

For the record I personally don’t mind the c-word as much as the p***y word. For me it has porny overtones and just sounds sleazy.

Could we just use “Kick in the anus” (although this might get confused with administering rectal caffeine)? Most people have one of those?

Toed in the hole?