Ghislaine Maxwell

[bruto]

While I don't dispute the general issue of getting names right, I think at this point if Ms. Maxwell is not referred to with an obscene expletive or a soft-g play on her name's first syllable, she's probably getting better than she deserves.

 

[Belz...]

Ghislaine, rhymes with vilaine. Where you come from, 450? Tabnernac, hold my beer, eh.

Voyons, siboire, c'est quoi ton problème, p'tit père?

 

[Mike!]

And she's off Suicide Watch...

https://popculture.com/trending/news/ghislaine-maxwell-taken-off-suicide-watch/

Wasn't that about the time Jeffrey "Hung himself" too?

 

[Belz...]

Wasn't that about the time Jeffrey "Hung himself" too?

I'll remind you that the scare quotes stem from speculation and nothing else.

 

[shuttlt]

And she's off Suicide Watch...

https://popculture.com/trending/news/ghislaine-maxwell-taken-off-suicide-watch/

Wasn't that about the time Jeffrey "Hung himself" too?

Epstein was hung.

 

[carlitos]

It’s easy to seem that way when you’re schtupping little girls I guess.

 

[Mike!]

I'll remind you that the scare quotes stem from speculation and nothing else.

I was and am fully aware of that and only used them for, "Dramatic Effect", bum bum bummmmm!

 

[Belz...]

Epstein was hung.

By who? Trump's thugs?

You simply don't know that.

 

[Metullus]

By who? Trump's thugs?

You simply don't know that.

Perhaps shuttit was suggesting that Epstein was hung by nature...

 

[shuttlt]

Epstein was hung.

By who? Trump's thugs?

You simply don't know that.

 

[Belz...]

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_271295f35cff926126.png[/qimg]

Sorry, English is my second language and I often miss that distinction.

 

[theprestige]

Epstein was hung.

There's a sick joke about undersized partners in there somewhere, but I'm not searching any further.

 

[shuttlt]

Sorry, English is my second language and I often miss that distinction.

No worries, and apologies. To be honest it's this cartoon stops me screwing it up.

 

[Matthew Ellard]

There's a sick joke about undersized partners in there somewhere, but I'm not searching any further.

This?

 

[carlitos]

There's a sick joke about undersized partners in there somewhere, but I'm not searching any further.

This is the 3rd or 4th time today that I’m thinking my posts might just be invisible.

 

[theprestige]

This is the 3rd or 4th time today that I’m thinking my posts might just be invisible.

Oh ******

You're absolutely right. I'm so sorry.

 

[Cavemonster]

I can't say with certainty what Trump was thinking or meaning to convey.

But I figure being clear that child-trafficking is a bad thing should not be a difficult task for a president.

 

[carlitos]

If anyone is interested in the hype around child trafficking, there are a couple of great episodes on this subject at the “you’re wrong about” podcast.

Nov 25, 2019 “human trafficking”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439?i=1000465289965


Aug 10, 2020 “wayfair and human trafficking statistics”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439?i=1000487756926

Short version - the statistics about “child trafficking rings” are mostly crap and overblown alarmism, akin to the satanic panic nonsense of the 1980’s.

 

[Belz...]

This?

A bit off topic of course, but what's the source of the difference? To an untrained observer one would think that "hung" would definitely be the past participle form of "to hang".

 

[Jack by the hedge]

A bit off topic of course, but what's the source of the difference? To an untrained observer one would think that "hung" would definitely be the past participle form of "to hang".

It is. Any object which you hang has been hung *except* a person who had been executed by hanging; they have been hanged. And I've never known why, but that's what the teacher said.

I remain curious to know if there's any interesting reason for the convention.