<div dir="auto">Having worked in a college setting for many years, and witnessed the shift in what was considered funny or 'blue"....I can say with certainty that any of these "jokes" or the unit of measure or double entendres are enough to get someone fired.  It's a different world, and rightly so.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 4, 2019, 10:18 AM C. Andrew Dunning via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_5510736709306298715WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff">Both phrases made appearances in my world recently…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff">The other LD on a project is black and we actually had a good laugh over “hanging the blacks” in a stadium.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff">While on a site survey I referenced “breasting a pipe back” to our venue rep., who is female, had never heard the phrase, and was somewhat surprised to hear it.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff">What a world…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff">- CAD<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066ff"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Stagecraft [mailto:<a href="mailto:stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill Sapsis via Stagecraft<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 04, 2019 9:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> Stagecraft Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> Bill Sapsis<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [SML] Old joke request<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You had to go there, didn’t you?   </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif"">😊</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Bill <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:bill@sapsis-rigging.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#0563c1">bill@sapsis-rigging.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://sapsis-rigging.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#0563c1">http://sapsis-rigging.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">+1.267.278.4561 mobile </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div id="m_5510736709306298715__MailbirdStyleContent"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Breasting pipes is fun but measuring by RCH increments is frowned upon these days. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><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swers to the list or directly to me please.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Best regards<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>Philip<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="m_5510736709306298715_x0036_D7E1FB3-CE5D-4FF4-8B12-8A1FA59A4424" alt="cid:1FED5D4F-6EA4-43AD-9950-116F6532E814@home.gateway"></span></i><span class="m_5510736709306298715apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>cell +27 83 310-6987</span></i><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">fax +27 86 666-7956</span></i><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> <br></span></i><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:philip@pkctech.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">philip@pkctech.co.za</a></span></i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.pkctech.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.pkctech.co.za</a></span></i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">twitter @Philip_Kruger</span></i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">skype philipkruger2000</span></i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">blog <a href="http://philipkruger.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">philipkruger.blogspot.com</a></span></i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">_________________________</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br><br></span></i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>____________________________________________________________<br>
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