Free Agent Female squash stars furious after getting vibrators as tournament prize

[MARIS61]

One of my former coworkers had 2 snap on clocks with topless women on them. One of them had what I considered maybe a 5 out of 10 setup.

It reminded me of Seinfeld when Elaine judged guys on sponge worthiness. This girl wasn't clock material.

I wouldn't dare judge but she took money for it so it seems fair.

Eye of the beholder?

Well, just, a look at that girl with the lights comin' up in her eyes.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She must be somebody's baby.
All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by.

She's got to be somebody's baby.
She must be somebody's baby.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She's so fine.

She's probably somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, all right.

I heard her talkin' with her friend when she thought nobody else was around.
She said she's got to be somebody's baby; she must be somebody's baby.
Cause when the cars and the signs and the street lights light up the town,

She's got to be somebody's baby;
She must be somebody's baby;
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She's so

She's gonna be somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight.

I try to shut my eyes, but I can't get her outta my sight.
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright.
We'll, I'm just gonna walk up to her.
I'm gonna talk to her tonight.

Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight.
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Eye of the beholder?

Well, just, a look at that girl with the lights comin' up in her eyes.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She must be somebody's baby.
All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by.

She's got to be somebody's baby.
She must be somebody's baby.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She's so fine.

She's probably somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, all right.

I heard her talkin' with her friend when she thought nobody else was around.
She said she's got to be somebody's baby; she must be somebody's baby.
Cause when the cars and the signs and the street lights light up the town,

She's got to be somebody's baby;
She must be somebody's baby;
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She's so

She's gonna be somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight.

I try to shut my eyes, but I can't get her outta my sight.
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright.
We'll, I'm just gonna walk up to her.
I'm gonna talk to her tonight.

Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight.
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight.

She was beautiful. Just didn't think the star of the clock was up to par.

 

[Spud147]

I missed that. All bets are off now. Unless that was the ONLY prize they got.

Companies that sponsor events give away thier products as prizes almost 100% of the time.

If the squash teams don't like the prizes then maybe they should put more care into who is running/sponsoring the event and not participate in those they believe could have controversy?

So on this same theme then would it be wrong for say... Charmin to give away lifetime supply of TP to a winner?

Or Crest to provide a case of toothpaste?

sorry @Spud147 I agree with what you said, but the sponsor is a sexual toy company. Gifts from the company to the winner I would assume would be freebies form the sponsor. Hence, toys. If it were a men's competition, cock rings and condoms... I dunno, but The sponsor has to be taken into consideration when trying to admonish such a prize/gift.

Well, @Orion Bailey, bravo - your argument is just so logical... but apparently I gave you the impression that I was somehow part of the squash championship and didn't like the prize. So now you're directing your opinion @Spud147 but I'm not now, nor will I ever be, able to speak for these women (or any other person for that matter) so there's no debate to be had with me here.

If you go back to my original post you see I'm trying to "womansplain" why these professional athletes took offense. I'm was trying to help a couple of the guys in the thread understand why these women were furious, again, not trying to be a militant feminist just trying to provide some clarity.

So what you should do is direct your completely rational, reasonable, and helpful etiquette guidance to the women who won the championship. Maybe write a letter and let them know that they are wrong about the way they felt and that the obviously correct way to act is to be a good girl and graciously accept the gift/prize no matter what it is. You've certainly convinced me and I'm sure these ladies are just as reasonable and would absolutely get in line as well when you so convincingly explain it like that.

Thanks and have a great day!

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Well, @Orion Bailey, bravo - your argument is just so logical... but apparently I gave you the impression that I was somehow part of the squash championship and didn't like the prize. So now you're directing your opinion @Spud147 but I'm not now, nor will I ever be, able to speak for these women (or any other person for that matter) so there's no debate to be had with me here.

If you go back to my original post you see I'm trying to "womansplain" why these professional athletes took offense. I'm was trying to help a couple of the guys in the thread understand why these women were furious, again, not trying to be a militant feminist just trying to provide some clarity.

So what you should do is direct your completely rational, reasonable, and helpful etiquette guidance to the women who won the championship. Maybe write a letter and let them know that they are wrong about the way they felt and that the obviously correct way to act is to be a good girl and graciously accept the gift/prize no matter what it is. You've certainly convinced me and I'm sure these ladies are just a reasonable and would absolutely get in line as well when you so convincingly explain it like that.

Thanks and have a great day!

Where's my gift?

 

[Spud147]

I can read your mind and, ah, that's gross. Wait, maybe I'm getting some cross talk from my mind.

Exactly, it was meant to be a joke where you do all the work for me... you create the thing in your mind you would most hate receiving at work in front of a bunch of your peers.

It was my mic drop moment and I logged off for the holiday weekend but then the thread took on a life of it's own that was so not light hearted and funny.

 

[Spud147]

Where's my gift?

You screwed up my damn mic drop moment again!

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

You screwed up my damn mic drop moment again!

Funny you should post this video. I just heard of this woman a few weeks ago and decided to check her music out to see if it was good. I believe this is the one where she is sitting on a couch with a guy and says the N word in the song.

I was actually going to start a thread on it at the time and see if people agree with me that it was gratuitous. It reminded me of a nude scene in the middle of a movie that was just thrown in.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Well, @Orion Bailey, bravo - your argument is just so logical... but apparently I gave you the impression that I was somehow part of the squash championship and didn't like the prize. So now you're directing your opinion @Spud147 but I'm not now, nor will I ever be, able to speak for these women (or any other person for that matter) so there's no debate to be had with me here.

If you go back to my original post you see I'm trying to "womansplain" why these professional athletes took offense. I'm was trying to help a couple of the guys in the thread understand why these women were furious, again, not trying to be a militant feminist just trying to provide some clarity.

So what you should do is direct your completely rational, reasonable, and helpful etiquette guidance to the women who won the championship. Maybe write a letter and let them know that they are wrong about the way they felt and that the obviously correct way to act is to be a good girl and graciously accept the gift/prize no matter what it is. You've certainly convinced me and I'm sure these ladies are just a reasonable and would absolutely get in line as well when you so convincingly explain it like that.

Thanks and have a great day!

Your reading more into it than there is because I quoted you....
Nobody called you a militant feminist. Taking this personal or something?

But thanks for the passive aggressive sarcasm.

 

[H.C.]

smh.

All of you people.

3 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

 

[e_blazer]

Seems like the best thing would have been for the ladies to assume the devices were intended for prostate stimulation and insert them where they would do the organizers the most benefit.

 

[Spud147]

Funny you should post this video. I just heard of this woman a few weeks ago and decided to check her music out to see if it was good. I believe this is the one where she is sitting on a couch with a guy and says the N word in the song.

I was actually going to start a thread on it at the time and see if people agree with me that it was gratuitous. It reminded me of a nude scene in the middle of a movie that was just thrown in.

I just found her over the weekend. I download a lot of music on my iPod and I kept seeing the album cover. It's very striking but I didn't realize it was the actual artist on the cover. Anyway, I have all genres on my iPod so I get suggestions and this song was one of them so I listened to it and it lead me to the rest of her albums and I'm hooked.

She turns a lot of chauvinistic old school rap lyrics around in her stuff. And I did some research on her, she's always been plus sized and grew up feeling unattractive so now she's also an activist about body positivity. I think the nudity/sex scenes are meant to flip stereotypes as well. The album is all about female empowerment.

I'm not 100% sure but the picture/scene that's the screenshot resembles a picture on a hair product I remember seeing in stores in the 70s. It is very familiar to me but I can't quite place it.

 

[Spud147]

Your reading more into it than there is because I quoted you....
Nobody called you a militant feminist. Taking this personal or something?

But thanks for the passive aggressive sarcasm.

Nope, not taking it personally, just responding to a discussion I'm not interested in because there was a direct @Spud147. The topic had gone weirdly sideways and I was somehow being brought into a discussion I wasn't a part of. So I wanted to make my opinion clear and that is, you don't get to decide how anyone else feels about something (no matter how logical your opinion is) because you're not them.

And was I being passive aggressive? I just meant to be aggressive, my bad.

 

[e_blazer]

Nope, not taking it personally, just responding to a discussion I'm not interested in because there was a direct @Spud147. The topic had gone weirdly sideways and I was somehow being brought into a discussion I wasn't a part of. So I wanted to make my opinion clear and that is, you don't get to decide how anyone else feels about something (no matter how logical your opinion is) because you're not them.

And was I being passive aggressive? I just meant to be aggressive, my bad.

LOL!

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I just found her over the weekend. I download a lot of music on my iPod and I kept seeing the album cover. It's very striking but I didn't realize it was the actual artist on the cover. Anyway, I have all genres on my iPod so I get suggestions and this song was one of them so I listened to it and it lead me to the rest of her albums and I'm hooked.

She turns a lot of chauvinistic old school rap lyrics around in her stuff. And I did some research on her, she's always been plus sized and grew up feeling unattractive so now she's also an activist about body positivity. I think the nudity/sex scenes are meant to flip stereotypes as well. The album is all about female empowerment.

I'm not 100% sure but the picture/scene that's the screenshot resembles a picture on a hair product I remember seeing in stores in the 70s. It is very familiar to me but I can't quite place it.

I thought she seemed talented and I got the body positivity message...I don't think anyone could miss that.

I just quickly wondered if the N word wasn't in there because of some corporate producer wanting it there. Didn't seem necessary.

I thought of Adele adding beeeeitch to her songs.

I almost downloaded some of her songs because I have multiple genres on my phone too. I just thought it sounded overproduced from my admittedly small exposure to her.

 

[MarAzul]

Nope, not taking it personally, just responding to a discussion I'm not interested in because there was a direct @Spud147. The topic had gone weirdly sideways and I was somehow being brought into a discussion I wasn't a part of. So I wanted to make my opinion clear and that is, you don't get to decide how anyone else feels about something (no matter how logical your opinion is) because you're not them.

And was I being passive aggressive? I just meant to be aggressive, my bad.

Correction noted!

 

[Spud147]

I thought she seemed talented and I got the body positivity message...I don't think anyone could miss that.

I just quickly wondered if the N word wasn't in there because of some corporate producer wanting it there. Didn't seem necessary.

I thought of Adele adding beeeeitch to her songs.

I almost downloaded some of her songs because I have multiple genres on my phone too. I just thought it sounded overproduced from my admittedly small exposure to her.

I figured out the exact line you are talking about and what she does is flip "male dominance" around and the video shows her catching the couch guy looking another woman on instagram... she says something like N-word "don't make me take your beeeitch" (or chick) in the clean lyrics.

It's a lot of woman/diversity empowerment stuff, might not be your thing, but try listening to "Good as Hell", "Boys", and "Like a girl" for a bigger sample. "Juice" is going to be one of those summer anthems that is just joyful and it's going to be huge but she also has an amazing voice that shines on other songs.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Orion Bailey]

Nope, not taking it personally, just responding to a discussion I'm not interested in because there was a direct @Spud147. The topic had gone weirdly sideways and I was somehow being brought into a discussion I wasn't a part of. So I wanted to make my opinion clear and that is, you don't get to decide how anyone else feels about something (no matter how logical your opinion is) because you're not them.

And was I being passive aggressive? I just meant to be aggressive, my bad.

Fair enough. However. I do get to say how others should feel. Its called freedom of speech and they are free to disagree.

 

[Spud147]

Fair enough. However. I do get to say how others should feel. Its called freedom of speech and they are free to disagree.

Of course you can throw your opinion about how others should feel out in the world. You are correct, it's your right. But that's not going to change the way other people feel and it also doesn't make your opinion valid or useful. Because, really, do you think these athletes (or I) care what you think about how they should've felt and reacted in that moment?

These women weren't "furious" just to give you a topic to debate or disagree with, they were "furious" period. That's how they felt whether you agree with it or not. And they have the right to feel that way just like you have the right to your back assward unevolved logic. Exactly what our founding fathers were going for... Yay, 1st Amendment.

 

[MarAzul]

you have the right to your back assward unevolved logic.

Yay, 1st Amendment.

Yay for the 1st!
Too bad that sucker is so costly!
It costs to keep it. It costs to use it.
No matter what side you are on, it costs some points when you use it. Funny how that rarely seems to slow anyone down though.

 

[Spud147]

Yay for the 1st!
Too bad that sucker is so costly!
It costs to keep it. I cost to use it.
No matter what side you are on, it costs some points when you use it. Funny how that rarely seems to slow anyone down though.

I know right? God bless America!

I have to take breaks from the board but I do love "The Fellas" (as Mr. Spud likes to call you nerds on the board). I try really hard to show patience and not be too snarky and mean. Sometimes I'm more successful than others.

What's weird to me is that I saw the discussion going in a direction I wasn't interested in being a part of so I just logged out for the weekend. I was specifically brought back in and told I was wrong. Then later diagnosed and labeled with a personality disorder by someone who calls out Mods over and over when people are throwing around personal insults and name calling. But I never even gave an actual opinion on the prize/gifts in the first place - I just tried to explain why these women might be offended.

The only opinion of my own that I expressed is that it was just such a ridiculously stupid faux pas on the committee's part and bound to get them sued. I personally wouldn't want to be given a prize like this in front of my co-workers but if you guys want to see sex toys and porn handed out to the teams at the Super Bowl, NASCAR, etc. I won't judge. You do you!

 

[Orion Bailey]

Of course you can throw your opinion about how others should feel out in the world. You are correct, it's your right. But that's not going to change the way other people feel and it also doesn't make your opinion valid or useful. Because, really, do you think these athletes (or I) care what you think about how they should've felt and reacted in that moment?

These women weren't "furious" just to give you a topic to debate or disagree with, they were "furious" period. That's how they felt whether you agree with it or not. And they have the right to feel that way just like you have the right to your back assward unevolved logic. Exactly what our founding fathers were going for... Yay, 1st Amendment.

Omg. Then lets not discuss anything ever. Why post the thread then???

 

[MarAzul]

I personally wouldn't want to be given a prize like this in front of my co-workers

No kidding! I sure as hell wouldn't want to be the one handing them out!
That came to my mind immediately and prompted my post about World Champs Softball team. They probably did not have those toys back then but I can still remember Muzuka. No no, not smart to be handing her one of those toys, 1st amendment or not.

 

[kjironman1]

This is why i start to wonder about the people that frequent the OT section of the forum.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I know right? God bless America!

I have to take breaks from the board but I do love "The Fellas" (as Mr. Spud likes to call you nerds on the board). I try really hard to show patience and not be too snarky and mean. Sometimes I'm more successful than others.

What's weird to me is that I saw the discussion going in a direction I wasn't interested in being a part of so I just logged out for the weekend. I was specifically brought back in and told I was wrong. Then later diagnosed and labeled with a personality disorder by someone who calls out Mods over and over when people are throwing around personal insults and name calling. But I never even gave an actual opinion on the prize/gifts in the first place - I just tried to explain why these women might be offended.

The only opinion of my own that I expressed is that it was just such a ridiculously stupid faux pas on the committee's part and bound to get them sued. I personally wouldn't want to be given a prize like this in front of my co-workers but if you guys want to see sex toys and porn handed out to the teams at the Super Bowl, NASCAR, etc. I won't judge. You do you!

If you got out of my post that i said you were wrong, then i suggest you reread the posts.
I never once said you were wrong and i said both parties technically were wrong.

But hey. While your at it, why don't you tell people its nOt okay to tell other people their opinion on how they should feel. (Double standards?)

Listen i didn't mean to ruffle your feather by quoting you, i was simply sharing my differing opinion. If you aren't able to handle that then maybe a forum isn't the best place to post your thoughts on something???

And for the record if my post was so illogical it wouldn't have recieved likes. Just sayin....

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If you got out of my post that i said you were wrong, then i suggest you reread the posts.
I never once said you were wrong and i said both parties technically were wrong.

But hey. While your at it, why don't you tell people its nOt okay to tell other people their opinion on how they should feel. (Double standards?)

Listen i didn't mean to ruffle your feather by quoting you, i was simply sharing my differing opinion. If you aren't able to handle that then maybe a forum isn't the best place to post your thoughts on something???

And for the record if my post was so illogical it wouldn't have recieved likes. Just sayin....

 

[Orion Bailey]

 

[barfo]

And for the record if my post was so illogical it wouldn't have recieved likes. Just sayin....

I like this post because it's so illogical.

barfo

 

[Spud147]

If you got out of my post that i said you were wrong, then i suggest you reread the posts.
I never once said you were wrong and i said both parties technically were wrong.

But hey. While your at it, why don't you tell people its nOt okay to tell other people their opinion on how they should feel. (Double standards?)

Listen i didn't mean to ruffle your feather by quoting you, i was simply sharing my differing opinion. If you aren't able to handle that then maybe a forum isn't the best place to post your thoughts on something???

And for the record if my post was so illogical it wouldn't have recieved likes. Just sayin....

Okay, you win. I'm out fellas, it's been real.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Okay, you win. I'm out fellas, it's been real.

Whoa! Where's my gift huh? You think you can HCP me like he did Kingspeed and get away with it?

I think not.