NWR: An Apology

[dlo]

Hey

We're very very tolerant on this forum

After all

Craig (NZ) still posts here

LOL

[Craig(NZ)]

short lived flurry over 'Coon Cheese',

I remember the first time i ever went to australia going to brisbane and rolling around the floor laughing my head off in a supermarket with a mate when we saw "coon cheese"

nibble nobby's nuts was another one we pissed ourselves laughing over. Immature yes, funny yes.

We're very very tolerant on this forum

After all

Craig (NZ) still posts here

exactly, I am very tolerant!!
Sometimes I even post about wine

[daz]

"wifey" to me actually seems to imply affection, more a term of endearment than disparagement.

[Michael R]

Michael

you strike me a anything but a coward, and in my view the PM was the right approach.
I dont share your view however on the term wifey, and would be happy for Mong to continue using it.

My parents have been happily married 40 years, and my mum has called my pop 'hubby' for as long as i remember.
For someone to judge her remarks as disrespectful would cause all our family to take a very strong protective stance, particularly from my father.

I really enjoy your comments generally Michael, and note that Monghead took no offense to your mail.

Now, back to tasting notes !
Cheers
Michael

[Gavin Trott]

People actually complained about using wifey? So I supposed "the wife", "the missus", "she who must be obeyed", "my old lady", "my better half", "the old ball and chain", "the little woman", "her indoors", "trouble and strife" "bag for life", "fork and knife" etc etc are out as well?

Mike

Not forgetting one of my favourites

The War Department!

.

[xsorxpire]

People actually complained about using wifey? So I supposed "the wife", "the missus", "she who must be obeyed", "my old lady", "my better half", "the old ball and chain", "the little woman", "her indoors", "trouble and strife" "bag for life", "fork and knife" etc etc are out as well?

Mike

Not forgetting one of my favourites

The War Department!

.

Mine is "the ministry of war and finance."
As in i have to consult with the ministry of war and finance.
(With everything except wine i might add).

[daz]

Michael

you strike me a anything but a coward, and in my view the PM was the right approach.
I dont share your view however on the term wifey, and would be happy for Mong to continue using it.

My parents have been happily married 40 years, and my mum has called my pop 'hubby' for as long as i remember.
For someone to judge her remarks as disrespectful would cause all our family to take a very strong protective stance, particularly from my father.

I really enjoy your comments generally Michael, and note that Monghead took no offense to your mail.

Now, back to tasting notes !
Cheers
Michael

"Pop" could be viewed as ageist and "hubby" equally as negatively inferential as "wifey" from a strict sense of etiquette. But then if Pop hadn't popped none of us would be discussing this totally purile and ridiculous subject.

FFS!

To me all of these terms including "wifey" are expessions of affection. Perhaps there was some context in which Monghead used "wifey" that seemed negative to MM. If so, perhaps MM should examine his memory of his occasional negative thoughts of his own partner, the term so ascribed in his own mind.

There are many more vinous reasons to PM a member of this forum than a mindslide about an innocuous or possibly affectionate reference to a partner as "wifey".

To both, if I'd got a PM about such a trivial matter I'd respond with, "FO, get a life!" And I certainly wouldn't feel any compulsion to post an apology on this board.