Date:         Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:53:46 -0800
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fryeday, PG13
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Some women apparently find it mildly offensive. I always tell friends my GF SpicyT is a cougar. It inadvertently results in mild injury to me each time. I'm older than her.;-)


BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On Jan 20, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Tom Torrella <ttorrella4@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> Wish I was....... Amazing the controls on society....
> 
> http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16565434/utah-school-passes-on-cougars-as-mascot
> 
> SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah school district has decided against using "Cougars" as a mascot for a new high school in part because of the negative connotation of the word in popular culture.
> Canyons School District Superintendent David S. Doty says the selection of "Chargers" as mascot was driven by the desire for originality, despite a poll of some future students that showed 26 percent in favor of using the cougar.
> 
> At least three Utah schools, including Brigham Young University, use cougar as a mascot.
> 
> Doty says public comments reflect a desire to be different, but he also notes that some see the word cougar as carrying a "negative double entendre."
> 
> The term cougar in popular culture can refer to women in their 40s who have sex with younger men.
> 
> Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
> 
> 

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