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Octopus in need of sensitivity training

January 28, 2006 |

“It’s certainly a mature male from what I can see in the video,” said Cosgrove. “Old octopuses become what we call senescent, or senile, reaching the end of their life. And sometimes their actions are very inappropriate.”
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“Inappropriate”…God I hate that usage. Little boys taking a pee off the top of the slide…Inappropriate. Kids in the back of the bus incapable of uttering a sentence without the word “fuck” as a dependent sylable…Inappropriate. Old guy in an “extended living facility” grabs a nurse’s bottom….Inappropriate. Octopus on the seabed makes a lunge at a mini-sub…Inappropriate.

What could all these uses possibly mean. Other than English is a dead language killed by the sheer laziness and political correctness of its users. Surely to Heaven there is a better way of describing an old octopus’s grab for glory. Because “inappropriate” is simply misleading.


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  1. Sean on January 29, 2006 1:15 am

    Uh, hello? You’re talking about the language where ‘fat chance’ and ’slim chance’ both mean the same thing. Surely one of the two should be considered…inappropriate.

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