tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post267489596551884937..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: CLANNGG !Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-21914288305753911062009-12-10T18:09:51.681+00:002009-12-10T18:09:51.681+00:00> Why boys' pink though?
The version I hea...<i>> Why boys' pink though?</i><br /><br />The version I heard is that pink is just a pale red and red is traditionally a strong masculine colour, being the colour of blood and therefore violence and warfare. Have to say, when you hear it put that way, it actually seems really bizarre that it's considered a girly colour.Squander Twohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968628314723491478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-21052627845548232402009-12-09T15:47:50.840+00:002009-12-09T15:47:50.840+00:00Briget Prentice was my english teacher!
There was...Briget Prentice was my english teacher!<br /><br />There was a definite tension between the teachers who were lefty and the headmaster - who was old school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-64888846685856650542009-12-09T13:48:05.084+00:002009-12-09T13:48:05.084+00:00Tend to agree, but why do Spanish women have such ...Tend to agree, but why do Spanish women have such deep, gravelly voices?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-91527659158047311842009-12-09T09:23:33.630+00:002009-12-09T09:23:33.630+00:00Ross picked up the Blank Slate howler first hereRoss picked up the Blank Slate howler first <a href="http://fountain.blogspot.com/2009/12/judging-book-by-its-title.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>TDKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-25097755384813469602009-12-09T02:00:15.455+00:002009-12-09T02:00:15.455+00:00Harry Storm overlooks the possiblity that both a) ...Harry Storm overlooks the possiblity that both a) and b) are true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-78369299301608045312009-12-09T01:38:13.592+00:002009-12-09T01:38:13.592+00:00I knew a young woman who used to wear pink. She wa...I knew a young woman who used to wear pink. She was ace. Everybody loved her, even in a non-sexual way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-21457539242194109142009-12-09T00:35:07.659+00:002009-12-09T00:35:07.659+00:00Girls' "baby blue" comes from the Be...Girls' "baby blue" comes from the Beloved Virgin Mary who is always depicted in the colour. <br /><br />Why boys' pink though? The Giro d'Italia's Maglia Rosa didn't come into being until 1931 (after the colour of La Gazzetta dello Sport's pages) so it can't be that...Blognor Regishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17270795049477192100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-89202415490649222882009-12-08T23:55:59.581+00:002009-12-08T23:55:59.581+00:00There's also the somewhat inconvenient fact th...There's also the somewhat inconvenient fact that <a href="http://www.badscience.net/2007/08/pink-pink-pink-pink-pink-moan/" rel="nofollow">pink was for boys and blue for girls until the 1940s</a>, which rather implies that this imposition of these colour preferences by the patriarchy has coincided exactly with the collapse of the patriarchy.Squander Twohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968628314723491478noreply@blogger.com