Formula One says it is ending the practice of using “grid girls” and “podium girls” at races.
The Bitemaster is soooo bummed.
Source: Formula One to end long-standing practice of using ‘grid girls’
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art will alter its cashier signs to make it clearer to patrons that $25 is only the “suggested” price.
The change is part of a deal settling one of two lawsuits which accused the Met of subtly coercing art lovers to pay the $25 with tiny signs that describe the fee as “recommended.”
One group of plaintiffs is willing to settle with the sleazy Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the other plaintiffs want to tighten the thumbscrews some more.
The Bitemaster, who’s blogged about this before, thinks waterboarding might be called for.
Source: The Met to clear up ‘suggested’ fee confusion – NY Daily News
Here at the Bitecastle, we never watch “South Park” but the idea that the show would give political correctness a kick in the ass does have a certain appeal for us. That’s because we think it’s important to question pretty much any orthodoxy.
On the other hand, we generally refer to Caitlin Jenner as “she” because it’s polite to use the language that she prefers.
Source: ‘South Park’ dares wonder whether Caitlyn Jenner ‘is a hero’
Arizona news anchor Vanessa Ruiz is bilingual and pronounces Spanish words and names correctly. There has been the expected blowback on the Interweb. For example:
“Please speak with out your accent! I hope I didn’t offend, but I love the first amendment without second hand accent.”
We totally support Ruiz’s attempt to educate Americans, but hope someone will establish a GoFundMe to send her to America latina (Latin America) so she can teach them to correctly pronounce English words, such as
And the list goes on . . .
Apparently, German photographer Peter Kaaden had a picture of a naked statue from the Louvre yanked from Facebook, so he’s now created a whole series of pictures of nude statues, each with their erogenous zones carefully redacted. Click the link to see. Don’t worry — they’re Safe for Work!
Artist Hilariously Censors The Louvre’s Nude Statues For Facebook (SFW!).
The Met, whose deceptive admission policies are notorious, now claims copyright over the public domain works in their collection. They should get out of the museum business and go back to selling $20 Rolex watches out of a dirty cardboard box.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been screwing its visitors for years by forcing them to pay for the free admission. Now Bloomberg has given them a sweetheart lease that says the crooked practice is hunky-dory. Thanks a bunch, Mike.
New York City Amends Fee Policy for a Visit to the Met – NYTimes.com.
You’re not going to be surprised to learn that an English-as-the-official-language group is having trouble with their spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Mind you, your Bitemaster does not think that having an official language is always a bad thing, but when it’s promoted by a bunch of racists, he proclaims, “Bite me!”
Miley Cyrus in her interview with Matt Lauer:
“I heard when you turn 40 things start to go a little less sexual, so probably around 40, around that time, I heard that’s when people don’t have sex anymore.” When Lauer said that he’s 55, Cyrus replied, “Well, then you’re really, definitely not sexual.”
Miley Cyrus to Matt Lauer: People over 40 ‘don’t have sex anymore’ – latimes.com.