Comments on: $450K settlement after “ride them hard” remark

By: Ticklish Ears

Ticklish Ears — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:01:42 +0000

“Rode Hard and Put Up Wet”

The title phrase is one that I heard my mother, and probably my grandmother, use many times in my youth. It basically refers to having worked hard and being overly exhausted. They both grew up in south Georgia, so it may well be a regional thing.
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By: Supremacy Claus

Supremacy Claus — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:04:24 +0000

Let the lesbian cowpersons clarify. http://www.suspectthoughts.com/greenvalencia.html The phrase is about horses. If that is reliably confirmed, then the misinterpretation by the plaintiffs, the attorneys, as well as the judge, may itself be sexual harassment of the defendant, not to mention a slander. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slander

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:12:40 +0000

Sure, give them them money… then sue them for all the money you ever paid them, as they are obviously incompetent.

The phrase is about horses, pure and simple. I’d be surprised if it weren’t in occasional use in at least 50% of the land mass of the United States. Just because they are too ignornat to know that doesn’t mean it was sexual harrassment.

Or, if someone says, “This is a yummy hotdog”, can I sue them for sexual harrassment? It doesn’t matter that they were referring to, you know, an ACTUAL HOT DOG as opposed to a sex organ – all that matters is the way *I* interpret it, right?!?!?

What a load of crap.

By: Dr. Frank's What's-it

Dr. Frank's What's-it — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:44:37 +0000

File Under: Things Sure Have Changed Since We Got Kicked Out of School

An eighth grader in Stronghurst, IL has been removed from school and faces criminal charges for compiling a list of people he found “annoying.” When I was a lad, there was no need to keep a list, as such a…

By: bubba

bubba — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:06:40 +0000

This looks like a job for Don’t-Sue-People Panda.

By: Never Yet Melted

Never Yet Melted — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:26:55 +0000

Misinterpretation Good for Big Bucks

Walter Olson reports that two secretaries will share a settlement of around $450,000 from the Atlantic City, N.J. school district and its insurer after filing sexual-harassment charges based on a fallacious interpretation of an assistant superintenden…

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:28:25 +0000

It tells me these women have pornographic minds..a lot of ignorant people interpert his quote as having to do with sex.

By: Mean Mr. Mustard 2.0

Mean Mr. Mustard 2.0 — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:59:38 +0000

The Next Thing We Do, Let’s Dig Them Up and Kill Them Again

Is there any thing that could make me hate lawyers more? You really have to ask? Ugh. I think I’m going to go punch myself in the face a few times….

By: Insomniac

Insomniac — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:35:51 +0000

Well, Gunner, looks like you’d better be ready to pony up $450k…

By: Gunner

Gunner — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:56:16 +0000

I have used a version of that quote before. When someone is tired and worn I say “you look rode hard and put up wet”.