Alaskan TV reporter quits on air...

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No, it wasn't. Even a cursory glance at the etymology of the word will reveal that the legend of the acronym you refer to is completely false. The word is much older than that, and derives from one of the Germanic languages.

Fleas, flies and friars.
The acronym may not have been the origin for the word but, the acronym was used at one time.

Nice catch by the way.

Nothing like getting screwed by the nobility.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

...the acronym was used at one time.

Sure, in the 1960s, when it started to be claimed that the acronym was used in olden times. There is no traceable dating earlier than that.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Chances are quite high (no pun intended, but if it raises a giggle I'm happy) that 'The actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club' partakes in a spliff or two and therefore either grows her own or has a dealer.

If she does have a dealer then there is a fair assumption that he may (have) be(en) jailed at some point, what with it being illegal (in some situations) in that state.

If that happened she'd be pretty pissed off.

Ergo Neal's comment was entirely fair. Many TV presenters have to do things they don't like - interview a much-hated politician, interview an author whose books bore them, praise military action that leads to the death or injury of a brave young man or woman, report on their sports team losing, or just plain old present a story to which their thoughts are the polar opposite.

I think the term here is 'suck it up', and just get on with your job the way (roughly) that it is expected from you.

Obviously if you're going to be so offended then quit before, or quit and explain yourself afterwards. But to do so on air like that is wholly unprofessional. Just like somebody said.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Ergo Neal's comment was entirely fair. Many TV presenters have to do things they don't like - interview a much-hated politician, interview an author whose books bore them, praise military action that leads to the death or injury of a brave young man or woman, report on their sports team losing, or just plain old present a story to which their thoughts are the polar opposite.

I think the term here is 'suck it up', and just get on with your job the way (roughly) that it is expected from you.

Obviously if you're going to be so offended then quit before, or quit and explain yourself afterwards. But to do so on air like that is wholly unprofessional. Just like somebody said.

Yep, move on and get on with it.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Nothing like getting screwed by the nobility.

The ol' baronial privilege of the first night