Billy Packer,, goofs again..

[dmac_iz_kin]

ESPN reported that Packer's Supervisor has publicly apologized for comments Packer made in an on air interview before the final four, suggesting in a joking manner something to the effect of " you always fag out on me"

[HarrisonHog]

Fag out is an old phrase that has nothing to do with gayness.  It means to tire out or become fatigued.

[Dwight_K_Shrute]

Did they mention the interview was with Anderson Cooper.

[mikeirwin]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

[Five™]

Haha....

[dmac_iz_kin]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

They said packer was being hush hush about it. He should come out and apologize and say thats some old 1960's sayings he was refering too.  They made it into a homophobic connotation

[wooo]

he has no reason to apologize

If I said, "That's queer."  It means odd. No need to apologize

[High Octane Hog]

I agree that Packer did not mean anything derogatory, even though I can not stand his commentary. Has anyone ever heard Packer apologize for anything himself?

[Tejano Jawg]

Packer fags me out. (Hmmm...still sounds wrong.)

[Franchise_Hog]

Grandfather and dad use it all the time....you can't say anything any more.

[WBChogfan]

I wonder if they'll try to stick him in rehab!

[prairiehogcompanion]

I wonder if they'll try to stick him in rehab!

Maybe he could do community service with our basketball team.

[PiggyBack]

I AM SOOOOO TIRED OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!

[gomersnerd]

If that was all ol' "Fudge" said i would be happy.

[casken]

I AM SOOOOO TIRED OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!

DITTO!

[OrvilleRedenporker]

"I was out back smokin' fags"__Actor Collin Ferrell.  Fags are cigarettes in the British Isles.

[Fatty McGee]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

It's not even from the 60s.  It's still used today in England.  Billy may just be using it the same way he was using it during the Revolution.

[HogBaptist]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

[3kgthog]

At least Packer didn't see he was feeling a little "faggy" that day.

[aristotle]

Not as newsworthy as when he called Allen Iverson an agile monkey while at Georgetown. I remember actually watching that game, and thinking......"Packer is done. Just committed career suicide. He pulled a Howard Cosell."

He later said it was brought to his attention that what he said could have been offensive. Iverson was a man about it, and let it slide, allowing Packer his apology with no intent of offense.

[Fatty McGee]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

I'm with Bill Simmons - people of a certain age should be given a little leeway for not being up with the current usage of terms. 

[JDW-20]

I AM SOOOOO TIRED OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!

AMEN!!!!!

[CalHog]

This may sound a little queer to some of you, but I am really fagged out on this coaching fiasco.

[LuckyGiraffe]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

Well YOU are the type of person that keeps this damn Political Correctness going and growing, going and growing, going and growing!

[Hog lite]

So what if he used it in a gay reference.!!!!  

[Tusks]

Sounds like Packer has found himself in a real "tar baby".

[sooieet]

Well since "Billy Packer" kinda sounds like a punchline to a dirty joke anyway, I say who cares. 

[hogtusk]

When I was in HS, "fags" was slang for cigarettes. If somebody got tired of running laps, we said they were fagged out. (Out of wind because of smoking). We were so un-PC in the day.

[Kevin Bacon]

"I was out back smokin' fags"__Actor Collin Ferrell.  Fags are cigarettes in the British Isles.

No, he meant he was shooting gay people!

[Ex-Trumpet]

I guess I should quit saying "Throw another faggot on the fire."

"Faggot" is also German for "bassoon", where it may also be spelled "fagot."  It is a wooden instrument made in the shape of a large twig, or "faggot." (Sounds like a belching bedpost!)

"Gay" once meant "happy"...people even used to name their kids Gay--both male and female.



Other words of changing vernacular:

"Dork" is now a goofball, or a goober, where it was once a male appendage...

"Goober is now a dork, or a male appendage, where it was once a peanut...

"Cock," was short for cockerel, a male chicken, also known as a "Rooster"...

"Bitch," a female dog, used in breeding stock...

Of course, there's the famous nursery rhyme character, "Puss in Boots"...sounds like the feature act on center stage today (from what I've heard!).

[HamShank]

What about the people who actually put fudge into boxes at candy companies?  They are "fudgepackers," and they are human beings too.  I would go so far as to assume that groups of these "fudgepackers" have their own bars they go to.  If they feel self-conscious, maybe they have "fudgepacker pride parades" to show the world that they're not ashamed that they pack fudge. 

Open your minds, people.  It's a brave new world. 

[razorhead69]

This thread is gay!

[Ex-Trumpet]

This thread is gay!

Yes, quite a happy thread!

[Poppa Nutt]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

That's your problem then. Not his.

[WindyCityHog]

Smoke a fag.

In England, that means "smoke a cigarette".

This country is too PC.

[timmyhog]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

How narcissistic!  so, you get to define words for everyone... from your vast 25 years' experience on this earth?  How selfish and stupid!  I detest Billy Packer, but he shouldn't have to explain his use of a word which he used properly and in context...

WE are all buying into the crap spewed by the PC police... think of all the words which have been ruined because of this idiotic bunch... reminds me of the guy who was accused of being racist because of his description of a co worker as 'niggardly'... the ignorant people around him simply did not have a clue what it meant, so they assumed he had used (and mispronounced) a racial slur...

get real!!!

[timmyhog]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

How narcissistic!  so, you get to define words for everyone... from your vast 25 years' experience on this earth?  How selfish and stupid!  I detest Billy Packer, but he shouldn't have to explain his use of a word which he used properly and in context...

WE are all buying into the crap spewed by the PC police... think of all the words which have been ruined because of this idiotic bunch... reminds me of the guy who was accused of being racist because of his description of a co worker as 'niggardly'... the ignorant people around him simply did not have a clue what it meant, so they assumed he had used (and mispronounced) a racial slur...

get real!!!

and, no, I'm not going to define niggardly for you... buy a friggin' dictionary!

[hubbard1015]

i remember when him and nolan got into it because baldy told him that we needed to throw it inside to corliss more! those two are soup sandwiches!!

[94 Hawg]

phunny stuff, I'm anti pc as well.

truth is, depending on WHO said this determines what is made of it.

[Since 1894]

I am fagged, going to take a nap!

[spudhog]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

How narcissistic!  so, you get to define words for everyone... from your vast 25 years' experience on this earth?  How selfish and stupid!  I detest Billy Packer, but he shouldn't have to explain his use of a word which he used properly and in context...

WE are all buying into the crap spewed by the PC police... think of all the words which have been ruined because of this idiotic bunch... reminds me of the guy who was accused of being racist because of his description of a co worker as 'niggardly'... the ignorant people around him simply did not have a clue what it meant, so they assumed he had used (and mispronounced) a racial slur...

get real!!!

and, no, I'm not going to define niggardly for you... buy a friggin' dictionary!

regardless of what he meant by in his statement. in today's society that word is hailed as being derogatory to a certain lifestyle. him being in the public's eye as often as he is should know better. we all know many of the "unwritten" rules and differences between  talking to your best friend over a meal and what you say over projected air waves.  i understand your point but pc or not, you just don't pull that word out when you have a job such as his. in 6th grade, we had a teacher call a kid queer in front of the whole class. she, obviously was not referring to his sexual preference but to his challenges with normalcy. her meaning was not necessariyl incorrect but she just use  a poor descriptive word.  slang is ok in certain settings along with certain people. imagine if the president sad what packer said.  one can continue to show no caution with their slang and can live a good liefestyle and enjoy many divert friends in a certain realm. some people just don't have the liberty's that other's have due to their choice of occupation.

[cbjagman]

ESPN reported that Packer's Supervisor has publicly apologized for comments Packer made in an on air interview before the final four, suggesting in a joking manner something to the effect of " you always fag out on me"

Gosh, ESPN apologizing for something Billy Packer said. Perhaps what they should have done instead is merely apologize for Billy Packer's existance.

[PeytonManningSUCKS]

Did they mention the interview was with Anderson Cooper.

classic!

[Spiral_cut]

Never make fun of others unless they are less fortunate than you.

[PeytonManningSUCKS]

Never make fun of others unless they are less fortunate than you.

but man I can't stand anderson cooper...

[silvertip]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

Well, if you're only 25, then grow up & quit expecting the rest of the world to conform to your ignorant perspective.

[timmyhog]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

How narcissistic!  so, you get to define words for everyone... from your vast 25 years' experience on this earth?  How selfish and stupid!  I detest Billy Packer, but he shouldn't have to explain his use of a word which he used properly and in context...

WE are all buying into the crap spewed by the PC police... think of all the words which have been ruined because of this idiotic bunch... reminds me of the guy who was accused of being racist because of his description of a co worker as 'niggardly'... the ignorant people around him simply did not have a clue what it meant, so they assumed he had used (and mispronounced) a racial slur...

get real!!!

and, no, I'm not going to define niggardly for you... buy a friggin' dictionary!

regardless of what he meant by in his statement. in today's society that word is hailed as being derogatory to a certain lifestyle. him being in the public's eye as often as he is should know better. we all know many of the "unwritten" rules and differences between  talking to your best friend over a meal and what you say over projected air waves.  i understand your point but pc or not, you just don't pull that word out when you have a job such as his. in 6th grade, we had a teacher call a kid queer in front of the whole class. she, obviously was not referring to his sexual preference but to his challenges with normalcy. her meaning was not necessariyl incorrect but she just use  a poor descriptive word.  slang is ok in certain settings along with certain people. imagine if the president sad what packer said.  one can continue to show no caution with their slang and can live a good liefestyle and enjoy many divert friends in a certain realm. some people just don't have the liberty's that other's have due to their choice of occupation.

What a load!  ...and your analogy of your 6th grade teacher is off point... she seemed to be belittling a person for his 'struggles with normalcy'... regardless of what word she used, it was a derogatory comment!   Packer was telling someone that they 'wear him out' or 'make him tired'... he was not trying to belittle anyone...

This is more PC bull!  and it absolutely WEARS ME OUT!  FAGS ME OUT!  MAKES ME TIRED!  DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!

I don't believe Packer (or anyone else) should have to 'dumb down' the english language so ignorant people will not be offended... if you're that stupid, you deserve to be offiended!

[jbcarol]

ESPN reported that Packer's Supervisor has publicly apologized for comments Packer made in an on air interview before the final four, suggesting in a joking manner something to the effect of " you always fag out on me"

Not that there's anything wrong with that.  No not at all.  People's personal fitness is a private matter.

[jbcarol]

I guess I should quit saying "Throw another faggot on the fire."

"Faggot" is also German for "bassoon", where it may also be spelled "fagot."  It is a wooden instrument made in the shape of a large twig, or "faggot." (Sounds like a belching bedpost!)

"Gay" once meant "happy"...people even used to name their kids Gay--both male and female.



Other words of changing vernacular:

"Dork" is now a goofball, or a goober, where it was once a male appendage...

"Goober is now a dork, or a male appendage, where it was once a peanut...

"Cock," was short for cockerel, a male chicken, also known as a "Rooster"...

"Bitch," a female dog, used in breeding stock...

Of course, there's the famous nursery rhyme character, "Puss in Boots"...sounds like the feature act on center stage today (from what I've heard!).

So our HC not knowing the context of what was quoted in a book may have really misunderstood our former QB.

[ThisLittlePiggie]

He's right. That's an old phrase from the 60's. It means to run out of steam.
It has nothing to do with being gay.

i don't buy this.  i don't care what it "did" mean.  it only matters what it means now.  i'm only 25 years old and when i read it, i think it means to become gay or to start acting gay.

Well OK. You just declared stupidity due to age. We all have problems.