Insulting signs at fish hawk
 

There are 2 demeaning, sexually suggestive signs in the billiards room at Fish Hawk that should be removed. Requests to the Rec Dept. to this end have been made, accompanied by petition sheets with Villagers' signatures, but to no avail. The signs are "girlie posters" akin to those of a less politically correct era and use fishing terms to suggest a woman's "bush" and keeping a man's "rod" up.

Fish Hawk has a family pool and many young people AND women use the billiards room. These signs suggest that such a disrespectful and crass attitude is okay. It is not what anyone expects or should experience in The Villages.

Check out the signs and express your opinion to the Recreation Dept., the front desk, Fish Hawk's Manager or anywhere you think someone might take positive action. The signs are just in bad taste.

Are you serious? I'll check it out.

An item for the survey?

I have no problem with the pictures ! Can't imagine complaining about 2 pictures in a rec center and getting a petition.

I'm picturing the billiards rooms of my past. Thanks for the memories.

I am definitely putting this on my list of things to be pi55ed off about. It slid in nicely at number 135 just behind wearing white shoes after Labor Day, but ahead of my annoyance of the contraction for "will not" being "won't" instead of "willn't".

This PC stuff is a slippery slope. The poster may be offensive, to the OP, but not to others. I would think some review committee approved the art work in the Rec Centers. Who is going to be the morals police?

I have not seen the poster, but will check it out before I start passing judgement.

Would someone go to Fishhawk and take a picture of these plaques? I can't imagine that Tracy Matthews would have approved anything in poor taste.

My guess is she will not like TV. Those offensive posters and the replies received to her post. This just might not be the place for them!

Bye :wave:

How the heck did you know the OP was renting here? I wonder what the OP wold do if they were ethnic jokes or blonde jokes

I really apologize for that. I read another post and got the names mixed up. I usually try to be so careful to make sure what I'm posting.
A big apology to Tiquer505

Tiguer, Are they retro pinups ? I get the feeling that Tracy Matthews was going for an old fashioned fish camp feel from the forties. The Billiard room looks like it has two second world war pinup pictures on one wall. Like Killroy was here...of that genre.


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Bring on the PC police! I have yet to observe anything anywhere of prurient interest in The Villages.

And yes, I have spent some time in the billiards room at Fish Hawk and noticed nothing unusual or extraordinary about it. The center has an old fashioned masculine fish camp theme. Each center has a theme or "feel". Perhaps the OP might be happier spending her time in more feminine surroundings.

IF it bothers you, stay away from there. Simple as that !!

The pictures aren't the issue. It's the language. "We'll take you deep into the Bush" and "We'll teach you to keep your Rod up"...combine with the pinup posters. I can hear the man cave snickering from here.

They are reproduction pin-up signs. It's not the art that is in question--it's what the signs SAY that is objectionable. Read them and decide for yourself.

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So if it bothers someone that his child is called negative names at school he should just keep the child out of school? Or if there is a racist sign in a public place we should all stay away from that public place? And if a teenager thinks those signs at Fish Hawk are acceptable thinking--how does that help form his personality and further society's attempts at treating people well and with respect?

Oh no, let's start a petition drive to change designers of rec centers.

That's one of them. The other one shows another pin up girl and says "We'll take you DEEP INTO THE BUSH."

Does the OP object to Cosmo covers, too? Cosmopolitan Cover Gallery - Cosmo's Past Cover Girls

This one shows a babe with a lot of cleavage and an article entitled "Innocent Mistakes that Blow a Job Interview".

If so she should stay away from magazine display racks.

Where do I sign up?

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This sign is a Long way from bullying and it is not racist. Let's not try to make this comparison.

How much time have you spent with todays teenagers. My grandson/granddaughter would laugh at something like this. They see and hear much worse at school, social activities, etc.

Go ahead and start your petition. Based on the comments so far, you'll not have many takers.

I'm so old, I don't get it. Are they supposed to be sexually inappropriate to or just to old fashioned?

Yeah, what if some teenagers turn off their music (Sinatra perhaps?), stop texting, get off the computer and wander into the Fish Hawk center? They will probably turn into stark raving sex maniacs.

just adds to the sexual interest the Villages seems to promote/portray......good or bad, I'm a prude....I say off with there heads......

i agree with the OP i worked in a factory for 30 years and what we were able to do and say back in the 70's and 80's all changed ......the pictures themselves seem ok but the wording does have a sexual meaning....I wouldnt want my granddaughter who is 10 asking me.....Papa what does that mean....i would expect to see pics like this in a redneck gas station

My kids AND grandkids are used to honest and direct answers from me. We saw our two grandchildren every day of their lives until they left for college.

But I am a grandmother, not a papa. Sweetie wouldn't tell them where babies come from any sooner than he would fly. He may not KNOW.

IF MY ten year old would ask...what does that mean. I would say, When you are fly fishing you have to watch and keep your arm up and your rod up so your hook doesn't catch something or somebody.

And on the other one... I would say that in certain areas of the world bush is the heavy dense thick vegetation areas.


The plaques are funny because they has two meanings.

If they were older I would explain...the other meaning.

I can think of so many worse things I don't want them to see.

Gracie, I agree with you about informing our kids.....but things have changed as to what is politically correct.....I cant imagine anyone one in a business atmosphere with women employees having these pics hanging in their business......I would bet John Rohan wouldn't hang them in his office....for fear of a female employee complaining.....these pics are not what i would expect to see in a rec center in TV

Have you seen the pictures or are you offering a comment without any knowledge.

I like these. 1940s double entendres.

Yes I have seen the pictures.

I agree with you I actually do like the signs....and if I had a pool room in my home I would like to have them

I will give you one guess what kind of people come up with dumb answers. You are perfectly right and no one should have to avoid any rec center that has displayed objectionable material.

And even I hadn't, I still can't imagine taking a petition around the Villages to get them taken down. At the end of the day, this is an adult community.

The nasty message is pretty clear to me.

Much ado about nothing.

Do your grandchildren live in the Villages? I would not be pleased to know that my grandchildren found humor in nasty sublime posters. Also it is an absolute that at some point the ownership of this rec center will become the property of the residents. I will offer to be the first to sign your petition.