I'll say.

In the forties, somewhere I saw the pregnant girl statue with the words Kilroy was here. I didn't get it.

I am sure that Tracy Matthews when she ordered these pictures thought...someone is gonna get their knickers in a hitch.

It is very much what you would have seen in a poolroom in the forties.

I am tired of this whole discussion and I am glad I have my family and my friends.

AND that we can CHOOSE who we hang around with.

And I know many are thrilled they don't have to hang out with ME.

If you find this upsetting, I would not turn on the radio , TV or go to the movies.

I would say to someone "are you kidding" if they told me the pictures actually had two meanings. I am not so naïve to believe the message was placed on the photo for the purpose of explaining how to fish or dense thick vegetation describing bush..

As it turns out. I was expecting something else.:icon_bored:

If grandchildren are "visiting", there are many other rec centers they can go to. As an adult in an adult community, I think they're cool !

Make sure you don't take your kids by the many cow pastures when the bulls are out, or Alice you might have some splainin to do. Give me a break I've seen worse on Dancing With The Stars and Super Bowl Half time shows. Those pictures are not offensive. JMO

If the pictures (signs) are what was shown on post #17 then I believe whoever decorated Fish Hawk used poor judgment . I would not expect a sign like that anywhere in The Villages it does reflect what The villages represents

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Not Alice! It's Lucy who does the 'splainin' !

I changed my mind and deleted what I wrote here before. I don't like the posters, either. TV is a class act, and those aren't in good taste, even if it's a pool hall. I think our pool halls are classy ones.

Let's take em' down and paint the room bland. What will be next to come down or be removed. How about the bull statues in Brownwood. I am sure they are offensive to someone. We are living in an age of where if one person is offended we must bow to their wishes...

Heaven help us....

One would expect to see signs like that in a bathroom of a honky tonk

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Did you see the part about IF MY TEN YEAR OLD CHILD OR GRANDCHILD WOULD ASK?

Warren and Rubicon, if this is the worst things kids ever see, in this day and age, with all the stuff on the internet and on TV and all around them, then they will be unscathed.

I don't like vulgar people and I can't stand prudes either. We have to teach our children to live in THIS world.

The pictures are fine. They probably have them in Miami, Plantation, and other far off places people say they're from.

I'm under the impression this is an adult community. If the pictures offend you don't play billiards there and certainly don't take your children to this room. Use commonsense.

I agree !! We are adults in an adult community.

What an amazing amount of "hooey" raised by one person who appears to be very easily offended.
If we remove those posters, then we would have to remove the "(ate)" 8 ball, both the 6 & 9 balls, maybe "balls" in general, cue sticks with "butts" and "shafts," poolroom terminology like "breaking the balls" and "stroking" correctly," not even allowing mention of "screwing the shaft into the butt" of a 2-piece pool cue, and turn it into a Ping-Pong room (oops, that use "paddles" to hit the "balls."
I'm 71 years old and I still get amazed at many peoples' view of the world around them.

If these signs prevent anyone from taking their grandchildren into the billiards room, I say they have met my requirements for both form and function.

Yea your right I was so shocked by the pictures I lost my train of thought. NOT lol

OMG !! You'll never be the same after seeing those pictures !!!! :a20:

I am guessing the OP has a liquor license...
The others with grand children should consider taking those noisy kids to Disney!

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It's a joke.
Like a woman knows anything about fishing.

You're already too late if they DO get it. I used to work with a couple of ladies, one of which said the she would not allow her kids to watch SNL because of the suggestive jokes. The other one told her, "If they laugh at them, you're already too late because they are way ahead of you. If they have to ask 'what's so funny', then they could care less".

It really bothers me when people come here and then want to start changing everything. What you don't like might be something that I do; and what I don't like might be what you do. That's why they say there is something for everyone.

Apparently, many of the people had not even paid any attention to these posters until the OP posed the idea that there might be a problem. Anything, and I mean anything, can be considered objectionable if one tries hard enough.

You're right, and very young kids are not supposed to be in the billiards rooms, anyway. If they are not little, believe me, most of them have stuff on their phones that you absolutely would not want to see.

Is the OP entitled to their opinion? ...... YES

Do I find them personally objectionable? ..... no

Do I find it personally objectionable that the OP was invited to "leave" by the 9th post of the thread for the heinous crime of expressing their opinion? ....... YES!!

Would I have the signs in question in my home .... no (just not my style)

Is their a MAJOR difference in what is acceptable to display in your own home and a public (and yes the Rec Center is a public) facility? ....... YES!!

Their are sooooooooo many on this board that rush in to defend anything that is in any way connected to TV and "The Developer", it is kinda amazing to me. "The Developer" did an excellent job of conceptualizing and executing a business plan. HOWEVER, "The Developer" and those in charge of the VCCDD, CCD are NOT omnipotent! They have, are and will make mistakes and errors in judgement.

Was the placement of these double entree signs a mistake or error in judgement? Considering that this Rec Center has been open for about 10 years or so, you would probably have to say that has not offended enough people to be a problem. However, if would have been my decision to hang them .... I would have said no. Given the location.

Sorry, but I was not, nor do I always defend the developer. Like you said, it's a funny thing that this is just now become objectionable. Is the OP entitled to an opinion....absolutely. Should they be invited to leave because of expressing an opinion....absolutely not!

I do have a problem with the ones who come here and immediately want to start changing things to their liking. Why can't we have fences, why can't the youngsters play pool, why can only people over 30 go to the neighborhood pools, why can't grandparents raise their grandchildren here in TV, why can't our friends from the outside come to the rec centers to play cards or other activities, why can't we have lawn ornaments, why can't we have all modern music; why do we have to listen to 40's - 50's - 60's, why do the "old" people have to drive and be in the way? And, the list goes on, and on, and on. This place is unique and there is no way to please everyone. Enjoy what you enjoy and let the others do the same....that's it. I don't enjoy Cody's or redsauce, but some do. Great! I have my favorite courses, rec centers, restaurants, activities; the others I leave to those who enjoy them. If not for all the rules, this place would become just like many other undesirable places. Even the retirement places around us that don't have as much to offer as here, have rules by which they must abide.

Something for EVERYONE. If not here, then maybe somewhere else; just don't try to change what many others like, have been accustomed to, and enjoy.

If anyone here is bored, it is not the fault of someone else.

:crap2:SAy it aint so....lets get it 2gether...Are these people for real....:wave:

I wouldn't have thought these signs would be up to TV standards. I agree with you, but I guess we're wrong about TV's standards. Too bad.

The moment anyone mentioned that it is politically correct to be offended by these posters, I cast my vote. . . to keep them. Political correctness is should be properly re-labeled: Political Dumbness.:spoken:

I never said that.......I just think those sort of photos would not be hung in the entrance hall of any rec center....

But they are what some people like to look at in a pool room.....or so says the decorating staff.

although I did not live in the 40's I do think the pictures were available,

but the verbage I do believe was not the same, in regards to bush and rod.....I think legs were called gams and that was looked upon as derogatory

but then again I grew up in connecticut in a all girls catholic school right thru highschool. So again...what do I know

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a number of posters defense of these signs is that "we are adults for godsake". so its no big deal. But if that's true why would someone be so juvenile as to hang signs like this especially in a rec center they know attracts many people for many reasons .


For me its not about being politically correct or even being offended. For me its a small reminder, a trigger, of the state of mind in this sex obsessed society. It seems you can't go anywhere or watch anything or listen to any music that doesn't exploit this issue and often very pervertedly. Lucky for me remotes have fast forward so I can at least minimize these mindless displays

So it would be nice to be able to escape it some of the time. and yes I will avoid the billard room at Fish Hawk

Can this be true?
I guess it is...................

just so you know, i have a cyv we turned it into a rental because we wanted a little slower pace, and a lot less stress. we pay our $145 just like you do, but give our renters the cards. we also have a main home in Miami and another in the plantations and are currently looking for a village cottage to overnight and store some toys.

I have financial freedom and I have an opinion, get over it....

Has anyone noticed the full moon.

Yes. And the inmates of the asylum are howling.

whats nasty about it???