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AMERICANS DO COVER-UPS, BRITONS DO COCK-UPS
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AMERICANS DO COVER-UPS, BRITONS DO COCK-UPS    I’ve read that Americans don’t widely use the cock-up term as it’s seen as slightly vulgar. In the UK, the term is widely used and has no sexual connotations. Americans seem to see sex everywhere! Here, a cock-up is a mistake, usually a big mistake. We also have similar terms like balls-up, fuck-up, screw-up and tits-up. Instead of cock-ups, Americans seem to do cover-ups. For some reason, a cover-up tends to be signified by the 'gate' suffix - Watergate, Irangate and Nipplegate. At least, Bill Gates is open about doing cover-ups! Britain doesn’t do cover-ups as Britain is, by defintion, an honourable country. Bloody Sunday, the Hillsborough Disaster, Thatcher’s secret talks with the IRA, Blair’s Iraq War and Jimmy Savile are all exceptions that prove the rule. These were not cover-ups but cock-ups that took time to come to light! Britons can’t cover-up. This was demonstrated yesterday when the British long jumper Greg Rutherford won a gold medal in the world athletics championships. The long jumper was given a Union Jack Flag to cover-up for his celebratory lap of honour. But he was criticised for holding the Union Jack the wrong way up. You see, Britons just can’t cover-up properly! Americans seem to enjoy conspiracy theories - JFK's assassination, Apollo moon landings, Area 51's Martian landings, 9/11, the death of Princess Diana and the birth of Barack Obama have all courted conspiratorial controversy. In their book, American Conspiracy Theories, two political scientists Joseph Uscinski and Joseph Parent found that about a third of Americans believe that Barack Obama is not an American citizen and that 9/11 was an 'inside job' overseen by the Bush administration. Similarly, two other political scientists, Eric Oliver and Thomas Wood found that "half of the American public consistently endorses at least one conspiracy theory" - see their 2014 article, 'Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style(s) of American Politics', published in the American Journal of Political Science. They found that 40 per cent of American people believe that the Food and Drug Administration federal agency deliberately withheld natural cures for cancer and 19 per cent believe that the Federal Reserve Board intentionally orchestrated the 2008 recession. Many scholars dismiss conspiracy theorists as paranoid and delusional or, in the words of the academic Timothy Melley, “the implausible visions of a lunatic fringe”. However, Eric Oliver and Thomas Wood don’t see conspiracy theories as irrational. Instead they argued: “We think of conspiracy theories as simply another form of magical thinking. And as with all types of magical thinking, people engage in conspiracy theories in order to cope with difficult emotions. Usually this emotion is the apprehension that is triggered by an inexplicable or unusual event.” Are there any popular conspiracy theories that you believe in? Are you a cock-up or a conspiracy theorist? Though I enjoy a good conspiracy theory like everyone else and readily accept that people conspire to cover-up embarrassing things, I am generally more inclined to believe in the cock-up theory rather than the conspiracy theory. Humans are generally not sufficiently clever or powerful enough to cover-up a conspiracy for long. Below is a woman holding the Union Jack the right way up, Greg Rutherford holding the Union Jack the wrong way up, and my latest cock-up!    |
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We use the terms fuck up and screw up and tits up! 
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Fannies are polite terms for bottoms, rear-ends, in The States. Nothing sexual about a fanny in the USA. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Are there any popular conspiracy theories that you believe in? Not that I can think of. But speaking of weird shit that a staggering number of Americans believe in, I'm kind of partial to the one about Jesus riding around on a dinosaur. Are you a cock-up or a conspiracy theorist? I'm in your camp on this one. Most conspiracy theories assume a level of competence that just doesn't exist. Look at G.W. Bush- he was at best a C average at Yale, and that's with the favoritism he was shown as a legacy. And yet there are still people who think he's fully capable of drinking beer, watching a football game and eating a pretzel at the same time without nearly choking to death. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I was wondering what your were going to write for this week spunky. Good one! Are there any popular conspiracy theories that you believe in? Mike Duffy trial on now in Canada. There are more conspiracy theories now going on there after the lawyer talked. Are you a cock-up or a conspiracy theorist? I am with you on this one. Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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Are there any popular conspiracy theories that you believe in? None, I get bored by speculations by / from folks that can not find their own ass with a GPS  Are you a cock-up or a conspiracy theorist? I would have to say a cock-up type 
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Americans are misguided in their sex fears. They make such a big deal out of the smallest non sexual thing, it becomes sexualized. I think conspiracy theories are a healthy past time. It teaches us to question rather than accept the spoon fed crap the media feeds us.
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Are there any popular conspiracy theories that you believe in? Sure. I'm getting ready for another alien invasion. Anything is possible since Bush II. Are you a cock-up or a conspiracy theorist? Cock-ups seem to be more realistic. Visit my blog It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of NaughtyInSO, leave a comment, become a watcher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AND LET LIVE Be happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I don't believe in conspiracy theories and being a true Brit.....I definitely believe in cock ups....of all sorts!  ~~Anais Nin~~
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Yes, us Brits have certainly had our share of some huge cock-ups over the years, that's for sure.
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Are there any popular conspiracy theories that you believe in? Yes, Elvis is still alive!! Are you a cock-up or a conspiracy theorist? Being American, I believe that is our constitutional right to question everything! We could take things on face value but what's the fun in this...coming up with alternate truths are more fun!!! “Life is available only in the present moment.” Thich Nhat Hanh Come and read my blog! Become a watcher! veryfunnycple64 
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I truly enjoy conspiracy theories, AS IF the government that, as you say "cocks-up" so much, could really manage to keep a staged moon landing secret.  Happy HNW. My Cover Up Shot, for HNW A One Legged Man In the Yard, on HNW [post 3312759] My Private Blog – Tell me All your Secrets
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Since I didn't really understand your article, I'll skip your questions and speak of something completly different  It concerns our two nations and something rude, too. Showing the finger(s). You use two, palm backwards, We use only one, middle finger up, a gross gesture with the clear meaning "go get fucked !" Then why do Britons use two ? And I've been told it was even worse a gesture than ours. I've learned it last week, it comes from Azincourt, 1415, when the English after a long march defeated the four times more numerous french chevalery with peasants, the welsh archery. Ten to a dozen arrows a minute, the noble French who thought they'll crutch the exhausted Brits were butchered. Using a longbow, needs two fingers, right ? So the sign started to mean "we'll fuck you deep !". You english people are shocking !
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I have to dash out the door and don't have time for a thoughtful answer this minute. Americans may not do cock-ups, but we do do fannies. What do you say to that my spunky friend?
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We use the terms fuck up and screw up and tits up!
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Fannies are polite terms for bottoms, rear-ends, in The States. Nothing sexual about a fanny in the USA.
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It seems the yanks are the only ones who have got fannies wrong! Thanks for stopping by.
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I'm now trying to put my cock in a way other than upwards, downwards or sidewards. I failed so I've cut it off!
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Are there any popular conspiracy theories that you believe in? Not that I can think of. But speaking of weird shit that a staggering number of Americans believe in, I'm kind of partial to the one about Jesus riding around on a dinosaur. Are you a cock-up or a conspiracy theorist? I'm in your camp on this one. Most conspiracy theories assume a level of competence that just doesn't exist. Look at G.W. Bush- he was at best a C average at Yale, and that's with the favoritism he was shown as a legacy. And yet there are still people who think he's fully capable of drinking beer, watching a football game and eating a pretzel at the same time without nearly choking to death.
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I was wondering what your were going to write for this week spunky. Good one! Are there any popular conspiracy theories that you believe in? Mike Duffy trial on now in Canada. There are more conspiracy theories now going on there after the lawyer talked. Are you a cock-up or a conspiracy theorist? I am with you on this one.
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A big cock up is always much better than a big cock-up!
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Are there any popular conspiracy theories that you believe in? None, I get bored by speculations by / from folks that can not find their own ass with a GPS Are you a cock-up or a conspiracy theorist? I would have to say a cock-up type
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Americans are misguided in their sex fears. They make such a big deal out of the smallest non sexual thing, it becomes sexualized. I think conspiracy theories are a healthy past time. It teaches us to question rather than accept the spoon fed crap the media feeds us.
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Rather than dominating your blog post, my response has become a blog post of its own. [post 3685301]
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I'm pleased to hear that fuck-ups, screw-ups and tits-up are alive and kicking in Canada!
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I'm quite pleased how that shot turned out!
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