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This morning I did a research report on a famous man in the world of horse racing, and the SCANDAL that is his love life, which includes an ex-wife who owns a racing stable called the [Name Retracted] Stud Farm.

I just sent the report to my boss, who works across the corridor from me. A few minutes later I heard her voice drift hesitantly out of her office.

Boss: So....a stud farm...that's a...horse racing stable?
Me: Yeah, it's a breeding farm. Male horses of breeding age are put out to stud.
Boss: They're studs.
Me: I think it's where the term came from.
Boss: Oh...kay...
Me: You sound nervous.
Boss: No, I'm just...going to assume the high-level VP who's going to be looking at this report will know that...

Comments

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

You don't think this meaning will be apparent in context? Or at least that a little mental red flag might go up that perhaps ranches of attractive hunky men are not actually a thing, and clarification should be sought?

Are these silly questions?

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't really give it a thought since "[Redacted] Stud Farm" is the name of the farm, plus the guy's entire career is based around horse racing, plus I figured she'd know what a stud farm was. But apparently she had doubts in context, and there's no denying that once in a while our VPs show a very localized but stunning lack of knowledge.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I would very much like for there to be a horse breeding facility called Name Redacted Stud Farm.

Or a racehorse named 'Redacted.' It would be one of the less silly names.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Really, any company called the Name Redacted Company.

Name Redacted Chinese Delivery
Name Redacted Comics
Name Redacted Bar & Grill
Name Redacted Books: For The Anonymous Reader
Name Redacted: THE GAME
Name Redacted! (the musical)

Oh man now I want to found a startup just to call it Name Redacted.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Name Redacted Books could be your top-shelf imprint of Extribulum. ;)

[Name Redacted]!: The Musical sounds like it could be a big hit, if for nothing else than the ratio of typographical symbols to alphanumerical characters. Perhaps it could be based on the oeuvre of your specialty imprint!

[libbyalice.livejournal.com]

"...ranches of attractive hunky men are not actually a thing..." We can but dream that one day the universe will correct this.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I am inclined to bring up the matter of human rights, but maybe they'd like it, who knows.

Ranches of hunky lobotomised men. Yes, this is ... definitely ... someone's idea of a good time.

Pardon me, I am having flashbacks of high school and need to go yell at a wall about the meat-market double-standard for a while ...

[natf.livejournal.com]

A ranch full of Chippendales. Didn't they do a Horse-farm episode? That was silly of them!