Insensitive chief minister
Sunday, February 20th, 2005 | 5:25 pm @ SK
Yesterday, The Star reported that Penang chief minister Koh Tsu Koon launched the "Polish the Pearl" campaign to clean up the state.
Well, I guess this theme was being chosen because Penang is also familiar with the name Pearl of Orient worldwide. Sounds sweet, nothing special, isn’t it?
However, a quick run through on Aisehman and Google leaded me to this page. Quote:
"Polish the pearl" is slang for female masturbation; specifically, rubbing the clitoris.
Koh should be a little bit more sensitive towards this as the campaign was being publicised on media.
I don’t want anyone to smear the already bad reputation of Penang or take this as a laughing-stock.
February 21st, 2005 at 12:22 pm
Holy shit! What an embarassment! HAHA.
But hey, cannot blame him also lah. Many innocent words nowadays all have sexual connotations.
Please, just don’t tell everyone how you taught your mom to double click her mouse.
February 21st, 2005 at 1:06 pm
kenny, I’ll try to be as sensitive as possible, haha!
February 21st, 2005 at 2:24 pm
OMG…..! but really cannot blame the one who choose this as the theme for the campaign. Still is a embarassment to us if someone finds this out.
April 26th, 2006 at 11:07 am
I can’t be bothered with anything these days, but such is life. I don’t care. So it goes. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. I’ve just been hanging out waiting for something to happen, but that’s how it is.