Barenaked Ladies covered by The Bishops
The Church Times reports on a cover-up by a member of the House of Bishops.
She was naked. He was there
A woman bishop might have been useful during the House of Bishops meeting in York, after a naked woman guest triggered a fire alarm in the early hours of Tuesday morning, writes Bill Bowder. In the event, one of the bishops present offered the woman his dressing gown.There were about 50 bishops staying at the Park Inn in York. The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Stephen Platten, reported that they had to evacuate the hotel when the fire alarm went off.
“The alarm seems to have been triggered when two young ladies, who were pickled, came back late at night. One of the two ladies was naked, and one of the bishops had to take his dressing gown off to cover her nakedness. I think the other woman was also trying to take her clothes off, too, but she was stopped in time.”
The Bishop of Worcester, Dr John Inge, said: “It would be a good ethical test on a board game to ask what you do if you are a bishop and you open the door to find a naked lady outside. I think that throwing your dressing gown out passes the test.”
Does this prove that whatever a woman bishop can do a man bishop do as well?
What did the unnamed bishop have under his dressing gown?
While on the topic of woman bishops, I found this answered a puzzle I've had for a while,
http://federalist.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/grammar-dont-use-woman-as-an-adjective/
"Grammar: Don’t Use “Woman” as an Adjective May 18, 2009
"Is it grammatically correct to speak of “woman doctors?”
"“Woman” is not an adjective, but that fact does not mean it cannot modify a noun. Nouns that properly modify other nouns are referred to as “noun adjuncts” or “attributive nouns.” For example, “chicken soup” or “arms race.”
"However, the use of “woman” as a noun adjunct is grating because there is an adjective (“female”) that almost always serves the same purpose. One should never use a noun adjunct when a bona-fide adjective will do.
"The only time “female” might not suitably substitute for “woman” is when one needs to qualify the noun not only as female, but also as adult and human. I.e., one may prefer “woman friends” to “adult human female friends” (as distinct from, say prepubescent human male friends, or monotreme friends).
"It is never correct to use “women” as a noun adjunct. Hence, “women doctors” is as ungrammatical as “chickens dinners.”"
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May 21, 2010 5:36 PM