Scott Randolph, Florida Lawmaker, Reprimanded For Using The Word 'Uterus'

Apparently, a lawmaker in the Florida House of Representatives ran afoul of that august body's rules of politesse today after he used an inappropriate word on the House floor today.

That word: uterus. Wait, what?

During last week's discussion about a bill that would prohibit governments from deducting union dues from a worker's paycheck, state Rep. Scott Randolph, D-Orlando, used his time during floor debate to argue that Republicans are against regulations -- except when it comes to the little guys, or serves their specific interests.

At one point Randolph suggested that his wife "incorporate her uterus" to stop Republicans from pushing measures that would restrict abortions. Republicans, after all, wouldn't want to further regulate a Florida business.

The GOP leadership apparently took umbrage, and sent a reminder to Democrats that they were "not to discuss body parts on the House floor." Which is pretty limiting!

"It's not like I used slang," protested Randolph. But did he think of the children? Per a House GOP spokesperson:

Additionally, the Speaker believes it is important for all Members to be mindful of and respectful to visitors and guests, particularly the young pages and messengers who are seated in the chamber during debates. In the past, if the debate is going to contain language that would be considered inappropriate for children and other guests, the Speaker will make an announcement in advance, asking children and others who may be uncomfortable with the subject matter to leave the floor and gallery.

But uterus? That's really an inappropriate word?

In Florida, apparently so.

Interestingly enough, this comes at a time when Florida lawmakers are taking their third run at passing a law that would criminalize bestiality. The last time they tried, the bill failed in the state House for similar reasons: "They...didn't want to debate the icky subject in public meetings occasionally frequented by children."

A personal appeal to the parents of Florida: please, please keep your children away from the deliberations of the Florida House of Representatives for a while, if only so the grown-ups can use their grown-up words and maybe create a law that would protect goats from being abused.

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Comments

[RunesOfGaia]

01:30 PM on 04/04/2011

I sure hope no one tells them about reproduction and where they lived for 9 months before they appeared on earth!!

I think maybe this guy is right, we should all incorporate our uteri and then be sure to fully protect ourselves by filing LLC papers cuz, oh gosh, we might get pregnant and be sued by the fetus!! {but, as a business, our uterus could then file for tax breaks like every other corp. so this might be a good thing! No more taxes, yay!}

Please excuse me for not being Floridian PC by saying "in a family way" or "we are going to have a little visitor!"

They say politics make strange bedfellows, I say, It's time these guys got twin beds. lolol

Now, really fellas, there are serious problems that you have been hired to deal with, the TAXPAYERS are being bilked by the hour by all of you, quit wasting time and get your butts to work!

If the people get no COLA for the last 2 years then NO POLITICIANS SHOULD GET THEM EITHER. They have to VOTE NOT to get a COLA every year {they are an automatic thing for politicians and they sure don't just get $20 for a COLA when they do!} but we get nothing even as fresh fruit and veggies are beyond our financial reach.

[robodawa]

03:38 PM on 04/03/2011

Huh? Are local Fla. Pols to use Edwardian Phrases like "A Woman's Natural Vessel", "The Velvitine Grotto of Venus"?
What's up with the Animal Sex Stuff? The Fla Gov't is run by the GOP. The Fla Gov is obsessed with Animal Sex. So, the Fla GOP has an animal sex hang up, is that right? If the law is passed, who will enforce it? Will there be fines? Special Jails? Was there an inciting incident in the life of the sponsors and writers of this bill? Will they cry when they remember?

[mustraline]

02:40 PM on 04/03/2011

What should be banned and reprimanded are middle-aged, flabby, white males that fetishize women's uterus'.

Keep government out of our way..... except when it comes to the most personal and private decisions that are made between a woman and her doctor. THEN, that is state business.

[BJHenton]

07:39 AM on 04/03/2011

Ha.ha.ha.ha.ha.ha....You can't make this s**t up!

[ToniQ]

03:13 AM on 04/03/2011

Uterus should be banned from all legislation.

[Bellanova]

02:58 AM on 04/03/2011

What grown-ups?

[dbrett480]

06:34 PM on 04/02/2011

I thought this was a Dave Barry column.

[brutalefrank]

03:50 PM on 04/02/2011

I guess the GOP missed the day they discussed Human Reproduction in Biology class.

[Madmac]

02:09 PM on 04/02/2011

He gave the gnope party a case of the vapors.

[newamericanliberal]

12:39 PM on 04/02/2011

Ahhhh, Now I get it. The Florida legislative branch wont put in a database to monitor prescription drug trafficking because THEY are all abusers. It explains the fuzzing thinking, childish behavior and the constant focus on bestiality.

NAL

[mcgowann]

10:04 PM on 04/02/2011

Actually, as a Floridian and former nurse, I'm interested in their decisions on this matter. It has been found that there are no current programs or databases designed that can't be hacked into. Considering the fact that Social Security numbers are used to designate patient files, even for those not yet on Medicare, those numbers could fall into the hands of those who sell them to illegal aliens.

There is also a huge problem with stolen medical insurance info. People are stealing other's insurance info and using it to get medical care. There have been cases where patients have gone to the hospital and all the medical history belongs to someone who had stolen their insurance identity. The problem is that you may have a different blood type or may not be a diabetic and the treatment given from that shared data could kill you. It is also one of the many types of fraud causing insurance rates to increase.

So, complain all you want but it's for your own protection that they aren't creating a patient database.

[BJHenton]

07:42 AM on 04/03/2011

Just blame it on the undocumented, again.

[GoodbyeRubyTuesday]

01:14 PM on 04/03/2011

You know, if you hadn't stated "as a Floridian and former nurse" no one would believe you.
Isn't that funny?

[newamericanliberal]

12:05 PM on 04/02/2011

Pity the poor goats. We have to do something.

NAL

[aikani]

11:22 AM on 04/02/2011

no, in Florida right now, you cannot say uterus on the statehouse floor, but you COULD legally have sex with a monkey in a statehouse office.

[yme]

01:36 PM on 04/02/2011

and the monkeys apparently aren't all that difficult to find.....

[mcgowann]

10:08 PM on 04/02/2011

It's also on the books in Florida that a hair salon may not allow a customer to fall asleep while under a hairdryer and the customer can also be charged for falling asleep under the said hairdryer.

They should remove 10 old useless laws for every 1 they pass. The legislators seem to rate a successful session by the number of laws they were able to pass. They should be focused more on the validity of those laws.

[aikani]

11:20 AM on 04/02/2011

wait a minute..........so bestiality is legal in florida right now???????????????? why has no one set up a brothel to take advantage of this gap in the law?

[TheLibraryOfCodex]

07:48 AM on 04/02/2011

Florida

Bestality? Sure go ahead

A woman's body parts? EVIL!!!!

[Pamela Lake]

11:36 PM on 04/01/2011

Uterus. Uterus uterus uterus. Uterus. Vaaaaagiiiina!

[lletaa]

01:31 PM on 04/02/2011

Stop please, I'm getting a little warm under the collar. Discussing womens body parts makes me a little randy.

[Pamela Lake]

04:37 PM on 04/02/2011

Oops. Cold shower for you.