I googled "indian summer". There are a lot of theories, not many of them offensive.
Oz is the highest-scoring person ever to fail to graduate.
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Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Jun 20, 2005 6:17:59 pm PDT #3274 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Scrappy - Jun 20, 2005 6:20:32 pm PDT #3275 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I think it's that you pick the dirty part of the chicken, the part that you throw away, and call it after the most respected guy in the church.
Steph L. - Jun 20, 2005 6:22:43 pm PDT #3276 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I think it's that you pick the dirty part of the chicken, the part that you throw away, and call it after the most respected guy in the church.
It's just so....random. Huh.
brenda m - Jun 20, 2005 6:32:36 pm PDT #3277 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I think it's that you pick the dirty part of the chicken, the part that you throw away, and call it after the most respected guy in the church.
Oh. Huh.
I always thought it was an appearance thing - it's kind of bulbous and red. What offense there may be I think is in an implication of drunkenness.
aurelia - Jun 20, 2005 6:40:00 pm PDT #3278 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Oh good LORD. I take it all back!!! No one click that link!!
Too late. I'm trying to figure out how to collect my brain matter. I was unfamiliar with that website so I skimmed the bio/faq and a couple of links. It was too much for my skull to contain.
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2005 6:43:51 pm PDT #3279 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, the various "Dutch" phrases, like Dutch treat and going Dutch, are based on a stereotype of the Dutch along the same lines as "Indian summer".
eta: I somehow missed 25 posts....
Emily - Jun 20, 2005 6:46:36 pm PDT #3280 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
There are a lot of theories, not many of them offensive.
Huh. Well, what do I know. I myself associated it with "Indian giver" -- that probably would have made a better analogy. I think it's the one I meant to use, honestly. So, er, I don't know about Indian summer. Feel free to Google.
Emily - Jun 20, 2005 6:49:51 pm PDT #3281 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Wikipedia has no offensive etymologies for it. So let's just pretend I said "Indian giver," okay?
I would pick the one ethnic reference that actually isn't offensive.
Trudy Booth - Jun 20, 2005 6:54:05 pm PDT #3282 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
it's because you have a pure heart, emily
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 20, 2005 7:16:57 pm PDT #3283 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My folks use "mighty white of you" ironically, but I've never heard it used in a sincere manner.
The gold medal for thoughtless offensive speech has to go to my uncle who cracked some tasteless joke and then apologetically introduced himself to my cousin's new husband as "the black sheep of the family." The new husband being, of course, the first African-American to marry into our family. I felt like crawling under a rock after that one, and I was only a bystander.