Swastikas didn't used to be associated with Nazis, either. I have a lovely Navajo silver and turquoise bracelet that I inherited from my Mom that was bought pre-WWII and decorated with cute little ones.
Big stop just to renew your license to companion. Can I use companion as a verb?
Wash ,'Ariel'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
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.
Theodosia - Mar 28, 2007 8:50:30 am PDT #9321 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Connie Neil - Mar 28, 2007 8:56:55 am PDT #9322 of 10001
brillig
Stupid racists. I remember being so very confused as a kid when someone called a black girl I knew a tar baby and me going, "But she's a perfectly nice girl, how is she something that's going ensare you and get you in trouble?" Because I knew it wasn't meant in a way that suggested future romantic entanglements.
I grew up on the fringes of Appalachia, on the Mason-Dixon line, and I guess we were close enough to rural Southerners to inherit the trickster stories.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2007 8:59:28 am PDT #9323 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't know about always
Yeah, but it's been around for a long while. It's even in the musical Hair in their list song of racist terms.
Sparky1 - Mar 28, 2007 9:00:32 am PDT #9324 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
The OED lists tar-baby as a derogatory term for someone of mixed race, as in, it wasn't a good thing to have African-American blood, before it lists it as a derogatory term for an African American or Maori.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2007 9:02:46 am PDT #9325 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The OED lists tar-baby as a derogatory term for someone of mixed race, as in, it wasn't a good thing to have African-American blood,
Kind of goes with the whole "one drop" racist line of thinking. Somebody was "tarred" with their blackness.
Toddson - Mar 28, 2007 9:04:29 am PDT #9326 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've occasionally (not recently) run into the phrase "a touch of the tar brush" in this context.
tommyrot - Mar 28, 2007 9:08:31 am PDT #9327 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.
Steph L. - Mar 28, 2007 9:14:03 am PDT #9328 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Here's a short article in Time about "tar baby," which quotes our own erinaceous: [link]
Daisy Jane - Mar 28, 2007 9:50:28 am PDT #9329 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Congratulations SA! How wonderful for you.
Song of the South has soooo many issues. I do love Br'er Rabbit though.
Nilly - Mar 28, 2007 9:57:26 am PDT #9330 of 10001
Swouncing
Sorry for disturbing the ongoing conversations (I always feel a bit rude when I do this sort of thing), but I have to log off now, and with Passover soon and all the cleaning and stuff, I'm not sure when I'm going to have computer access again (though, if I have to work during he less-holy-days-of-the-holiday, you'll definitely read me whine about it!).
Anyway, the reason I'm posting is that according to the Buffista Calendar, Friday the 30th, will be libkitty's birthday, and next Tuesday, April 3rd, will be Tom Scola's birthday. So I just wanted to send early wishes for them both, for a great day and a wonderful year.
Also, I miss posting with you guys. Um, I mean, happy and peaceful Passover to those who celebrate it, and just plain old good news (or at least better news) (I initially typed "goof news" - those are OK, too, right?).