Unfortunately, saying "eat a muffin whitey" to one's cow-workers is somewhat embarrassing.
Don't I know it!
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2007 1:38:40 pm PST #3347 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Scrappy - Nov 20, 2007 1:38:55 pm PST #3348 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I think the UK is more tilted to "You are not your ideas." So if a person tells you a particular idea is stupid, it doesn't mean YOU'RE stupid. I got the impression Fry was talking about a dinner party where we might not know everyone well (or at all), not among close friends or family. I do think arguing with someone's ideas is seen as bad manners in this country and not proper chitchat.
In America, on the other hand, asking someone what they do for a living is idle chatter, but in Europe or Britain is often never brought up among people who are just meeting.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 1:45:46 pm PST #3349 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Try being non-white and using that muffin exhortation.
Some people are so touchy.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 20, 2007 1:48:35 pm PST #3350 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Try being non-white and using that muffin exhortation.
See, I feel weird saying "eat a muffin whitey" to a black person....
Jesse - Nov 20, 2007 1:51:45 pm PST #3351 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"Eat a muffin, whitey" transcends race!
Sue - Nov 20, 2007 1:56:44 pm PST #3352 of 10001
hip deep in pie
"Eat a muffin, whitey" transcends race!
It does! I had a total "eat muffin whitey" moment a couple of weeks ago, But instead of saying to the woman who was whining that the deli was out of blueberry bagels, I just burst out laughing for no reason and looked crazy.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 1:58:31 pm PST #3353 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As a non-white, I submit y'all want a cupcake and not even a muffin. If it scales up to a cake, it's cheating to call it a muffin.
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2007 2:10:21 pm PST #3354 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.
Huh. Where I grew up the population density is 72.9 people per square mile and the population is 97% white. Where I live now it's 31,860.3/mi², 42.6% white.
flea - Nov 20, 2007 2:14:18 pm PST #3355 of 10001
information libertarian
I was looking at census.gov (which is where that site pulls the data from) and discovered that the pocket suburb of Cincinnati where my father lives is whiter (96.9% white) than the small town in rural Maine I lived in as a small child (95.9% white). I found this very depressing.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 2:23:19 pm PST #3356 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, if I had my ZIP codes I'd certainly check metro Detroit out again. Apparently the most segregated area in the US.