Poor.
Angel: I can stay in town as long as you want me. Buffy: How's forever? Does forever work for you?
'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Dana - May 01, 2009 8:49:04 am PDT #17648 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Jesse - May 01, 2009 8:52:07 am PDT #17649 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Poor.
I just got all excited for a minute, because Ellen (on yesterday's show) is giving money to a Stephanie in Cincinnati, but it not Our Steph. The "anie" should have been my first clue.
Lee - May 01, 2009 8:52:13 am PDT #17650 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Poor
amych - May 01, 2009 8:52:26 am PDT #17651 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Poor. Traditionally, crackers are to the lowland south (South Georgia, Northern Florida, etc.) as hillbillies are to Appalachia.
Sparky1 - May 01, 2009 8:53:10 am PDT #17652 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Poor.
Steph L. - May 01, 2009 8:53:52 am PDT #17653 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
because Ellen (on yesterday's show) is giving money to a Stephanie in Cincinnati, but it not Our Steph.
Damn!
Dana - May 01, 2009 8:54:07 am PDT #17654 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Traditionally, crackers are to the lowland south (South Georgia, Northern Florida, etc.) as hillbillies are to Appalachia.
Yeah, I'd say there's also an implication of white trash.
lisah - May 01, 2009 8:54:56 am PDT #17655 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
yeah, I've always heard poor white too but my co-worker, who grew up in Texas, was like "no! It was from the 'cracking' whip of the slaveowners." Wikipedia mentions both.
I was wondering if it was a regional thing.
amych - May 01, 2009 8:56:57 am PDT #17656 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The cracking thing sets off my cutesy-etymology spidey sense.
lisah - May 01, 2009 8:57:45 am PDT #17657 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
The cracking thing sets off my cutesy-etymology spidey sense.
Hah! yeah.