I think it was Richard Pryor who had a bit about how "Honky never caught on like it was supposed to..."
I think the first time I ever heard the word "cracker" with that meaning was in the SNL skit "Word Association" with Pryor and Chevy Chase.
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please.
Connor ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
Kathy A - May 01, 2009 4:06:57 pm PDT #17712 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Trudy Booth - May 01, 2009 4:08:05 pm PDT #17713 of 30000
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
DEAD honky!
§ ita § - May 01, 2009 4:12:49 pm PDT #17714 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think we just had an earthquake--off to check.
bon bon - May 01, 2009 4:12:50 pm PDT #17715 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Tiny earthquake here -- our first since moving.
§ ita § - May 01, 2009 4:14:26 pm PDT #17716 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
4.3.
erikaj - May 01, 2009 4:14:38 pm PDT #17717 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I told y'all about the time Dominic West called "Wire" season 3 a "real cracker!"as in super-exciting and wondered why the predominantly black crowd got so restless. His TV partner straightened it out.
javachik - May 01, 2009 4:15:51 pm PDT #17718 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Scots-Irish settlers in the south
Ayup. That would be me. And "racist" doesn't always mean black/white. The English very much looked down on those rascally Scots-Irish.
Kathy A - May 01, 2009 4:20:48 pm PDT #17719 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hulu has classic SNL skits available, including the Word Association one, which I just watched. They'd never get away with that today, what with the various slurs being used.
Dana - May 01, 2009 4:21:12 pm PDT #17720 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I can't find the rest of my towels. I have no clue.
You'll find them in two weeks in a box with a missing remote control, a plate, and that CD you've been missing forever.
meara - May 01, 2009 4:24:01 pm PDT #17721 of 30000
...sigh. I never did find my remote control after moving. Luckily, the one the cable company gave me controls my TV. If I ever give up cable, I'll have to go find a universal remote. Or call that a good time to spend more money on a new flatscreen?