I knew it had the other meaning (I know I've heard it in that song from Hair, but I think I may have known it before then, probably from some long-ago Social Problem novel in my grandparents' basement), but the only way I've ever heard any actual people use it out loud was in the gardening-implement sense.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
JZ - May 25, 2012 7:19:12 am PDT #6666 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
§ ita § - May 25, 2012 7:20:02 am PDT #6667 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
-I also had two friends, both male, who had sex with their brothers
Way to go, making me feel like a stick in the mud for not grokking Wincest.
Liese S. - May 25, 2012 7:21:09 am PDT #6668 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I knew spade was used in racist ways.
Amy - May 25, 2012 7:22:40 am PDT #6669 of 30001
Because books.
I knew the spade thing. I did not know, when I was a kid, the origin of the name of the Sambo's in Boca Raton (in late '70s, if you can believe it).
Way to go, making me feel like a stick in the mud for not grokking Wincest.
You're so rarely behind the curve.
DavidS - May 25, 2012 7:24:14 am PDT #6670 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I knew spade was used in racist ways.
Yeah, I thought it was common knowledge.
§ ita § - May 25, 2012 7:24:49 am PDT #6671 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You're so rarely behind the curve.
I will get a snake and a boyfriend to make up for this, but I will not have sex with my sister.
Theodosia - May 25, 2012 7:26:21 am PDT #6672 of 30001
'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"
It turns out that Muppet prefers "Feline Overlord."
Zenkitty - May 25, 2012 7:27:21 am PDT #6673 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I knew the spade thing. I didn't know that phrase was ever NOT racist.
And some of us don't have friends with weird sex things in their past.
Sure you do.
I also had two friends, both male, who had sex with their brothers
Are you just, like, lucky in the people that you know, or is this actually happening a lot more than I suspected it was?
Amy - May 25, 2012 7:27:45 am PDT #6674 of 30001
Because books.
I will get a snake and a boyfriend to make up for this, but I will not have sex with my sister.
Oh, all RIGHT.
Strix - May 25, 2012 7:29:34 am PDT #6675 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I have heard fur babies before, and while I would never use that term, my mom probably would. Their dogs have always been spoiled, yo. Though they are perfectly aware the dog is a DOG and do not dress her up or do other crazy shit.
Crazy Sex Stories: I think I've told this one, but I had a married couple as roommates for my last semester in college (my age) and we had a summer BBQ. S made stuff, including a cucumber salad.
After we'd eaten and drank and proceded to the Pub, playing "I Never," she (drunk) told us "I never let my husband fuck me with a cucumber and then fed it to my guests."
And drank.
We were all "WHAAA?"
S: "Well, I washed and peeled it, fer Chrissakes!"
She thought it was funny. We...did not.