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Old 08-25-2003, 01:53 PM   #19951
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That's what I thought as well.
Well, trash isn't the nicest thing to be called by a person.

Perhaps the etymology is more clearly understood when you consider that "white trash" is a shortened version of "poor, white trash" which is clearly a double hit on a person.
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Old 08-25-2003, 01:53 PM   #19952
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Best description I've seen:
[Extensive exposition on cracker etymology. With Citations!]
God, man. We need to get you out more.

May I suggest a kayak ride?
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Old 08-25-2003, 01:55 PM   #19953
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It occurs to me that someone could have taken what I typed seriously, and so I hasten to add (can you use the word "hasten" when you are fifteen posts late? Sort of like "to make a long story short", it seems to be just . . . wrong) that I was kidding.
About the dollar dance? But I knew you were kidding about that.

About the rest, fear not, I am ever curious about any amusing tales about me spreading around out there, but unlikely to be ticked off. Unless a bootlegged copy of "DebtSlave's Spelunking Adventures" turns up.
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Old 08-25-2003, 01:56 PM   #19954
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You allz' po-wayt trash.

Now go git yo selvz to the dolla dance. Bitch.
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Old 08-25-2003, 02:01 PM   #19955
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Please discuss the Amazon link. If I click on it for access to the site and buy something on that trip, do you get credit? Do you get the credit if I just click on it?
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Old 08-25-2003, 02:02 PM   #19956
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You allz' po-wayt trash.

Now go git yo selvz to the dolla dance. Bitch.
Bitch please. You are clearly an imposter. Next time remember to use "all y'all's."

Is the dollar dance a southern thing as well as a midwestern thing? I don't know that I've encountered the concept in the south as much as in the midwest, but I might not be in the right milieu now.
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Old 08-25-2003, 02:05 PM   #19957
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Please discuss the Amazon link. If I click on it for access to the site and buy something on that trip, do you get credit? Do you get the credit if I just click on it?
According to Leagl, if you click through here and make a purchase, lawtalkers gets a bit of $$ from amazon. no money for just clicking the link. and no money if you buy withou clicking the link first.
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Old 08-25-2003, 02:06 PM   #19958
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Dollar Dancing

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Is the dollar dance a southern thing as well as a midwestern thing?
I don't think so. Most of the ones I've attended have no dollar dance ritual, and this board is the first I've heard of it.

(Of course, many of them didn't permit dancing, either, so it's a bit of a moot point.)


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Old 08-25-2003, 02:07 PM   #19959
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Bitch please. You are clearly an imposter. Next time remember to use "all y'all's."

Is the dollar dance a southern thing as well as a midwestern thing? I don't know that I've encountered the concept in the south as much as in the midwest, but I might not be in the right milieu now.
if you are in a "milieu", or even just with people who know what "milieu" means you probably won't see a dollar dance
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Old 08-25-2003, 02:07 PM   #19960
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Unless a bootlegged copy of "DebtSlave's Spelunking Adventures" turns up.
Is that Volume II after "DebtSlave's Shrimping Adventures"?
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Old 08-25-2003, 02:09 PM   #19961
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I don't know that I've encountered the concept in the south as much as in the midwest, but I might not be in the right milieu now.
One who uses the word "milieu" in casual conversation is unlikely to ever see, much less hear of, a dollar dance. They wouldn't know who else to put at your table.

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Old 08-25-2003, 02:11 PM   #19962
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White trash

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Well, trash isn't the nicest thing to be called by a person.

Perhaps the etymology is more clearly understood when you consider that "white trash" is a shortened version of "poor, white trash" which is clearly a double hit on a person.
That term is usually shortened to "trailer trash."
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Old 08-25-2003, 02:15 PM   #19963
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Is that Volume II after "DebtSlave's Shrimping Adventures"?
Did that involve Chef? Or have I been out of it for too long?
 
Old 08-25-2003, 02:15 PM   #19964
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Bitch please. You are clearly an imposter. Next time remember to use "all y'all's."

Is the dollar dance a southern thing as well as a midwestern thing? I don't know that I've encountered the concept in the south as much as in the midwest, but I might not be in the right milieu now.
No. From what it's sounding like now, it's an ethnic thing. Some people have said it's an Italian tradition and I've seen it several times at weddings where at least one side of the family is asian (catholic and non). That said, I did not see the "money dance" at the wedding at the Country Club.
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Old 08-25-2003, 02:23 PM   #19965
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One of the out of town guests at my wedding asked when we would be doing the dollar dance. I had never heard of it and was in the process of asking what it was when my reception coordinator, who must have overheard, rushed forward and said, "we don't do that here - that is just not done in CT." I have since seen it at numerous weddings in the state where I currently live.
 
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