Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
The only other racial generalization I have observed in wide enough application is the following: African Americans are singularly responsible for the continued sale of orange soda in this country. I worked in a restaurant (not fast food) in a suburban area of California, and you could bet your paycheck that fully 50% of African American customers would ask if we served orange soda (we didn't). Of these, about 75% would then ask for root beer (which we did serve) instead. It was eerie. I don't think a single white customer ever asked me for orange soda, but almost half of the black customers did.

This one is true. Orange, Grape, punch flavored drinks are much more popular in black neighborhoods than white. However, I think it's because blacks tend to want some flavor in their drinks and meals. Spice or sweet, blacks stay away from the bland.* White people tend to be much more sensitive to spicey things and are either programmed by commercials to ask for coke everytime or just like it more.**

I don't know how many of my white friends can't eat Indian or Chinese or anything with spice in it because it burns their tongues or upsets their delicate little protected stomachs.

I also know black people who carry hot sauce with them to cure blandness.

TM

*May also explain the aversion to mayonnaise (although I never heard of this and have many black friends who like tuna salad, potato salad and macaroni salad).

**I don't need examples of people on the board telling me they need hot sauce for everything or only drink Sprite.

Originally posted by idle acts
And while I am ranting, what is the deal with the current law firm vogue for attorney photos on the firm's web site?

No plaintiffs' firm ever seems to have them....

I once was so pissed at an opposing plaintiff's attorney that I printed his full-body pic off the website and made a stick-puppet out of him complete with lipstick and little horns - it was well worth the effort and I think it got put away in the file after the case was dismissed.

Maybe it's a geography thing, but it seems to me that more plaintiff's lawyers have their pics on their websites as a marketing tool than other types of firms - that and on the back of the yellow pages.

-TL

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Du jour? Why don't you just use "black," which I believe has been acceptable during your entire lifetime. And you shouldn't want to do it to just avoid offending someone. You should do it as a form of respect for your fellow human being.

On second thought, scratch that. Continue using "colored." Let us know how it works out.

Well, in defense of Annie, that might not be true. Here in Podunkville there's a pretty strong and growing sentiment that "black" is not acceptable, and that one must use "African American" instead. I have had people correct me. Even when I was talking about a dude from some St. Somewhere island that wasn't part of the good old US of A. By the way, I never did get an answer from the African American as appropriate term person as to what to call a person from, say, Haiti.

The irony is that "black" used to be considered almost as bad as the n-word (at least according to some pre-WWII history books I have read). My saintly yet racist grandfather was a cop in a machine-run Northern city in that era, and "black bastard" was the preferred racial epithet used by him. Meanwhile, polite society used "colored" (see e.g. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), and then "Negro" (as in the United Negro College Fund) before "black" was adopted. I could be wrong, but I think that it was Elijah Mohammed and the Black Muslims who first started using "black" and it was quite controversial.*

*My God. I am become like Atticus, only not as smart and funny. Ack!

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Not Bob
*My God. I am become like Atticus, only not as smart and funny. Ack!

Don't worry. Your avatar hasn't developed an unnaturally large forehead yet.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I don't know how many of my white friends can't eat Indian or Chinese or anything with spice in it because it burns their tongues or upsets their delicate little protected stomachs.

This is parody, right? Good one.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I again state my belief that social, cultural and geographic racial integration between blacks & whites is in reality far more advanced in the south than in the rest of the country.

I didn't believe that until witnessing the posts during this conversation.

Thurgreed(but I'm still not going to The South)Marshall

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Not Bob
My God. I am become like Atticus, only not as smart and funny. Ack!

As long as you stop somewhere on this side of posting pictures of your brother's freakish penis, you should be safe.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall Thurgreed(but I'm still not going to The South)Marshall

Say it ain't so! Does this mean all that talk about trysting was just a big tease? Damn you!

[evenodds]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
If you really are committed to forgiving and forgetting, why are you spending time and energy on figuring out ways to express your nonforgiveness and inability to forget? It seems counterproductive. Well, counterproductive only if your real goal is forgiving/forgetting.

I think we have a social responsibility to refuse to condone socially abhorrent behavior.

It has nothing to do with forgiveness or forgetting.

[idle acts]

Originally posted by AngryMulletMan
My firm decided to . . . take FULL FUCKING BODY SHOTS which they will soon post on the website and use in print materials and ads.

Wow - nudity, sex AND alcohol. A trifecta that will be hard to beat.

edited to note that AbbaKiss beat me to it.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This one is true. Orange, Grape, punch flavored drinks are much more popular in black neighborhoods than white. However, I think it's because blacks tend to want some flavor in their drinks and meals. Spice or sweet, blacks stay away from the bland.* White people tend to be much more sensitive to spicey things and are either programmed by commercials to ask for coke everytime or just like it more.**

I don't know how many of my white friends can't eat Indian or Chinese or anything with spice in it because it burns their tongues or upsets their delicate little protected stomachs.

I also know black people who carry hot sauce with them to cure blandness.

TM

*May also explain the aversion to mayonnaise (although I never heard of this and have many black friends who like tuna salad, potato salad and macaroni salad).

**I don't need examples of people on the board telling me they need hot sauce for everything or only drink Sprite.

I've been mainlining stomach medication for years due to a genetic condition. Does this mean I'm probably of Mayflower lineage? Because if its true, I'm going to challenge Fenniweather to a duel next time he snubs me from his bridge game at the club for being a dirty Catholic immigrant.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by evenodds
I think we have a social responsibility to refuse to condone socially abhorrent behavior.

It has nothing to do with forgiveness or forgetting.

Edited to add:

First, she said her aim (or duty?) was to forgive and forget. That's like saying "my aim is to lose weight" between bites of an enormous fat-laden chocolate cake while waiting to eat from a trough of creme brulee.

Second, who are we shunning? People who have sex outside the bounds of matrimony? Or just people who have sex when they are married to someone else? Or does it only count if the person has kids? Haven't a few people on here (perhaps it was anonymously) confessed to cheating on spouses? Definitely girlfriends/boyfriends. Should we shun them? Have you ever cheated on a bf? Shame. I throw ashes on you.

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I also know black people who carry hot sauce with them to cure blandness.

My (black) mentee's family has a liter bottle of Tabasco on their table at all times....and several more in the pantry for back-up in case they run out. It seems a little excessive to me and my delicate stomach, but to each his own.

-TL

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by evenodds
I think we have a social responsibility to refuse to condone socially abhorrent behavior.

It has nothing to do with forgiveness or forgetting.

It's socially abhorrent to get all up in other people's business though too. If you don't condone the cheating, don't invite the cheaters to your parties. You don't have to verbally assault people every time you see them, or go out of your way to let them know you think they suck.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by bilmore
I've skimmed, I admit, and may be even more confused than usual, but didn't she say her husband is black?

I don't know. I don't read anything. I just post.