the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[Sgt PSN]

Never heard of high yellow refer to hotness before.  There were 2 kids I went to school with that were "high yellow" and all the brothas used to farg with them relentlessly about it so I just figured it was a slur with no other meaning.  It was originally a term used to describe social classes of black people in the US in the late 1800/early 1900's.  Because they were so light, they were considered to be at the top class of black people and in some cases, were able to pass for white and integrate into white society and basically turned their backs on other (darker) blacks.  This didn't sit well with most black people for obvious reasons. 

Looked it up on Urban Dictionary to see what other uses it has and saw this one:

A tall beautiful blonde.
Man, that is one gorgeous blonde.

That my friend, is a high yellow.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=high%20yellow

So I guess it has developed into slang for attractiveness. 

[Rome]

Urban Dictionary?

LOLlypops

[Diomedes]

my wife thought I was using a racial slur the other day when I used the word "spook" in reference to CIA agents and their role in U.S. foreign policy in Pakistan.

what do black people have to do with it and why are you calling them that

sigh...

[Tomahawk]

Sounds like you and your wife talk too much

[Diomedes]

she's smart as hell, but doesn't know much

she was born in 1980 though, so I try to cut her some slack.  she probably never heard someone refer to a spy as a spook

[Yeti]

she probably never heard someone refer to a spy as a spook

why you gotta be like that?

[Sgt PSN]

she was born in 1980 though, so I try to cut her some slack.  she probably never heard someone refer to a spy as a spook

There have been a million movies made since 1980 that revolve around CIA and covert gov't spies that make spook references.  You telling me she hasn't seen even 1 of them? 

[Zanshin]

She saw all of them...just thought they were being racist.

[Eagles_Legendz]

god damn

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/04/28/nat.alabama.tornado.cnn?hpt=T1

[Zanshin]

Dude's a mouth breather.

[hbionic]

my wife thought I was using a racial slur the other day when I used the word "spook" in reference to CIA agents and their role in U.S. foreign policy in Pakistan.

what do black people have to do with it and why are you calling them that

sigh...

Does she think playing Spades is some kind of racist game you play against black people?

[hbionic]

god damn

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/04/28/nat.alabama.tornado.cnn?hpt=T1

A massive tornado targets Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and the funnel is caught on tape.

Tape? Really? Dude was outside in tornado force winds...and he was hauling around a VHS Video Camera?

Dude has an RJS better known as a huge sack of steel.

[Sgt PSN]

Gonna guess that "caught on tape" doesn't necessarily mean that he was using an old school vhs camera, but that someone hasn't "modernized" their verbage.  Some people in the music industry still refer to new albums as records but it's pretty much a given that it's not a vinyl reference.  Kind of like how I don't record shows on my dvr.....I tape them.  Old habits die hard. 

[hbionic]

Thank you for that lesson OB-1.

Can you next teach us about the wetness of water?

[Susquehanna Birder]

I like how the tornado is characterized as something malevolent.