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08-30-2010 , 09:49 PM

#1026

TomVeil

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Where memory doesn't play tricks is when recalling the works of the sainted Bugs Bunny. While not originating the term, Bugs can claim to have done more to fix it into the language than the rest of rabbitkind, especially in its most often used form 'Wait just a cotton-picking minute'. There's an example in Bully for Bugs, 1953:

"Just a cotton-pickin' minute, this don't look like the Coachella Valley to me!"

Bugs Bunny, the original rabbit racist

08-30-2010 , 09:49 PM

#1027

vulturesrow

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Originally Posted by Max Raker

Old racists imo

I'm starting to believe that this term is redundant.

08-30-2010 , 10:04 PM

#1028

govman6767

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Ugg poor Roger Clemens... screw congress wasting my time and monies

08-30-2010 , 10:07 PM

#1029

2/325Falcon

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A coked-up Bush43 would monkeystomp a mudhole in Obama's ass in about three seconds. Obama would be wearing that bike helmet for the rest of his life.

08-30-2010 , 10:09 PM

#1030

PoBoy321

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Originally Posted by TomVeil

Cotton-pickin is a term very much used by old people.

Yeah, but Rick Sanchez isn't old.

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That's because watermelon-eatin' isn't a phrase.

Edit: We don't need to "absolve" him, we can sit and make fun of the fact he's ******ed regardless! Getting fired would be a massive (but predictable) overreaction.

Yeah, but what if it WAS a phrase?

Also, yeah, firing him would be a horrific overreaction. He'll apologize quietly and we'll just move on. At least until he goes all Dr. Laura.

08-30-2010 , 10:10 PM

#1031

pokerbobo

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Originally Posted by [Phill]

Tom,

Him getting fired for being this stupid seems like a positive outcome to me. Without doing any research on who he is, if he (at best) is using a little used phrase like cotton-picking accurately but without realising the double meaning involved then he must be saying and doing some other really dumb ****.

If he wants he can blame his firing on his first amendment rights being taken away.

It does not have a double meaning..... it is the old fashioned way of saying darn/damn/mf'ing whatever..... just cause overly sensative politically correct types and people who live their lives actively looking to be offended get their panties in a bunch want to assign the term another meaning, does not give it that meaning.

10 or so years back, a similar situation occured when someone used the word *****rdly, same type of people got their panties in a bunch because the word sounded like a word they don't like, so assumed it was from the same root word.

Wow, even the profanity filter fell for it.

08-30-2010 , 10:11 PM

#1032

PoBoy321

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Originally Posted by 2/325Falcon

A coked-up Bush43 would monkeystomp a mudhole in Obama's ass in about three seconds. Obama would be wearing that bike helmet for the rest of his life.

Falcon,

I'm convinced that you're either a mad scientist, or are wearing a bicycle helmet yourself. I'm not sure whether or not I should feel bad when I laugh at your posts.

08-30-2010 , 10:12 PM

#1033

2/325Falcon

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I am helmet-free and loving it.

08-30-2010 , 10:19 PM

#1034

Sholar

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Originally Posted by PoBoy321

mad scientist

Sad truth: Most "mad scientists" are actually just mad engineers

08-30-2010 , 10:36 PM

#1035

FlyWf

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Isn't Obama like 5 inches taller than Bush?

08-30-2010 , 10:39 PM

#1036

MuresanForMVP

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Originally Posted by Not_In_My_Name

I'm willing to bet he has a decent amount of ****** strength too.

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Originally Posted by pokerbobo

but obama has allah on his side

nice

08-30-2010 , 10:41 PM

#1037

TomVeil

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Ugg poor Roger Clemens... screw congress wasting my time and monies

But Blago goes free!

08-30-2010 , 10:41 PM

#1038

MuresanForMVP

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Originally Posted by 13ball

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100830/...nnessee_mosque

Fight illusions of terrorism with actual terrorism. GO VOLS!

lololol. Ive been to Murfreesboro before for a baseball tournament, and it was god awful. Tried to get some senile old man at a Taco John to drive us to some amateur wrestling match, but he took like 10 minutes to get a sentence out so we gave up and walked to Home Depot to buy some PVC pipe to launch bottle rockets accurately. Terrible, terrible place.

08-30-2010 , 10:42 PM

#1039

TomVeil

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Originally Posted by pokerbobo

10 or so years back, a similar situation occured when someone used the word *****rdly, same type of people got their panties in a bunch because the word sounded like a word they don't like, so assumed it was from the same root word.

I was going to mention this exact story, but was distracted by booze.

08-30-2010 , 10:46 PM

#1040

2/325Falcon

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08-30-2010 , 10:48 PM

#1041

MuresanForMVP

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Originally Posted by TomVeil

Bugs Bunny, the original rabbit racist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vidDHQ_66IU

08-30-2010 , 11:31 PM

#1042

[Phill]

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I swear i played a game of scrabble once where the words went NIP, JAP, *****.

Yes, it was indeed on facebook.

Last edited by [Phill]; 08-30-2010 at 11:31 PM. Reason: 1/3 i cant get through the filter, but its good enough for Scrabble, lol

08-30-2010 , 11:38 PM

#1043

nick_van_exel

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BREAKING NEWS

New Glenn Beck news site
http://www.theblaze.com/
http://www.mediaite.com/online/exclu...blaze-tonight/

08-31-2010 , 12:07 AM

#1044

Brian J

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Originally Posted by DVaut1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_This_and_Rabbit_Stew

as soon as i saw the looney tunes mention i was wondering who would be the first to dig this up

08-31-2010 , 12:25 AM

#1045

kidpokeher

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Sarah Palin's influence cannot be underestimated.

08-31-2010 , 12:35 AM

#1046

MrWookie

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Originally Posted by Barretboy

Most people use it not realizing it has racial connotations. I mean seriously, how many times do they say it in Looney Toons cartoons.

The answer is a lot.

Yeah, I'll sympathize with people who use "cotton-pickin'" as a substitute for "damn" at inopportune moments, esp. if they realize it an apologize. I'm sure that when I was young I used "cotton-pickin'" sometimes, thinking to myself that it was a great "clean" perjorative. I mean, they say it on my cartoons, so it must be OK for me, right? I thought the logic behind it was, "No one in their right mind would pick cotton nowadays, we have machines for that! Thus, crazy people are the ones who pick cotton."

08-31-2010 , 01:00 AM

#1047

Brian J

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well in the south that phrase was used quite often by both blacks and whites alike when growing up and i don't think we every thought it was meant derogatorily in any way. It's actually one of those phrases that morphed from cotton picking to cottonpickin and nobody even thought about cotton crops or who was picking what.

08-31-2010 , 02:00 AM

#1048

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Originally Posted by vulturesrow

You really can be an idiot sometimes. That isnt the reason people who think no-fault divorce is a bad idea do so. And in the case of couples who dont have children, I think its less of an issues, but when children are involved then I would definintely be in favor of ending no-fault divorce. And FWIW cheating isnt the only thing that you could get divorced for doing.

Be honest, how many drinks under were you when you wrote this post? It has shockingly little to do with the post I made. If you've recovered then I'd be interested in hearing why you think the state should force couples that want a divorce to stay together for the kids.

08-31-2010 , 02:09 AM

#1049

pokerbobo

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08-31-2010 , 02:13 AM

#1050

General Tsao

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I just happened to read some line about a Senate race in Alaska with some dude named Joe Miller? So I read his wikipedia page, and I agreed with 99% of his positions (as listed).

But he was endorsed by the Tea Party so I have to assume wikipedia is lying to me

confirm/deny?

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