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ArchivesRe: I finally sold my house today! Thank you,St.Joseph!
in reply to a message by Nanaea
Thank you. Actually, my wife's coming up this week for serious house-hunting (there's lots to choose, and prices are low), but it's more likely to be a "newer" KY home with a reliable heat pump; she's had her fill of "old" in NC. And the sun hasn't shone since the last snowfall.
"My Old Kentucky Home" is a pretty song, but Stephen Foster's line after "the sun shines bright" is the non-PC "'Tis summer, the darkies are gay", which manages to offend: 1) people who prefer winter, 2)African-Americans, and 3) my parents (who still resent it that "gay" no longer means "light-hearted"), all at one swoop.
With typical bureaucratic inspiration, the state tried to change the printed version to "the people are gay" some years ago, which didn't exempt African-Americans but did lump in about 3 million rednecks, who may have doubts about their educational attainment, but not about their sexual orientation.
As a result, most people just Unofficially Hum this line when it's played as a sing-along at major sporting events and inaugurations.
"My Old Kentucky Home" is a pretty song, but Stephen Foster's line after "the sun shines bright" is the non-PC "'Tis summer, the darkies are gay", which manages to offend: 1) people who prefer winter, 2)African-Americans, and 3) my parents (who still resent it that "gay" no longer means "light-hearted"), all at one swoop.
With typical bureaucratic inspiration, the state tried to change the printed version to "the people are gay" some years ago, which didn't exempt African-Americans but did lump in about 3 million rednecks, who may have doubts about their educational attainment, but not about their sexual orientation.
As a result, most people just Unofficially Hum this line when it's played as a sing-along at major sporting events and inaugurations.
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I'm really enjoying this :-)
Is "KY" an intended pun under the circumstances?
Is "KY" an intended pun under the circumstances?
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For the benefit of you furriners, KY is of course Kentucky (the state whose sole purpose is to make West Virginia look habitable). And you know full well that if I do intend a pun, I won't be subtle about it.
Oh, and I just figured out why those boppers like Eminem so much --"melts in your mouth, not in your hand".
Oh, and I just figured out why those boppers like Eminem so much --"melts in your mouth, not in your hand".
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Your local cuisine has recently reached the sunny shores of Greece. Has thoroughly disillusioned local darkies,
nothin gay about KFC with all due respect.
nothin gay about KFC with all due respect.
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Sorry, but we'll keep shipping it to points overseas until we can find some group that can choke it down. Outside of the Twister (what in Greek? Twistos? Twistaki?), which is a sort of fried chicken gyro and not half bad, Colonel Food is grim. No wonder it originated in a city called Corbin (French for "raven", the alleged source of the meat).
And don't be fooled by the cartoonish depictions at stores and in ads of Col. Sanders as a jovial goateed elf. Reliable sources say he was ill-tempered and swore like a trooper.
Around here folks favor something called Lee's Famous Recipe, and it ain't bad for store-bought chicken.
And don't be fooled by the cartoonish depictions at stores and in ads of Col. Sanders as a jovial goateed elf. Reliable sources say he was ill-tempered and swore like a trooper.
Around here folks favor something called Lee's Famous Recipe, and it ain't bad for store-bought chicken.
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