Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Someone I know was so proud of his redneck heritage that he got "RED NEKK" on his licence plate for his big ol' Ford Truck. In California you have to give the reason for the personalized plate (so you can't use bad words, etc) so he made up some story about his heritage as part American-Indian, and they used the term for something. Pretty funny, but they let him have it. He's VERY proud of it! Randy - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Marc James Small Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 6:48 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Marc Small's statement now racial slurs. At 08:16 PM 7/28/03 -0700, Sonny Carter wrote: >EXCUSE ME? It's OK to pick on Rednecks? Yeah, I guess so, because no one >but me claims to be one. By the way, I always thought Japanese was a >nationality, not a race. Trust me, Sonny, my neck is every bit as red as yours. I have relatives with one leg shorter than the other, from generations of trying to stand upright on the mountain slopes around West Virginia. Hardscrabble farms and attack geese. And I take more than a bit of pride at being a redneck with a Yale degree. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html