St. Patties day they had Cottage Pie and a Pint of Guinness.

I just want to know if June 19th is now a Federal holiday, am I going to get the day off next year?

Just checked. It's on Sunday, so I guess I am. But the year after will I?

It’s hilarious a bunch of white people picked out a menu they assumed would celebrate the end of slavery. Even Ray Charles could see what was going to happen and he’s dead. It reminds me of the time my wife and I met our new neighbors from Texas. It came up that the neighbor wife is Hispanic, so my wife comments that she must know how to cook good Mexican food, except that the neighbor wife and her side of the family were not from Mexico.

Living in a state of perpetual offendedness is silly, but assuming you know what about other people based on stereotypes is just as silly.

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Originally posted by Paten:
I just want to know if June 19th is now a Federal holiday, am I going to get the day off next year?

Just checked. It's on Sunday, so I guess I am. But the year after will I?

That may depend on how the Elections go. What one Congress can do, another can undo (with help from the President).

flashguy

My company has a big plant in the south. One counter in the cafeteria has fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and greens every single day. I think there's Mac and Cheese too. I always get the chicken when I am there because it's good and I don't have fried chicken very often.

Then the corporate health nazis decided to improve the menu and got rid of the daily fried chicken and provided more "heart smart" menu options.

Within a short time, fried chicken was back on the every day menu.

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Originally posted by stickman428:
I wish IKEA would just say to them “shut the fuck up you perpetually offended children”. And leave it at that. You cannot please those who look endlessly for things to be offended over.

33 morons didn't show for work. The solution was oh so simple...email to each employee indicating they can STFU, get back to work, or be fired. Oh so simple, yet soooooooooo difficult for the cowards running businesses today. When the cowards are eventually brushed aside and people with backbones take over, this whole BS situation will disappear.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Gotta get over it sometime, ya bunch of bawling little babies.

Perhaps we can eradicate watermelons from the planet.

The chickens have to stay, though.

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They used to feed slaves watermelon

Picnickers, too! Cub scouts, even!! Evil! EVIL!!!!

Let's see- I'm trying to think of a food which would "offend" me- something horribly shocking. Some food which by its very presence offends my entire race.

thinking...

thinking...

Holeee Shirt!!! I've just had a HUGE piece of water-melon for my breakfast fruit bowl!!! I must be an emancipated slave!!!

Well, yes, my people were in bondage, that's a documented fact, but it was in Egypt, and it WAS a while back, for sure

I am laughing so hard, I CAN'T BREATH! Regards 18DAI

Private Snowball should have went to Ikea. I'm pretty sure he was informed they don't serve fried chicken and watermelon in the mess hall where he went

Next year, serve lutefisk with *SPRIN K LES*


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Originally posted by parabellum:

Let's see- I'm trying to think of a food which would "offend" me- something horribly shocking. Some food which by its very presence offends my entire race.

thinking...

thinking...

White bread?

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by parabellum:

Let's see- I'm trying to think of a food which would "offend" me- something horribly shocking. Some food which by its very presence offends my entire race.

thinking...

thinking...

White bread?

Crackers?

Children is exactly it. Adult humans engage in dialogue.

"Hey, this choice of menu seems somewhat contrived and streotypical. Was that your intention?"

"Good Lord no! We like watermelon and fried chicken and assumed most other people did as well. This is the South, no?"

"Oh, well I do like watermelon and fried chicken. Thank you."

Perhaps their concerns will be satiated if watermelon and fried chicken was banned and stricken from all records? The mere mention punishable by prison terms.

Fried chicken is an insult to black people? Who knew?

Several years ago I was flying from home base in the Orlando area to NE Ohio to visit with the kids. Developed a problem with the autopilot enroute and I knew that the maintenance shop at the Macon GA airport had a good reputation for dealing with that particular brand so I landed there.

Shop was able to fit me in, told me it would be a couple hours, suggested that I go get some lunch. Young lady at the service counter gave me a listing of local places and offered me the use of a crew car, but said that if I wanted some great home cooking I should just walk over to the passenger terminal.

I took her advice. Two local black women had set up a lunch counter. They asked me what I would like, I told them that I would just put myself in their hands.

They brought me a monstrous size portion of the best fried chicken I have ever eaten, along with an assortment of vegetables, peach cobbler, and about a gallon of fresh lemonade, and gave me change from a ten dollar bill.

I have never had chicken that could compete with that. Might even be worth a trip to Macon just for lunch, if they are still there.

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like fried chicken and watermelon.

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Originally posted by parabellum:


Let's see- I'm trying to think of a food which would "offend" me- something horribly shocking. Some food which by its very presence offends my entire race.

thinking...

thinking...

Crackers? Saltines in particular.

edit- Dammit, didn't see pb's post.

And if they’d had burgers and hot dogs they would have been accused of serving the food of colonizers.

These companies are run by total fucking morons. When will they learn that you can’t make these people happy, ever.

I am an old white man. I'm wondering if I will live long enough to see my turn to be outraged about something? Somehow I doubt it.
Rod

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like fried chicken and watermelon.

Watermelon, I can take or leave, but fried chicken? If I had a last meal request, it would be half a fried chicken (breast, thigh, wing, drumstick) cathead biscuits with fresh creamery butter and strawberry preserves, cole slaw, and onion rings. Apple pie with vanilla ice cream for dessert. Oh, and a sprinkle of chopped pecans on that ice cream, please and thank you.

That menu probably offends half the world's population or some stupid shit like that, I guess.