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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,547 posts) Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:45 AM Oct 2019

As a child, my daughter rarely misquoted me. In fact, she usually repeated verbatim what I

shouldn’t have said!

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As a child, my daughter rarely misquoted me. In fact, she usually repeated verbatim what I (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2019 OP

It was easier I'm sure before everyone carried a recording device around with them at all times. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2019 #1

In Texas there are more than a single impolite term to call a black person. geralmar Oct 2019 #2

Oh man! Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2019 #3

When My Older Boy Was About 4... JimGinPA Oct 2019 #4

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

1. It was easier I'm sure before everyone carried a recording device around with them at all times. n/t

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:51 AM

Oct 2019

geralmar

(2,138 posts)

2. In Texas there are more than a single impolite term to call a black person.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:31 PM

Oct 2019

Many years ago I saw my father chatting with a black man by our house. Curious, I sidled up to the man, looked up and asked, "Are you a *@#+"#?". Things got awkward fast. Particularly after, hurt, I looked at my father and said, "But that's what you call them."

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,547 posts)

3. Oh man!

Reply to geralmar (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:51 PM

Oct 2019

JimGinPA

(14,811 posts)

4. When My Older Boy Was About 4...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 06:24 PM

Oct 2019

I was driving with the family to get some fast food & the guy in front of us wasn't going fast enough for him I guess, he yelled out the window at the top of his lungs, "God Damn it grandma, find your God damned gas peddle!" You should have seen the look my wife gave me.

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