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The Batlord · 07-04-2015, 09:01 PM

I just found out that my mother does not know what a cracker is (i.e. the slang term for a white person). WTF?! How do you go through life without knowing what a cracker is? That's like not knowing what England is! I don't know how to proceed from here.

**Frownland** · 07-04-2015, 09:20 PM

Say it's slang for close friend. Then she'll start calling all of her friends crackers. Wait, does she have any friends or is she a lot like you?

Justthefacts · 07-04-2015, 09:28 PM

Is SHE a cracker?

The Batlord · 07-04-2015, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I just found out that my mother does not know what a cracker is (i.e. the slang term for a white person). WTF?! How do you go through life without knowing what a cracker is? That's like not knowing what England is! I don't know how to proceed from here.

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Originally Posted by Justthefacts

Is SHE a cracker?

Two peas in a pod.

Pet_Sounds · 07-05-2015, 07:17 AM

Yesterday was my mom and dad's wedding anniversary (they've since split). So my dad took me to Toronto to "show me his old neighbourhood." We grabbed the best burger in town at a place on Danforth. While we were eating, I noticed a guy in a Beach Boys shirt walk by. Then Dad told me about how he and Mom saw Brian Wilson perform Pet Sounds when I was two months old, saying it was "probably the last chance he'd ever have to see him."

So we crossed the street and another Beach Boys shirt walked by. I chalked it up to coincidence. Then we got to this huge crowd of people, and my dad pulled out tickets and said, "Surprise, we're going to see Brian Wilson."

I almost fainted.

We were fifth row in a tiny venue (by Brian's standards)--only about 1500 seats. He played for two hours, but he must have done thirty songs--it was nonstop. Three from his new album, but the rest were classic Beach Boys hits. He didn't leave out a single song. Oh, and Al Jardine was there too.

My ears are still ringing and my voice is hoarse from all the cheering.

My dad is the coolest guy ever.

innerspaceboy · 07-05-2015, 08:01 AM

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My dad is the coolest guy ever.

Outstanding! What an incredible story!

Chula Vista · 07-05-2015, 08:20 AM

Outstanding!

Black Francis · 07-05-2015, 08:27 AM

Did he play 'Don't talk put your head on my shoulder'?

Pet_Sounds · 07-05-2015, 08:31 AM

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Did he play 'Don't talk put your head on my shoulder'?

No, but he did "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Sloop John B", and "God Only Knows" all in a row.

The Batlord · 07-05-2015, 08:40 AM

Outstanding!

07-04-2015, 09:20 PM	#32932 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Say it's slang for close friend. Then she'll start calling all of her friends crackers. Wait, does she have any friends or is she a lot like you? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-05-2015, 07:17 AM	#32935 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	Yesterday was my mom and dad's wedding anniversary (they've since split). So my dad took me to Toronto to "show me his old neighbourhood." We grabbed the best burger in town at a place on Danforth. While we were eating, I noticed a guy in a Beach Boys shirt walk by. Then Dad told me about how he and Mom saw Brian Wilson perform Pet Sounds when I was two months old, saying it was "probably the last chance he'd ever have to see him." So we crossed the street and another Beach Boys shirt walked by. I chalked it up to coincidence. Then we got to this huge crowd of people, and my dad pulled out tickets and said, "Surprise, we're going to see Brian Wilson." I almost fainted. We were fifth row in a tiny venue (by Brian's standards)--only about 1500 seats. He played for two hours, but he must have done thirty songs--it was nonstop. Three from his new album, but the rest were classic Beach Boys hits. He didn't leave out a single song. Oh, and Al Jardine was there too. My ears are still ringing and my voice is hoarse from all the cheering. My dad is the coolest guy ever. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

07-05-2015, 08:20 AM	#32937 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Outstanding! __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

07-05-2015, 08:27 AM	#32938 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	Did he play 'Don't talk put your head on my shoulder'? __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A