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May 8, 2012 17:39:20 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 17:39:20 GMT -5
I just realized what "cotton picking mind" is referring to!  |
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May 8, 2012 17:45:36 GMT -5
Post by InsertCoolName on May 8, 2012 17:45:36 GMT -5
My 6 yr old son sings this song and if he were to get kicked of school because of it, I do believe I would have to ask all the adults why they think they should work there when they are the perverts. A 6 yr old doesn't have a clue what sexy means. Only the adults do.
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May 8, 2012 17:47:22 GMT -5
Post by 973beachbum on May 8, 2012 17:47:22 GMT -5
I think I was 26 before I realized what "cotton picking" really referred to. I knew people that used that phrase a lot when upset, I never realized it had negative racial connotations. I'm naive  I just realized now that "cotton picking" has racial connotations. I thought it was just one of those southern expressions like "bless your heart". It was only a few years ago that I realized what the phrase "lazier than a pet coon" meant. Me three! I don't think I ever used it but I never knew it had racial connotations to it. If anything I would have thought it had something to do with being in the hot sun for too long. |
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May 8, 2012 17:54:53 GMT -5
Post by Peace Of Mind on May 8, 2012 17:54:53 GMT -5
I always heard "You must be out of your cotton picken' mind!" I thought it meant you had cotton for brains and picken' was similar to freakin' so it meant: "...your stupid freakin' mind". Dang, I hope I've never used that phrase if that's what it means. ETA: Nah. I just say "dumber than dogshit". I'm good!  |
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May 8, 2012 17:54:54 GMT -5
Post by greenstone on May 8, 2012 17:54:54 GMT -5
I just realized now that "cotton picking" has racial connotations. I thought it was just one of those southern expressions like "bless your heart". It was only a few years ago that I realized what the phrase "lazier than a pet coon" meant. Me three! I don't think I ever used it but I never knew it had racial connotations to it. If anything I would have thought it had something to do with being in the hot sun for too long. Me four. I always thought of it as a nonsensical phrase. |
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May 8, 2012 20:40:55 GMT -5
Post by Angel! on May 8, 2012 20:40:55 GMT -5
I feel so much better that I wasn't the only one that didn't realize cotton picking was a sort of racial insult. H had to explain it to me & he made it sound like people are pretty sensitive to the phrase in parts of the south.
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May 8, 2012 21:06:12 GMT -5
Post by Malarky on May 8, 2012 21:06:12 GMT -5
I feel so much better that I wasn't the only one that didn't realize cotton picking was a sort of racial insult. .  |
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