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Bing Crosby was not black. Also he and Bill Cosby are two different people.
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Finally, real content.
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Nov 27, 2018 22:16
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Timespy posted:Bing Crosby was not black. Yeah but both were horrible abusers.
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Nov 27, 2018 23:02
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Timespy posted:Bing Crosby was not black. This is actually new information to me.
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Nov 27, 2018 23:04
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Also Denise Crosby's dad?
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Nov 28, 2018 00:29
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The confusion is to be expected, as Cosby performed with Stills, Nash, and Young for many years after Bing left the group.
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Nov 28, 2018 00:36
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kenny rogers and kenny loggins aren't the same guy...
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Nov 28, 2018 01:17
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:kenny rogers and kenny loggins aren't the same guy... Who wrote 'Highway to the Gambler Zone' then?
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Nov 28, 2018 01:23
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FreudianSlippers posted:
Why are they paratroopers anyway? Trooper implies cavalry and horses have no business jumping out of airplanes. Stuff I haven't figured out yet.
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Nov 28, 2018 01:24
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jobson groeth posted:Who wrote 'Highway to the Gambler Zone' then? Revvin’ up your engine On a train bound for nowhere I met up with the Gambler She got you jumpin’ off the track. Metal under tension Out the window at the darkness The boredom overtook us Ride into the danger zone
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Nov 28, 2018 01:52
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madeintaipei posted:Trooper implies cavalry Since when?
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Nov 28, 2018 05:02
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FreudianSlippers posted:You know like "paramilitary" which is a military that only has paratroopers which aren't real troopers. Why are they paratroupers anyway? Trouper implies theatre and actors have no business jumping out of airplanes. Stuff I haven't figured out yet.
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Nov 28, 2018 05:35
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Paralegals are lawyers that jump out of airplanes.
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Nov 28, 2018 05:48
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FreudianSlippers posted:You know like "paramilitary" which is a military that only has paratroopers which aren't real troopers. I thought "para" in both these instances referred to disabled? So what is the Wounded Warrior Project then?
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Nov 28, 2018 06:25
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Luft Waffe comes from the German military pilots being predominantly left handed. The Fallschirmjäger, German paratroopers, had the nasty luck of parachute failures causing them to fall to their deaths throughout their service in WW2. It became common practice to bring umbrellas (schirm) with them to try and arrest their falls. Direct translation, Falling Umbrellas Soldiers.
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Nov 28, 2018 06:33
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Timespy posted:Bing Crosby was not black. People I thought were black based on hearing their voice before actually seeing them or knowing who they were: Bruce Willis in the Under the Board Walk song. Balloo the Bear in Disney's Jungle Book. Tom Jones's cover of Kiss. EvilGenius has a new favorite as of 07:25 on Nov 28, 2018 |
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Nov 28, 2018 07:23
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EvilGenius posted:People I thought were black based on hearing their voice before actually seeing them or knowing who they were: Dunkey.
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Nov 28, 2018 10:26
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I thought The Righteous Brothers were a black R&B duo when I was a child.
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Nov 28, 2018 10:32
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EvilGenius posted:People I thought were black based on hearing their voice before actually seeing them or knowing who they were: i mean he's bluish cause it's a cartoon but in real life sloth bears are black
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Nov 28, 2018 10:57
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EvilGenius posted:People I thought were black based on hearing their voice before actually seeing them or knowing who they were: Phil Harris may have been a white dude but it sounds like he was a big fan of what 'dear old Mammy' had in 'the basement' if you know what I mean  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_dK0W0qfRo (The song was originally written by noted African-American lyricist Andy Razaf but Phil made it his signature tune)
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Nov 28, 2018 12:29
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starkebn posted:Since when? In the UK and Commonwealth, centuries. Privates are only found in the infantry (and maybe some armoured) regiments. Artillery has gunners for its enlisted, and cavalry (and armoured that used to be horsie) has troopers. This stems back to when getting into the cavalry required you bring your own horse and such, and similarly, artillerymen needed to have a certain level of education. So they had a these more prestigious ranks to remind the lowly privates that while troopers and gunners may not be as gentlemanly as officers, they are still social betters. The british army did, and still sorta does, recruit almost entirely based on social class. Officers needed to not only purchase a commission but fund literally their entire kit- uniform, food, sword, everything. It required independent wealth. The social barriers get lower until you get down to infantry enlisted.
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Nov 28, 2018 12:54
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Randaconda posted:I thought The Righteous Brothers were a black R&B duo when I was a child. I realize it's part of the joke but Rick Astley being a pale redhead (redundant?) really threw me when that went viral. I had never seen the video and just assumed he was a black dude.
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Nov 28, 2018 12:55
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Queen Combat posted:Dunkey. Glad I'm not the only one. Saw a pic of him and was all 
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Nov 28, 2018 13:54
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Yeah wtf he looks like a bigger Clint from LGR. It blew me away.
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Nov 28, 2018 14:02
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AFewBricksShy posted:I realize it's part of the joke but Rick Astley being a pale redhead (redundant?) really threw me when that went viral. I had never seen the video and just assumed he was a black dude. Back when that song originally came out, and radio stations had actual DJs (yeah, yeah, I'm old), I remember laughing my rear end off at a short Weird Al-esque parody one station did that had the line "I sound like Billy Ocean, but look like Howdy Dudey". Spot on.
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Nov 28, 2018 14:27
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EvilGenius posted:People I thought were black based on hearing their voice before actually seeing them or knowing who they were: For me, Huey Lewis, based on “If This Is It”
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Nov 28, 2018 14:57
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EvilGenius posted:People I thought were black based on hearing their voice before actually seeing them or knowing who they were: Dusty Springfield
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Nov 28, 2018 18:36
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The Simpsons Yes, I thought they were black for years, even though there are black people on the show and I had seen it. I'm guessing it was an O.J. Simpson crossed wire.
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Nov 28, 2018 19:54
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And there you have it. The question that has plagued Simpsons fans for decades has finally been answered. Springfield is in Africa.
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Nov 28, 2018 20:33
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Krankenstyle posted:The Simpsons Could be Smithers-induced
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Nov 28, 2018 21:02
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:In the UK and Commonwealth, centuries. Privates are only found in the infantry (and maybe some armoured) regiments. Artillery has gunners for its enlisted, and cavalry (and armoured that used to be horsie) has troopers. This stems back to when getting into the cavalry required you bring your own horse and such, and similarly, artillerymen needed to have a certain level of education. So they had a these more prestigious ranks to remind the lowly privates that while troopers and gunners may not be as gentlemanly as officers, they are still social betters. The british army did, and still sorta does, recruit almost entirely based on social class. Officers needed to not only purchase a commission but fund literally their entire kit- uniform, food, sword, everything. It required independent wealth. The social barriers get lower until you get down to infantry enlisted. I see, seems to be used pretty inconsistently now.
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Nov 28, 2018 22:47
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Here's that thread title again... Troop comes from French which came from Latin and meant "flock" or group. It's origin is about being a group or formation of something, usually soldiers, yes, usually calvary, but it was used as a way to describe the assembly or formation. Which is why it's also applied to Scouts and things.
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Nov 28, 2018 23:05
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Ferrule posted:Yeah but both were horrible abusers. Huh, I was under the impression they were good at it.
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Nov 28, 2018 23:28
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Ferrule posted:Here's that thread title again... If you’re saying I’m posting false information, uh, no https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trooper_(rank)
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Nov 28, 2018 23:49
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:If you’re saying I’m posting false information, uh, no https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trooper_(rank) https://www.etymonline.com/word/troop edit: Would you like more sources? Or are you willing to admit a bunch of rich Brits co-opted a term that already existed?
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Nov 28, 2018 23:50
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Ferrule posted:Here's that thread title again... This is important to the original question, but nobody was getting the etymology wrong. "Trooper" is military jargon and means a low-ranking soldier attached to a cavalry or armor unit. However, "paratrooper" is an etymological cousin of the military-jargon "trooper", not a child. It's actually an extension of "paratroop", which is a group of soldiers trained to use parachutes to enter combat areas. Each soldier in a paratroop is a paratrooper. In other words, "paratrooper" isn't "para(chute)" + "trooper (jargon)"; it's "para(chute)" + "troop (non-jargon)" + "-er".
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Nov 28, 2018 23:56
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Ferrule posted:calvary, Named for the hill that Jesus rode his horse up to get crucified.
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Nov 29, 2018 01:04
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I'm 35 and never actually saw Mystery Science Theater 3000 until now (the two seasons on Netflix) despite being aware of it since I was a young child, and you know what? It's freaking hilarious. I had no idea. I'm always drunk when I watch it but I stand by this opinion.
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Nov 29, 2018 01:10
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I've found The Return (the new version) is consistently funnier than the original. The original (also on Netflix) had some hilarious episodes though.
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Krankenstyle posted:The Simpsons Also, a lot of bootleg Simpsons shirts depicted them as black.
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