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nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:06 pm

[QUOTE=Scrat]GW Bush is a maroon.

Did you moron???

Sorry - had to take my shot............:wah:

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:54 pm

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Trixie Belle · Post by **Trixie Belle** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:47 pm

I was laughing the other day listening to him talk down in Louisiana about the levees and says something to the effect *levees are a complicated subject and something that most people don't understand* I was in a waiting room, we all burst out laughing and I said *Yea, including you!!*

He never fails to come off looking stupid. :-5

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:47 am

Why dont you run for president then Scrat??

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:28 am

maroon

Chiefly British.

a. a loudly exploding firework consisting of a cardboard container filled with gunpowder.

b. a similar firework used as a danger or warning signal, as by railway brakemen.

Actually they used to be used as a signal to call in the lifeboat crews to launch, nowadays they use mobile phones.

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:16 am

Can you imagine the "idiot" thread Scrat would start if Bush called someone a maroon?

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:11 am

Scrat wrote:

Who in the hell would want that job anyway?

Well, if it were to be deemed such an unpopular job to begin with, 'I for one would want to have that job....

I may not have the best grammar in the world, but rest assured, what needed to be done would get done, or I would die trying(And I extremely emphasis the word die!)

Kennedy was a real man!

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:42 am

I'm having fun with the word "maroon." We know it's a color and you can use it if someone's stranded....but what ELSE could it be? Apparently, it's also the name of a rock band and it's the national color of Latvia! Could it also be a Scot's cookie? No, that's a MACAROON.....

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:53 am

Lulu2 wrote: I'm having fun with the word "maroon." We know it's a color and you can use it if someone's stranded....but what ELSE could it be? Apparently, it's also the name of a rock band and it's the national color of Latvia! Could it also be a Scot's cookie? No, that's a MACAROON.....

british usage again, don't know about US usage.

4. (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, esp. in mountainous areas.

The maroon rebellions make interesting reading if you are curious.

posted by scrat

Snyder I would not bother running for president because that is for the well connected, monied aristocratic class of America.

I'm just a serf. Like you. Granted a Hamster would do better than this guy is. IMO.

Who in the hell would want that job anyway?

Serfdom is a state of mind and the language of class war does little to help change the mentality.

Let a muppet have the job-oh you have. I take great umnbrage at TB being called a poodle. It is unfair to poodles to compare such a noble animal to a wee jobbie like TB. (hey Glasgow slang gets past the censor:sneaky: )

911 · Post by **911** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:51 am

K.Snyder wrote: Well, if it were to be deemed such an unpopular job to begin with, 'I for one would want to have that job....

I may not have the best grammar in the world, but rest assured, what needed to be done would get done, or I would die trying(And I extremely emphasis the word die!)

Kennedy was a real man!

Kennedy died before he ruined this country and the world found out what a "real man" he was. Why do you think Clinton idolized him so much?!

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:23 pm

"4. (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, esp. in mountainous areas."

+++++++++++++++++ I wonder if there's a connection with the African country, CAMEROON?

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:41 am

Lulu2 wrote: "4. (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, esp. in mountainous areas."

+++++++++++++++++ I wonder if there's a connection with the African country, CAMEROON?

Nope. nothing the least bit romantic about it at all. Just a reference to the colour of mixed race children, not black or white but maroon in colour.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:09 am

Originally Posted by Lulu2

"4. (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive

slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana,

esp. in mountainous areas."

+++++++++++++++++ I wonder if there's a connection with the African

country, CAMEROON?

gmc wrote: Nope. nothing the least bit romantic about it at all. Just a reference

to the colour of mixed race children, not black or white but maroon in colour.

It's a bit more romantic than that, which is in fact inaccurate:

"Maroon, a member of a group of black people descended from runaway

slaves and living in parts of Suriname and the West Indies, from Spanish

cimarrÃ³n ‘runaway slave’" (Compact Oxford).

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:39 am

Scrat wrote: Remember Bugs Bunny? Quote: "What a maroon".

Remember JFK? Quote: "I am a jelly donut."

Bush is no genius but his grades at Yale were as good as John Kerry's and better than Gore's at Harvard. Being a lousy speaker is not the same as being a moron. Most people who ridicule Bush for being dumb couldn't get into Yale much less graduate.

And if that's what "maroon" means, it's a racial slur of macaca porportions.

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:07 am

Diuretic wrote: Do I get the record for most urban myths in a single post?

It was a valiant effort at the least.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:38 pm

Bill Sikes wrote: Originally Posted by Lulu2

"4. (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive

slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana,

esp. in mountainous areas."

+++++++++++++++++ I wonder if there's a connection with the African

country, CAMEROON?

It's a bit more romantic than that, which is in fact inaccurate:

"Maroon, a member of a group of black people descended from runaway

slaves and living in parts of Suriname and the West Indies, from Spanish

cimarrÃ³n ‘runaway slave’" (Compact Oxford).

I stand corrected:o

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:35 pm

911 wrote: Kennedy died before he ruined this country...

Opinions vary

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:54 pm

Anyone remember Baghdad Bob ?

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