tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post1122640686703810706..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Eeny Meeny Miney NOMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37979652043416237182012-09-08T22:32:16.684-07:002012-09-08T22:32:16.684-07:00Catch a HIPPIE by the toe? That's starting to ...Catch a HIPPIE by the toe? That's starting to get a little close to home.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83157004898616310352012-09-08T22:31:28.276-07:002012-09-08T22:31:28.276-07:00Well they ARE toes, but so pointy.Well they ARE toes, but so pointy.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-51190400809585942602012-09-08T22:31:01.454-07:002012-09-08T22:31:01.454-07:00I have my mother-in-law's original Joy Of Cook...I have my mother-in-law's original Joy Of Cooking in which she frequently refers to "the colored cook."Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64736093350762053342012-09-06T14:23:44.116-07:002012-09-06T14:23:44.116-07:00Excellent post.. never a surprise, here. I cringed...Excellent post.. never a surprise, here. I cringed as I was reading and remembering how that rhyme first went. Then it became tiger and I also seem to recall hippie just as I was becoming too old for all that. Nobody has tickled my neck with a buttercup in a long time. Perhaps I'm more credible than I used to be.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73488611700505867052012-09-05T23:31:17.765-07:002012-09-05T23:31:17.765-07:00"I was too distracted by the concept of catch..."I was too distracted by the concept of catching a turkey by the toe to puzzle it out. Could you call them "toes," exactly?" <br /><br />This made me snort/laugh.Jeanninenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-49312713198685109562012-09-05T05:32:51.200-07:002012-09-05T05:32:51.200-07:00We used "tiger" in the rhyme, and yes, w...We used "tiger" in the rhyme, and yes, we also did the "my mother said to pick..." thing if we didn't get the person we wanted. Totally unfair, but as everyone getting to do the count had the option to use it, the playing field was evened out in the end.<br /><br />Definitely used buttercups, too. My mom is Irish, and loved teaching us all the little rituals and myths ofMarchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27901329636337665972012-09-04T23:42:26.194-07:002012-09-04T23:42:26.194-07:00At least you classed it up with an accent.At least you classed it up with an accent.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14804402527174550422012-09-04T23:41:49.005-07:002012-09-04T23:41:49.005-07:00I remember the older generation saying that about ...I remember the older generation saying that about us. Could be true, but some of us did some unlearning. Almost nothing unnerves me as much as a "peer" making a wink-wink nudge-nudge racist comment as though I must be in agreement.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-47026897310864910612012-09-04T16:07:53.859-07:002012-09-04T16:07:53.859-07:00Hey Murr! Ah yes, we did the un-PC version, and di...Hey Murr! Ah yes, we did the un-PC version, and didn't know any better; I doubt my folks would have corrected me on it. And when we met our first "turkey"? Well, he got a pretty hard time of it. I met up with him years later, and apparently I'd be slightly less beastly than the other kids. Still, not good times. Indigo xIndigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52925563014829216202012-09-03T03:58:41.293-07:002012-09-03T03:58:41.293-07:00Exactly. Though I don't believe the N word is ...Exactly. Though I don't believe the N word is nearly as common among the younger generations. Thank goodnes....troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58288467287639854802012-09-02T22:22:07.044-07:002012-09-02T22:22:07.044-07:00Yes. Arlington. I grew up next to what would have ...Yes. Arlington. I grew up next to what would have been known as "the colored section" and yet we had only two black kids in our high school, that I knew of--and they were brother and sister.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64447391093374110052012-09-02T22:20:00.852-07:002012-09-02T22:20:00.852-07:00That's one thing about being a baby boomer. We...That's one thing about being a baby boomer. We're never that far away from another baby boomer.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66123887111751085142012-09-02T22:18:23.210-07:002012-09-02T22:18:23.210-07:00Digitalis, maybe, in sufficient quantities?Digitalis, maybe, in sufficient quantities?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20307398129622499292012-09-02T17:32:21.283-07:002012-09-02T17:32:21.283-07:00Yeah, right! "Take our country back?" Fr...Yeah, right! "Take our country back?" From whom? Meem?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78227223936440396262012-09-02T17:31:38.907-07:002012-09-02T17:31:38.907-07:00This is a weird-ass country we live in. I hope we ...This is a weird-ass country we live in. I hope we can hang onto it.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58394678607269791722012-09-02T13:33:11.871-07:002012-09-02T13:33:11.871-07:00The good news is that we've come far enough aw...The good news is that we've come far enough away from racism that we're even having this conversation. Not that long ago, the use of the n-word would not have raised many eyebrows at all in our country. <br /><br />The bad news is that racism seems to still be out there, in large quantities, and that now it also seems to be masquerading as other things, like "taking our country back&Denise Dahnhttp://www.dahndesign.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74817082711336022012-09-02T13:20:04.779-07:002012-09-02T13:20:04.779-07:00I remember the Brazil nut thing, the Little Black ...I remember the Brazil nut thing, the Little Black Sambo thing, the counting off rhymes, both of them growing up in the 50s.<br />We even had a Sambo's restaurant here when we first moved here in 1970. It stayed Sambo's, but the little black boy in white face make up disappeared as the logo fairly soon after we arrived. It made you uncomfortable to go in the place.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646529544107229536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66797373184068284572012-09-02T12:43:00.827-07:002012-09-02T12:43:00.827-07:00Mine's September 24,
I'll be waiting at th...Mine's September 24,<br />I'll be waiting at the door.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40745108218065901722012-09-02T11:50:00.183-07:002012-09-02T11:50:00.183-07:00Over protective parents I'd say. And wouldn...Over protective parents I'd say. And wouldn't that be child abuse?Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40190653225784392802012-09-02T10:23:46.054-07:002012-09-02T10:23:46.054-07:00My version, learned from my mother, was "catc... My version, learned from my mother, was "catch a fellow by his toe," but what I heard and repeated was "catch a feather by its toe," until I realized the absurdity of feathers having toes. <br /> The phrase "Indian giver" was totally inappropriate, especially since most people would think it referred to an Indian, when surely it originally referred to our CTrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292835534476788277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33588216652728556382012-09-02T09:57:38.051-07:002012-09-02T09:57:38.051-07:00And, to get on another subject, Africa was pretty ...And, to get on another subject, Africa was pretty much in the same place then as it is now. Which means we've been here for a nanosecond, but for some reason we think we own the place.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50098131830616133632012-09-02T09:56:10.056-07:002012-09-02T09:56:10.056-07:00I'd sure as hell heard the word young, but not...I'd sure as hell heard the word young, but not in our house.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22900633239524808742012-09-02T09:55:02.495-07:002012-09-02T09:55:02.495-07:00My sister used to tell me the cure for racism and ...My sister used to tell me the cure for racism and other isms is to go out and meet as many of the "other" as you possibly can.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-47930610960342939152012-09-02T09:54:02.858-07:002012-09-02T09:54:02.858-07:00At least your nephew didn't bellow out somethi...At least your nephew didn't bellow out something YOU'd said. I think small children are pretty good at teaching us to work on our filters (if not our attitudes).Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-35202275823578911802012-09-02T09:49:59.750-07:002012-09-02T09:49:59.750-07:00The really, really ironic part of this is that the...The really, really ironic part of this is that the human race began in Africa. Period. There was migration to ALL the other continents at various points in history when the ice fields were larger and the oceans lower. This allowed travel over then-existing land bridges and made ocean travel on primitive boats possible as it entailed less ocean to cross. At least that is what the evidence to date jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.com