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Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 1:54
In a message dated 2003:05:19 12:39:32 PM, andjo@FREE.FR writes:

>(I do assume you don't claim ownership of any >personal enemies you might have!)
Whilst growing up in Houston, Texas, a common phrase I heard was "I have dibs on ____" (blank = someone's name) and this usually meant a form of possessive enemy-ship as well as some seriously harmful intentions (usually a Texas-style "blood-grudge"). And it was not uncommon for bestfriends to claim dibs on their friend's enemies or even for mere acquitances to do so to cement a bond of friendship (or to create a debt). I think this particular subculture of violence in Texas has deep roots in several historical periods and cultures (Native American, Spanish, Mexican, French/New Orleans, frontier gunfighter Republic of Texas, oil boomtown & honkytonk Texas, etc.) Bumpersticker I saw recently here in California: "Don't mess with Texas... They breed 'em Mean." --- Hanuman Zhang (aka "Z") WOG (Wiley Oriental Gentleman ;) Avatar of Sun WuKong, a.k.a _Ma-Lau_ ("Monkey") a.k.a. "TricksterGod of the Glorious Anti-Imperialist Chinese Boxers"; ¡¡¡ TricksterShapeShifterIncarnate !!! <= thee prIs ov X.iztenz iz aetern'l warfaer 'N' kreativ playf'llnizz... => => om hung hanumatay rudratmakai hung phat <= mantra to Hanuman the Hindu Monkey TricksterGod
>Finally a religious statement I can agree with: > >the Zoroastrian teaching that it is a sin for a person to be boring.
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