Comments on: Today’s Miscellaneous Local Links http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708 A Daily Digest of Twin Cities News, Arts and Culture Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:31:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Connie http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-28347 Connie Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:29:59 +0000 #comment-28347 Okay, I think what makes a store "ghetto" (if I may use the term) is not necessarily its location but rather how it operates. Are the shelves stocked? Is the stuff on the shelves old, dusty, or broken? Is good merchandise stored behind plexiglass or in the back area? Do the employees obviously not give a shit?<br /> <br /> I recall the Lake Street Target as being kind of that way when I was younger, (mostly by not having stuff that other Targets had) but now I think it's fine, and I shop there regularly. Okay, I think what makes a store “ghetto” (if I may use the term) is not necessarily its location but rather how it operates. Are the shelves stocked? Is the stuff on the shelves old, dusty, or broken? Is good merchandise stored behind plexiglass or in the back area? Do the employees obviously not give a shit?

I recall the Lake Street Target as being kind of that way when I was younger, (mostly by not having stuff that other Targets had) but now I think it’s fine, and I shop there regularly.

]]> By: myandrea http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-21056 myandrea Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:03:53 +0000 #comment-21056 woah, woah, woah. douchebags are classified as "appliances" in your mind? that is terrifying. woah, woah, woah. douchebags are classified as “appliances” in your mind? that is terrifying.

]]> By: hipmn http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-20961 hipmn Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:01:26 +0000 #comment-20961 And italics OFF</i>. And italics OFF.

]]> By: bud http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-20956 bud Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:48:13 +0000 #comment-20956 I for one, do not appreciate that the term for an appliance used to keep the female genitalia clean, fragrant and succulent is used in a derogatory manner.<br /> <br /> "Scumbag", however, is clearly derogatory. (That's a used prophelactic, for those who don't know). <br /> <br /> I for one, do not appreciate that the term for an appliance used to keep the female genitalia clean, fragrant and succulent is used in a derogatory manner.

“Scumbag”, however, is clearly derogatory. (That’s a used prophelactic, for those who don’t know).

]]> By: bud http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-20949 bud Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:06:42 +0000 #comment-20949 As a sophisticated yet somewhat "uptighty-whitey", I am somewhat offended by Cracker Barrel.<br /> <br /> Is this also what some Afro-Americans ('negroes') might call, say, Southdale?<br /> <br /> And if in fact "Negro" is not considered politically correct, why do we see commercials running currently starring black General Mills VP's, for the "Negro College Fund"?<br /> <br /> Huh? That's what I'm wonderin'.<br /> <br /> Mulatto is a person of mixed white and 'negro' race.<br /> <br /> Gelatto is a delicious frozen desert.<br /> <br /> As a sophisticated yet somewhat “uptighty-whitey”, I am somewhat offended by Cracker Barrel.

Is this also what some Afro-Americans (’negroes’) might call, say, Southdale?

And if in fact “Negro” is not considered politically correct, why do we see commercials running currently starring black General Mills VP’s, for the “Negro College Fund”?

Huh? That’s what I’m wonderin’.

Mulatto is a person of mixed white and ‘negro’ race.

Gelatto is a delicious frozen desert.

]]> By: hipmn http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-20920 hipmn Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:32:01 +0000 #comment-20920 Now that song is stuck in my head.<br /> <br /> <I>And I thank you.</a> Now that song is stuck in my head.

And I thank you.

]]> By: Pete http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-20916 Pete Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:06:18 +0000 #comment-20916 <a href="http://www.asklyrics.com/display/Elvis_Presley/In_The_Ghetto_Lyrics/77273.htm" target="_blank">Most thing's I've learned about the ghetto, I've learned from Elvis</a><br /> <br /> Chicago is somehow involved. Often In the cold and gray mornin's.<br /> <br /> Most thing’s I’ve learned about the ghetto, I’ve learned from Elvis

Chicago is somehow involved. Often In the cold and gray mornin’s.

]]> By: Mike http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-20914 Mike Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:03:00 +0000 #comment-20914 HipMN, I think I kind of know what you mean. Having lived in Chicago for a few years, I don't especially think Minneapolis has any "big" pockets of one single group. Compared to Englewood or Cabrini Green, Chicago and 22nd seems like an episode of Family Ties.*<br /> <br /> *Sorry, just the whitest thing that came to mind. HipMN, I think I kind of know what you mean. Having lived in Chicago for a few years, I don’t especially think Minneapolis has any “big” pockets of one single group. Compared to Englewood or Cabrini Green, Chicago and 22nd seems like an episode of Family Ties.*

*Sorry, just the whitest thing that came to mind.

]]> By: hipmn http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-20909 hipmn Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:09:02 +0000 #comment-20909 In retrospect, post Katrina, and especially with the destruction of the Ninth Ward, I have a feeling that East Lake is now more black than New Orleans. In retrospect, post Katrina, and especially with the destruction of the Ninth Ward, I have a feeling that East Lake is now more black than New Orleans.

]]> By: RipR http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8708#comment-20898 RipR Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:16:22 +0000 #comment-20898 Hey HipMN, visit me: Penn Ave N. <br /> 67% African American, 33% under the poverty line.<br /> Drop by for a visit. It's nice (I mean that sincerely). Hey HipMN, visit me: Penn Ave N.
67% African American, 33% under the poverty line.
Drop by for a visit. It’s nice (I mean that sincerely).

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