A reminder of the good old days

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/3/2009 01:20 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>"Whoopsie Goldberg" freaking out on [adult swim] because she was
>served a cheeseburger instead of a hamburger.
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>Backstory: fifty years ago, black people did not eat meat and cheese
>together.

Were they kosher then?  Another little-known fact of black history.

Joel

>As a consequence, when I was in the Army, we referred to
>ourselves as "hamburgers" and to white GI's as "cheeseburgers."
>
>-Wilson

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