A reminder of the good old days

[Patty]

Hi Wilson - that is interesting.  I have actually always thought the
combination of cheese and hamburger just didn't taste good to me.
Cheeseburgers look really delicious but I only have hamburgers as well
myself.

Regards,

Patty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:20 PM
Subject: [ADS-L] A reminder of the good old days


> "Whoopsie Goldberg" freaking out on [adult swim] because she was
> served a cheeseburger instead of a hamburger.
>
> Backstory: fifty years ago, black people did not eat meat and cheese
> together. As a consequence, when I was in the Army, we referred to
> ourselves as "hamburgers" and to white GI's as "cheeseburgers."
>
> -Wilson
> –––
> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -----
> -Mark Twain
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