"fuck like a mink" [Was: "mink" (n.) = 'a black, a Negro'?]

[Bill Palmer]

The decorum level of the postings on this listserve has really taken a
nosedive lately.  Pretty much now resembles a exchange between leering
fratboys.

The professorate seems to be more interested in attention-getting than in
scholarship, preferring edginess to erudition.  Tattoos, anyone?

Bill Palmer

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From: "Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
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Subject: Re: "fuck like a mink" [Was: "mink" (n.) = 'a black, a Negro'?]


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>>I doubt that the average black American has any idea what a "mink" is,
>>other than an expensive fur coat. If it wasn't for the fact that I
>>read extensively, I certainly wouldn't know more than that. Joel's
>>opening sentence should read "... among white people," because it's
>>news to me. Black people don't know it. we say, "fucks like a rabbit,"
>>when the subject comes up.
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> When I was in college, the Resident Assistant who lived my floor in the =
> dorm had a girlfriend who was less than gifted in the looks department.  =
> We all called her "rabbit", because the only reason we could figure he =
> dated her was that she must screw like a rabbit.
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> The RA never got the joke, so far as I know, and often asked "Why are =
> you calling her Rabbit?"
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