Enter The Dragon

[Eric Nielsen]

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> is on the local tube. A cop says to the token black,
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> "Where you goin' _jig_?"
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> I've never noticed that before, despite my having seen the movie times
> a beaucoup (cooler than "beaucop times" in StL, back in the day). A
> clip of the rare-in-the-wild, IME, "jigaboo," no doubt.
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> -Wilson
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Here's a group of talented young people--with a healthy sense of humor
(thumb on nose, I suppose). Check out the title of their album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbcqGjeNz7w


Eric

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