[Ads-l] Snowclone: Can a (derog) X get a Y?

[Benjamin Barrett]

My apologies. Obviously "Jew" is not derogatory.

Looking for "Arab," I found two hits for the same quote by mprs: can an 
arab get a ban over here?
2002: http://bit.ly/1b6GIT4
2006: http://bit.ly/1aFnV0I


> Benjamin Barrett <mailto:gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
> April 18, 2015 at 12:02 AM
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> Subject: Snowclone: Can a (derog) X get a Y?
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> Today, a Jewish friend said to his wife while holding their infant, "Can
> a Jew get a bib?"
>
> According to http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96edefjam.phtml, Chris Rock
> said on Saturday Night Live in 1996, "Scalpel! Scalpel! [ yelling ] Can
> a nigger get a SCALPEL up in this [ bleep ]!! [ the wrong instrument is
> handed to him ] I said SCALPEL, you [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]"
>
> In 1999 (http://bit.ly/1EV1eSQ,
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigger_%26_Blacker), Chris Rock's "Bigger
> and Blacker" evidently has a song "Can a Nigger Get a Tabledance" (which
> is unfortunately also the name of a song by what looks to be a racist
> named Johnny Rebel). See also http://bit.ly/1b6CmeW for "Can a nigger
> get a table dance or there is no sex in the champagne room" by shadowcat.
>
> There are not a lot of hits for this snowclone, but there are a few out
> there. Here is what I found:
>
> 24 December 2009: http://bit.ly/1DtOujJ
> moneymcbags writes: 12/24/09 Mid-Morning Report: It's Christmas Eve, can
> a jew get a table dance?
>
> No earlier than 2009: http://bit.ly/1CXeCB5
> Matthew "Baller on a Budget" R. writes: "Can a Jew get a ham sandwich up
> in this?"
> Extra snowclone points for "up in this."
>
> 2010: http://bit.ly/1O1J1cf
> SlickMoneyXL writes: Can a spic get a link please?
>
> 2011: http://bit.ly/1ORO6kl
> jesus1 writes: Just like Cinco de Mayo...can a spic get a break?
>
> Late 2014/early 2015: http://bit.ly/1b6AhQ1
> hosaycore writes: Can a spic get a care package?
>
> 02/01/2015: http://bit.ly/1OplBZc
> skellettes writes: can a homo get a promo on their birthday?
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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