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Picnic? KKK?
May 20^th, 2008 at 12:56pm

one quick question:

is anyone offended by the term "picnic"? is this a racial slur?

an intense discussion around the watercooler today.....

O master riffy! enlighten me! either that or forward al sharpton's email.

TIA! i'll hang up and take my answer from the tub.

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cabledogg2 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 131 Maryland , USA Gender:	Re: Picnic? KKK? Reply #1 - May 20^th, 2008 at 1:08pm I've never heard the word linked to anything racial......what is it supposed to mean in a racial way?
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Re: Picnic? KKK?
Reply #2 - May 20^th, 2008 at 1:27pm

Starbuck wrote on May 20^th, 2008 at 12:56pm:

one quick question:

is anyone offended by the term "picnic"? is this a racial slur?

an intense discussion around the watercooler today.....

O master riffy! enlighten me! either that or forward al sharpton's email.

TIA! i'll hang up and take my answer from the tub.

Well not racial exactly. They closed all the roadside picnic areas and rest stops in Maine because folks didn't appreciate little kids watching cruisers suck each other off in public.

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Re: Picnic? KKK?
Reply #3 - May 20^th, 2008 at 1:56pm

TenThousandMotels wrote on May 20^th, 2008 at 1:27pm:

Starbuck wrote on May 20^th, 2008 at 12:56pm:

one quick question:

is anyone offended by the term "picnic"? is this a racial slur?

an intense discussion around the watercooler today.....

O master riffy! enlighten me! either that or forward al sharpton's email.

TIA! i'll hang up and take my answer from the tub.

Well not racial exactly. They closed all the roadside picnic areas and rest stops in Maine because folks didn't appreciate little kids watching cruisers suck each other off in public.

that was truly a sad day for you, wasn't it?

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Holden Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,250 Tampa Bay Gender:	Re: Picnic? KKK? Reply #4 - May 20^th, 2008 at 4:51pm wait you mean like "I'ma go to a picnic and eat a sandwich?" How in the world is that racist?
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Pdog Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 6,118 aTx Gender:	Re: Picnic? KKK? Reply #5 - May 20^th, 2008 at 6:26pm My Mom told me as a kid, I could ruin a niggers picnic, so I'm saying "Yes", there's some kinda racism in there... Me, I don't give a fuck, b/c some niggers ruined my chess tournament and hockey skills competition!
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Re: Picnic? KKK?
Reply #6 - May 20^th, 2008 at 7:22pm

I can't for the life of me see any reason that this word would be construed as racist. Unless one tries to imply that it is an abbreviation of the very racial term "piccaninny". However, according to wikipedia there is no relationship between the two words. So the short answer is, no. There is no racial slur implied or derived from the word picnic. Glad to be of help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnic

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Jeep Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 259 Frogland Gender:	Re: Picnic? KKK? Reply #9 - May 21^st, 2008 at 8:48am Starbuck wrote on May 20^th, 2008 at 12:56pm: one quick question: is anyone offended by the term "picnic"? is this a racial slur? Only if you're mixing english and french... Picnic = pique-nique Pique = spade (cards) Nique = fuck (true !)
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TenThousandMotels Ex Member Rocks Off Rules You Bastards	Re: Picnic? KKK? Reply #10 - May 21^st, 2008 at 8:53am [quote author=Jeep Nique = fuck [/quote]
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Re: Picnic? KKK?
Reply #11 - May 21^st, 2008 at 9:24am

If any connection between the word "picnic" and Leiber-Stoller's lyrics for "Down Home Girl" can be made, then there's a case. I believe this is where MJ learned to write a lyric like that in "Brown Sugar," in a more political age.

There's a whole book to be written on the songs that white songwriters wrote for black acts, all the way back to vaudeville and minstrel shows. And - as said here frequently to thundering inconsequence - MJ is the Jolson of the Rock age.

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Re: Picnic? KKK?
Reply #13 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 8:12am

The only reason i dislike the term picnic is because it give me lame images of sitting on a checked blanket eating cold chicken and of trying to be romantic when you'd rather be down the pub drinking VB, maybe watching some strippers, and THEN going home to the Mrs to plug her.

And if anyone thinks thats racist...blow me. I am sick of this crap. When will it bloody end?

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Re: Picnic? KKK?
Reply #14 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 11:35am

you tell em corgi Wink

in any case...i lost the argument. our picnic is now an outdoor gathering. even this left leaning liberal is left scratching his head....

snopes will help explain:

http://www.snopes.com/language/offense/picnic.asp

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glencar Ex Member	Re: Picnic? KKK? Reply #15 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 11:36am when I was a young'un, the kid sown the street's last name was piccininni. We always called him pickaninny until told that was WRONG.
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