Hi, My name is Cow Poke.
[HI Cow Poke!]
I'm here tonight because.... well... I'm a racist.
When I was a little kid, and I'd do something stupid, my Dad would joke, "well, THAT was a bean-headed move".
(let me clarify that my Dad was a wonderful Christian man, not a prejudiced bone in his body, NEVER swore, and I only saw him lose his temper one time)
He had this thing about "do you have BEANS in your head?" - indicating you did something without thinking it through.
You have beans in your head instead of brains.
Dad, of course, endured the great depression, and would tell stories of having nothing but beans to eat.
Butter beans, green beans, black beans, Cannelloni beans, Garbanzo beans, kidney beans, Lima beans, Pinto beans, Fava beans, Navy beans, Edamame beans, Soybeans... Any kind of beans you could grow, borrow, share, soak long enough in water to make them edible....
So, Dad, occasionally, if he caught you doing something dumb, would call out, "Hey Beaner, come here!"
Well, to my shame, my Granddaugter and I were at the High School prior to graduation, and we were walking to my truck.
She asked if she could drive, and I said....
[gulping hard]
"Sure, beaner, you can drive".
She was absolutely stunned, and called "PAPA - that is SO RACIST!!!!!!"
(she explained that was a racist name for Hispanics -- WHO KNEW!)
So,
here I am.
I'm a racist.
[HI Cow Poke!]
I'm here tonight because.... well... I'm a racist.
When I was a little kid, and I'd do something stupid, my Dad would joke, "well, THAT was a bean-headed move".
(let me clarify that my Dad was a wonderful Christian man, not a prejudiced bone in his body, NEVER swore, and I only saw him lose his temper one time)
He had this thing about "do you have BEANS in your head?" - indicating you did something without thinking it through.
You have beans in your head instead of brains.
Dad, of course, endured the great depression, and would tell stories of having nothing but beans to eat.
Butter beans, green beans, black beans, Cannelloni beans, Garbanzo beans, kidney beans, Lima beans, Pinto beans, Fava beans, Navy beans, Edamame beans, Soybeans... Any kind of beans you could grow, borrow, share, soak long enough in water to make them edible....
So, Dad, occasionally, if he caught you doing something dumb, would call out, "Hey Beaner, come here!"
Well, to my shame, my Granddaugter and I were at the High School prior to graduation, and we were walking to my truck.
She asked if she could drive, and I said....
[gulping hard]
"Sure, beaner, you can drive".
She was absolutely stunned, and called "PAPA - that is SO RACIST!!!!!!"
(she explained that was a racist name for Hispanics -- WHO KNEW!)
So,
here I am.
I'm a racist.
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