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Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Did you have to ask?
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PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 11:33,
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15 years ago)
I'm rather hoping I'm wrong and it's something clever.
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Kroney, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 11:34,
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It's a reference to the term 'guinea' which is a US derogatory term for Italians.
Came from "Guinea Negro" and originally referred to any Black or any person of mixed ancestry. This dates back to the 1740s. By the 1890s it was being applied to Italians-almost certainly because they tend to have darker skin than Anglo-Saxons/Germans.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 11:35,
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Acceptable.
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Kroney, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 11:36,
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Please use the "It's funny because... " template in the future.
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PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 11:37,
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Noted - soz.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 11:40,
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Not chinks then?
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Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 11:41,
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