Racist grandparentsIt Came From Planet Aylia says: "My husband's mad Auntie Joan accused the man seven doors down of stealing her milk as he was the first black neighbour she had. She doesn't even get her milk delivered." Tell us about casual racism from oldies.
Thanks to Brayn Dedd who suggested this too
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 27 Oct 2011, 11:54)
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When I was a kid my mother (OK, she's a grandmother now) had a habit of adding the word 'nignog' to songs,so that she'd sing, say, 'Like a nignog on a string' instead of 'Like a puppet on a string'. This presumably passed for wit back in the 70s.
When I was about 16, my brother and I heard her singing that classic 60s hit 'Tossing And Turning', you know the one, with the line 'I can't sleep at night - tossing a nignog...'
We spent an hour snorting and giggling as she repeated the line 20 times or so over the ironing until I eventually strolled over and explained what was so funny.
She went a bit quiet and never sang about nignogs again.
(, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 8:37, Reply)
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