tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post5809055492783075076..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: Hit Da Rightjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-40872049134675036292017-04-29T16:42:24.042-04:002017-04-29T16:42:24.042-04:00I think a lot of "in" or "cool"...I think a lot of "in" or "cool" phrases and expressions were limited to certain locales. We had them in Germany, too, and if we visited relatives in another town, it was almost like listening to a different language. Now I wish I remembered some of those phrases from back then! Nowadays, anything that sounds cool or clever spreads like wildfire via the Internet.Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-20592622686156358712017-04-12T18:19:38.886-04:002017-04-12T18:19:38.886-04:00The schools I attended K-12 had not a single black...The schools I attended K-12 had not a single black student. In the small private college I attended, there was one (1). Your post made me realize how much I missed by being so isolated. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359404486512786477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-849619264891947832017-04-11T21:02:10.810-04:002017-04-11T21:02:10.810-04:00That's a great saying. I think I'll adopt ...That's a great saying. I think I'll adopt it.<br />RRick Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-53581029519959464662017-04-11T18:15:00.483-04:002017-04-11T18:15:00.483-04:00Never heard either one. Maybe it's an east coa...Never heard either one. Maybe it's an east coast thing...Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-49577606732591465472017-04-11T16:31:55.905-04:002017-04-11T16:31:55.905-04:00OK, Joe, I think I may be the only commenter here ...OK, Joe, I think I may be the only commenter here who MAY have heard a similar phrase. Kind of a long story, but you've got time, right?<br /><br />I went to broadcasting school when I was 32. Everybody else in my class was 18, 19, 20. About a third of the students were black and my best friend in class was a big black kid named Kenny Cumberlander; maybe 6'5" and 250, while I was 5'10" and 170. We were quite the odd couple, given our ages, skins, etc.<br /><br />Anyway, we worked on a lot of class projects together, and in broadcasting school those projects included writing and performing commercials in the school's broadcasting studio. One we worked on together was for a cold remedy. I had written it. It was - I hoped - funny. Anyway, Kenny and I were in the studio, doing the script live, and Kenny started ad-libbing.<br /><br />Until I read this post of yours, I didn't know exactly what Kenny was saying. And this was, God, 28 years ago! He said what I know think was something about needing to take the cold remedy because (and I'm working totally on very old memory here) of THE HAWK. At the time, I thought he was talking about HUCK, as in "huck a lunger", you know coughing up some nasty stuff like you'd get from a cold. I never asked him about it then because I thought I sort of knew what he was saying, and it got a laugh so that's all I cared about.<br /><br />So, yes, I've thought about that from time-to-time in the intervening 28 years, because I was fond of Kenny and I haven't seen him at least 25 years now. And I think you may have cleared it up for me. Damn. <br /><br />Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-87612936878038118462017-04-11T15:46:29.358-04:002017-04-11T15:46:29.358-04:00I've never heard that phrase before. 'Cou...I've never heard that phrase before. 'Course I grew up in a town with only one black resident and I don't think he ever married or had any kids.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-8403905145972546592017-04-11T14:53:31.552-04:002017-04-11T14:53:31.552-04:00I went to school with lots of black kids but I nev...I went to school with lots of black kids but I never heard either of those phrases before!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-28755769028723192982017-04-11T13:32:49.645-04:002017-04-11T13:32:49.645-04:00New to me terms but then I was in school a bit bef...New to me terms but then I was in school a bit before you. We had one black family in grammar school that contributed one child for each grade. Then I finished up school in the south and never saw another. I kind of envy the diversity you got to experience. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-81488831802006171232017-04-11T11:24:52.888-04:002017-04-11T11:24:52.888-04:00There were always Black students in every school I...There were always Black students in every school I went to, racial tension was not really more of an issue than typical student tension, although I will have to admit a lot of names we called one another is now thankfully a thing of the past.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00079471254681821763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-49043179075043875462017-04-11T11:02:00.779-04:002017-04-11T11:02:00.779-04:00We didn't have any black students when I went ...We didn't have any black students when I went to school. We were a farm community in Oregon. I remember seeing the first black person on a visit to Portland, Oregon when I was in high school. I didn't get the hip until much later. Now I don't see much of the really cool.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-35209689977373344832017-04-11T11:01:30.323-04:002017-04-11T11:01:30.323-04:00I went to high school with many black students, b...I went to high school with many black students, but I don't recall ever hearing any of those sayings. Maybe it was a regional thing.Lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-37118500681716406462017-04-11T10:56:47.224-04:002017-04-11T10:56:47.224-04:00When I was going to high school we only had a few ...When I was going to high school we only had a few Black students and they were school celebrities and usually held high student office positions like class presidents and so on.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-39799469173275623812017-04-11T09:22:27.596-04:002017-04-11T09:22:27.596-04:00I do not recall one single person of colour in our...I do not recall one single person of colour in our public or high schools. Now the schools are a veritable rainbow of races...as it should be.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-63144052576748529512017-04-11T09:11:00.877-04:002017-04-11T09:11:00.877-04:00For some reason this made me think of making fun o...For some reason this made me think of making fun of David Eisenhower using using hippie terms like "right arm, man, right arm."Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-24305123763188329582017-04-11T08:37:52.648-04:002017-04-11T08:37:52.648-04:00Every generation has it's "cool" wor...Every generation has it's "cool" words and phrases.<br />It seems to add to the mystique of being young. Belvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402558570483074059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-56716289868976082492017-04-11T07:46:18.687-04:002017-04-11T07:46:18.687-04:00We were sent to private schools and the African Am...We were sent to private schools and the African American students were from doing very well families like ours. They mostly talked like kids who were going to go to college, as we all did, because that's what was expected.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-34406225767518109952017-04-11T06:52:49.095-04:002017-04-11T06:52:49.095-04:00Those are unfamiliar phrases to me. The first time...Those are unfamiliar phrases to me. The first time I met a black person was in class in 5th grade in NYC. I was in awe and thought he was the most beautiful boy. I didn't understand what was cool until I was out of school ...Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-38082214287007194822017-04-11T00:43:50.266-04:002017-04-11T00:43:50.266-04:00Two phrases I never heard before, not even on TV. ...Two phrases I never heard before, not even on TV. To me hit da right doesn't sound cool, it sounds pretty stupid, but I live in Australia, so I suppose "cool" is different here.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-75909666062782051692017-04-11T00:17:15.587-04:002017-04-11T00:17:15.587-04:00My school district was on the edge of the inner ci...My school district was on the edge of the inner city, so we were more integrated than other suburbs. Cant say I ever heard those two phrases though!Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.com