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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:11 AM Original message |
Is the old saying Pot calling Kettle Black a racist saying? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hey this is a fun meaningless controversy |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. It is literally and OLD saying, from the days of iron cookware |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here's a google hit from Sept 13 2001 (same topic) |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think so |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nah, cast iron was black, so kettles were black, pots were black |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Thank you. You get the gold star today. I don't think most people these |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. I changed it to the phrase isn't that the pot calling the kettle tope |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. soot from the cooking fire, nothing more in it. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Nope. Wrong answer. See #5, lol! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. No, it's fucking not. Don't be ridiculous. |
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