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From: Dean H on 8 Jan 2010 08:31 > Check this out sometime:http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=raggie&defid=2030984 > > Fricking hilarious war between Norfolk and Torrington. Look at some of the > example sentences... epic! I'm not sure when the term hit NW CT, but > someone sent me that link a few years ago and it's grown quite a bit since > then. Sometime I'll add my version which came to life during the LA riots. > > Mike You might want to read that which you posted. The true etymology seems to be there mixed in with modern misuses. Interesting, sad, typical... based upon mocking people who do the dirty work in the world, not lazy bums.
From: IdaSpode on 8 Jan 2010 17:46 On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:30:46 -0800 (PST), XR650L_Dave <spamTHISbrp(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> The spring traps squirt blood everywhere. The glue traps capture >> lots-o-spiders too... >> >> There's not poison in the glu... >> >> ><thud>> >> >> Just had to taste one, didn't you? >> >> >??? >> >> IdaPestController > >Problem with the glue traps, I find, is they tend to collect chewed- >off legs. You really need to feed your kids more often. >Dave Dave2
From: I am Tosk on 10 Jan 2010 13:24 In article <ooadk5lss5i8q8sssqngha34l28p6r3n9f(a)4ax.com>, outofthe(a)emailbiz.com says... > > On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:24:04 -0800 (PST), JayC <jwc(a)sysmatrix.net> wrote: > > >> Starboard priority is one element. > > > >I was watching "Family Guy" last night - Peter was giving a homeless > >guy 'hope' instead of change, then called him 'Raggie'. > > > >Thought of you. > > > >JayC > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAvB6ylqC6M&feature=related > > ROFL! It is truly heart-warming the degree to which this group-nonspecific > slur is becoming adopted in recent years. > > Brain tells a beautiful story about bombing around out in his cigarette > boat on some lake and passing a sWow, ummer camp out of the city kind of deal > when one of the kids fell out of the barely sea-worthy boat. He swung over > to help and while exercising great seamanship and compassion for the > man-overboard, directed his crew to "be careful you don't hit the raggie". > Apparently, the young man was climbing aboard behind him at that very > moment whereupon he was offered a free cigarette. > > Check this out sometime: > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=raggie&defid=2030984 > > Fricking hilarious war between Norfolk and Torrington. Look at some of the > example sentences... epic! I'm not sure when the term hit NW CT, but > someone sent me that link a few years ago and it's grown quite a bit since > then. Sometime I'll add my version which came to life during the LA riots. > > Mike Wow, they really pick on Winsted. That's where my Mom and half of my relatives come from man, that is harsh... Rowdy Mouse Racing, Guess I am a raggie.
From: Mike W. on 14 Jan 2010 11:53 On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:24:30 -0500, I am Tosk <justwaitafrekinminute(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> someone sent me that link a few years ago and it's grown quite a bit since >> then. Sometime I'll add my version which came to life during the LA riots. >> >> Mike > >Wow, they really pick on Winsted. That's where my Mom and half of my >relatives come from man, that is harsh... > >Rowdy Mouse Racing, Guess I am a raggie. Thanks to this, we'll have to start splitting hairs. Let's use Winstead raggie as the term of art for those described in the article, and just plain raggie for the other, which is now in use coast to coast, on a US nuclear sub somewhere, in Japan and in Ireland. -- Mike W. 96 XR400 70 CT70 71 KG 100 (Hodaka-powered) 99 KZ1000P (training) 99 KZ1000P (rider) 00 Beta Rev-3
From: I am Tosk on 14 Jan 2010 17:05
In article <uniuk5lpj1p4i4q80gtpqk8qo3456vc33l(a)4ax.com>, outofthe(a)emailbiz.com says... > > On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:24:30 -0500, I am Tosk > <justwaitafrekinminute(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> someone sent me that link a few years ago and it's grown quite a bit since > >> then. Sometime I'll add my version which came to life during the LA riots. > >> > >> Mike > > > >Wow, they really pick on Winsted. That's where my Mom and half of my > >relatives come from man, that is harsh... > > > >Rowdy Mouse Racing, Guess I am a raggie. > > Thanks to this, we'll have to start splitting hairs. Let's use Winstead > raggie as the term of art for those described in the article, and just > plain raggie for the other, which is now in use coast to coast, on a US > nuclear sub somewhere, in Japan and in Ireland. Any way you like it, but I do know *exactly* what the wiki article is talking about... There is something in the water up there, for sure...;) RMR.. Wnen in Winstead, head east, or west for that matter, and keep going! |