I missed it if there was... Green, were they in reference to the slang of the south vs french?<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>John, did you get any comments disapproving of this one? someone i<br>forwarded it to complained that it was racist. i don't agree, but i'm<br>
curious to know if anyone else saw it that way.<br><br>greenBubble<br><br>------------------------------------------------<br>Subject: [GCFL.net] Boudreaux and Clarence<br><br>Boudreaux live across de bayou from Clarence, who he don<br>
like at all. Dey all de time yell across de bayou at each<br>other. Boudreaux would yell to Clarence, "If I had a way to<br>cross dis bayou, I'd come over dere an beat you up good,<br>yeah!"<br><br>Dis went on for years. Finally de state done built a bridge<br>
across dat bayou right by dere houses; and Boudreaux's wife,<br>Marie, say, "Now is you chance, Boudreaux. Why don you go<br>over der an beat up dat Clarence like you say?"<br><br>Boudreaux say, "OK," and start across de bridge, but he see<br>
a sign on de bridge an he stop to read it and den he go back<br>home.<br><br>Marie say, "Why you back so soon?"<br><br>And Boudreaux say, "Marie, I dun change my mind 'bout<br>beatin' up dat Clarence. You know Marie, dey got a sign on<br>
dat dere bridge dat say, 'Clarence 13 ft. 6 in.'<br><br>You know, he don look near dat big when I yell at him across<br>de bayou."<br><br>Received from Wayne Shelton.</blockquote></div>