The full story is here, but in case it falls off into the you-gotta-pay to read archives of what we residents of the Houston area call The Comical, here's a snippet or two.
UPDATE - : In a burst of common sense I've come to think of as rare in our increasingly litiginous society, a jury found for the defendants, that is, the airline. "Some people will try any kind of way to get some money that don't belong to them."Ĭouldn't have said it better my own damn self. I opened the paper and showed her the article. One woman, working the counter at a fast-food franchise, (and incidentally, about my age, and so, old enough to be cognizant of the original version of the rhyme) replied, "You are kiddin' me." To a (wo)man, they looked at me as if I was a brother from another planet.Īfter I explained why I had asked, they were, hmm, unsupportive, to say the least, of the lawsuit. I repeated the "Eenie-meenie." phrase to them, and asked if they found it offensive. None of them had heard the story in the news. Most kids nowadays have never even heard the original version, which dates back to before the Civil War.Īfter I read about this, I asked a few of the black people I ran into today for their reaction. Later, (about the time my fortysomething self started wearing long pants) the offending second line was changed to: It was used like the old "hot potato, cold potato" counting out rhyme to attempt to randomly choose something as important as who got to bat first at the local sandlot ballgame. Two of the unseated passengers were black females, and they are now suing Southwest for the stew's "racist" remark.īack in the old, unenlightened days, there was a nursery rhyme that went like this: Lyrics academyĪll lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only.Two years ago, so said one 22 year old Southwest Airlines stewardess flight attendant, as the plane was about to depart, as she tried to chivvy the still unseated passengers into grabbing a seat.
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