February 23, 2006
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Babies are the most effecttive women magnets around. We took Abigail out to
Target last week and as I was carrying her in the carseat while mom was
checking out clothes, I must’ve had 7-8 different ladies (of all ages
too) say hi and made cute sounds/comments at the baby.
Unbelievable. For all you single men out there who can’t find
the perfect woman, borrow someone’s cute baby and then go out in
public. I guarantee you won’t have problems ‘meeting’ women
then.Today while Kate and I took Abigail to see her doctor, the
hispanic-american nurse made a comment that the baby had “chinky eyes”
like her parents. I was too stunned/surprised to say
anything. Although I’m sure she didn’t mean to make a racial
slur, (and I don’t think Kate caught/understood what she said) it still
made me uncomfortable and a little offended. when was the last
time you had a racial slur directed at you? what went through
your mind after you heard it?Edit: Per popular request, I’ve decided to charge 10 bucks an
hour (for 2 hours max) to rent out Abigail. Of course, money back
guarantee if you don’t find a nice lady in those 2 hours. Who’s
up for it?
Comments (16)
lol, horrible. make sure you dont make it sound like ur offereing abigail for chick-magnetness:P
wata, chinky eyes? yeah… I dont know.
joshFU
hey ummm i have a school project….can i borrow abigail for a few days?
wrong wei! wrong! hahaha
joshFU
In highschool I was a check out clerk for a store. One day 2 African American ladies came through my line and asked me if I had “jungle fever”. I knew what it meant but it was so unexpected I couldn’t comprehend what they they saying. So I was like huh? They then repeated the question, and I still couldn’t figure it out. They told me to forget it and left. An hour or so later I went to lunch and it finally clicked and I started laughing out loud and to myself, like a crazy person.
last time i was called chink was in middle school after i moved to marietta.. surprisingly no one ever called me chink when i lived in bama, but thats probably cuz i grew up with everyone and knew everyone there.. i was offended.. but today one of my indian friends jokes around and calls me chink.. of course my rebuttal is that he smells like curry.. but we know we’re joking.. i wouldn’t actually say anthing like that to someone i didnt know
happens to me all the time, i just feel rely offended………sometimes if i’m offended badly enough i’ll say something back to them………but nothing bad…….but we’re asian, we always get messed with ><
hey thomas…its me elton (doubt u remember me)
haha could i borrow the baby sometimes
hmm…the last time somebod sent a racial slang at me….i sorta took at it and joked around with them (to avoid more insults)
Daniel Lin’s armpits smell like curry.
Or so he says.
So the last time I heard a racial slur was when I first got out of college, I worked at Chili’s for 3 months. A customer had ordered some shrimp dish, and he jokingly said, “Hey, will the shrimp have slanted eyes too?”. He looked at me as if he was waiting for me to laugh. I just half smiled and walked away.
What went through my mind after I heard it? “What’s that sir? You say you want a side of spit with that? No problem…”
haven’t heard racial slur for a while. i’m sure she didn’t mean it, just take it as she didn’t know what words to use for description and let it be . . . or else it’ll just eat you up! maybe u should have a sign up sheet for single guys to “take care” of abigail while u and kate get some alone/restful time? kill 2 birds with one stone!
wat if u dont have 10 dollars haha
i wanna babysit for community service hours! so i can play with your daughter, you and kate get some rest, and i get hours for it! =]
i dont need to carry abigail around for old ladies to come up to me……lolz…….my aunt had twin boys and i was holding one of them at their one month “party” and this old lady came up to me and asked if the baby i was holding a twin of the other baby in my grandma’s arms, and then she asked me if i was the mother of the twin boys, i was like “WHAT?!” and then i was like “no, that’s the mother” (points at my aunt) and then she was like “oh, i’m sorry, ok” i was like “ummm…i’m not those teenage mothers!” in my head of course…….yeah =P
It’s one of God’s cruel ironic jokes that in order to be attractive to women – e.g., by holding a baby – you’ve got to have already met, wooed and married a woman.
hi thomas! hehe that’s what they do in the movies (single men w/ borrowed babies hehe)
last racial slur.
okay, so i’m in the “nachos” line at my school and the lady tells me that they don’t have any meat left and asked if it was okay if i just had cheese on my nachos. i agree……then as i walk toward my seat, i pass the table of people (duh hehe) and an anonymous person (i won’t mention the name) yelled “vegetarian!” at me.
i guess it’s a religious slur.
and i’m kinda ashamed to mention what i thought/said. i asked him to close his mouth in an impolite manner absent mindedly.
other than that, basically, every other day, i get mocked for being an asian/studying, etc.
wow. i ramble too much
yea, tam rambles too much esp after that dc journal!
anyways yea i’ve had that problem b4. it is a little awkward. btw abby is cute haha you guys are such…. crazy ppl.
hey! no it’s not such a big deal, it’s just the back needs working out and i’m dying under school/violin stress..aAaAaA
hey, your little girl is only like a little bit old!!! no renting her out!!!! child labor!!!!!