Things I wanna know

[Wings]

How do you pronounce Toubab's name?

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

How do you pronounce Toubab's name?

Are you putting on weight?

 

[yossi]

Tu-bob

 

[BabblingBrooke]

2 Bob?

 

[Wings]

Why do my Joan of Arctic boots have piss poor traction.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

Ummmmmm.....

7?

 

[Wings]

Hmm what do you think it means? 2 bob I mean.

 

[warrior queen]

In my head I say 'taw-bab'.
I have no fucking idea why or what it means.

 

[Sean]

Hmm what do you think it means? 2 bob I mean.

It's Swahili for "dumb right wing cunt".

 

[Hypoxia]

How can we hang on to a dream?

How can it really be the way it seems?

 

[lovecraft68]

Hmm what do you think it means? 2 bob I mean.

It separates him from his brother's one and three bob

 

[Sean]

Two bob, of course, is a shortened form of two bob bit (two shilling piece) which is rhyming slang for shit.

 

[Bidin~Time]

purple

 

[Wings]

In my head I say 'taw-bab'.
I have no fucking idea why or what it means.

I will accept this.

It's Swahili for "dumb right wing cunt".

I will accept this.

It separates him from his brother's one and three bob

I will especially accept this.

 

[Wings]

Can we get a toudarryl then?

 

[lovetoread]

They make Joan of Arc boots?

 

[Pookie]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toubab

 

[Wings]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toubab

Hmm. That explains a little.

 

[Wings]

They make Joan of Arc boots?

Joan of Arctic by Sorel.

I know Thor will be by soon to tell us they're shit boots but I like them. Except for the slippery part.

 

[Pookie]

Hmm. That explains a little.

I think he's just being a bit pretentious with it. That's always been the vibe I got.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Hmm what do you think it means? 2 bob I mean.

*sigh* a generation has grown up without having watched Alex Haley's 'Roots' miniseries.

"Toubab" was a term of (mostly) respect that field slaves referred to their white masters.

 

[Wings]

I think he's just being a bit pretentious with it. That's always been the vibe I got.

Plenty of that around here. So the rich, white tourist part of that explanation?

 

[Wings]

*sigh* a generation has grown up without having watched Alex Haley's 'Roots' miniseries.

"Toubab" was a term of (mostly) respect that field slaves referred to their white masters.

That's not true, I've seen the miniseries. It's probably been decades though.

I truly don't remember that in the show.

 

[Sean]

I mainly remember it because "kunta kinte" was gloriously rude sounding to a kid my age.

 

[thør]

Joan of Arctic by Sorel.

I know Thor will be by soon to tell us they're shit boots but I like them. Except for the slippery part.

Sorels normally will keep your feet warm. Been in some damn cold weather with 'em. But, you do have to change the liners out occasionally. At least, with my feet.

I know nothing about the fashion boots they sell.