To: biblewonk
Not sure but I think the original version was "catch a Negro by the toe". Rhymes better than the N word version anyway. The tiger by the toe is an obvious effort to clean it up, after all tigers don't have toes.
To: ItsTheMediaStupid
Either way! I can't go to the local convienent store in my hood and be there more than 10 minutes on a nice summer day and not hear a black calling another black, nigger. Then we have a lawsuit over an implied use of the word by a white airline employee!?
26 posted on
01/22/2004 7:41:35 AM PST by
biblewonk
(I must try to answer all bible questions.)
To: ItsTheMediaStupid
Actually, if you examine a tigers paw, they do have toes. Each claw is on a separate toe. Second, which version really came first? Is it possible the Tiger came first and was the changed to the derogatory version. I find it difficult to believe anyone that took the time to create a nursery rhyme would also try to degrade a race. IMHO.
65 posted on
01/22/2004 8:33:25 AM PST by
MPJackal
(Is it being paranoid if people really are out to get you?)
To: ItsTheMediaStupid
"after all tigers don't have toes"
Huh??? Tigers ceetainly do have toes. Tigers walk on their toes.
87 posted on
01/22/2004 9:07:28 AM PST by
drjoe
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