Barbarossa7070
Barbarossa7070 t1_jecwf2x wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-Sweetums in TIL That There's a Bible Belt In The Netherlands by iamasinglepotassium
Like a wrestling belt.
Barbarossa7070 t1_jecuz97 wrote
Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz
Happens in the US among Blacks, especially in New Orleans. I was in a sociology class in college and a light-skinned Black classmate from New Orleans said that her mom would get mad if she went to the beach because she would ruin all their family’s hard work over the years to get light. All our jaws were on the floor.
And apocryphally, there used to be street parties in certain Creole neighborhoods in New Orleans where they’d tack a paper bag up to a tree and if your skin wasn’t at least as light as the bag, you couldn’t stay.
Barbarossa7070 t1_jbr047v wrote
Reply to comment by smilbandit in TIL that actor Red Foxx was only 49 when he starred in Sandford & Son. He wore makeup to look older. by SaltyDogBill
My dad had a friend at work named Grady and they all called him Shady Grady for some reason I never learned. Never met the guy but I pictured him in my mind as looking exactly like Grady Wilson.
Barbarossa7070 t1_j5c8p0i wrote
Reply to comment by dont_worry_im_here in TIL Germs and Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear appears as one of the dancers in Prince's 1985 video for "Raspberry Beret." Dave Grohl in the book "I Want My MTV": "Pat can't dance so they sent him home (...) Prince whispers in the bodyguard's ear. Bodyguard says, 'You can stay. He likes your hair.'" by Bubbly-Incident
I think the director sent Pat home and Prince told his bodyguard to tell Pat he could stay.
Barbarossa7070 t1_iwqy8n0 wrote
Reply to comment by earbox in Chloe Traicos who plays Gloria Freeman on The Righteous Gemstones would love to talk to you all about the show by GloriaFreeman
Yeah, I know - but I couldn’t resist the joke
Barbarossa7070 t1_iwqwiso wrote
Reply to comment by tokyotapes in Chloe Traicos who plays Gloria Freeman on The Righteous Gemstones would love to talk to you all about the show by GloriaFreeman
Nope. But his agent is.
Barbarossa7070 t1_iwqw550 wrote
Reply to comment by tokyotapes in Chloe Traicos who plays Gloria Freeman on The Righteous Gemstones would love to talk to you all about the show by GloriaFreeman
Not a Jew
Barbarossa7070 t1_iwqvqm2 wrote
Reply to comment by tokyotapes in Chloe Traicos who plays Gloria Freeman on The Righteous Gemstones would love to talk to you all about the show by GloriaFreeman
And hall of famer Rod Carew - he converted.
Barbarossa7070 t1_iuj24zr wrote
Reply to comment by wednesdaytwelve in TIL - Contrary of what everybody thinks, if you park your car at a dark spot at night, the chances of theft are smaller, because thieves don't like to use lights. by JosZo
Hello,
Could you park in a dimly lit area so we can more easily steal your stuff?
Sincerely, The Thieves
Barbarossa7070 t1_jecwqnr wrote
Reply to comment by beingmesince63 in TIL in order to prevent certain legal instruments from operating in perpetuity, a Royal Lives Clause may be written into a contract which provides a definite but extended period of time usually tied to twenty-one years past the death of last living descendent of the current British monarch. by AudibleNod
I feel sorry for current 3Ls who are gonna get a Rule Against Perpetuities question on the bar exam this year for sure.