One tradition we have at our Juneteenth parties, we send the kids to go pick up the food, and we make it fun for them. Give a couple of the kids $50 each and make them run down to the corner to grab food, and see who can make it back first. There's a prize for whoever gets back first without touching the food.
Last year only one of the kids came back. We called his house and asked to speak to his dad and they said "he doesn't live here anymore."
We never did hear from that kid again. Which is a shame, because the winner of the contest gets a free high school education! [Reply]
Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED:
Watching all the geriatric boomers boast about their ignorance is what keeps most of us entertained here in the offseason.
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
One tradition we have at our Juneteenth parties, we send the kids to go pick up the food, and we make it fun for them. Give a couple of the kids $50 each and make them run down to the corner to grab food, and see who can make it back first. There's a prize for whoever gets back first without touching the food.
Last year only one of the kids came back. We called his house and asked to speak to his dad and they said "he doesn't live here anymore."
We never did hear from that kid again. Which is a shame, because the winner of the contest gets a free high school education!
We always like to play monopoly. We make all of the black parents play for the white parents for a couple hundred rounds to build up a nice bank roll for all the white people. Then we let them play for themselves and build up a bankroll before going in a taking it all again to give back to the white kids. (This symbolizes the Black Wall Street massacre for those geriatric boomers still trying to follow along) Then we let the kids take over and make fun of the black kids for being so far behind in the game. We call it “Midwest monopoly” [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
You two and a lot others on here need to read a history book every once in a while.
Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863. The Texas territory decided not to tell the slaves and keep them as slaves. The federal government forced Texas to finally tell the slaves on June 19th 1865 that they were free. The carrot was Texas would be accepted as a state as soon as they freed the slaves. 1866 Texas became a state. It was a trade off. It was a political deal. Nothing to do with human beings being the property of other human beings.
None of that changes the fact that Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery. You might see that in those books you're reading. [Reply]
Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED:
We always like to play monopoly. We make all of the black parents play for the white parents for a couple hundred rounds to build up a nice bank roll for all the white people. Then we let them play for themselves and build up a bankroll before going in a taking it all again to give back to the white kids. (This symbolizes the Black Wall Street massacre for those geriatric boomers still trying to follow along) Then we let the kids take over and make fun of the black kids for being so far behind in the game. We call it “Midwest monopoly”
That's great! We like to play scrabble at our parties. It's always tough figuring out who won, because nobody can find any of the words in the dictionary! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
That's great! We like to play scrabble at our parties. It's always tough figuring out who won, because nobody can find any of the words in the dictionary!
Finding out you come from a community of illiterate idiots makes way more sense to us than you think it does. [Reply]
