Kinda a Long Story
This is an absolutely true story. I promise.
One of my adorable in-laws decided to open a coffee shop. Her mother, an elderly Southern Baptist woman who has rarely been outside her small town in Texas, simply refused to believe that people would pay a lot of money for coffee when they could make it so cheaply at home. She was blissfully unaware of the Starbucks phenomenon.
My in-law, let’s call her Jean, tried to explain to her mother that people do, in fact, pay big money for coffee and will even buy it to-go from a drive through window just like the Dairy Queen. When Jean explained that she would have different kinds of coffee, her mother argued, “There’s only one kind of coffee and it’s coffee. Then there’s tea.”
Struggling for an answer, Jean said, “Mom, there’s many kinds of coffee. We will be selling some very exotic coffees that you’ve never even heard about.”
That seemed to satisfy her.
A week later, Jean gets a call from the minister of First Baptist. It seems that Jean’s mother is excitingly telling fellow Baptist church goers that her daughter is opening a coffee shop and will be selling erotic coffees.
Jean was mortified. At least until she opened the shop a week later and the line of Baptist waiting to get in was down the sidewalk and around the corner.
And so it goes in other Southern states. It seems that an unnamed Southern senator was in a closed door meeting and described our president much the same way.
President Obama was described as “exotic” by one senator from a Southern state during a closed-door meeting, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) claimed Wednesday.
Harkin said the remark was made at a private event attended by nearly the entire Senate on filibuster reform.
Now begins the questions: (1) Which Southern Senatefool was it?, and (2) how long before it becomes erotic?
My guess is Lindsay Graham and not soon enough.
Laughing. I’m with the old lady. I don’t pay big bucks for a cup of coffee.
1For one, my vote is for Jeff Sessions—’cause you know–Jeff Sessions.
Number two—he wouldn’t know erotic past macaroni and cheese.
2Isn’t that really what these viagra-needing old white farts are really afraid of with black men? That they can’t compete…exotically?
3And a little off topic…….here in Bible-totin’ Tennessee, mecca of the SBC, we have wine and spirit stores on EVERY corner, and sometimes one in the middle. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
4They just can’t get over the exotic allure of his dark skin.
5Too many possible options. I sure whoever said it felt very comfortable in doing so, thought he was being careful, politically correct, even. Wouldn’t want to offend anyone or be labeled racist for a comment like that, now would we?
6So “exotic” is the new code word for black and educated?
7SHELBY. And Sessions wouldn’t be far behind. Both of these guys do not have a really complete handle on the English language.
Not: Graham, Boozman, Pryor, Nelson, Rubi, Landrieu, McCaskill, Hagan, Scott
Maybe: Isakson, Vitter (exotic in diapers), Cochran, Wicker, Blunt, Burr, Alexander, Corker
Do not consider TX as “South” but southwest.
8I’m thinking one of the two dribblewits from Georgia, with Saxby getting the edge for stupid.
9Now let’s dig into this with a definition of th word:
ex·ot·ic
Adjective
Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country.
Noun
An exotic plant or animal.
Synonyms
outlandish – strange – foreign
Now you pick the code word! I’m voting for Graham!
10Exotic to erotic? It has to be Miz Lindsay dontcha know. The entire conservative block considers liberals and progressives to be foreign and un-American, so it ain’t just the dark skin. It’s anybody with an open mind.
11Considering that the people in Latin America who pick coffee beans (the growers prefer 5 & 6 year olds for young plants), all coffee could go up a whoping 5 cents a pound if the pickers were given a living wage. Remember that with your latte.
12I’m not sure what the Republican’t Leadership calls Barak Obama behind his back; but I’m pretty sure they call him Mr. President to his face.
13Reminds me of the conversation I overheard at the pharmacist’s where the guy in front of me said he was “Gettin’ the genetic brand.”
14I’m from a foreign state and had to tell you, you always make my day. Thank you so much…
15Reminds me of those old guys who always ask for that purple pill for their exotic problem, when its really the little blue pill they’re wanting. TV ads get credit for that glitch, but since the patient is always right, give him what he thinks he wants! In this case I doubt those old elephants will feel up to being exotic.
16By the way, JJ ~ Could Texas coffee shops do what the 7-11 stores did & offer blue & red cups so folks could start voting early?
17I love you for this story. Same thing happened to a friend of mine (really) at her mother’s funeral. Her husband got up to give the eulogy for his mother in law and for some reason got confused and kept using the word “sexual” in place of the word sensual or sentimental. He’s a sweet guy but quite a dingbat. The Priest at this Scots Catholic funeral was not amused.
18Reminds me of the time I got a letter from my children’s school district announcing a ‘pubic’ meeting. I’m guessing it was pretty well attended.
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