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* another celebrity goes Scientology - 3 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/6e740135d665ef81?hl=en
* Stupid Scam - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/7446f01a2736910c?hl=en

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TOPIC: another celebrity goes Scientology
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/6e740135d665ef81?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 3 2010 10:10 pm
From: zxcvbob

On 7/3/2010 10:33 AM, John McWilliams wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> On 6/2/2008 10:31 PM, Fredric L. Rice wrote:
>>> barb<xenubarb@netscape.net> wrote:
>>>> Mensanator wrote:
>>>>> On May 31, 10:18�pm, markritter...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> According to CNN...The latest celebrity to become a Scientologist:
>>>>>> VANILLA ICE.
>>>> Who is Vanilla Ice? Do they sell them on Venice Beach?
>>>
>>> }:-} It was a crapper from like 20 years ago, a nobody now but
>>> marginally
>>> popular among white children who wanted to grow up to be Negros. }:-}
>>
>> Is there a word to describe a white guy who's trying to pass for black?
>>
>> It is an interesting phenomenon. Whoopi Goldberg commented on it
>> once--I don't remember her exact words but it was something to the
>> effect that suburban white people are surprised to find that they have
>> raised black children.
>
> Hmmm.
> fu set
>

Seriously? They are called "wiggers". Unless you are talking about
John Howard Griffin (author of the book _Black Like Me_) HTH :-)

Bob

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 3 2010 10:47 pm
From: Twibil

On Jul 3, 4:51 am, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
> Is there a word to describe a white guy who's trying to pass for black?

Two of them:

1.) "Author". (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Like_Me )

2.) "Confused".

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 3 2010 10:50 pm
From: Twibil

On Jul 3, 9:56 am, "porky_pig...@my-deja.com" <porky_pig...@my-
deja.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Is there a word to describe a white guy who's trying to pass for black?
>
> It's wigger.

No, that's just an insult used by racists to describe anyone who's not
a racist.

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TOPIC: Stupid Scam
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/7446f01a2736910c?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 3 2010 11:04 pm
From: "friesian@zoocrewphoto.com"

On Jul 3, 10:49 am, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Then use an account in a bank that you only use for that sort of thing,
> and just close it after you get the cash and want to protect yourself
> against it bouncing later. Thats then the bank's problem.
>
> Not a shred of rocket science whatever required.

Don't you know that the bank can still go after you? If you don't pay
it, they go hire a collection agency or sue you. They may not do it
for a small amount, but if it is a larger check, they may.

It's much easier simply not to accept these checks in the first
place.

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