Lessons our parents taught us.. on the Peoria.com Forums

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Always wear clean underwear in case you are in an accident.

What's underwear?

always wrap it

As a black boy, son:

You will have to be twice as good, to be perceived as half as much.

A lesson (I have found) that rings even more true, in Central Illinois.


-The One Stop HOME Shop

Patience is a virtue.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

You reap what you sow.

Mom taught me that when times are tough to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get on with it !

It's not just here, trust me.
Although here, you will have a better shot at bangin' white chicks.....

That second part was not necessary Hip.

wtf? How would you know, Hip?

Have pleasant phone skills.

Well, between working at Kroger's, all the marketing places in town (which usually hire people from the city, not Dunlap), riding the buses for 3 yrs, etc, AND actually talking to many, many, MANY people, being observant, etc, this is a town where the younger generation has really bought into the trend of interracial dating.
As a matter of fact, in the circles I've "run" in since I moved here, it's almost shocking to see a younger white girl with a baby that's not mixed, or who isn't dating a black guy.

NOW, this isn't me whining about Peoria, just pointing out what I've seen.
AND, btw, since most of the people I have come into contact with, which is a LOT, and since I have no qualms about just asking outright, almost everyone says they do it, because of the big penis!
I SWEAR to GOD!
2nd most popular answer - they like the thug lifestyle!
3rd most popular answer - because it's the thing to do!

These are our kids, btw, who I see pushing around 3 babies, all mixed, all different fathers, none involved ion the kids' lives, and the girls are usually younger than 23 yrs old.
Most are still teenagers.

Again, this isn't true of everyone, just based on the large number of people I have come in contact with.
Matter of fact, every white girl that has come through te office I work in now since I've been here, and that's probably over a dozen since January, with kids, everyone has at least one mixed race kid.
Every single one.
Almost all of them at my last office, same thing.
universal AdCom, same thing.
Kroger's - Same thing....
On the bus,. ride them everyday, and you'll see the same thing.

BTW, I always ask the black dudes I work with what they think of this and they always answer the same: White people who "act black" are annoying.
White girls who date black dudes and then all of a sudden "act black" are a joke.
And why not date them, when they're easy pickings.

SWEAR to GOD, this is true, even though I see the blasting coming my way from you who are in denial, but I also know plenty will read this and agree, probably silently.

it's all good.
Blast away!

As my father was a mechanic: Every time you fill your gas tank, you check your oil. I swear if I don't, he senses it and the phone rings "When was the last time you checked your oil?"

lol.. this is true, and kicking the tires is a good idea, too

That's amazing Chef Kev!

It has actually happened. I didn't check it and before I got home, my cellphone rang. It was my dad, who rarely calls my cell, asking me about something else and then: "When was the last time you checked the oil? Isn't about time to change it, too?"

do not call them if you get thrown in jail