I always thought Lincoln Chafee was black.

[Lautremont]

Yes, because he's called Lincoln. Stupid and shallow, I know. But I finally realized I didn't know, and so I found a picture of him on the internet. I never saw a whiter man.

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. Yes he is the epitome of Northeastern WASPishness

lol

[Radio_Lady]

2. Hard to know everything about everyone. There are so many people

we kind of "get to know" in this computer age -- but not really.

Dear Lautremont, I don't think it's stupid or shallow. You just never had the time or inclination to fact-check your assumption.

I find it interesting that you had the courage to admit it here, in the Lounge. I think that was a fascinating choice for your disclosure.

In peace,

Radio_Lady in Oregon

[Lautremont]

3. Well, I thought about putting it in GD.

But it was just so silly...

The real question is why I posted it at all! Here's my other embarassing admission: for years I thought Malibu was in Florida. I don't know why. I'm all up to speed now, though!

[Radio_Lady]

4. I misprounced the word "archaic" in a debate in 1955 in high school.

The teacher corrected me in front of the whole class.

I never forgot it again.

[Radio_Lady]

5. Lautremont, do you speak French? Are you from the province of Quebec?

If you are, then I don't know many of the cities in your province -- so you are way ahead of most Americans on that! In fact, we are hardly taught much of anything about Canada in our schools.

If you have never lived in California, I wouldn't imagine you would know where Malibu is -- especially if you are a Canadian citizen!

Thanks for bearing your innermost confessions on the DU.

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[Lautremont]

15. I do speak French, but I'm not from Quebec.

I'm from Manitoba. Even more remote! Thanks for your kind words, RL.

[Radio_Lady]

16. Well, despite not knowing about Malibu's location, and being initially confused

about Lincoln Chaffee's race -- I think you're brilliant! I've tried to learn Spanish and French, and haven't been able to master either language in six decades. I still walk around with the Berlitz book frantically trying to figure out one phrase or another. And God forbid someone ANSWERS me!

Manitoba! Now there's a place about which I know absolutely nothing! We've visited Quebec City, Montreal, Vancouver and Victoria over my lifetime. There is so much about Canada that remains quite entrancing and very much out of reach. I told my husband that I'd like to go to Ottawa, Toronto, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.

I'd be glad to join your class in Canadian history and geography! Oh, what things you could teach... to those of us who have been to Malibu and back...

In peace,

Radio_Lady/Ellen in Oregon

[Lautremont]

17. Manitoba, I think, is a true overlooked jewel.

People think of it as a flat, barren prairie, but it's much more. A good part of it is Canadian Shield country: coniferous trees, deep, clear lakes and beautiful, age-old rock everywhere. There are prairies, of course, of both the flat and the rolling variety; there are giant lakes, like inland oceans with their own little fishing villages; there's even a desert. There are things we call mountains, but, in truth, they're more like hills. But you can still ski on 'em!

There's a lot to be said for the place. I hope you get to visit it, along with all the other places in Canada you'd like to go.

And since the days of thinking Malibu was in Florida, my horizons have been greatly expanded. I have indeed even been to Malibu. I've also been to Oregon, which is an incredibly beautiful state - you're lucky to live there!

[hickman]

6. I just read his profile.

I can't believe that this guy isn't a Democrat. He seems to lean that way. No wonder he got beat. Repuke's aren't going to waste any right wing money on him.

[lukasahero]

11. In RI, we grow our Republicans liberal

More liberal than some Dems. They'd never get elected otherwise.

(Transplanted RI'er here.)

[Nikia]

7. I thought that Paula Abdul was black

Through the Arab American thread, I found out that she is really Jewish and not black at all. Then I looked at her images on the internet. In some of them, she does look really white. In others, she does look a little black. I guess that I always just saw her in a black context.
There have been times in my personal life that I have seen people who were not black in a black context and assumed that they were black. There are some black people who I thought were white when I saw them in a white context and sometimes I realized that I was mistaken without them saying anything when I saw them in a black context.
Maybe, that is something completely different than what you are talking about.

[LynzM]

10. Nikia, that's fascinating...

I think that could say a lot about how we "read" people... I know that I often have trouble placing how I know someone when I see them later in the "wrong context," so to speak.

[BarenakedLady]

8. You mean RI's Lincoln Chafee?

:rofl:

Sorry I grew up in RI, just found that a tad amusing.

[vireo]

9. How about Sherrod Brown?

[TheBaldyMan]

13. Oral Roberts ?

[TheBaldyMan]

12. not as dumb as Dubya thinking he's Texan,

he could look it up on the internets or ask his mother even check his birth certificate ... but no.

I don't think he has the guts to admit he's from CT.

[blondeatlast]

14. They don't call him the Connecticut Cowboy for nothin'. I'm still

astonished at how many people think that "drawl" is authentic.