sexy mocha,

you're HILARIOUS! made me think of pegged pants, scrunched socks, banana clips and fanny packs! oh my goddess, what a blast...

any~way, in regards to the ghetto topic (which wasn't even really the original one, but whatever...) i think i've really learned different terms for "ghetto". i had always known it as something that was cheap, broken or just whacked-out. i've never really associated it with any color or group. i suppose i really have no right to say what i ghetto and what's not. does anyone? maybe it's just one of those words you have to use with caution, so as to not offend someone, you know?

but sexy mocha, that was a simply wonderful post! didn't you say in another post that you were a gemini? i knew there was something i liked about you!

etienne
sigma alpha iota-the hartt school of music

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blu_theatrics:

That was funny. I agree with Wynna..."How you know about the salons in Cali?"

Yes, I was trying to be funny, I kinda got into it after Mocha's response and onesavvydiva.

But True...

I REALLY didn;t expect you to say "yes" that all the things I mentioned, minus the barbed wire fence, was true. What school is that? I was gonna say the long, fluorescent nail thing too. My goodness. What type of graduate program were you looking into? Does the administration have tattoos on their arms and necks, too?

By the way, I moved back to the CPT and I KNOW it is "you know what" because people are STILL popping fireworks, despite the fact that the 4th was what, two WHOLE weeks ago? DANG!!!

PEACE

DELTABRAT,

LOL! You made me choke on my soda! I grew up in Spanish Harlem in NYC and I always hated the fact that July 4th ended when everyone ran out of their massive stash of firecrackers,etc. Yep.....there were nights when I thought I would lose my mind! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Now come on, I have to draw the line ther, cause my momma is a firework fanatic and she's still got some she saved for this weekend.....OK Iguess she is ghetto, but she is that old-school, "I don't care what you say I'm go be myself ghetto"

O.K. ya'll i didn't want to turn this into a Ghetto joke post room ,but I just got this e-mail and I had to share it. (Cause I think they stole this one from my auntie's how to throw a prty book...lol) This is my last one promise (well, it's my last one today at least....lol)


Ghetto Birthday Party

You know you are at Ghetto Birthday Party" When:
1. Some of the guest didn't bring a gift, but brought extra-uninvited kids.
2. When the cake says Happy Birthday Pookie instead of the child's name.
3. The party is at Chuck E Cheese but they brought their own food, cake, etc.
4. It's a child's party but there are more grown-ups then children.
5. It's De'Vonte's 1st Birthday and the party food is BBQ and Daiquiris.
6. Instead of playing pin the tail on the donkey, they have a Back That Ass Up contest.
7. They don't sing Happy Birthday instead everyone is chanting Go Man Man It's Your Birthday.
8. There are twenty kids at the party but no parents.(They left)
9. The party was over at 5:00, it's 8:00 and somebody's kid is still there.
10. Instead of Loot bags, the party favors are in Zip-Lock baggies.
11. The birthday cake is Red Velvet.
12. The invitations said Pizza Party, you get there and its frozen Tony's party pizza being served.
13. The host calls someone who's on their way and tells them to stop and get some ice.
14. The guest start arriving and you disappear to get ready.
15. You buy some food stamps from your cousin to buy the party food.
16. You hear someone tell the birthday child I am going to get you something next week when I get paid.
17. The party wasn't planned, the birthday child just went outside and said Mama said I getting ready to have a Birthday Party, Come on.
18. The party is Saturday, you got a call on Friday night saying I am giving Ke-Shawn a birthday party tomorrow at 3:00.
19. All the kids at the party have on new clothes that they got just for the party.
20. None of the gifts are wrapped, because the guest stopped by the dollar store on the way to the party.
21. The gift is still in the store bag.
22. They don't serve punch, you get Kool-Aid and those store brand cheese puffs.
23. The Baby daddy, the mama's boyfriend, and the mama's ex-boyfriend (the one that the kid liked so much) are all there and the child calling them all DADDY
24. There's more family then friends at the party.
25. The birthday child is late to his/her own party, because last night they spent the night over to their cousin 'nem.
26. You have the party over to your sister's because she just bought a new house.
27. The cake didn't come from the store, it came from the Lady who makes good cakes.
28. You have to hold on to the plate that you ate your food on to eat your cake.
29. Someone calls and says save me some cake.
30. Guest are wrapping up cake to take to mama 'nem.
31. Everyone is pinning money on the birthday child.
32. It's a child's party but there's a Domino game in progress.
33. The baby daddy shows up with all his Boyz and you start to fear that there will be a Drive-By.
34. The party music is coming from the trunk of someone's car.
35. The birthday child is dressed from head to toe in Bootleg Tommy and Bling Blinging.
36. The baby daddy comes to the party and brings his kids he had before and after the birthday kid.
37. There is one Baby Daddy and whole lot of Baby's mama's.
38. There are two kids there with the same Daddy but different Mama's.
39. A cell phone rings and everyone goes for theirs.
40. It's Lil' man's party but since Tasha is there and her birthday is in a few days, it becomes Lil' Man/Tasha's Party.
41. The party is over and all the kids get sent to the other room so that the Grown-ups can do their Thang.

***bursts out laughing at #35*** Noooo you didn't post that! I'm still lol @ The Ghetto B'Day Party.

blu theatrics, LOL girl!!! That is exactly how it is.

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"24 Reflections of Perfection"
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ROTFLMAO! Some things are just TOO universal, right? I've got a few more though:
YOU KNOW YOU'RE AT A GHETTO B-DAY PARTY IF:
1. There's a Soul Train line in progress
2. They won't cut the cake until Lil Man done stuck his whole hand in it
3. Everybody with a camera has to get a picture of the cake before it's cut (like this is the LAST cake on earth)
4. The film gets developed, but ain't NO pictures of the birthday child
5. They knew they was having hotdogs, but ain't NO ketchup, relish, or hotdog buns
6. All the clothes that the kid gets are 2 sizes too big *so he/she can grow into them*

lol. Let's not even TALK about ghetto weddings!

PLEASE, TALK ABOUT GHETTO WEDDINGS...I am ready to ROTFL!

Delta Brat,

I kid you not girl, the school is all I described and more..reading your post about the barb wire...the dorm's do have barb wire around it...which is constantly being repaired due to people cutting holes in it in order to avoid having to go all the way to the front entrance to enter the campus..one way in and one way out! Like i said i went there looking for a program in education and I wanted to go to a HBCU since I had not had that experience before...and this is the state I found the school in. Let me be the first to say though that there are some highly acclaimed professors there and the school has a tremendous program in aviation...I guess they just need to fix the presentation of the school campus, and tell the staff to leave some behaviors at "home". A professional and educational setting should not look like that!

See thatgirl...

Why are you tryin' to start stuff up in here...you KNOW someone is going to have to take advantage of the ghetto weddings topic.
I'll start off...

YOU KNOW YOU ARE AT A GHETTO WEDDING IF...

The bride and groom's son is the ring-bearer and their daughter is one of the flower girls.

The food is "catered" by M&M's Soul Food Resturant and consist of fried catfish/chicken, macaroni and cheese and cornbread.

Blu-theatrics, you are crazy girl!!! It's been an hour since I first read your post and I'm still laughing! Well, now that this thread has been taken to a whole new level...here's how to know if you're ghetto Corporate:
1. Your version of a conference call is when you call your friends and plan what you are doing for the weekend.
2. When you are on a personal call you laugh so loud your co-workers on the other side of the office come and ask you what's so funny.
3. You go get your hair cut/done during lunch and come back two hours later.
4. You use your corporate card to buy clothes, pay bills, personal plane tickets.
5. Your nails are so long you can hardly type.
6. You don't like your supervisor and a couple other co-workers and you tell them off on a regular basis and wonder why you haven't been promoted.
7. You brag about how you haven't done anything all day and have the nerve to say when you get home "I am so tired".
8. You call in sick on Friday because you went out on Thursday.
9. You get chicken, ribs, or fish and french fries everyday for lunch.
10. You go shopping at lunch and come back with a lot of bags and proceed to show everyone what you bought.
11. You bring your kids to work and they rin all over the office.
12. You come to work on Fridays dressed for Happy Hour.
13. You cuss creditors out for calling you at work.
14. Your kids call your job and say to the operator, "Let me speak to my mama".
15. You call in sick on payday Friday and send your cousin to pick up your paycheck.
16. You contribute $1 to the officeX-mas party, eat most of the food and take a platter of chicken and potato salad home to your family for dinner.
17. Your kid's school supplies all have your company's insignia on them.
18. You use the company's postage machine to stamp your letters to your mate in the penitentiary.
19. You've handed out more business cards at the clubs than Career Fairs.
20. You have a miniature briefcase that holds your business cards and snaps shut, just like the real ones

Oh! one more...you know you're Greekchat.com ghetto when you have no goddam idea what ROTFLMAO means. (hint, hint, maybe someone could explain it for me...I mean for all those idiots that may not know) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Sexy Mocha:

Check the DST page, I included a post requesting information about the acronyms myself. Zeta Ace included a website that has ALL the acronyms on the net.

Girl please. I had to ask m'self. Rollin on the floor laughin' my @ss off.

NOT THE GHETTO WEDDINGS:
I've been to quite a few, so what does that make me?

I KNOW I'M AT A GHETTO WEDDING IF:
1. The bride has a gold tooth.
2. The invite said B.Y.O.F.
3. Somebody has to stand in the middle of the aisle to coax the 1yr old flower girl down.
4. One *or more* of the groomsmen has to walk down the aisle more than once because there are more bridesmaids than groomsmen
5. The bridesmaids nails match their dresses (wedding colors: red and black; nails: red and black)
6. The photographer is dude from the club *complete w/polaroid camera*
7. The maid of honor didn't bother to take that tacky chin ring (think 'Tyrese') out.
8. At the reception, the dj keeps referring to the bride by her maiden name.
9. The dj plays the unedited versions of every rap song in the book *curse words and all*
10. You catch the bouquet and someone snatches it from you *usually the lady with all the kids*
11. The event is 'catered' by KFC/Popeye's (everybody brought a box)
12. The bride's processional is to the tune of 'Forever My Lady'.

I could go on and on. I've seen too much in my 22 years.

Okay, I was laughing SO HARD, that my mother came in here to see what was going on!!! I really LMAO at "Go Man-Man, It's your birthday!!!"

You know you are at a Ghetto Wedding:

1) When one of the groom's men pager goes off, during the ceremony (ya'll it happened!!)
2) My brother and all my cousins turn the reception into a stepshow!!
3) Your hostesses have to get back-up against your great-aunt's cousin's sister-in-law...b/c they can't sit at the table with "immediate family".
4) The flower girl is out of rose petals b/f she is half-way up the aisle.
5) The Bible-bearer is ALWAYS the child who is on the floor looking up the bridesmaids' dresses.
6) There are more people at the reception, then there are at the wedding.
6b)There are more people in the wedding party than there are in the audience.
7) People are holding up the serving line, waiting for the hotwings to come out.
8) The people who want to make the toast, are always the ones who either never SAW an English class, or the ones who can't shut up.
9) The preacher has to get beeped b/c he is late to rehearsal.
10) And speaking of the preacher, why did he have that big $ sign around his neck? (this really happened also! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif
11) The wedding director, never has any valid experience, she's just somebody's momma that wanted to help.
12) There is ALWAYS that one bridesmaid, who's dress isn't quite working for her hmm..shape and she desparately needs either some sleeves or a cloak!


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blu_theatrics...

Why,why,why?

I am laughing so hard, I am CRYING...literally

mama 'nem...that is too much.

That is really how it is, girl.

Whoo!!!

I'm sorry for what I have turned this forum into, but you know I'm loving it........lol

O.k. ladies...here we go again.

You know you're a ghetto Christian if:

1. You lie on an application to get a job and then get up and testify how "GOD made a way out of NO way"
2. You get mad at a visitor and call them out for sitting in YOUR seat
3. You tell the preacher to baptize you from the neck down because you just got your hair done
4. You take two hours to get ready for church, get there late and leave early
5. You open your bible and you cough from the dust that flies out
6. Your wedding song is "Secret Lovers"
7.You say aliens abducted you, but the Lord set you free
8. You don't lift your hand during Worship because your acrylic nail is broken
9. The only time you like to sing in the choir is when they let you sing "your" song
10. After you've done wrong and someone has rebuked you, you don't repent , but say "Well the Lord knows my heart".
11. You have ever said " Show me in the Bible where it says Thou shall not smoke"
12. Your favorite part of the service is the benediction
13. You think the Trinity is a new female gospel group
14. You just got finished smoking outside of the church and then try to lead a song, get choked up, holding your throat and say to the congregation "The devil don't want me to sing this song."

;)

You were busy last night, weren't you?:D

LOL, after I pulled up all of these ancient threads, i was checking "new messages" and it was so funny to see...

1savvydiva
1savvydiva
1savvydiva
1savvydiva , etc...

I was like, these people are gonna think I was riding the clock!! (which I was;))

Yo, did anyone wrap batteries in foil and stick them in the freezer to recharge them? Now that's ghetto. Or saving the chicken or fish grease to use it again. That's wassup.