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116! good lawd!
i didnt think i was that ghetto!

so much for being bougeoise (sp?) for going to a "white college."
and we really need to add some more ?'s to this, like...

if you used vaseline for hair grease (+5)

if you brushed ur hair with grease and water (+8)

you every used socks for gloves to play in the snow (+5)

you went to the ponderosa (or the golden coral, i think it is) with ziplocks (+5)

if ur moms told you christmas was canceled (+3)

you bought your afterschool snack with food stamps (the paper
ones too! dont front yall!) (+10)

you snatched the milk and quarter water tops to make skelly tops (+10)

you had an uncle who had bootleg oldies but goodies tapes from around the way (+7) add 10 if your uncle was the one who sold them!

if your moms wouldnt let you put cookies out for santa cause she aint want the roaches coming out at night! (+7)

if you always called someone to call you back so it was on they bill and not yours (+5)

if you had a preference over which color quarter juice you wanted (yall know the purple one was the jumpoff!) +5 add +5 if you froze them and drank them like slushies.

if you had to walk around the corner to get mister softee cause he didnt stop on your block (+3)

if you went to the beach and swam in shorts and a tshirt vs. a bathing suit (+6)

if you had to be inside before the streetlamps came on (+5)

if your moms did your candy sales for you at her job so you could win the better prizes (+3)

if you got ur braids done in 2 or more parts (+7)

if your church had a talent show every now and then to raise money for the bathroom renovation (that never happened) (+5) add +5 if they sold snacks for a $1 between services.

if your church put the good fans and hymn books out when yall had a fellowship (+5)

if you just knew you was getting a beatin after church or after school (+10)

if you had to "warm up" your TV ahead of time in order to watch it (+10)

sidenote: i knew it was gon be aight when i moved in my dorm last year, in fear of never living ghettofab again, and a girl downstairs from me had boric acid laid out in the cracks of her floor. that brought it home 4 me!

good times.