07-25-2008, 09:38 AM
And so, Oink, my usage would have been correct: I referred to my the parents of my lifelong friend, who are also lifelong friends, as crackers --something they would cackle at and admit to. I, myself, am a cracker (born in California though, and jokingly called a "prunepicker" by my parents). I am classic cracker: Scotch, teeny bit of Irish, they migrated to the south over 200 years ago and consorted with indians (Cherokees). One cracker calling another a cracker is not insulting. But point taken -- there are those that might take offense even if it was not directed at them, so I amend my statement to provide that my friend was born to caucasians of the trailer park persuasian and is about as jewish as my left foot. But she's going to the synagogue now, and that synogogue came up with a great idea: Chico Bags. Get them at Island Naturals and support my friend's synogogue. I'm irreligious but these folks are very civic minded.