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[KeithHernandez]

Whatever it means,  in my university, (in Oklahoma, with many Native Americans) most professors say American Indian and Native American interchangeably.  However, they all say that the only proper term is the actual Nation or Tribe they are from.  In fact, my summer class last month was called "Native American Issues" with a Native American professor.  He said he preferred American Indian.  However, they are all wrong.  None of them are proper terms in my opinion.

[Doc]

Seriously given how the word indian came about if I were an early american settler I'd work pretty hard at getting that out of common parlance so people weren't still saying 300 years later 'yeah they thought they'd got to india!'

[misterqueue]

The thing I hate about nomenclature and regional variety (and just plain ignorance mostly) is that I have to explain whenever I say "Indian" I mean someone who is from India.  This shouldn't have to be explained but the whole damned "West Indies" thing fucked it up forever.


FOREVER!

[jough]

Whenever someone says "Indian" I always have to ask if they mean "Slurpee Indian" or "casino Indian."

[Doc]

God's Own Dick ladies and gentlemen!
*light applause*

[AlohaDawg]

Whenever someone says "Indian" I always have to ask if they mean "Slurpee Indian" or "casino Indian."

The alternate being "dot Indian" or "feather Indian" of course.

My dad's from India by the way. That's why I have the last name that gets me yanked out of line at the airport for further searches nine out of ten times.

[theinevitable]

'Dawg-- those titles are only acceptable if you do the accompanying hand motions.

[side_show]

Whenever someone says "Indian" I always have to ask if they mean "Slurpee Indian" or "casino Indian."

See, here in Manitoba, that would be even more confusing.  We are the Slurpee Capitol of the World * and Winnipeg has the highest Aboriginal population of all major cities.  Hence, per capita, when you are in a 7-11 here, and you see someone holding a Slurpee, there is a 50/50 chance that this person is Aboriginal. 

* An even more embarrassing fact: it was announced this week that as Slurpee Capitol of the World for five years running, 7-11 will be presenting a bronze slurpee cup to our mayor later this summer.  I will watch the proceedings and cry a single tear (you get a prize of you get this reference).

[CortJstr]

See, here in Manitoba, that would be even more confusing.  We are the Slurpee Capitol of the World * and Winnipeg has the highest Aboriginal population of all major cities.  Hence, per capita, when you are in a 7-11 here, and you see someone holding a Slurpee, there is a 50/50 chance that this person is Aboriginal. 

* An even more embarrassing fact: it was announced this week that as Slurpee Capitol of the World for five years running, 7-11 will be presenting a bronze slurpee cup to our mayor later this summer.  I will watch the proceedings and cry a single tear (you get a prize of you get this reference).

Man, the lines on July 11th must be insane there, Iron Eyes.

[wombat]

See, here in Manitoba, that would be even more confusing.  We are the Slurpee Capitol of the World * and Winnipeg has the highest Aboriginal population of all major cities.  Hence, per capita, when you are in a 7-11 here, and you see someone holding a Slurpee, there is a 50/50 chance that this person is Aboriginal. 

* An even more embarrassing fact: it was announced this week that as Slurpee Capitol of the World for five years running, 7-11 will be presenting a bronze slurpee cup to our mayor later this summer.  I will watch the proceedings and cry a single tear (you get a prize of you get this reference).

This post is the most wonderful thing I have read all week, month and possibly year.

And of course Cort would know the guy's name. 

[AlohaDawg]

Iron Eyes Cody, wasn't it? The best part is he wasn't really Native American.

[side_show]

Man, the lines on July 11th must be insane there, Iron Eyes.

Way to go Cort (and AD, and anyone else who knew...)  Indeed, on July 11th, the free Slurpees flow fast and hard, and are usually all gone by 1 AM (it's 1000 per location if memory serves me).  I will think up something good as a prize...

Also, my mind still does back flips when I see someone drinking a Slurpee while walking in the snow.   

Also, the transit driver that drove my normal route to University would always have a huge Slurpee cup when I got on to the bus at 8 AM and that also bothered me.

And finally, I always wonder if we are a the Slurpee Capitol because of this:  at every 7-11 here, if you bring your own cup, or one of the many re-usuable collectors cups they sell, no matter what size (even a 2 liter jug), refills are 99 cents most days and 49 cents on special days, at certain locations that are announced on the radio, or via hastily made loose-leaf signs taped to the store's door.  Is this the same everywhere?  Even if it is, Winnipegger are all about the deal, and will buy something if it's cheap even if they don't actually want the thing they are buying.

[CortJstr]

Last I checked the 99-cent refill for bringing back a cup only applied to soda, not Slupees. But I worked with a guy who bring in a huge 96oz cup filled with Coke or Mountain Dew to work every day. Although he'd painted over the side because it featured one of those dirtly lying race car drivers on it.

[jough]

Yeah, we have 99 cent refills here too, they just don't make us all hot and bothered.

We have a Free Slurpee Day here, too, although I think they vary it by market.  I remember I was in New Jersey and a friend called me to tell me about Free Slurpee Day and it wasn't FSD in NJ.  Theirs was the month before.

[pmcd9]

There are no 7-11's in Houston.  They used to be the biggest chain of convenience stores there, but the company had some problems back in the early 80's and part of the solution was to sell all of the stores in town to their biggest local rival Stop n Go.  I stopped at a 7-11 in Witchita Falls Texas while driving to Utah.  I didn't have a Slurpee though.

Some of my earliest memories are of walking to the 7-11 at the end of the street where I lived in Shreveport, LA and getting a cold slurpee on a hot day.  I always liked the cola flavor.

I also have a complete collection (and then some) of Marvel Superhero Slupree Cups* that I purchased in Houston in the early 70's.

*Sorry, I don't have a picture of the actual cups, they are in storage in Houston.

~Paul