I don't think I have ever heard or read lorgnette used in conversation or in writing, so I forgot what it was. I am familiar with them like I said, but I just thought they were called masks for masquerade balls or something like that. I didn't know there was actually a WORD for it. These aren't really cultural references, as much as obscure words or events.
I'm bad with cultural references, though. I will ask someone's opinion of something without asking first if they have seen/heard/read/whatever it first. Like I'll say, wasn't it funny in SNL when (take your pick--Adam Sandler, John Belushi, David Spade, Al Franken, Bill Murray, etc. etc.) did such and such? Without checking first to see if the person has ever seen SNL. I'm only good with older cultural references though, the new ones I'm totally lost on--I haven't watched a regular TV show in like a year. --- In [email protected], "denisesudell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <ellengoodman6@> > wrote: > > > > $50,000 of college down the drain in 1989 dollars, probably $100,000 > > these days. oh well. I'm sure my parents are proud. > > > > Actually, after I sent my first allegedly-humorous response, I was > thinking about how much we (meaning "We As A Society," not the > royal "We") rely on cultural cues to communicate with one another. If > a person doesn't get the cues, the entire communication can go > whizzing by his/her head -- like the jokes went by you, Ellen. > > Anybody else remember the comedy bit -- I think it was on SNL, but > then I think just about anything that was funny and American was on > SNL (if it was funny and British, I think it was on Monty Python, but > I digress) -- that featured the black IQ test? The answer to the > featured question was "Take the A train." Of course, no white people > were supposed to be able to answer that question. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/si.u7A/bOaOAA/Zx0JAA/vzIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
