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2008-06-29 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Naomi Campbell: British Airways called me a "golliwog"

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Posted by Pappy 2008-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 From Wikipedia:

In unofficial military parlance of some countries which has become less common nowadays, the term "golliwog" was used to indicate a piece of equipment that has been tuned, upgraded, and possibly customised to the point where it is no longer similar to the stock item it started as.[citation needed] The term stems from the fact that although the Golliwog itself was black its standard form was featureless in a sense it was always represented as decorated smartly with, for example, ribbons and bows. It could be said to be found always dressed up in finery; no Golliwog was ever seen dressed conservatively.

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-06-29 00:16|| 2008-06-29 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 I have a four letter word, and a smackdown that's well-deserved as well. "Stupid pretty bitch" would start my Wiki entry....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-06-29 00:47|| 2008-06-29 00:47|| Front Page Top

#3 The probably meant to call her a salamander or newt.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-06-29 00:56|| 2008-06-29 00:56|| Front Page Top

#4 "I got better............"

Posted by no mo uro 2008-06-29 06:08|| 2008-06-29 06:08|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd have paid $10 to see her ruffed, cuffed and forcibly subdued on the way off the plane. I'd pay an extra five to see them put a few lumps on her head with a nightstick.

Her career is in the toilet anyway; she'll soon be the replacement for Whitney Houston as the leading example of the "rich black chick who blew it all with drugs" genre.

Posted by Lumpy Spusoth6394 2008-06-29 09:27|| 2008-06-29 09:27|| Front Page Top

#6 this skank could use about 6 months in jail to cool off...celebrities and celebrity culture in general are out of control.

Posted by Groting Bucket6626 aka Broadhead6 2008-06-29 09:44|| 2008-06-29 09:44|| Front Page Top

#7 It seems to be common for black criminals to claim that they were provoked by a white person calling them a racial epithet. Claiming that blacks can be provoked to violence by mere words would seem to be wrong message to send.

Posted by Formerly Dan 2008-06-29 11:30|| 2008-06-29 11:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Seems to be a lack of confidence to me.

Posted by Spats Shinter7948 2008-06-29 11:50|| 2008-06-29 11:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Didn't Creedence Clearwater Revival band originally call themselves The Golliwogs?

Posted by GK 2008-06-29 13:34|| 2008-06-29 13:34|| Front Page Top

#10 yep

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-06-29 13:37|| 2008-06-29 13:37|| Front Page Top

#11 I certainly hope British Air has BANNED her from future flights.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-06-29 14:22|| 2008-06-29 14:22|| Front Page Top

#12 She keeps pulling the black card in England and keeps wondering why it doesn't work.
Wrong country babe.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-06-29 18:21|| 2008-06-29 18:21|| Front Page Top

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