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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2011-11-22 11:00 am

Interesting Links for 22-11-2011

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2011-11-22 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
And as an addendum to 7:

7a. Any half-black, half-white actor or actress is considered to be 'black'. In fact the ratio can be less than half for the actor or actress to still be considered 'black'.

(To be fair, this rule isn't restricted to acting in the US. The same rule applies to politicians - including the president. There is also the homeopathic Irishman rule whereby any American politician with even the tiniest drop of Irish blood in his ancestry can claim to be Irish.)

[identity profile] alitheapipkin.livejournal.com 2011-11-22 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a homeopathic Scots rule for Americans too I think, and it doesn't just apply to politicians.
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[personal profile] fearmeforiampink 2011-11-23 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Homeopathic Scots rule also applies at weddings.

[identity profile] danieldwilliam.livejournal.com 2011-11-24 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I once had a frustrating conversation with a homeopathic Scot (or Mock Jock) from California about Scottish Independence and the restoration of the Stuart monarchy. He refusal to accept that the fact that his great, great, great, great, great grandfather once ate haggis did not qualify him to have a vote on whether we should turn our Northern European social democracy into an ultra-montane Catholic divine right Kingdom of Brigadoon for his picturesque viewing pleasure still irritates me more than it should.