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August in North Carolina is akin to camping at the gates of hell. Temperatures can average, with heat index, well over 100 degrees. As a result, most people tend to wear the bare minimum.
Let me repeat: MOST.
When driving home from church - in 100+ degree weather last weekend, Nooze and I spotted an exception. It was one of those kids. You know the kind: dressed in the long baggy Emo pants with a long sleeve hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses, biker boots - and an I-Pod. The hood on the sweatshirt was UP, by the way.
While we waited for the stoplight to change, Nooze slowly looked him over and commented "Momma, he looks like a YO."
"A WHAT?" I asked (only because I thought she said 'ho').
"A YO", she repeated.
"What is a YO?"
Her answer: "You know, a 'YO!'
The last line was said in a wanna be New Yorker Gangsta voice (mixed with southern drawl) - while throwing what appeared to be a gang sign.
Savor the mental image, people: My daughter is blond, and her school ID tagged her at 47 lbs, 48 inches tall...
I love this kid.
Let me repeat: MOST.
When driving home from church - in 100+ degree weather last weekend, Nooze and I spotted an exception. It was one of those kids. You know the kind: dressed in the long baggy Emo pants with a long sleeve hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses, biker boots - and an I-Pod. The hood on the sweatshirt was UP, by the way.
While we waited for the stoplight to change, Nooze slowly looked him over and commented "Momma, he looks like a YO."
"A WHAT?" I asked (only because I thought she said 'ho').
"A YO", she repeated.
"What is a YO?"
Her answer: "You know, a 'YO!'
The last line was said in a wanna be New Yorker Gangsta voice (mixed with southern drawl) - while throwing what appeared to be a gang sign.
Savor the mental image, people: My daughter is blond, and her school ID tagged her at 47 lbs, 48 inches tall...
I love this kid.
posted by rennratt at 6:32 AM
16 Comments:
Oh, yeah. Gotta get those gang signs early. Wouldn't wanna flip somebody the wrong sign and end up, I dunno, pants'd 'r sumpin'.
You know...every time I see the word EMO, I think someone's misspelling ELMO, and then wonder, "what the heck are ELMO pants????"...LOLOL!!!
A YO! Priceless....
That is tooooo funny!! Buddy used to say things like that around the same age (and a litle younger). Love it. :-)
I wear Elmo pants all the time. What's so funny about that?
It's been miserable here too. The heat is heavy and suffocating. It sure isn't cool like Maine...
My daughters are always telling me the difference between a Goth and an Emo, a Prep and a Poseur and a Geek.
Personally I think they're all a bundle of immature hormones trying to make a statement on the outside while trying to hide what's on the inside.
Kids...you gotta love em...
I love that kid, too!
YO!
That's excellent.
She can't be 47 pounds at 4 feet, Renn. Can she? One pound per inch of height seems way too low but I certainly don't remember what I weighed when I was that height... I'm closer to 3 pounds per inch of height now.
Utenzi -
I promise you - my kid is slim built and impossible to fit. Thank God for 'inside elastics' on kids' clothes!
She is actually closer to 4'3" now - and weighs around 50 lbs.
That isn't a typo.
Well, at least she's hip to the times. You will have a blast one day when she's grown and you go back and read your blog.
I'm not trying to hate or anything, but just so you know, "Yo" is a term many police use in inner cities to describe black kids who are members of gangs or who wish to be members of gangs, and thus to some people it has a prejudiced/racist connotation.
You don't mention the race of the kid and in no way do I think your daughter would know about that, but you should it comes up in a different context.
It's not the "N" word or anything, but in the wrong situation it could cause trouble down the road.
Just a heads-up.
Dude. The kid was whiter than white.
Thus the EMO reference.
That wasn't what I was trying to point out. I was just saying that calling someone a "yo" is sometimes frowned upon, and I figured better you know than now know.
This was awfully funny... and then I read Lindas comment and damn near laughed up my toenails.
Too funny!!
I have seen a few people dressed like that, especially homeless guys, but I guess they have to wear everything they own, right?
That is the most accurate and brilliant description of a Deep South summer I have ever seen.
And it sounds like your daughter is a very astute observer of character. Very cool.
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