Sunday, February 5, 2012

Sometimes I Can't Help...

But to just L A U G H at some of the messages I get on Facebook! And then sometimes I have to laugh, shake my head and wonder what the heck is wrong with folks!

Last night of course was Superbowl XXXVI. I always know the year of the Superbowl because we are the same age, I realized this at Superbowl XXII which was a few years ago. Anyway on Facebook people had been making comments all night about commericals and the game. After the game and the Vince Lombardi trophy was being taken to the field and all the folks were touching and kissing the trophy and leaving prints all over that nice shiny trophy and I made a comment on my Facebook wall that said:

"I would be telling them boys to stop puttin their greasy lips on the shiny trophy!!"

I got a private message on Facebook from someone who said "Don't your think your comment is very racist? About the greasy lips...I'm just sayin". I wrote back and asked "why would it be racist?" *okie is seriously still trying to figure out why it would be a racist statement since people tend to leave a greasy print when they kiss something of a solid surface*.

I immediately had to call my friend Carmen, aka ScrapperDelighted and tell her about the message and she had to ask me to repeat it because I was laughing so hard when I called her. Of course it might have been because as soon as she answered the phone I said "OMG! I'M A RACIST!" to which she replied with "what the" and some rather non-lady like words that I will not repeat for the open public to read and then added "are you talking about?". When I told her we both cracked up laughing about it and she told me "she obviously doesn't know you or anything about you".

Then I got another message from the woman....

The woman responded with "There were more than a few AA kissing that trophy.
Not to make a big deal about it, but sometimes we get on Facebook and just say the first thing that comes to our mind and "poof" there ya go!"

I responded "uh I saw a bunch of people kissing the trophy...I didn't pay attention to if they were AA NA WA. All I know is that they were American men who played a good game.
I say what comes to my mind a lot. I can fix that for ya real quick. BUH BYE!"

I told my friend Carmen "I am just gonna remove her from my friends list that way she doesn't have to read what comes to my mind" and I preceded to remove the woman from my friends list.

Was it because I was upset about her sending me a private message? Nope. I get a lot of private messages on Facebook.

Was it because I was offended by her calling me a racist? Nope. I am not offended by people calling me something that I am not.

I removed her because she obviously gets upset about people posting "what comes to their mind" on their own Facebook wall. I feel it is MY Facebook Wall just as this is my website and if I want to write about something in MY OWN spaces then I am allowed to do so. If someone is going to be offended then I can remove them so they don't have to read what pops into my mind. I have always told folks "if ya don't like what I post then don't read it and don't come to my blog" and I guess I need to make the same statement about my Facebook.

I just wonder how many other people I offend by writing what pops into my mind...oh wait...it doesn't really matter because I can say what ever I want IN MY HOUSE  *okie falls out chair laughing*.

21 comments:

  1. Yes you can!!!!!!.....There is that old saying.......You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time....That is so true,

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  2. obviously NOT a close friend if she wrote something like that. I would have deleted her too! The group I was with also made remarks about the nastiness of the trophy by the time it made it to the field. becareful ROFLAO that you don't get hurt!

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  3. You go girl! It is "Your House" and you can say anything you want!! Funny, I thought the trophy had too many "prints" on it's shiney surface too. In fact that was my first thought.

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  4. I think the person that commented is actual the racist. She's the one that thought your comment was racist and you didn't.

    You knoe what they say...
    "thou dost protest too much"

    LOL

    Keep on rockin' it girl!!!
    Crystal

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  5. Wow...just wow! I can't believe she got upset over that. There were so many kissing the trophy and I was thinking of the germs involved! And it did have icky looking prints all over it! You did exactly what I would have....removed that person from my friends list! Life is waaayyy too short!

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  6. Yep! That's the most ridiculous, funniest thing I ever heard! I went to bed before the end of the game and didn't see the trophy-kissing, but when I read your post I thought Ewww! Germs! Who would wanna be kissing all over that dang trophy?! And wherre in the heck does the "racist" connection come from after your comment about the greasy lips??? That person has way too much time on her hands to read your one post and then come to that conclusion about you. This is obviously the first post of yours she has ever read and she is no friend of yours! Please don't stop sharing whatever is on your mind - it always makes my day!

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  7. Well Okie, we know where her mind was if she assumed that you were being racist! The unfriend button is a good thing. Love ya, girlie. eileen

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  8. People are (can be) idiots. Personally I'd love to be your fb friend, your posts crack me up so the random fb updates would probably have me rolling :)

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  9. I am not your Facebook friend (I should be, you are too much fun!!!) but when I read "greasy lips" on your blog, my first thought was cuz they were hot and sweaty and been playing football. My next though was they had been eating buffalo wings! LOVE your blog! It brightens my day.

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  10. I agree with Crystal. The person that sent that message to you has to be the racist one to make something of a comment like that!
    We could all use a lesson from you about removing negative people from our lives!
    You keep on keeping on because I sure enjoy reading the stuff that pops into your head!

    Thanks for the inspiration,
    Cindy :)

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  11. See... Now I would NEVER even thought that comment was anything but your opinion! Even if I didn't know you! How could someone get a racist comment out of it???? Makes noooo sense to me! And you are soooo right! It's YOUR Facebook/Blog etc. Why do people think it's ok to say things like that? If they didn't like it... they could have unfriended you as well... or not come to your blog.... I swear there are alot of not so bright people in the world! They take everything wayyyyy to seriously! :o)

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  12. I read her comment on your blog and immediately thought - too many slobbery, sweaty kisses on that piece of hardware for me! I surely didn't think about the race card.
    You go girl!
    I am a senior Canadian fan.

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  13. I read her comment on your blog and immediately thought - too many slobbery, sweaty kisses on that piece of hardware for me! I surely didn't think about the race card.
    You go girl!
    I am a senior Canadian fan.

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  14. I must be racist, too.....I said the exact same thing when I was watching it! One of the many reasons I come to your blog and Facebook page is because you say what comes to your mind and it's usually pretty hilarious! Thanks for being yourself, it's refreshing!

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  15. I love reading your blog because you say what comes to you mind. You make me laugh and we all need a good laugh every day.
    I was thinking, Being from Wisconsin home to the Vince Lombardi Trophy, they could have shined it up when they had all finished kissing it. It wasn't shinny when they presented it.
    That was some game. I was sad my Packers were not there but it was a good game. The boys did play hard.

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  16. My first thought was chapstick! I have a daughter who is never without lipgloss, so that is what I pictured. Btw, you are hilarious! Love your blog.
    carolyn in nebraska

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  17. It makes me wonder what a judgemental person's childhood was like to make her the way she is. Glad my parents expectations of me were fair and realistic!

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  18. as the song says "god is great, beer is good, and people are crazy"!

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  19. I couldn't wait to leave a comment here, but once I read thru them everyone else has posted what I was going to say! So now that just leaves me with.....AMEN! Ditto to the above comments. Okie, you're awesome!

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  20. Ilove your feisty attitude - go girl! I look forward to your posts, and agree, say what you want. sounds to me like she was the racist...

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  21. hahahahaha like you said ... it's your wall and i think you can say what you want. and furthermore i wouldn't want to be the one cleaning that trophy. giggles

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