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Cosmo Blues
Aug 11
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BOSSHOG
(43,620 posts)1. Thank You, Great Stuff
I listen to B B Kings Bluesville every day.
Cosmo Blues
(3,125 posts)2. Was fortunate enough to see
BB King and Freddy King at the Whiskey Ago Go many moon ago. I also have to say, I didn't watch it but, wasn't Boss Hog a racist sheriff or something in an old TV show?
BOSSHOG
(43,620 posts)3. Yes he was
Mine is reference to the University of Arkansas and my time in the Navy. A not necessarily complimentary nickname which I accepted.
Cosmo Blues
(3,125 posts)4. No offense
I'm I am just trying to understand the logic of one, accepting a racist nickname, two, using it on a site full of Democrats?