GRGR 31 Shit'n'Shinola (is Re: Eminem (was: Influenced by GR?)
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Sun Jul 30 22:33:46 CDT 2000
>From: Paul Mackin I don't know shit from shinola about who now stands for
>what in this discussion but the obvious problem with P's new interpretation
>of shit 'n' shinola is not especially that it is a complete antithesis of
>the traditional meaning of the phrase "shit FROM shinola" as just correctly
>defined by Seaman Bodine and which Malcolm would have known well and
>applied frequently to his Harvard student customers, but that no self
>respecting shoe shine boy would have allowed a product an execrable as
>Shinola into his shoeshine box. Shinola in case anyone has forgotten was a
>paint/dye like substance
Plus, don't forget it was the grease paint that the star of the first big
"talkie" used to make himself black! Al Jolson broke the sound barrier as a
BLACK MAN! Shinola all over your face!
YOWW-ZAAA!
DM
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