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FIRST!!!
ok, ok I couldnt resist, but HEY this is MY caption so I guess I can post a first and now be PAWNED!
Check out my other LOLs by clicking on my name!
Jonathan
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William Whipper (1804–1876) was an African American abolitionist and businessman. He advocated nonviolence and co-founded the American Moral Reform Society, an early African American abolitionist organization.
Born February 22, 1804 to an African American house servant and her white employer. William Whipper epitomized the unique prosperity that Northern Blacks were able to attain in the mid-1800s. Willian had three siblings Alfred, Benjamin and Mary Ann. Whipper was a successful businessman and played a key role in the antislavery movement as a reformer.
William Whipper was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1804 and after moving to Philadelphia in the 1820s, he began focusing his energies on his business pursuits. In 1834 he opened a free labor and temperance grocery store. His support of the temperance movement was motivated by liquors destructive effect on Africa and the belief that alcohol consumption was a contributing factor for Africans selling their own people into slavery.1 In conjunction with his support for the temperance movement, Whipper began actively participating in the antislavery movement as well
In 1835 Whipper relocated to Columbia, Pennsylvania with fellow black entrepreneur Stephen Smith. The pair created one of the state’s premier lumberyards and accrued substantial wealth demonstrating the benefits of northern freedom. Whipper used his newfound wealth to further his personal fight for moral reform and abolition. He utilized his assets to the benefit of the antislavery movement by helping runaway slaves escape to the north. His sister Mary Ann married James Hollensworth and settled in Dresden, Ontario, Canada, a final destination on the Underground Railroad. Mary Ann and James were the overseers of William Whipper’s investments in Dresden. William Whipper operated a major underground railroad station and provided shelter for slaves primarily from Virginia and Maryland, moving them in part in the railroad cars he owned.
Whipper’s ideology regarding antislavery was unique and complex. One of his main tenets rested in moral reform. Moral reform refers to the idea that the abolitionist movement “served as a check on the evil dispositions of blacks and inculcated moral principles.”3
Initially Whipper believed that white prejudice against Black Americans stemmed from the condition in which blacks found themselves, not just the color of their skin. In order to overcome their condition, Whipper stipulated that “blacks had to improve their mental, economic, and moral situations.”4 By making such improvements, blacks would seemingly conform to white standards of living, making social acceptance more attainable.
Another key component of Whipper’s ideology was rooted in idea of nonviolence and rational persuasion. At the age of 24, Whipper published his famous speech Address on Non-Resistance to Offensive Aggression. This address suggested that nonviolent means of moral righteousness were necessary to encourage a peaceful political movement towards change. This address has been a considered a precursor to what would become some of the same nonviolent strategies followed during later civil rights movements.
Furthermore, Whipper demonstrated his dedication to the notion of moral reform via the creation of the American Moral Reform Society. In 1835 he attended the annual convention of the Improvement of Free People of Color. He urged delegates to adopt a resolution, which ended the usage of the word “colored.”5 Because of his persistence, the delegates decided to organize a society that would have no racial boundaries. The convention gave birth to the American Moral Reform Society, and gave Whipper credit as a founding father. The American Moral Reform Society attempted to promote general aims such as educating blacks, establishing a black press, and printing histories of the blacks.6
Thats very interesting.. but WHAT does that have to do with the LOL??
JOnathan
Ordinal post rule.
you post first, you get random factoid. Which is really the only reason to do it, random facts can be fun.
Ahhh! – yes I understand!
Jonathan
Although I can understand the excitement of managing to get the ordinal post on your own LOL. In fact, I think this is about the second time I’ve seen it happen ever across the entire Cheeznet, including ICHC.
If you are NOT Ivan, that just who are you? Impostor!
*than*
or maybe even *then*
*sigh*
I have got to stop posting before I’ve had my morning cup of tea.
Huh!? Just where are you, and what nationality are you> I thought it was only the English who drank tea in the morning!
No, I’m American but I can’t stand the taste of coffee unless you dump a bunch of milk and sweetener in it, which doesn’t do much to quench your thirst. My mom always drank tea and when we were kids she’d give us tea with honey when we were sick. Also, when we lived in Alaska it’s always nice to have something warm to drink when you come in out of the cold, and we couldn’t have hot chocolate every day. I think I started drinking tea on a regular basis in the 5th grade and now that’s pretty much all I drink.
i learned how to drink out of a cup by stealing my moms tea mug every morning. she never drinks the bottom 1/2″ (no clue why) so i would take it and drink it.
now i drink almost exclusively tea. every once in a while i go to starbucks and get a “coffee flavored milk and sugar and syrup” sort of drink. but actual coffee tastes like dirt. blech.
You don’t drink coffee for the taste, you drink it to wake up. Having it taste as foul as possible, and ideally nearly but not quite burn your mouth, really helps.
Back when I was a student, I used to be a connoisseur of terrible coffee. The cheaper and nastier the cafe, the greater the chance of paydirt. Greasy tables were the real giveaways.
Oh, how untrue! I love a good Ethiopian Sidamo, and Starbuck’s Kenyan Blend is delicious. There are a lot more out there that are delicious, but those are the two I know the names of.
Frankly, you can keep the tea, especially if Lipton had anything to do with it. Well, not fair I guess, I’ve tasted some wonderful flavors at: {http://www.taooftea.com/}
You’ve both put up some very useful advice, this college kid thanks you both respectively.
Bad coffee= Study time, Taooftea= tasty. Got it.
I don’t get any of you. I think tea and coffee both taste awful. The only way you can make either taste even remotely decent is by altering it to the point where it doesn’t taste even remotely like it did to start off. Weird part, coffee smells good. WTF is up with the brewing process that makes it taste so awful?
*takes a sip of Pepsi–caffeinated beverage of choice*
Most forms of brewing coffee take far, far too long. After six minutes in contact with hot water, coffee starts to develop unpleasant bitter flavors. Try the cold water concentrate method: soak a pound of coarsely coffee in 11 cups of water for 24 hours, and strain. Mix two to three tablespoons of concentrate per eight ounce cup of hot water. If you start with good, freshly roasted and freshly ground coffee, it will be incredible, and very different from any coffee you’ve had, because it will taste almost exactly like it smells.
@Seth: That’s interesting, I hadn’t heard of that method. Of course I can see myself calling into work: “I’m going to be a little late. I’m still waiting for my coffee to brew….what? Oh, about another 18 hours. Yup. See you tomorrow, then!”
@diss: the concentrate will keep for a week or two in the fridge, or six months if you freeze it into ice cubes, perfect for iced coffee in the summer!
I’d kill for a Duncachino.
Trust me when I say that the coffee you get in the cafe’s here far exceeds anything you get in the States. You seldom find brewed coffee (except at McD’s), but instead you get it from an espresso machine.
So untrue. Why, I have a coffee shop just across the street that produces world class coffee. They’ve got a big old-style Diedrich roaster that looks like a locomotive, and they know how to use it. Seriously, I had a GF in college who worked at Willoughby’s in New Haven, CT; widely regarded as one of the world’s best roasters, they send their own agents to estates around the world to taste test and purchase coffee. Anyway, Willoughby’s is good, but so is my little mom and pop coffee shop.
Ah, free market capitalism at its best. These guys really are a mom and pop operation, the business is four years old now and finally turning a profit. Not as much as the two of them made before, but they are far, far happier. They love what they do, and it shows in the product. Haha! Now I’ve brought the free market into it and you can’t disagree with me without dissing small business owners.
Sorry, you’re correct. My brush was too broad..
Well, as to that, tea has caffeine in it too, just not as much. It’s all about what you’ve trained your body to need. Since I drink a cup of tea first thing in the morning then that bit of caffeine is enough to, if not make me perky (no amount can do that in the morning) then at least let me function. On the other hand, I can drink espresso right before going to bed and having no problems falling asleep. I can pretty much sleep anywhere, anytime.
Jane, have you ever tried a chai latte? Even better, a vanilla chai latte.
Yeah, I like chai but I only get it occasionally as a treat.
This American drinks tea too, morning and night. PG tips, anyone?
Tell me what you mean by PG, I don’t recognize it.
It’s the brand, PG Tips…it’s a delicious black tea, but it’s not available in most US stores. It’s English, I believe, but you can order it online. YUM!
Ah, I see. When I have the time I love to do the whole loose tea thing. I once went to a tea store in Chicago that was amazing and it smelled so good in there. Usually I have neither the time nor the energy, so I stick a bag in water and microwave it. I’m so gauche.
One of the more popular brands of tea on the UK market. The company was started by Peggy Green, and supplied tea made from only the tips of branches: PG tips.
Just the tip! ha ha ha ha
With cream? One lump or two?
It’s hard to decide.
Wow!! I really kicked something off there!
I was surprised because the stereotype here is that Americans drink hugely weak coffee, and don’t drink tea!
And on the PG Tips point, IIRC it’s made from the tips of the leaves of the tea bushes!
Hey, it was a fun thread! I was thought that if I ever gave up on teaching and went into business for myself I’d either have a tea shop or a children’s bookshop.
There’s lots of businesses over here that combine a bookshop with a cafe, tearoom, coffee bar, or something of the sort. I’m just saying doing both at once is a valid business model.
my favorite tea is actually a boxed christmas tea from celestial seasonings. i usually prefer a good english breakfast or something… but when it comes to christmas time and nutcracker sweet is on the shelves i buy it in bulk… mmmmmm. i’ve still got a few boxes at home.
buy enough in 1 month to last the whole year!
It wasn’t me
No no baby it wasn’t me
Yeah, you must’ve met some other body,
No, no child it wasn’t me.
I’m new, and terribly late in replying cleverly to comments.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…but WTF is THIS? LOL
Worry not, I stand by the original.
I as well, this person is not nearly as mildly annoying as our dear Ivan.
*is moved to wipe a single tear*
And nobody else could be such a helpful and willing Torture Minion… Ivan is irreplaceable.
*sniff*
It makes me want to tie someone up and wield the Slugger.
I got a hobo just for you buddy. You earned it. *pats on the back*
Aww, you’re the best messiah, president and master a guy could ever have!
I know, I even got you a couple spares in case the first one gives out. Enjoy. ^_^
“Check out my other LOLs by clicking on my name!”
i’d prefer not to. this is the second front page “LOL” of yours in as many days and i’ve yet to LOL. in fact they’re a lot closer to “beat my head against a brick wall in hopes that something funny will eventually make it to the homepage so all these lame ass captions can go away”.
Oh, I don’t know, this one’s not bad. I generally like metalols.
this one is remotely better than the others recently… but the amount of really REALLY unfunny LOLs making it onto the homepage is almost as bad as just before the election (or when every other LOL was from literal).
Fair point.
And I don’t know why I keep making them. Some of the one’s I have made I thought were quite original and funny, yet we still get the one’s that are meh..
i laughed at a few of yours. keep up the good work… maybe one day the funny will return.
Likewise; in fact I generally like metajokes and puns better than I like obvious stuff like, say, “You might be a redneck if you go to NASCAR and don’t need a programme”.
Yeah, me too.
I think this one’s pretty funneh
God I wish you’d get PAWNED. I’d personally shred the ticket.
Read Doonesbury much Jonathan?
OHNOEZ!!!
Barack Obama has been captured by Dr Evil!
new caption : “And that, sir, is where we keep the “laserz”
Where are my fricken sharks with fricken laser beams attached to their heads?
I have HAD it with these muthaF@#$in lasers on this muthaF@#$in shark!
Wow, Obama is 6′1″, that general must be TALL
Thats why Obama looks worried…
GEN Odierno is huge! We see him in the dining facility about once a week and he towers over everyone.
Punctuation fail….
And that, sir, is correct.
Unless there’s a guy somewhere up above the caption …
Booooo….. I wanted to be the grammar nazi.
*cues theme from Gunsmoke*
wangity wangity wangity wangity wang-eeee
wangity wangity wangity wangity wangity wangity wang-i-teee
I’m so proud of you… *hugs*
*huggles and huggles*
*huggles and nibbles*
*swoons and faints*
*peaks out of one eye*
*bites some more*
Hmmm, now a test of character. A woman at a disadvantage… What to do, what to do…
I’m sure you’ll do something clever to go out with a wang – I mean bang – I mean …
Obama doesn’t seem to be enjoying the explanation of captions.
But whether he likes them or not…he’s gonna have to get used to them :/
…with the absence of telepromptors in desolate areas he would surely welcome ‘large honking captions’ for clarification…
Wonderful metahumor.