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Fritz
03-03-2004, 10:13 AM
"grown folk be grown"
miami_fan
03-03-2004, 10:14 AM
"grown folk be grown"

Adults should act like adults
Fritz
03-03-2004, 10:33 AM
I don;t think that is it. let me put it in context.

"Well, what can you say, grown folk be grown."

edit: I understand the sentiment, just not actual meaning.
Franklinnoble
03-03-2004, 10:43 AM
Parents just don't understand.
Fritz
03-03-2004, 10:46 AM
Parents just don't understand.


is that guess or are you pretty sure?
corbes
03-03-2004, 10:53 AM
maybe it's a way of dismissing someone's unpleasant character traits? as in, well, he's ignorant because he grew up that way?
Franklinnoble
03-03-2004, 10:54 AM
is that guess or are you pretty sure?

That's a wild guess.
Franklinnoble
03-03-2004, 10:56 AM
maybe it's a way of dismissing someone's unpleasant character traits? as in, well, he's ignorant because he grew up that way?

Sort of like "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
BigJohn&TheLions
03-03-2004, 06:53 PM
"grown folk be grown"
is that Shakespeare?
mckerney
03-03-2004, 06:57 PM
"grown folk be grown"

God loves a working man?
korme
03-03-2004, 07:02 PM
i shot the sherrif, but i did not the deputy
corbes
03-03-2004, 07:03 PM
Are you sure it wasn't "groan folk be groan"? Cause that could mean, like, if a bunch of bad comedians were in a room, and one of the bad comedians made a bad joke, then they all would kind of groan at the joke. Or, more simply, "groan folk be groan."
Noop
03-03-2004, 07:04 PM
"grown folk be grown"
grown folk means older people 30+; be grown means having adult problems according to my "ghetto" slang.

So it mean older people have adult problems...
corbes
03-03-2004, 07:04 PM
i shot the sherrif, but i did not the deputy

Who shot who in the what now?
Noop
03-03-2004, 07:04 PM
Anyone know what "What they do" means?
thesloppy
03-03-2004, 07:08 PM
I thought Magic Johnson's show was cancelled long ago?
Fritz
03-03-2004, 07:21 PM
grown folk means older people 30+; be grown means having adult problems according to my "ghetto" slang.

So it mean older people have adult problems...


Are you fairly sure or are you guessing?
Pumpy Tudors
03-03-2004, 07:58 PM
Is it really not obvious? This must be a joke.
Noop
03-03-2004, 08:00 PM
Are you fairly sure or are you guessing?
I'm fairly sure according to the slang here in miami.
Fritz
03-03-2004, 08:42 PM
I'm fairly sure according to the slang here in miami.

Thanks
Pumpy Tudors
03-03-2004, 08:53 PM
Why am I not convinced that that's what it means? I thought it meant the more obvious meaning.
Fritz
03-03-2004, 08:57 PM
what is the more obvious meaning?
Franklinnoble
03-04-2004, 12:01 AM
Why are you asking? Where did you hear this? What's so important about a grammatically poor euphamism?
Fritz
03-04-2004, 05:58 AM
if I had wanted to mention that, I would have done so by now.
Pumpy Tudors
03-04-2004, 09:47 AM
But it's obvious!!
The Afoci
03-04-2004, 06:38 PM
The mean streets of hawley have taught me that grown folks be grown means that old folks are old, they aren't going to change.

Rough translation, I haven't been a rowdy one for a while.