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Grex > Archive > #16: The white people with 'crown' in car item |  |
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tnt
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The white people with 'crown' in car item
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Jan 30 22:52 UTC 1993 |
This is the item to post your sightings of white motorists displaying one
of those crowns on their dash or rear deck.
Please report date, time, location, make/model of automobile, estimated
age of the caucasian driver, gender, # number of passgeners in the
vehicle, & any other pertinent data.
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tnt
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response 1 of 76:
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Jan 30 22:54 UTC 1993 |
30 JAN 93, 3:03PM EST. A single white male in a grey Ford Crown Victoria,
headed East on Washtenaw Avenue at Oakwood in Ypsilanti. Approximate age: 50.
Location of crown: center of rear deck.
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danr
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response 2 of 76:
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Jan 30 22:58 UTC 1993 |
I saw an older couple in a van with a crown on the dash the other night.
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lenscap
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response 3 of 76:
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Jan 31 00:05 UTC 1993 |
What's the deal with those things? And why are they allegedly,
as it seems to be implied here, an inherently "white" ornamentation?
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ecl
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response 4 of 76:
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Jan 31 00:25 UTC 1993 |
Where do people get those things ?
does it come with their butter ? or What ?
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steve
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response 5 of 76:
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Jan 31 00:40 UTC 1993 |
What do they mean? I only startred seeing them about 3 months ago.
It seemed that the time that only africian-americans had them. So what
does it all mean?
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eric2
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response 6 of 76:
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Jan 31 01:09 UTC 1993 |
Parkay......butter.
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jeffk
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response 7 of 76:
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Jan 31 01:17 UTC 1993 |
They're deodorizers for your car. Don't know WHY they picked a crown for a
container....????
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tnt
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response 8 of 76:
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Jan 31 05:42 UTC 1993 |
They are predominantly a BLACK thang! It is very rare to see one in the
car of white folk, hence, my effort to track sightings...
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bap
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response 9 of 76:
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Jan 31 06:54 UTC 1993 |
WEll, being anti-racist, I shall have to go out and by one right away!
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meg
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response 10 of 76:
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Jan 31 14:05 UTC 1993 |
A few weeks ago I went to Murray's Auto to buy some windshield wipers, and
they had stacks and stacks of crowns on display.
(In case anyone wants one)
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shf
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response 11 of 76:
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Jan 31 14:56 UTC 1993 |
Ditto
( The first I had ever seen these crowns was when I went to Murray's to
buy windshield wipers. Of course Murray's has all sorts of perverse
auto deodorants )
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danr
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response 12 of 76:
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Jan 31 15:58 UTC 1993 |
Geez, and here I thought they were a symbol of the Pope being the Prince
of Christ. :)
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ecy
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response 13 of 76:
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Jan 31 16:20 UTC 1993 |
They're also available (or a variant thereof), through a mail order offer
off the back of Royal Crown (I believe) hair dressing, a thing used by
some blacks to do stuff to their hair
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steve
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response 14 of 76:
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Jan 31 18:52 UTC 1993 |
Yes, but what do they mean? I really don't care what type of human cares
to install them in a car. I would however, like to know what they mean!
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rcurl
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response 15 of 76:
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Jan 31 20:01 UTC 1993 |
That the car stunk/stinks - before or after.
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headdoc
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response 16 of 76:
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Jan 31 21:27 UTC 1993 |
I've noticed them and I had started to think that they were the sign of a
secret society. I am so glad I belong to Grex where I can clear up all my
misconceptions.
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steve
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response 17 of 76:
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Jan 31 21:45 UTC 1993 |
Well, so far we've only cleared up some misconceptions. I STILL want to
know what they mean!
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bk
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response 18 of 76:
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Feb 1 01:33 UTC 1993 |
Re #8: I know a Phillipino with these crowns and an Indian (from India, not
Native American) who is getting them.
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humpty
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response 19 of 76:
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Feb 1 05:48 UTC 1993 |
The crown doesn't represent anything. It's just a car fad, like really
darkly tinted windows, loud stereos/huge speakers, and the lights that travel
around license plates in a circular pattern.
It's funny, because I have only seen these crowns in the cars of African
Americans, UNTIL TODAY! I actually saw a red Bronco with a white male driving
with one on his dash. Amazing!
I have also seen huge stacks of them at Murray's Discount Auto near the front
counter. I don't ever recall seeing them anywhere else.
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mcnally
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response 20 of 76:
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Feb 1 07:11 UTC 1993 |
(mcnally blatantly introduces item drift..) Also, when did all of the
Masonic emblems start showing up on the backs of cars in the Detroit
area? The ones I'm talking about are on circular badges about 2 1/2"
across. I'm sure I've never seen them in western Michigan.. Are they
a Detroit-area thing (actually I see them mostly in Dearborn) or are
they just a recent development..
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eric2
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response 21 of 76:
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Feb 1 23:36 UTC 1993 |
If it's an air freshener, why do I see people driving around with four or
five of them sitting on the dashboard? Something must be really wrong with
them or their car....and whatever happened to the Playboy air fresheners that
you see hanging from the rear-view mirrow?
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jeffk
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response 22 of 76:
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Feb 2 00:27 UTC 1993 |
Into the feminist wastebin.
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meg
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response 23 of 76:
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Feb 2 03:13 UTC 1993 |
I once had a Mr. T air freshener, but at the last minute decided not to
open the cellophane on account of I didn't necessarily want my car to
smell like Mr. T.
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humpty
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response 24 of 76:
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Feb 2 07:28 UTC 1993 |
Re 21: It's not for air freshner purposes, it's a fad, the more the better.
I've seen up to 4-6 in one vehicle.
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