An architect really named a home plan this. He had no idea what it ment. He had to rename it.
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I found the monkey… No wait, it’s just a window, damn…
Get with the times, old man!
*dusts off personalized pink sparkly bat*
*takes stance*
*takes aim*
*THWACK!*
*watches troll’s empty head fly into the distance*
*shades forehead with hand*
*squints*
OOoooo — nice one! You really got behind it, Gracie!
*golf claps*
*considers taking a bow*
*changes her mind*
*squeezes LGB instead*
*flips scoreboard*
Grace – 100, annoying, mindless, buffoonish troll – 0
*tickles*
*squeezes*
*tickles some more*
*curtsies*
*cleans bat to get troll germs off*
*holds up a placard with 11 on it*
…’Cuz that one went to eleven.
*squeezes her favorite dragon*
*THWACK!!!!*
*THWACKS* again for good measure…
*squeezes her defender*
BAM, not that I want you to shoot Gracie, but you should always check the barrel…
ht tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwFbiEk9Eyc
It would be safe, wouldn’t it? Judy’s busy, I think…
*squeeze*
She may just want us to think she’s busy! I’m not taking that chance!
Very prudent. Good thinking…
*heard from behind scoreboard*
Judy, I knew you’d be hiding somewhere!
*squeeze*
monkey rules!
yes, yes it does
𨳒
First!11
To-Do List: fail at failblog /signed.
*facepalm*
This scares me just a little bit…
yo that’s racist dawg
No it is not. It’s cool… he’s taking it back.
It must be right next to the Quik Stop and the Mooby’s.
Ever go ass to mouth?
You never go ass to mouth!
You’re full of sh!t, and you know it!
Wow, how unfortunate for 5 Eagles that his innocent comment just happened to appear racist in light of what that expression means! What terribly horrible rotten luck! And it seems to happen to him so often, both here and on ICHC! I know I’d hate to appear bigoted even by accident so if I were him and that sort of thing kept happening to me, I’d just not bother posting anymore.
It’s a nice dream, LCB. It’s a nice dream…
5 eagles is always accusing others of being racist towards him. Irony much?
Do you think we could be so lucky?
*squeeze*
Yeah thats just straight ignant
…Banana hammock?
No, it’s “curved yellow fruit” hammock…
It’s okay! He’s taking it back!
Porch Monkey 4 life!
RANDAL!!
Dante!!
double win
^—win—taking it back for the white man!!!
Uhm, I don’t get it.
What does “Porch Monkey Manor” mean and why is it a Fail to call a house this way?
Porch is special roof above an entrance, I know it.
Monkey is an animal, I know what it is.
Manor is an “upper class house”, I know what it means.
But what does all the words in combination mean?
Please, Fail Blog, if you are posting Fails/Wins that only native English speaking people can understand then please give a short explanation for all the other languages..
I think the fail is that a Monkey has nothing to do with a Porch or a Manor.
Porch monkey is a derogatory slang term for black people. Usually colloquial to the southern United States. It’s outdated, but it’s still pretty rude….
actually still used often in the south to this day
Oh yeah, did you see that on tv? I live in probably the most southern (culturally) place there is, and have only heard that term once in my life…and it was by a black person being funny.
You little porch monkey. Stop being such a touchy libertard baby.
really? I live in a not-so-southern state, and I’ve heard this term many times… maybe everyone around you is trying to be too politically correct?
I’ve lived in various extreme southern states (rural and city) and have never heard the term either.
Perhaps it’s a term Northerners expect Southerners to be using?
Definitely not a southern expression. I’ve lived all around the south my entire life and I’ve never heard anybody use it.
Never heard it either. I’ve heard much worse terms in the South.
I grew up in the south, have lived in various places in the south and have never heard this expression. Of course, I also don’t hang around people who would use that expression.
Ditto!
wait wait wait…what? porch monkey=black people? what? what is that even supposed to mean? whats the point? it doesn’t make sense!
Must agree – can’t even seem to puzzle that one out. Does it imply that a person has lots of leisure time and spends it on their porch?
I’ve never heard that, and I have lived In Virginia and Maryland and New Jersey. And up North there were some friends who were quite racist and never said this (but would have if they knew it would insult people).
I thought the fail was that the house looked like a fance version of a zoo building…
The expression refers to black people hanging out on their porches – as if they loiter around with nothing useful to do.
Drive past any low-rent apartment complex and you’ll quickly figure out the meaning.
“My giant monkey- form!”
Ohhh, ohhhhh!!! /facepalm. I am 45 and American, and still didn’t know that…lolz i was confuzzled, thought it meant small children, and couldn’t figure out the bad funny.
Use Google much?
Point one: I never use Google. Why should I? There a way better search engines that do not save all you data.
Point two: Yeah, now that I know what a “porch monkey” is, it seems you are one. Instead of telling me look somewhere outside of Failblog you could have told me answer right away.
The stupid is strong in this one.
Not onlee stoopid, but can’t reed and right gud eethur!
LMAO at Nick^ HAHAHAHA
Darling, you have to learn something about the internet– No one is going to do the searching for you. People get fed up when you ask questions that you could have found yourself. I am warning you for the future, people do not take kindly to ignorance.
People generally don’t mind ignorance, it is the downright “I don’t know nothin’ and I don’t wanna learn – just tell me now!” morons that tend to feel the wrath of stupidity time and time again.
I had someone say to me the other day that a dictionary was “for them rich folk” when he was too dumb to understand something in a post………
Actually, when I googled the term, the first hit brought me back to failblog.
“define: porch monkey”
l2google.
Point one: Until you understand why statements like “a way better search engines” are comprised of fail, you will fail to understand why you fail.
Point two: Give someone a fish and they eat for a day. Teach someone to fish and they eat for life. That’s just something to think about next time you steal some time on your mother’s computer and use it to prove to the world that you’re still in junior high school.
Light a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day. Light a man ON fire and he’s warm for the rest of his life!
I’m not sure I can say just how awesome that response is.
I’m not sure that you can either.
Terry Pratchett ftw
I’m gonna cry troll.
You’re good.
Also, yeah, this is most likely the front page to the layout of the porch in Monkey Manor.
The Porch is highlighted.
‘Oh noes, google will know that i searched for “porch monkey” and “how do you spell dvd”…….. IT’S A CONSPIRACY DERP’
Do they not have Google in your native language?
Innuendo?
you could’ve looked it up. urbandictionary.com is good for this kind of stuff.
But so you know, it’s a derogatory term for someone of African descent.
urbandictionary.com is eebil!
Yes, granny taught us that…
*shudders*
Grannycatflap taught me this…
*errrruuuuughhhhhh*
…but. it. is. hard. to. talk… and the candle tastes terrible.
*roffle!*
not any more…white man stole that from the brothers and sisters too… P4L
Or they could have watched Clerks 2…
ht tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2DxyAGzGxM
Urbandictionary is blocked on (this) my work computer.
Oddly, Failblog is not….. (internet filter fail?)
That reply was actually civil.
WTF is wrong with you? You’re on FAILBLOG! Hurl some insults!
To be fair to the architect, it reads: Porch, Monkey Manor. When you draw up blueprints everything is in capitals and there is no punctuation.
You are obviously a native english speaker, although you are not very good at writing it.
You have a huge forehead.
And his name is ‘Bubba’. D:
Don’t drop the soap, Michael.
lol
“Porch Monkey” is a racist term for a black person.
Yeah…I must live a sheltered life. I had no idea what this mean until I read the replies to your question.
I’m somewhat proud that I don’t know all these horrible things!
I’m a middle-aged native English speaker and I have never heard this expression either.
despite googling for the term porch monkey, i still do not see how is this a fail.
It’s just crass. A derogatory term for one of african decent, really.
I don’t get it…
Brush your teeth at least twice a day.
Get some sun.
Then come back and we’ll see what we’ve got to work with.
@maxpower what are you stupid ? I’m not native englisch I’m dutch, but everey idiot knows what it means, it’s kinda like the words wetback and n*gger.
Having a master degree in theoretical physics isn’t stupid. I could name at least a hundreds words from theoretical physics that you never heard of. Does this make you stupid? If it does, I’m stupid, too, because I did not know what “porch monkey” means. If it doesn’t, I’m not stupid either.
Who are you to define what (un)knowledge makes one stupid and what does not?
hundred*
I think people are still wondering why you’re too good for google.
because big bad google is tracking his surfing and he doesn’t want to get busted for all the pedo-licious pics he’s browsing. We’re onto you maxpower….. put it back in your pants and back away from the computer.
Please tell me what your native language is. And except it’s russian or chinese there’s just no way you have a masters degree. It’s just very poor, especially for people that are foreign and have a masters degree, I’ll be honest with you, im a psychology student and I haven’t got my masters yet. But still my skill is way higher. By the way i’m dutch myself, and I consider people stupid if they just not know the meaning of some obvious words. I’m not going to judge you on your spelling, for someone that english is not their native language it can be very tricky.
Jeez, stupid comment moderation… I didn’t use any swear/sluir words at all (double-checked it), and I’m quite new here. Question to the “regulars”: Should I post the comment again (because moderation takes ages(?)) or will it get through?
Or does it even filter the very expression used in that fail here?
It might or might not get through. Depends on the offense. I’ll bet you used the ‘i’ word — i magine. Does it every time. Just don’t reply to your own moderated comment. The universe implodes…
It looks like the universe imploded.
*LGB Squeeze*
LOLZ — oh well — at least we have each other!
*squeeze*
Hmm, we must have escaped through a quantum wormhole…
Did I….?
Oops, I did exactly that *universe implodes*
But “i-word”? I’m not that good at English, so ATM I can’t think of anything offensive starting with “i” (hmm, iWord sounds like some new apple product to me 
) The only words starting with “I” I used were:
! !t !nternet !f !s !ntroduced !n !magine !gnore
*checks if this comment gets through*
^ OK I just tried to post this very comment only with “i”s instead of “!”s and guess what – it got mod’ed! Which word of my list could be the troublemaker?
*checks if this comment gets through this time*
Oh, should’ve read more carefully, in fact it really was !magine! What problem is there with that word?
I’m slightly confused.
“!magine” is the one that did it. It’s blocked so offensive pics won’t be posted. (!
Gahhh! My computer’s possessed! I wasn’t done with that comment. Blubb, it’s because !mage is blocked, and !magine has the same first four letters.
So really, it’s “¡mag” that’s blocked. You if you wanted to talk about apple’s new ¡magizine, you can’t.
Ah OK, one learns something new everyday, I guess – especially that there is a particular connection between pörnögräphy and the word “!mage”, but “píctüre” and “pícs” are OK, I guess?
Sorry for the quadruple(?) post, but is there a list of blocked words available somewhere? If I google for “wordpress banned words” it only says that every blog owner can make his own list, but it seems that there is no global ban list or so. “ichc banned words” only returns cräp.
I’ve never seen one…
You’ll never know until you try!
Did you use the “i” word? (!mage) Or some variation of it? If so, kiss it goodbye.
OK, second try without the evil “i-word” of doom:
Erm, why should one only be able to get/have a master degree if the native langue is English, Russian or Chinese? Have you never heard of the Bologna Process which introduced Bachelor/Master degrees in almost all European countries? I’m a German university student (chemistry) and (luckily) I’m still going for the “old-fashioned” diploma. There’s a lot of discussion going on here about the sense of that transition, plus it’s in the news quite often and I don’t think that this is drastically different in the Netherlands, so if you’re a student at a Dutch university then I can’t !magine that you’ve never heard of it.
Though I’m very far from being perfect at English, I use it a lot, especially here on the internet and I’ve learned that compared to my native language, English has a bazillion different slang terms especially for “sensitive/controversial” things like genitals, races etc. That’s why I often fail to understand fails here or on engrishfunny, thinking “What’s wrong with that sentence/word/expression? Looks perfectly fine to me” so I have to look up stuff on UD, Wiktionary etc. And like many others here (including some native speakers of English!) I’ve never heard “porch monkey” in my whole life and I’m not ashamed for that, after all my brain isn’t an encyclopedia ort dictionary. And I also don’t see how the meaning of that expression is anywhere near “obvious”, to me it’s not at all.
And please consider that not all English learners have the opportunity to speak a native language which is the closest of them all to English (that is Dutch if you ignore smaller languages like Scots and Frisian) and which makes it a lot easier to learn than it would be if your native language were fx Chinese.
I’m sorry but what do nationalities OR your university degrees have to do with anything here? Wow, somebody was unaware of the definition of “porch monkey”, big deal. Lord knows why it had to turn into a freaking battle of the brains. For crying out loud, I only found out about the phrase “moon cricket” a few weeks ago. We learn new words which can (and often shouldn’t) be added to our vocabulary all the time. Get over it guys.
Tl;dr – this is silly.
Sorry, but it wasn’t me who came up with all that “university degree” stuff, I was just replying to some other guy who thinks that everyone who actually doesn’t know that expression is “stupid” and I disagree with that and therefore agree with you.
tl/dr
oh god anthony shut up you dont know what you are talking about.
omg what an idiot.
actually, I think NOT knowing a racist definition is a GOOD thing, imho
Not ever hearing a particular piece of slang does not equate to stupidity. I live in Alabama for crying out loud, and I have never heard the term until now. I guess I just keep better company than you do, that my friends would never say such a thing.
We’re taking it back!
NAMEFEIL
lawlname
I also had no idea what that term meant until recently. I didn’t grow up in the South, nor did anyone I ever know ever use that term. But I’d hope that some one would have caught that guys mistake before it got to official looking plan stage.
Perhaps it is a good sign that no one else on his team knew that the term was derogatory? I had never heard the term until this Fail entry, and had to look it up. Judging by many of the responses here, it seems that it is a term that is (thankfully) sliding into the dustbin of history where it belongs.
I did grow up in the South, but had never heard this term before today.
I didn’t grow up in the south, and I have not heard the term before today.
I have, however, heard the term ‘Doppelbanger’.
This term refers to someone who has sexual intercourse with a person who looks identical to them but is not related.
DrB gets five billion internet points for comment win.
I heard ‘porch monkey’ when i was a kid. Thanks to DrB now I know that one too lol
Space-docking.
Now come on… is this a real derogatory term or just one made up by Kevin Smith for Clerks II? Let’s see some evidence this term was in use before the movie.
He’s taking it back.
But yes, it was a racist term before.
Yes, it was in existence WAY before Clerks 2. I loled when I first heard him say it.
Where’s the evidence? Show me one instance of the term that predates the film. Kevin Smith made the term up–that’s precisely why the film isn’t in and of itself offensive. It’s a made-up term, and somehow people now believe that the term predates the movie, which I think is hilarious.
Take a history class. DON’T FALL ASLEEP. Maybe you’ll figure it out.
I did well in history, and sleep was never an issue. What you’ve helped me figure out is that failblog isn’t a place to challenge people to think critically about what they think they know and ask them for historical sources. I’m too much a cheapskate for the Straight Dope Message Board, though.
So you’re saying that because you didn’t learn something in school it must not be true?
How do you get by in life?
I distinctly remember hearing my grandfather use the term, but I thought it meant small children. No one ever told me what it really meant. And I am glad they didn’t. I didn’t know until today what it really means, but I can assure you i heard it used around 1970.
I’d never heard it before Clerks 2 either. I also thought he had to be making it up. I mean, it just sounds too silly to be used as an insult. (It doesn’t sound mean like other derogatory words, it sounds like a joke.)
But whatever. People say it’s been around, I’ll take their word for it.
caption fail
Hahaha…. He’s bringin’ it back!
Porch Monkey Manor eh? That means there is going to be a hell of a lot of welfare checks heading to the address.
*cough*troll*cough*
QUACK!
*lol**QUACK!**lol*
*Coin!*
Hmm… that wasn’t the e-mail addy for my delightful little French duck.
And that wasn’t the addy for my leaf.
*Bangs head against wall*
Hey! That’s not even a proper wall! It’s papier-maché!
*puts pillow between Ferme’s head and the wall*
*adds papier-maché to wall*
*Squeezes LGB & Gracie.*
Czuhc! Get down here and join us.
*Big Failsqueeze*
I love you guys.
*squeezes all FPs within reach*
Love you, too, babe!
*coughcough*nobody-listens-to-trolls*coughcough*
apparently you all listen to trolls if you take the time to respond… logic fail LOL pwned
Quack!
*QUACK!*
what the duck?
Duck knows.
Duck if I know
Coin!
Ugh, perhaps I should actually use an addy I can remember… :\
How many do you have?
Three.
A French Duckie for my quacks (Though I’m not sure anybody even gets the joke.)
Bob Barker (For Nostalgia’s sake.)
And of course… My leaf!
*Sigh* Perhaps I should retire my avatar changing attempts. I’m not as graceful as BFF or Changeling…
We like ALL your email addys, FLB! Don’t changeling a thing!
*squeeze*
There’s got to be a more graceful way of doing this…
I think I shall create a text document specifically for my Failblog memes. That way I don’t have to Google every time I want a music note, etc.
(D@mn keystrokes on Macintosh.)
I have a full MS Word doc full of FB1 memes. Unfortunately, it’s at work.
Hehe, Shall I give them all names?
eg. “Ferme la Duck,” “Ferme la Barker?”
Yes! Wait…
Wait for what?
*Drops the ball*
*picks-up ball*
*tosses to Gracie*
Do you know what kind of ball that is?
Gah!
I’ll try to spay the details, but… Ferme la Barker is not well liked among cheezpeeps…
*dodges the ball*
Maybe you could just toss a coin. That way, you’d end up with the French Duckie.
*Hopes someone gets the joke*
*got it*
*lol’d*
*Squeeze*
The addy involves “duckgoescoin” haha!
*snork!*
*admires FLB’s flexibility*
*admires Gracie admiring FLB’s flexibility*
*bends over backward*
Meh. It was more the shouting that got to me.
I’m sorry, I can’t hear you. I’ve gone deaf from somebody shouting loudly on the blog!
I’M SO SORRY!!! I’LL TRY WHISPERING THIS TIME!
*whispers*
IS THAT BETTER?
Hmmm… almost.
*squeeze*
There. Now it’s better!
*click*
I can tell by the pixels!
*whack!*
err…*quack!*
My boyfriend has English as a second language. The other night the subject of blondes vs. brunettes came up. Already familiar with the term “blondie” for a blonde woman, he thought “darkie” was an appropriate term for a woman with dark hair. We all stared at him and burst out laughing. Poor guy, he had no idea.
Of course, silly man, the correct term would be “Brunie”
I love it. The person who apparently doesn’t know what porch monkey is, and is obviously baiting everyone, suddenly turns into an educated person. Does this super genius have just a little education? No he has a master’s degree in theoretical physics. Could you pick something a little more believable like early childhood education,phys ed, or music appreciation. Man i think that person has to rate on a top ten list of types of people that write comments.
It is ok Dante Hicks is going to live there and he is going to take it back
Porchmonkey 4 life… :d
My English teacher in the 6th grade used to make misbehaving students stand outside the trailer (where the class was held) on the small wooden ramp and would refer to them as “porch monkeys”. I once mentioned this to my parents and they got really upset, but wouldn’t tell me why. It wasn’t until a couple years later that I ran across the term again and found out what it meant. God Damned North Carolina.
Right across the street from Curtain Climber Condo.
To be fair, his other plan was named Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
You’re just mad ’cause everyone is too busy b*tching about how craptastic Sonic’s games are these days.
It’s me! Guybrush Threepwood! Mighty pirate.
That’s my home.
Guybrush Threepwood?
That’s the most ridiculous name I’ve ever heard.
Dunno, jam — bob down there might have him beat ↓…
Guess I dint need my wooden spoon for that…
It’s always best to be prepared.
Your face makes me want to vomit!
Well then, what’s your name?
Wooooo!
*squeeze!*
that funky monkey
No, no, that’s “brass monkey,” not “porch monkey.”
Looks awfully fake to me. Seems there is more and more fake fails on this website all the time.
…and do you drive past it every day on your way to work, as well?
I went to school there, and it had a seatbelt, not a lap-bar.
I would buy it
No, no, it’s ok. He’s taking it back.
I think blubb’s the one who borked it. Oh well…
Must’ve replied to the moderated comment.
Oh yeah, my first (yet unintentional) hacking attack, Mission accomplished!
Mission Accomplished? Wait, are you seriously here to hack?
*Thweadies the racker.*
What else did you think? Wasn’t this totally obvious from the start? (why am I wasting any more time replying here, soon noone will be able to read any more comment here anyway, hehehe…)
You didn’t use ~’s so I’m not so certain if you’re being sarcastic.
However, your grammar is criminal.
*Thwack!*
Yeah, there seems to be a serious compatibility issue between German and American/British humour *apologizes*
That’s why most of the time I’m only reading comments here because it’s quite hard to be funny in a foreign language *apologizes again for the missing “s” in the previous post”*. On the other hand I have a hard time understanding the “pun lines” here because that seems to require a near-native level knowledge of English.
Sorry, I’m just saying that on FB1, we use ~’s around our words when we’re being sarcastic.
We get a lot of trolls around here, so we can’t be to careful. 
~Because we have no sensitivity for how things are taken on the internet.~ (See?)
I’ll take my thwack back, but remember, make sure you use the ~’s for sarcasm.
Now where did my O get off to?
*Searches*
Arrrgh, I’ve officially been ninja’d!
“To careful”? Gotcha there
But seriously, which hacker would be stupid enough to announce his upcoming actions 
Trolls are seriously that stupid.
Oh and BTW, way up there…..^ That was a spoonerism. If there is a collection of words that don’t seem to make sense, it’s possibly a spoonerism.
(Example: A Crushing Blow vs. a blushing crow.)
We do like to pun a lot, though it involves a lot of homophones. I don’t know how good your English is, but even mine isn’t perfect. (Though honestly, we don’t really speak “English” south of the 49th parallel.)
Oh yeah, I know what you mean with “spoonerism” (it’s “Schüttelreim” in German). That reminds of Disney’s “Gummi Bears” series, one of the guys there always used that (at least in the German dub, dunno about the English original). Another funny one in German is KFC–>”Kentucky Schreit Ficken” (lit. “Kentucky Screams ‘F**ing’). My English is actually a bit better when I have less EtOH in my system than I have right now
Haha. I will give you a preliminary *squeeze.* That chemical is very popular around here.
BTW. This site will help you with all your fail needs.
(Inside jokes, etiquette, and more.)
ht tp://failpeeps.wordpress.com/
I would suggest lurking for a while to get a feel for everybody’s humor. Imploding the blog is forgivable. Exploding it is not. Be careful, but most of all have fun!
OK, thanks for the nice bedtime lecture (it’s 1:21 AM now right here) *good night squeeze*
and I just learned something, thanks Ferme
I had to do a huge keyboard hunt to find the sneaky little sarcasm snakes though, but now I know.
Really?
Who says “Hmmm, ‘Porch Monkey’, it has such a nice ring to it. So much more original than ‘Breazy Meadows’ or ‘Willow River’.”
I don’t see the porch, damn monkeys will just have to get crunk on their lawn.
shaddup ya porch monker twat
Does look slightly shopped. :/
It does look shopped indeed
Added to the fact that it looks identical to the demo drawing of an old 3rd party AutoCAD architectual package, PCAD or something similar if i recall (way back in acad r12), makes the ‘shopper a very lazy person indeed
slightly shopped :/
Guess he never saw “Clerks 2″
What does Stop, Tuck, Flail and Undulate mean?
Seriously, Sonia – - take a pill. On your way out.
Justified, Judy
there are 2 reasonr that this is called “porch Monkey Manor”
.) maybe it’s for people who are rich & act like monkeys on their porch. :p
2.) This architect is racist & calls these ppl “porch monkeys”
Unfortunately they renamed it Jigaboo’s Moon Cricket Estates.
Someone (kJar?) on the other post called it ‘Mississippi Swamp Runner Rentals’
I am literally rolling on the floor, lmao!
Jigaboo is definitely the most hilarious racial slur ever created. I personally think if no one can say it without laughing it disqualifies itself as “hate speech”.
I don’t get it…can you make up anything and claim it’s racist these days?
Apparently.
I speak English (not American or whatever most of the posters are trying to communicate in) so didn’t get it.
That clearly makes me stoopid, and in need of some kind of history lesson, like the majority of people here if you actually read between the gazillion AEs.
It’s not funny and it’s not even really racist if no-one knows it was meant to be in the first place!
Ok so I get what ‘porch monkey’ is supposedly implying, but I don’t understand why someone would name a design that way – it doesn’t make sense in any context
Am I the only one who noticed the fail in the caption? If you’re posting to a website where you criticize other people for (sometimes) minor details (though obviously not in this case), at least spell basic words correctly.
He’s taking it back!
I was hoping somebody was going to say that!
This is like something out of a Get Fuzzy cartoon.
I heard ‘porch monkey’ when i was a kid. 2 black guys were joking around insulting each other. I will never call my dad that again.
a term dating back to American 17th century colonial times, that originally referred to african american slaves who when not working would sit and talk with other slaves on the porch of their plantation homes. it did begin as a racial slur.
Hummmmm someone help me here – I mean it’s a stupid name,
but by the byline i have to assume that there is a meaning I just don’t get that is supposed to be the FAIL …… so ‘help’
failblog comment fail: ment is spelled meant
Its cool I’m takin it back
Ok, the nesting’s been fixed. Except now that the troll is gone, it looks like I *thwack*ed Spider with my bat and LGB *thwack*ed me!
What can I get for you, little porch monkey? It’s ok, I’m taking it back.
i dont get it
It’s from Clerks 2.
There is no apostrophe in “Nazis.”
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It’s ok.. he’s takin’ it back.
I suspect porch-monkey must be a very regional (even within the deep south) term. I’ve heard it plenty, but when I showed this to my spouse, who is also native southern, he didn’t get it. I think he thinks a porch monkey is another word for a little kid..kind of like rug-rat.
And ya know..it’s good slurs like that are eventually becoming archaic. The trouble comes when somebody uses such a word with absolutely no clue of the connotations.
Don’t worry, I’m taking it back.
don’t worry guys, i’m bringing it back.
How on Earth did the captioner manage to spell “architect” right, but not “meant”? I weep for the English language.
Oddly enough, I’ve heard the term “porch monkey” used for ANY child that hangs around on the porches/front steps of houses and apartment buildings. Race isn’t a factor in these instances, to my knowledge. Nor is it used harshly.
“Why don’t ya lil’ porch monkeys go play some basketball or somethin’?”
Don’t worry, Randal’s taking it back!
It’s cool, he’s taking it back.
“Porch Monkey Manor” happens to be the new name for the White House.
No he could have made it a plan for Obama’s home after he gets kicked out of office for being a dumbass.
Totally fake.
If he doesn’t know what it meant, there’s no reason to name it that.
If he had a reason to name it that, he knew what it meant.
I call shenanigans.
Hey man. Its cool: i’m taking it back.
Randall shouldn’t be allowed to name houses.
its ok im taking it back