Hang onto your cornbread, and if you know what I’m talking
about, please tell me.
I came home from the post office today, and was behind a
rusted out pick up. Very rusted; streaks of rust in the bumper, below and above
it, and all down the driver’s side. That’s all the truck that I saw in our trip
up the road.
At the top of the rear window, in black letters about three
inches tall and proportionately wide, CORNBREAD. At the bottom, more lettering between two
large pictures in the same black plastic, like duct tape. Or an actual, stick
on decal.
On the left, something I couldn’t make out. It was like a
musical instrument, but not. It was like a crested tellin shell (I looked that
up), but not. An old fashioned men’s bed urinal, but not. On the right, the
image definitely was a skull that I’ve seen occasionally, Punisher Skull.
And spread between these two images, big lettering: FUELED
BY HATERS.
I spent the rest of the trip home repeating that over and
over. Because of the short term memory thing.
I turned to google when I came
in, and rather quickly, I “got it”. The
New England Patriots are “fueled by haters”, and won the Super Bowl this year.
That was the Los Angeles Rams logo on the left.
Interestingly, going through the google listings, I could
not open more than a few. Some did open, with the disclaimer, OOPS, and no content. We all know
that one.
But the country girl still needs to know, what does
CORNBREAD mean?
When I came here I immediately thought you were going to tell us about the good cornbread you had with beans. Other than that I have no idea what the decal means.
ReplyDeleteProbably some player's nickname. Closer to your home I did see a t-shirt with "Fueled by Haters" with a Cleveland Browns logo. Hey I just found a library story on the NPR site. A fifty year old Life magazine was returned to the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Do you know a Brian who didn't include his last name.
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ReplyDeletet means friend? I googled it and found this:http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/cornbread
I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere near that truck. The ‘Fueled by Haters’ sign would have scared me off. Of course, if they were handing out free cornbread .....
ReplyDeleteI had to get really close to read it. Nothing happened.
DeleteThe image of lettering on the back of such a truck spelling out C-O-R-N-B-R-E-A-D makes me chuckle. I have an old friend who is almost as wide as he is tall who has P-O-R-K-R-I-B-S tattooed across his knuckles. :D
ReplyDeleteI did a little research. I found the haters/football reference. I can't figure out what cornbread has to do with it. A "cornbread" search turns up cornbread recipes. I'll try to remember to ask my son. If it means anything, then he'll probably know about it.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Uh, it occurred to me to check the Urban Dictionary. I found quite a few meanings for cornbread, cornbread eaters, and making cornbread. I didn't see anything that I want to repeat here, and I don't know what it had to do with the truck you saw. If you want to see the information, Google "urban dictionary cornbread."
DeleteI have no clue but thanks to Janie Junebug, I am now going to run right over and immerse myself in the no doubt scandalous and perverse meaning of "cornbread" in the Urban Dictionary . . . .
ReplyDeleteThe urban dictionary tells the tale.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea. I hope you figure it out.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good mystery to solve and I have absolutely no idea. I too would have been curious. Might not have anything to do with the current owner of the truck and something left from a previous one.
ReplyDeletebetty
Now that is very curious, indeed. I’ve seen a few license plates that had me shaking my head too. I guess I’m slow on the uptake.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I am one who came in hoping for a fine and easy recipe from you... and leave with the Urban Dictionary backside image in my head... YAM xx
Yam, here is the corn bread recipe I cooked for our family for years. It came off the back of the cornbread container.
Delete1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup flour
1 - 2 Tablespoons sugar (optional)
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
1 cup milk
1 beaten egg
combine oil, milk and egg and beat lightly.
mix with dry ingredients and stir sparingly.
cook in a 9" square pan, or a #8 iron skillet or a 12 section muffin tin at 425° for 20 - 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick come out clean.
I forgot to add to grease the cooking utensil of choice.
DeleteShe also forgot to mention how good it is! All the grandkids mastered it and made it.
DeleteIt certainly added interest to your day.
ReplyDeleteBeing foreign, I would just have assumed that it meant that the driver was claiming to be wholesome and down to earth.
ReplyDeleteI can wind up on urban dictionary when I need to, but missed it this time. The very first definition I read of fueled by haters was positive enough to put me off the track. Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteI don't know but now I'm thinking about making cornbread.
ReplyDeleteCould that possibly just be the driver's nickname?
ReplyDeleteI swear that football is completely foreign and all its fans speak in a alien tongue. I have no idea. To me, cornbread is something I love and would eat with anything, at any time of the day or night.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly added interest to all of our days.
ReplyDeleteI am truly baffled....Perhaps the van belonged to different people at different times, but I am still baffled.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd think twice about putting 'fueled by haters' on my car or truck. my first thought was Trump supporter.
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ReplyDeleteA girl with an extremely large ass, this refers to the fact that she must "eat her cornbread" in order to obtain such a fine ass.
Guys talking to each other: "Dude my neighbor is hot huh?"
Girl turns around and reveals her behind
Guys look at each other, "COOOORRNBREEADD!!"
"Oh ya man, cornbread for sure." So, there you have it!
Great story! I have no idea what Cornbread means. Except the yellow, crumbly with melted butter kind!
ReplyDeleteI think you have your answers. You reminded me of one time being behind a truck and this huge message rode across the back of it - professionally done: Ram the daughters, shoot the fathers" with an image of the Dodge Ram and and Ak47 assault rifle. I felt ill but then 5 minutes later saw him pulled over by a patrol cop. So happy.
ReplyDeleteXO
WWW
I came upon Urban Dictionary a couple of years ago thinking it was just another dictionary and soon discovered my error, so I'm NOT going looking for cornbread there! lol
ReplyDeleteSome bumper stickers and vehicle "art" is disconcerting, to say the least.
Dear Joanne, I have no idea, but I'm hoping that when you discover the meaning, you'll share it with us. Like Arleen, if I'd been driving, I think I would have turned down a side street and driven home another way. Peace.
ReplyDeleteI'll admit to being totally clueless on all of this. Even more so than other commenters, being Australian, not American.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what cornbread means in this context, but my wife makes it from a recipe from her Mennonite childhood, and it is delicious. It never ceases to amaze me, however, how much professional sports can be so important in people's lives.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I brought up the Urban Dictionary.
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