Nigga Pleez!

February 23, 2006 7:17 PM

Nigga Pleez!
posted by Mijo Bijo (34 comments total)

Clearly, The Man is keeping Mr. Wayans down.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:22 PM on February 23, 2006

Uh...
posted by odinsdream at 7:25 PM on February 23, 2006

Are you sure somebody didn't leak the script for a new Spike Lee film?
posted by 2sheets at 7:30 PM on February 23, 2006

Perhaps he should just go the Tommy Hilfigga route.
posted by fungible at 7:38 PM on February 23, 2006

That reminds me. While I know blatant self-promotion is generally frowned upon by other members of this community, I'm sure Matt and Jess won't mind if I takle this time to remind folks that my own line of frozen food entrees and refreshing carbonated beverages are due on the shelves this weekend.

That's right - you can finally purchase Mucus at your corner store! It has a pre-sold brand name (in that the public uses the word often in conversation - no need to introduce them to a 'new' concept), one which holds just enough "aggro" appeal to win credibility among today's youth segment! (We all know an item's a hit if the kids enjoy something the older type shrink away from.)

I'm telling ya, the word-of-mouth regarding Mucus is going to be incredible! You won't be able to walk three steps without finding someone talking about how brillant my vaccumn-packed culinary wonders are. Perhaps I'll even let the Wayans brothers in on the deal if they ask me. After all, people drool over celeberties like Damon Wayans, so they'll drool even more for Mucus!
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:40 PM on February 23, 2006

Smart Dalek - Do you think you can handle the competition from Bong Water? [from sourbrew's blog]
posted by Mijo Bijo at 7:48 PM on February 23, 2006

I think my product'll be fine, MB - after all, it's got its own resin.
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:54 PM on February 23, 2006

Does my competing brand, Mucous*, constitute an infrigement on your trademark, Smart Dalek?

*now with more tobacco!
posted by PurplePorpoise at 7:54 PM on February 23, 2006

hm, my first thought was "Is it Chris Rock?"
posted by puke & cry at 7:59 PM on February 23, 2006 [1 favorite]

That Nigger's Crazy.
posted by ColdChef at 8:35 PM on February 23, 2006

That's right - you can finally purchase Mucus at your corner store!

Piker.

I've got a full line of SPUTUM products available at your nearest Ikea.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:03 PM on February 23, 2006

It should be Nigga Pleas, as in the legal sense.

Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
posted by Kwanzaar at 9:12 PM on February 23, 2006

How can he even trademark a term that's so commonly used?

Either way, trying to commercalize this word is bad news, IMO.
posted by delmoi at 9:36 PM on February 23, 2006

I'm going to Trademark "sheeny." Does anyone actually find it offensive anymore?

I don't, and, as a sheeny, my word is final. FINAL!
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:53 PM on February 23, 2006

I'm trademarking Cracker.
posted by fandango_matt at 10:16 PM on February 23, 2006

Still working on my SMEGMA® product lineup. So far in testing, they keep leaking out of the vaccu-pak boxes. Then slide off the shelf. Not good. Will keep you posted.
posted by hal9k at 10:24 PM on February 23, 2006

I need to hurry up and retain the rights to Honkey(tm) brand argyle clothing!
posted by sourwookie at 11:26 PM on February 23, 2006

I must admit, I saw 'Ninja Please!' at first glance, and was thus sadly disappointed to instead find a Wayans Brother sinking to a new low.
posted by anarcation at 12:28 AM on February 24, 2006

sourwookie -- are those shirts made of Kool Komfortable Kotton?

And I would totally buy a 'Ninja Please!' T-shirt.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:52 AM on February 24, 2006

Did somebody say ninjas?
posted by Mijo Bijo at 1:18 AM on February 24, 2006

I've just released a line of Teabaggin' crotchless underwear. !00% cotton.
posted by graventy at 1:26 AM on February 24, 2006

er..100
posted by graventy at 1:26 AM on February 24, 2006

puke & cry, that may be because Chris Rock did a joke a lot like this on his show.
posted by piratebowling at 1:54 AM on February 24, 2006

There are already enough gangs of kids in my area who loudly address each other (and members of the general public) as "nigger" without encouraging them with similarly-emblazoned clothing.
I realise that the word has been adopted within certain African-American groups, such as rap artists, as a form of informal address, though I don't quite understand why they'd pick a word which is still regarded as offensive by many English speakers. (Or, for that matter, why it's become selective about how offensive its use is, depending on the speaker.)

However, the tragic thing is, the local gangs I referred to are predominantly chavs; for the uninitated, think white trash with shell suits, expensive trainers, baseball caps (often Burberry), and liberally encrusted in cheap/fake gold "bling" jewellery.
The next time one of them calls me a nigger, I'm going to ask if he's colour blind...
posted by Incharitable Dog at 2:38 AM on February 24, 2006 [1 favorite]

the local gangs I referred to are predominantly chavs

I witnessed a totally weird scene the other day:- some asian kids, totally kitted out in hip hop gear, were loudly chatting in the street, addressing each other as 'Nigga'. Two black kids walked past them at the same time as I did, and one said to the other, 'I don't get that, why don't they call each other Paki?' One of the asian kids overheard this last word, and shouted, 'Fucking racists!' at them.
posted by jack_mo at 3:27 AM on February 24, 2006

2sheets writes "Are you sure somebody didn't leak the script for a new Spike Lee film?"

Hah!
posted by OmieWise at 5:57 AM on February 24, 2006

I don't quite understand why they'd pick a word which is still regarded as offensive by many English speakers. (Or, for that matter, why it's become selective about how offensive its use is, depending on the speaker.)

When I started writing this column in 1991, there was a debate raging in hellish homosexual circles about words like faggot. The idea was that if we used these words ourselves--Queer Nation, Dyke March, "Hey, Faggot"--straights couldn't use them as hate words anymore. I chose "Hey, Faggot" as my salutation in joking reference to this lively debate about reclaiming hate words.

posted by kirkaracha at 6:54 AM on February 24, 2006

I'm going to Trademark "sheeny." Does anyone actually find it offensive anymore?

My grandmother's husband still uses this epithet. Odd, considering that he's Jewish and all. Then again, the guy's such a racist, if he were to exclude one group from his hatred, it would be... well..... discrimination, I guess.
posted by Afroblanco at 7:26 AM on February 24, 2006

I finally had to sell my Honkie apparel without waiting for the trademark to go through. I also could not successfully trademark the tagline that runs under the logo: "That's mighty white of you!"

Oh well.
posted by The Deej at 8:09 AM on February 24, 2006

I wish some of my clothes were mighty white again. They're all getting a little yellow.
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:36 AM on February 24, 2006

Is that a Made in China joke?
posted by Kwanzaar at 11:46 AM on February 24, 2006

Adam Carolla cracked open the "Ninja Please" gem this morning. I also would like to buy that T-shirt.

Remember when the Fighting Whities shirts were such a controversy? I wonder why so many people find this humorous rather than offensive?
posted by Clamwacker at 2:14 AM on February 25, 2006

jack_mo - Here's one for you: Japanese Niggas (links directly to video). Pretty funny, but also very, very stupid.
posted by Clamwacker at 2:17 AM on February 25, 2006

Though attempts to commercialize "Nigga" coincide with a generational shift in how the word is perceived, the clothing is still likely to test some boundaries, as Rhodan demonstrated in a phone interview.

"You couldn't wear it," he said.

Oh? Not for white people?

Nigga, please!
posted by Ayn Marx at 2:50 PM on February 25, 2006