Re: LL Cool J's 5000

[harrison sapir <hsapir@earthlink.net>]

This phrase was coined by rapper "Too Short" in one of his "songs" years ago.
The first time I heard it I was in high school driving a 4kq. I thought it was
the funniest thing I'd ever heard.

harrison

c a l i b a n wrote:

>           it started with people saying "i'm outta here" and
>         then i guess it went to "i'm outie" and then all of
>         a sudden, when someone was gonna leave a party or
>         a chat room or what ever they'd say "well, i'm
>         audi five-thousand".
>
>         now isn't that weird?
>
> On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Keith Fahlgren wrote:
>
> :|My freind was watching MTV tonight (actually just flipping) and saw 'Audi
> :|5000' on the screen so he stopped and turned it up. Apparently LL Cool J
> :|was talking about his old 5000 that he still drove, but liked, on an
> :|interview with someone from MTV. Who'd a thunk it?
> :|
> :|Keith
> :|
>
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