Yankee Doodle's macaroni revealed (1 Viewer)

[tomwaits]

Maybe you guys all knew this, but I didn't until the other day. Apparently macaroni was a fashion style and precursor to the "metrosexual" look of today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_(fashion)

 

[Saint by the Bay]

I actually learned that recently watching some documentary on the History Channel.

 

[johnnyd]

We learned that back in '76 in elementary school. It was the Bicentennial aferall. We learned a lot of useless knowlege like that. They wouldn't actually teach any real history in 3rd grade.

 

[CT Saints Fan]

NTTAWWT

(and a 12 character minimum)

 

[Hoyasaint]

They teach you that at Jamestown on one of the tours.

 

[Chop]

Macaroni is also the name of an Italian pimp.

 

[Saint by the Bay]

Macaroni is also the name of an Italian pimp.

"It's A Pimp Named Macaroni like A Tribe Called Quest.... say it with me now."

 

[GW93]

Yep, that's why the song refers to him as a "dandy." He's a freakin' Nancy-boy, but probably still a hundred times manlier than the fops in Europe at the time.