Talk:Your mamma

I especially like the "casting dispersions" part! But couldn't we have some better snaps, please. These are too elaborate and lame. Wetman 03:04, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Meelar, please don't destroy information. The two articles should be merged and kept separate form Joke article. It is a common rule in wikipedia: when an article grows large, it is split in smaller ones or spins off smaller ones, "mother" article keeping a summary only. Mikkalai 01:40, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Since there wasn't much info in this article, I moved what was here into the joke section. I didn't think there was any information destroyed. Was there? [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 03:40, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

Duplication

I deleted all of the following. Much of this information is directly related to the dozens and already appears there. This is an article on "Your mom" ... something. Which, it seems to me, is rather a strange thing -- an article on a phrase. (Is it "your mom jokes"?) Examples here should be of British humor -- and not recycled African-American humor. I'm not a Brit, so I don't know if these witticisms are used in competitive word play (as in the dozens) or not. I just don't know.

It may be my ignorance, but this article, frankly, seems a bit unnecessary. If the "your mom," uh, jokes (or whatever), are simply the British take on the dozens, it might make more sense make this a redirect page and integrate whatever original information there is in this into the "dozens" article under an appropriate subhead. If they're simply jokes, then include them under joke.

The only reason I suggested removing "the dozens" from the joke article in the first place was that the dozens is something other than just tossing off one-liners. And they certainly didn't fit under the subhead "ethnic jokes," because ethnic jokes typically make a particular ethnic group the butt of jokes, based on certain stereotypes. The dozens clearly doesn't fit.

Again, if this is a British version of the dozens, then I suggest making this a redirect page and including this info in that particular article. This doesn't seem to make much sense. deeceevoice 07:49, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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Alternative hip hop group The Pharcyde released a song on their debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde entitled "Yo Mama", the lyrics of which consisted entirely of "your mom" jokes.

This is a list of Yo' Mama jokes, a kind of humor in "playing the dozens".

Examples

• "Yo mamma is so fat that when she lies around the house, she lies around the house."
• "Yo mamma is so fat she plays pool with the planets."
• "Yo mamma is so fat when I said it was chilly outside, she grabbed a spoon and ran out the door!"
• "Yo mamma is so fat she could sell shade!"
• "Yo mamma is so fat when she hauls ass, she gotta take two trips!"
• "Yo mamma is so fat when she wears a red dress, people yell, "Hey, Kool-aid!"
• "Yo mamma is so fat her favorite food is seconds!"
• "Yo mamma is so fat when she goes to the zoo, elephants throw HER peanuts!"
• "Yo mamma is so fat when she jumps into the air, she gets stuck!"
• "Yo mamma is so fat when she goes to the beach, the tide comes in!"
• "Yo mamma is so fat she broke her leg, and gravy poured out."
• "Yo mamma is so fat her blood type is gravy."
• "Yo mamma is so fat when she takes a shower her feet don't get wet!"
• "Yo mamma is so dirty that they use her bathwater to dye bowling balls."
• "Yo mamma is so old, her breastmilk is powder."
• "Yo mamma is so old when God said "let there be light", she flipped the switch!
• "Yo mamma is so poor when she goes to KFC she licks other people's fingers!"
• "Yo mamma is so stupid she sits on the T.V. and watches the couch!"
• "Yo mamma is so stupid it took her 2 hours to watch 60 Minutes!"
• "Yo mamma is so stupid that she puts lipstick on her head just to make-up her mind."
• "Yo mamma is so stupid you have to dig for her IQ!"
• "Yo mamma is so stupid she got locked in a grocery store and starved!"
• "Yo mamma is so stupid that she sold the car for gas money."
• "Yo mamma is so stupid she could trip over a cordless phone!"
• "Yo mamma is so stupid she bought a solar-powered flashlight!"
• "Yo mamma is so stupid she took a ruler to bed to see how long she slept."
• "Yo mamma is so stupid she thinks Tupac Shakur is a Jewish holiday."
• "Yo mamma is so bald you can see what she thinkin'."

Additionally, phrases like "That's what yo' mamma said last night!" are often used as retorts or comebacks, usually in a joking way.

"Hey, lay off of my mamma!"

"Why? I laid on her all last night!"

"Your face" is a common substitute for "your mom."

See also: Yo Mama's Last Supper

deeceevoice 07:39, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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Deeceevoice, please read this quote from above:

"Meelar, please don't destroy information. The two articles should be merged and kept separate form Joke article. It is a common rule in wikipedia: when an article grows large, it is split in smaller ones or spins off smaller ones, "mother" article keeping a summary only. Mikkalai 01:40, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)"

--Jrobinson5 18:54, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

--- Jrobinson, I've already read it. There is very little in this article that indicates it should be anything other than simply a subhead of the dozens. Much of the information is duplicative, much of it relates to African-American culture -- and nothing else. The information that relates to British "your mom" variants is already included in [the dozens]]. This article should never have existed in the first place. If you remove all the verbiage that is African-American, the piece doesn't stand well on its own. It should exist as a redirect page -- and nothing else. deeceevoice 19:39, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

J, my comment was made when someone simply deleted the contents and redirected to Joke. Deece is in process of merging of two relevant aricles, which is OK. Mikkalai 20:05, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Page name

Shouldn't this be at Your momma or Your mama? I've NEVER heard anyone say "your mom" when running the dozens. --FuriousFreddy 16:13, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I chaned it around. It's more friendly for B-en folks as well. --ben dummett 02:08, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

its better now, yeah. Its still Yer ma to me though :p --Kiand 02:12, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

African American prevalence?

The fact that these jokes are more prevalent in African American communities may be because of their matriarchal family structures where single mothers are often left to raise children.

What is the support for this claim? Even if there is no study backing this, it would at least be nice to cite some reputable person or body that makes this claim. Simply stating it without attributing the opinion to someone makes it seem factual, when it is really just speculation.