MY UNCOUNCIOUS IS STUCK IN 1991

Does it ever happen to you? Do you ever just say a certain phrase or word and once it comes out of your mouth you have no idea where it came from? I was reminded of this because yesterday I was walking to the train and had just said goodbye to Dave. I turned toward his boy who I’d just met and gave him the old man handshake - while looking at him directly in the eye and saying, "Peace Out!!!” What the hell? While I was at it I should have thrown in, "word to your mutha" or maybe, "I’m outy 5000." Yeah, it was weird….“peace out” just came from nowhere. However, there are certain situations where I consistently pull a gem off the 1991 slang shelf in the back of my mind, and it’s usually when I’m involved in some sort of altercation. I'm not really the type of guy to get into fights, I mean I’ve had my handful of skirmishes: the usual school yard ego defense, the occasional alcohol fueled scuffle, various Falafel spot incidents, or those joints straight instigated by dudes trying to jack me on the train. But no matter the type of scuffle, the one thing that these altercations have in common is that during the rush of adrenaline and tension I lash out at my opponents with the phrase, "Fuck You Money!!!!" …..Fuck you money? Money? Where the hell does that come from? If I was Ice-T in New Jack City that would be one thing, but I’m not exactly the "fuck you money” type of dude…..I don't know, sometimes I think growing up in the NYC public school system has disabled me permanently. 5000.