# I am not a gangsta. Or am I? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416 "2012-07-26T04:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416/1 "2012-07-26T04:17:06Z")
My forehead sweats in this weather so when my Mickey Mouse Christmas bandanna/headband got sopped I tossed it in the wash and put on a traditional red bandanna. While putting gas in my car a guy kept looking at me oddly. It finally occurred to me that it might be my red bandanna. Back in the car my wife said, “One of these days that thing is going to get you shot.” “Nobody is going to look at me and think I’m a [Blood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloods).” “That guy did.” I thought about it, remembered that most of my AA biker pals belong to a group associated with the [Outlaws](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaws_Motorcycle_Club), and knew that somebody has my back. Who knew I’d become so “dangerous” when I turned 58? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416/2 "2012-07-26T04:32:35Z")
[I noticed that you’re gangster. I’m pretty gangster myself.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsDPIVIWcF8/TMWPODRe-7I/AAAAAAAAB80/tUrrChRnO4k/s320/gangster-myself.jpg) Where I live, no one would draw that conclusion about a bandana. But then again, I don’t exactly live in a hotbed of diversity. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416/3 "2012-07-26T04:36:08Z")
Everybody here wears bandanas because otherwise you will go blind from the sweat. I haven’t _noticed_ any particular colors being off-limits, but I’m not the most observant person. Being right on the border with Mexicali, I kinda wonder now what signals the mexican gangs use. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416/4 "2012-07-26T04:41:58Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > “Nobody is going to look at me and think I’m a [Blood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloods).” No way, you got Crip practically tattooed on your forehead. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416/5 "2012-07-26T04:57:11Z")
Time to [buy a new one](http://www.nextag.com/Accessories--zzbandana+menz2702403zB6z5---html)that [isn’t red or blue](http://www.hotleathers.com/biker-head-wraps.aspx), I guess. And [watch out where you put your bandana in your back pocket when you take it off.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handkerchief_code)You don’t want to get even more funny looks. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416/6 "2012-07-26T05:10:00Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Time to [buy a new one](http://www.nextag.com/Accessories--zzbandana+menz2702403zB6z5---html)that [isn’t red or blue](http://www.hotleathers.com/biker-head-wraps.aspx), I guess. > > And [watch out where you put your bandana in your back pocket when you take it off.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handkerchief_code)You don’t want to get even more funny looks. After reading about the handkerchief code _I’m_ looking at **dropzone** funny. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416/7 "2012-07-26T05:26:34Z")
Hell, so am I! The things one learns about oneself on the internet. ☹ Thank God my Mickey Mouse Christmas bandanna isn’t listed. I’d hate to learn what that says about me.