At least according to "America's Secret Slang" which I'm watching on TV. Turns out that it was a dance contest that slaves used to participate in for the entertainment of their "owners" (geeze, what a despicable term) and that the prize was actually a cake...hence the phrase "that takes the cake".

Plus I learned many of the language contributions that mine own people...them damn Irish...are responsible. Not the least of which is "nincompoop". Which, you know, is something to be proud of.

I don't mind admitting that I'm a racist.
 
Yeah baby!  The Human race all the way, ET can take a hike!
 
(So does "nin" mean "dot" in Irish?  )

Interesting.  I didn't know that.  

I see the robot censor was able to replace your racist derogatory slang for a Spanish speaking person even after you thought you had cleverly concealed it in a perfectly ordinary word.
 
Your clever attempt was not just suspicious, but despicable as well.

slartabartfast
I see the robot censor was able to replace your racist derogatory slang for a Spanish speaking person even after you thought you had cleverly concealed it in a perfectly ordinary word.
 
Your clever attempt was not just su****ious, but de****able as well.

Yes, that censor is so ****ed!
 
("r-e-t-a-r-d-e-d")

 

Hey... I just found out that "Cakewalk" is racist...

 
This has been discussed before:
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/where-did-the-name-cakewalk-come-from-m648525.aspx
 
 
Apparently some people need to go back and re-read the forums from the start again. 

 
Once I finish my research into the structure of the proton and publish my findings you'll see the answer was staring you in the face all along.
 
As you can see from this scientific diagram of a proton that I accidentally mislabelled as an atom and can't be arsed to change, I have discovered a brand new quark.
 
Which I've called 'Kay':
 
 

 
 
 Yes, it's a Kay Quark I'm an idiot.

SteveStrummerUK
 
Once I finish my research into the structure of the proton and publish my findings you'll see the answer was staring you in the face all along.
 
As you can see from this scientific diagram of a proton that I accidentally mislabelled as an atom and can't be arsed to change, I have discovered a brand new quark.
 
Which I've called 'Kay':
 
 

 
 
 Yes, it's a Kay Quark I'm an idiot.

 
Not quite fatty...
 
 
 
You're a feckin' idiot.
 
 

 
Fixed: