Posted on 06/01/2005 8:07:19 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
I just registered on your forum. It will be interesting to see if any DUmmies enter that forum.
If you haven't been reading the DUmmie FUnnies at least 12 hours a day since April 28, sir, you missed out on a lot.
Too much to recount in anything less than a 500-page novel, and a very badly-written one at that.
I lived in Tulsa in the early to mid 50's. The Will Rodgers was proposed as a toll road until the bonds were paid off. Well its 50 years later and it is still under constant construction and a toll road. It sucks to pay to drive on a road, and it is mostly two lanes.
It used to be a joke in Oklahoma that the current governor (either party) was allowed to steal the highway funds, no questions asked. It came with being governor.
Speaking of barbeque. Tomorrow I go to a place that cooks the ABSOLUTE BEST chicken ever. It is in an industrial park behind an auto repair garage. Every Friday and Saturday a guy sets up a steel drum grill and makes the BEST Jerk Chicken. If you never had Jerk style food it was developed in Jamaica. It consists of local spices. The stuff is INCREDIBLE and MUCH BETTER that regular barbeque. And you can't buy food like this in a regular restaurant. This guy takes three days to prepare the Jerk from scratch and marinate the chicken. Then it is cooked slooowly to perfection. I love the stuff. Not much atmosphere but who cares. The Jerk Chicken is BEYOND BELIEF. I sort of make it a habit to be there Fridays for lunch, then go to the library, then return for supper. YUM!!!
Someone should really post the "Andyscam Can" lyrics again for a little mood-lightening. That was some great stuff! The Freeper who wrote it is genius, but I don't think I've seen him/her around lately. Neither can I remember his/her name or find those posts with the song. Does anyone here have it saved or know where it can be found?
How about the scene in the winery where one guy drinks all of the wine people were spitting out after tasteing. I almost barfed.
I hear the word TEABAG and I think of something completely different....jsut how my twisted mind works sometmes.
Especially whre those guys are concerned.
That was none other than the illustrious Charles Henrickson.
I don't think he's reading today, because he has something about getting a Ph.D. in Hebrew going on.
So he's hitting the books rather than the DUmmie FUnnies.
But maybe somebody else has it.
When I saw the teabag, I had the same thought!
It depends upon your accent whether the waitress asks if you want 'sweet tea' or not. If they can detect that you aren't a native, they will ask. Afterwords they will call you a yankee and snicker. I spent a lot of time in Ms, Ar, Al and Tn during my 'travlin' days. I enjoyed all of it. The people are genuine and very accommodating, whereas I could care less about going to Chicago because I perceive the people to be hateful or snotty. Sorry to step on Chicago residents here, but thats the perception.
Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
One time on the radio when I was under 5, the DJ said if it's raining and the sun is shining it meant the Devil was fighting over his wife, but I figured it was close enough. Maybe the DJ said the Devil was fighting with his wife but we always said "fighting over" and I always wondered who the Devil was fighting with, I guess I imagined it was like two rams vying for the affection of the same ewe.
I didn't answer anything for drinking/water fountain since we call it a bubbler.
Also, I wasn't familiar with any of the words for an easy class. Maybe all my classes were just hard to me so I never had use for such a term, or maybe I knew a term at one time but I don't remember. "Crip class" seems familiar, now that I think of it, but I didn't know what it meant until now.
A fun little quiz.
Mine's pretty accurate:
55% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
Most of my family came from the south (Arkansas & Alabama) but my mom's family is yankee blue-blood through and through. Guess the 10% from the midwest must have come while they were all making their way west.
Cindie
I didn't write the particular song to which CC refers--I think the "AndyScam" song was written by . . . motzman? I wrote a different song, "Undie Does Perp Walk."
As to my Ph.D. work (in Biblical Studies), I am preparing to take a two-hour sight-translation exam in Hebrew next Wednesday. So these days I'm working through Genesis 37-41, Deuteronomy 26-30, and Psalms 30-40. The selection to be translated for the exam could come from any of those chapters.
My Hebrew, which had grown rusty (I'm an NT/Greek major), is coming back nicely, but still I'm checking in on the DUFUs less frequently than I would otherwise.
p.s. I'm waiting until tomorrow morning because there is a story on the local news I want to catch in a little bit relating to the owner of the local Swap Shop going BERSERK. For South Floridians this is a MUST SEE.
Earl Grey is a brand of tea. But as far as I know, no self respecting Brit tea connoisseur would utilize tea bags.
Where are you in Fl PJ? I used to go to Ft Lauderdale on a monthly basis. Always flew into Ft. Lauderdale rather than Miami.
Here is a link where it is at, Will Pitt's blog at PDA
http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=23#comments
I don't know how to bring it over here.
Lauderdale. The Jerk Chicken I get tomorrow is near State Rd 7 and Pembroke. In an industrial park.
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