[XRdsRev]

"Ingram, who says he is leaving Texas for Costa Rica soon, cites the boorish manners of Yankees as one of his prime dislikes for them.

"They look down their little pointy noses at the people in the South because we are polite and nice to them," Ingram said. "They think people who are polite and nice are dumb."

I would have to say that anyone North or South, who broadly generalizes a whole group of people like Mr. Ingram does, is indeed dumb.

[rhombus]

"They look down their little pointy noses at the people in the South because we are polite and nice to them," Ingram said

It must be the snow and ice that makes Yankee noses "little" and "pointy". I guess the heat and sun makes Johnny Reb's nose huge and bulbous...or is that the moonshine?

[SailormanCGA72]

"They look down their little pointy noses at the people in the South because we are polite and nice to them," Ingram said. "They think people who are polite and nice are dumb."

I remember moving to Illinois from the high plains of Texas when I was 9 years old. We marveled at the ridicule we received from the local farming community because of our accents, cowboy boots, etc. I was called a dumb hillbilly. I guess they had never seen Levelland, Texas. One of our neighbors was in his seventies and had never been outside of two counties there in Illinois and yet was an authority on how backwards and racist all of us "southerners" were. So I can sort of understand where Mr. Ingrahm is coming from.

[taxed2death]

"I would have to say that anyone North or South, who broadly generalizes a whole group of people like Mr. Ingram does, is indeed dumb."


Agreed, this guy is wrong in so many places it's tough to pick out exactly where to even START to deflate his "theories".

"Boorish manners"?
Most RURAL Yankees (myself included) are direct and to the point. We do not hide behind a facade of pleasantry. The fact that we don't often make small talk upon meeting someone is actually out of respect for their privacy. Some southerners take this as being "cold" when it is the furthest from the truth. We do not poke our noses into others business and consequently if you want to get on the bad side of a rural Yankee really fast, just start asking inane personal questions while trying to pass it off as smalltalk. You'll likely get a blank stare and some deafening silence.

Don't confuse some loud city folks from up north with rural Yankees and you'll do just fine.

[SALChamps03]

I have no problem with Yankees. I am related to many. Now Yankees fans are a different story.

[dangus]

Ingram: "I hate all of them, they make such wild generalizations!"

[Ditter]

My friend just returned from a cruise of the Greek Islands. I have never heard her say one word denouncing people from the northeast and she certainly is not still fighting the Civil War. She are her family are originally mid westerners. She announced yesterday, in no uncertain terms, that Yankees are the rudest people on earth and she detests them. The cruise ship was full of them and they made a very bad impression on her. Face it, as a group, you folks are just rude.