And, as a bonus, no matter what the NorfJersyites say, it's Taylor Pork Roll.
Posted on 06/02/2022 7:30:31 AM PDT by mikelets456
1. My new Boss So, there is clearly a hierarchy of hometown heroes, huh?.....
2. So long, southern drawl New Jerseyans speak so quickly, I’m being forced to recalibrate my brain. In Alabama, things are slower than molasses running uphill in winter.
3. Breakfast blunders Last week, I was having lunch with a new colleague. He asked me if I was familiar with Taylor ham. I asked, “Taylor who?” He about choked and fell off his chair! I guess I’ve got a lot of eating to do.
4. A place for all I appreciate the diversity I’ve found in New Jersey so far, which promotes acceptance and tolerance. Down in Alabama, suspicion of outsiders is common and on multiple occasions, I faced discrimination in the deep South. After all, I am a Muslim Arab, and according to a wide swath of public sentiment — driven by far too many misinformed media pundits — all Muslim Arabs are assumed to be terrorists. The assumption unfairly ignores the 1.7 billion Muslims who only desire love, peace, freedom and safety. Needless to say, I look forward to my new home in the Garden State, a much more colorful rainbow of humanity.
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Well bye, Felicia.
No kidding
See #80.
“Locals spot me as a Yankee, as soon as I open my mouth. LOL”
When I first moved to the south from the NY area, I was at a stadium food concession and when I got up to the counter and ordered (”Give me a hot dog and a coffee”), could not have picked the two most perfect words to out myself. All the people behind me in line started laughing.
I knew it was called "Taylor" something, and when I saw it packaged as "Taylor Pork Roll" at my grocery store, I assumed it was the same thing. Eat it pretty regularly the same way. Brings back good memories.
NJ is a “sanctuary state” (and that was how the 9/11 Muslims moved freely here despite overstaying visas and such) because it is only a step up for Thirdworlders (and I say that as someone born and raised - and still living here).
Normals and their employers have been fleeing for decades; like neighboring NY and PA, it is only still in business because of open borders.
The SALT limitation was crushing to these sh!tholes because the working Americans get all the bills for the foreigners - so our taxes are high at every level. Writing off those taxes was a means to get the rest of the country to subsidize us...
I want to hear how you went from rich kid to trailer park please?
My best pal wen to Portsmouth Abbey
My younger daughter almost did Choate
Not a good fit
My brother did St Andrews briefly
Another pal did Christ in Asheville NC ....a tuff joint
I was spared....local prep school
Although one year public school in of course ...lower Alabama ...Fairhope
“..could not have picked the two most perfect words to out myself.”
I know what you mean. When I say “You guys...” the cat’s out of the bag.
Doubtful, if he came from Alabama. I once asked my dentist, who is from Lubbock, if Texans were as full of themselves as people say. He said no, Alabamans were the most boastful people he ever met.
I'm not entirely sure he's right about New Jersey and Alabama though. There's a lot of anger and frustration and inner group conflict bubbling below the surface in New Jersey that you may not find in Alabama.
But try not to prove him right about anti-Muslim feeling if you can.
"4. A place for all" BS. You'd be more likely to face discrimination in a Leftist hellhole for being religious of any kind than you would in Alabama.
I’ve seen plenty of beautiful people in New Jersey, too LOL! Sure.
Knowing that “boy” was meant as a racial insult No its not. That's your ignorance talking. I'm a Florida BOY and proud of it. I have absolutely no problem telling people I'm a Florida BOY or a Southern BOY either. Others do the same....and we were born and raised here. Do you think we're insulting ourselves? Get a clue.
And, as a bonus, no matter what the NorfJersyites say, it's Taylor Pork Roll.
” all Muslim Arabs are assumed to be terrorists. “
A wise assumption.
Went to private school in DC, and then when we moved to ATL.
After some shenanigans in 9th grade, my parents thought I could use a fresh start.
So, off to the Garden state I went. Little did they know, but boarding school is where you REALLY learn how to party. But you also learn how not to get caught, a useful life skill.
Where does he think the honorific "Good Ol' Boy" comes from?
Many years ago I had a young assistant who went to Paris for a Summer. She was a classically beautiful Jewish girl whom one would think looked perfectly at-home in any Continental city.
She said that all she had to do was walk down the street, and everyone KNEW she was an American.
I’ve been in very rural areas of the US where people knew immediately that I wasn’t ‘from there’. Sometimes, you don’t even have to speak.
They also dance and rejoice after every moslem attack...
It's like the wolves at the rear of the pack who weren't in on the kill saying they didn't hurt anything, but they will join in on the chewing, munching, and ripping apart of the victim...
I grew up on it for breakfast - my Virginia grandmother would slit the edges and fry it up.
We called it ‘Taylor Ham’ and it came in a box. I don’t think I’ve seen it in a long time, will have to look.
The picture looks like cylindrical Spam.
Hey! Roll Tide!
Show up in Boston during a blinding snowstorm in a western overcoat, cowboy boots, and a winter cowboy hat...they have a tendency to look at you funny and know you “ain’t from here” - LOL!
Not to mention the looks you get when you say, “Good mornin’” to everyone you pass on the street.
Absolutely! 😊
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