My goodness, I haven't encountered such a display of sophisticated wit since the last time I attended a reception at the British Embassy.
LOL, indeed. It is precisely because of this sort of infantile, reflexive derision that some of us have begun to stand up for the sociocultural heritage the South imparts to us.
Don't mind Hank, ladies and gentlemen; if he were adequately educated he would be familiar with Southern contributions to law, literature, and history, but alas! as he so freely demonstrates, we can't hold him to the standards of behavior evidenced by mannerly and broadly-read people.