The Yankee Guide to the South

www.thebigshow.com ^ | n/a | Joel Baker

[Beckwith]

You forgot everyone saying "hello".

[TexConfederate1861]

And...if your in Texas,you are expected do everything on the list 3 times better........:)

[Glenn]

The Northern States don't give a sh*t about anything else but themselves

The north doesn't wallow in the sorrow of a very long ago ass-whooping. A mature stance on things.

[PistolPaknMama]

I really enjoyed until I couldn't think of 15 meats

ROFL! (I reckon you could include entrails?)

[catfish1957]

Yep... Chicken, Beef, Pork, Duck, uhhh, uhh, Frog, Venison, Turkey, uhhh, uhh, (I don't feel so good)<><

[gitmo]

You make your dogs ride in the back of the pick up, you heartless bastard.

Well, my kids would be back there, but they frown on that nowdays. It's a shame: I always loved riding in the back of the pickup.

[U S Army EOD]

This idea of the government trying to think for us all the time really needs to end.

[l8pilot]

Actually, I was kind of dissapoint'd in the article.

First, it didn't mention the Souther'n Cross, the Battleflag. We fly it, all over, down here. When we take an oath to seve in the military, in the back of our minds, there is always a part of us saying, and for the South. I served 23 years in the Marine Corps, retired as a Lt.Col., and I always carried a Battleflag under my helmet, so I could fight under our own flag James Webb, in "Fields of Fire", and Ann Coulter, in her book "How to talk to a Liberal, if you must", noted similar phenomenon.

Second, there was no mention of guns. We, Southrons, see guns as the great equalizer between us and a tyrannical Federal government. (and, yes, we do remember we were "out gunned" in our "Second War for Independence". Nevertheless, Southerners own, and carry, more guns, per capita, than any other population of the Untied States, with the possible exception of Alaskans. (Who consider the "Lower 48" as a different world, anyway.)

Thinking about Alaska, in my time there, I found more of a "Southern sentiment" there (20 years ago), than I have found in Dixie. Many of them have little use, for the government of a foreign power. I recall a very vibrant "Alaskan Independence movement".

Food for thought

Lourie Salley

[guitfiddlist]

I remember bailing out of LA after the riots, and driving cross country and stopping for gas in rural Georgia. A fellow came by and said "Hey, how you doing?" I fixed him hard with a gaze and said "Just fine. How are you?" Then I realized he was just being friendly.

I spoke with some southern relatives, and told them how impressed I was with the friendliness, and the "y'all come back" stuff, and they said "Well...you know they don't mean that, don't you? It's just something to say."

I thought for a minute, and said "Well, if I had a choice between "Hey, getcha frikkin' car outta the way - you think you own that gas pump?" versus "Y'all come back" - and neither one really meant it - I know which one I'd choose.

[bad company]

Ping!

[sasportas]

You are right on about Alaska. As a delegate I attended Republican party meetings, remind you of militia get-togethers. Very independent folks these Republicans up here. You couldn't even get elected to dog catcher here if you were for gun control.

[U S Army EOD]

Make sure and keep the guns and plenty of ammo. The great big social upheaval might still happen.

[Terabitten]

El pingaroo. You're gonna need to know this stuff. :)

[terabyte]

Thanks for the heads up :-)

[MAWG]

Point of clarification if I might: Texas is not a part of the South. The south begins at the border with Louisiana and Arkansas. You ignorant yankees always seem to get that one wrong. Texas is and ALWAYS will be a Republic. It would be wise for any yankee who comes to TEXAS to remember that otherwise, he might be needing the services of a good dentist.

[chs68]

"If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the most minuscule accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store. It does not matter if you need anything from the store, it is just something you're supposed to do."

I grew up in Nebraska, went to college and graduate school in New England, and then moved to the DC area (I currently live in Arlington, Va).

It took me a while to understand that going to the supermarket was just something you "are supposed to do" when there is even the slightest hint of the most miniscule accumulation of snow.

[chs68]

This is reminding me of my dear Grandmother who lived her entire life in Oklahoma.

Bless her heart.

[Preachin']

Here's another one:

Thank God for the south, or we'd be watching John Kerry get sworn in next month.

[sasportas]

"Texas is not a part of the South...Texas is and ALWAYS will be a Republic."

And who helped make it a republic? People from the south...people like Davy Crockett who made Texas' fight his fight when he fought at the Alamo. Sam Houston himself was a Tennessean.

And then there is the little matter of the civil war. Gen. Hood from Texas comes to mind, Lee relied heavily on Texans, they helped tilt certain battles for the south. They were a major state in the south's lineup against the north.

For some reason you seem to have it in for the south. Are you ashamed that your folks fought on the side of the south?

[WHBates]

LOL