Love. Ain't it beautiful?
Posted on 11/01/2005 6:50:26 AM PST by Phantom Lord
1. If your children all have different last names.
2. The only art you own is on your fingernails.
3. Everyone laughs when you introduce your child Chlamydia.
etc...
"If you see a sign that says 'fight against crack', and it reminds you to pull up your blue jeans...."
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
A redneck is someone like my grandfather. A poor country boy, not much education, whose neck turned red from being out in the sun while working in the fields. Has nothing to do with being indentured. Most of the rednecks where I grew up either owned their farms but were cash poor or itenerant farm hands. Considered by the city folks to be poor white farmer trash.
My grandfather might have begun life as a redneck, but he didn't die one. He worked hard all of his life as did my grandmother. They achieved more on their own than anyone might do today. In fact (unknown to us until after their deaths) they often met the financial obligations of others who were between a rock & a hard place.
I'm proud of my redneck roots. Its like being Southern--you either are or you aren't. No pretending.
There are some summer residents at teh campground across the river from my inlaws. They built a wood deck and strapped 3 canoes under it, put an outboard, camping canopy and lawn chairs and a table. Bingo, y'all got you's a fancy pontoon boat. I tried but couldn't get a photo of it when they went by.
Sadly, the thing actually looked pretty cool.
Damned straight
I remember on Real TV they actually had a "Hey y'all watch this moment".
This drunk guy was in a police station. He said, "Hey, want to see something neat?" Then put his head down and ran smack into the wall. When the cops picked him up, he said, "Want to see me do it again?"
The police responded, "You are going to hurt yourself!" To which he replied, "No, I got a hard head, man!"
To this day I think it is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I mean, I thought this was a joke until I actually saw someone do it.
Love. Ain't it beautiful?
"How about 25 ways to tell if you're ghetto?
1. If your children all have different last names.
2. The only art you own is on your fingernails.
3. Everyone laughs when you introduce your child Chlamydia.
etc..."
Isn't it interesting how white people can and do laugh at themselves. We have a sense of humor, a sense that not every word is an arrow meant to harm.
But, apply that same vision to a minority, and it's no longer funny. It's "offensive", and "racist".
A shame, we often learn from humor. All good humor has a grain of truth at it's center.
duh-RE-za don't count, she's a demonrat.
I would love to add that to my "collection"
I would love to get a copy of that.
#1 was "OJ did it."
Dang, in that tubetop
You almost make me forget
that you're my cousin
Huh? You've obviously never heard Dave Chappelle, Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx or Chris Rock's routines.
"Huh? You've obviously never heard Dave Chappelle, Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx or Chris Rock's routines."
Good point. But I do notice that those gentlemen do seem to have a common denominator. And I'm certain I've heard both Chappelle and Rock do humor regarding rednecks. It's a little tougher for a redneck to do humor regarding minorities.
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
I'm being a little bit sarcastic and your grandparents sound like great people.
Jess dayyyyyuuuummmmmm....
As part of my Christmas time material for my stand up set, I tell this joke:
My wife discovered the Hallmark Channel. If it weren't for Walker, Texas Ranger at 6 PM, I would be up here doing show tunes instead of jokes.
Now that it is Christmas time, EVERY STINKIN' SHOW on the Hallmark Channel is, "A Very Special Christmas Story".
A Very Special Little House
A Very Special Quincy
A Very Special Special
Ugh. Every one is the same, someone dies and comes back as an angel to save a dysfunctional family and help them through the holidays.
The only two spirits of dead guys that can help my family get through the holidays are Jim Beam and Jack Daniels.
Ah geez, LOL
That reminds me of when I went to my OB Gyn. He asked me if my three children all had the same father. I was angered by that question, but he said "You wouldn't believe how many women have four or five babies all with different fathers! And these are often bery young women." I thought it was very odd at the time, but I guess it happens. How horrible!
I love your profile page. Great comment. Debates welcome WITHOUT personal attacks. Hard to do with my liberal sisters.
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