15 Ways to survive the South

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Fifteen Ways To Avoid A Good Southern *** Whuppin ...
Issued by the Southern Tourism Bureau


1) Don't order filet mignon or pasta primavera at Waffle House. It's just a
diner. They serve breakfast 24 hours a day. Let them cook something they
know. If you confuse them, they'll kick your ***

2) Don't laugh at our Southern names (Merleen, Ida Jo, Bobby Sue, Luther,
Tammy Lynn! , Inez, Billy Joe, Sissy, Clovis, etc.) or we will just HAVE to
kick your ***

3) Don't order a bottle of pop or a can of soda down here. Down here it's
called Coke. Nobody gives a flying rat's *** whether it's Pepsi, RC, Dr.
Pepper, 7-Up or whatever... it's still a Coke, OR a Co-Cola. Accept it.
Doing otherwise can lead to an *** kicking.

4) We know our heritage. Most of us are more literate than you (e.g. Welty,
Williams, Faulkner). We are also better educated and generally a lot nicer.
Don't refer to us as a bunch of hillbillies or we'll
kick your ***.

5) We have plenty of business sense (e.g., Fred Smith of Fed Ex, Sam Walton,
Turner Broadcasting, MCI WorldCom, MTV, Netscape). Naturally,
we do, sometimes, have small lapses in judgment (e.g. John Edwards, Al
Gore, Bill Clinton, David Duke). We don't care if you think we are dumb. We
are not dumb enough to let someone move to our state in
order to run for the Senate. If someone tried to do that, we would kick
his/her ***.

6) Don't laugh at our Civil War monuments. If Lee had listened to Longstreet
and flanked Meade at Gettysburg instead of sending Pickett up the middle,
you'd be paying taxes to Richmond instead of Washington. If you visit Stone
Mountain Georgia and complain about the carving,
we'll kick your ***.

7) We are fully aware of how high the humidity is, so shut the hell up. Just
spend your money and get the hell out of here, or we'll kick
your ***.

8) Don't order wheat toast at Cracker Barrel. Everyone will instantly know
that you're a Yankee. Eat your biscuits like God intended with red eye
gravy. And don't put sugar on your grits, or we'll kick your
***.

9) Don't fake a Southern accent. This will incite a riot! And you will get
your *** kicked.

10) Don't talk about how much better things are at home because we know
better. Many of us have visited Northern hellholes like Detroit, Chicago,
and DC, and we have the scars to prove it. If you don't like
it here, Delta is ready when you are. Move your *** on home before it gets
kicked.

11) Yes, we know how to speak proper English. We talk this way because we
don't want to sound like you. We don't care if you don't understand what we
are saying. All other Southerners understand what we are saying, and that's
all that matters. Now, go away and leave us
alone, or we'll kick your ***.

12) Don't complain that the South is dirty and polluted. None of OUR lakes
or rivers have caught fire recently. If you whine about OUR scenic beauty,
we'll kick your *** all the way back to Boston Harbor.

13) Don't ridicule our Southern manners. We say sir and ma'am. We hold
doors open for others. We offer our seats to old folks because such things
are expected of civilized people. Behave yourselves around
our sweet little gray-haired grandmothers or they'll kick some manners into
your *** just like they did ours.

14) So you think we're quaint, or losers, because most of us live in the
countryside? That's because we have enough sense to not live in filthy,
smelly, crime infested cesspools like New York, Baltimore or
Boston. Make fun of our fresh air, and we'll kick your ***.

15) Last, but not least, DO NOT DARE to come down here and tell us how to
cook barbecue. This will get your *** shot (right after it is kicked).
You're lucky we let you come down here at all. Criticize our
barbecue, and you will go home in a pine box... minus your ***.
 

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Sapper6 said:
Fifteen Ways To Avoid A Good Southern *** Whuppin ...
Issued by the Southern Tourism Bureau


1) Don't order filet mignon or pasta primavera at Waffle House. It's just a
diner. They serve breakfast 24 hours a day. Let them cook something they
know. If you confuse them, they'll kick your ***
Nothin says "hangover cure" like a triple order of hash browns scattered covered, chunked, capped, and a double waffle. ;)
 

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*sigh*

It brings a smile to my face & tears to my eyes to see such good, heartfelt advice offered to those who aren't native born & bred to the south. However it infuriates the **** out of me to see it blatently ignored & our outlook on things subverted, mocked, chastised, etc...

As I once told this person who was whining about the humdity after an early afternoon thunderstorm in mid August... "I know for a fact I didn't invite you to Atlanta, however let me be the first to point your *** to I-85 north to get the hell out!". I didn't really have any issues with them after that.

In all seriousness, much of the "southerness" people find as the topic of humor or discussion or wanting to experience, is quickly diminishing. The population of metro Atlanta has grown based on 1990 & 2000 census figures from 2.9 million to over 4.1 million in 10 years (http://www.demographia.com/db-atlmet2000.htm). That's a rough average of 100k people per year for 10 years. I am one of the few native Georgians I know now. When I was a kid, I was only one of a few people in my elementary school that had lived outside of Georgia. My little brother was the only kid in the school to be born out west (Arizona).

Thankfully, in large part to literature & of recent times, comedy the "southern culture" will be hard pressed to be lost totally but for people to experience & enjoy, that will be hard to come across.

Now... as famous last words go... "Y'all watch this.... :mp5: "
 

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That was wonderful!! And I agree that it is diminishing... with about 1,000 people a day comming to Florida (as I heard the other day) it is quickly changing.
 

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OUMoose said:
Nothin says "hangover cure" like a triple order of hash browns scattered covered, chunked, capped, and a double waffle. ;)
mmmm.... Burt's Chili & browns....
 

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Another thing that really ticks me off, is people moving in from Md., Pa., and so on, complaining about the way we drive, talk, or make up crap that isn't true due to their own personal hangups. I say, "if you don't like it, go back to where you came from!!!"
 

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