Haleys ? I think Mississippi has a Haley, but Hawaii has haoles. ;-)
Posted on 07/17/2004 10:50:26 AM PDT by Willie Green
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- They're terms that Jersey Shore residents have used every summer to describe the tourists lining beaches and boardwalks and filling hotels and restaurants.
If you are one of these tourists, it's possible you've never heard of the derogatory nicknames whispered behind your back. In other words, you might be a "bennie" or a "shoobie" and not even know it.
Almost everything about the words, from their origin to the frequency of their use, is a subject of disagreement.
Yet their existence is undeniable. Even as their region has cashed in on summertime visitors, every generation of Jersey Shore residents for the past century has cursed and poked fun at the bennies and shoobies.
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Up in the Blue Ridge they're called Floridiots.
Yes, but WHO would vacation in NEW JERSEY?
Peaople from upstate NY perhaps?
On another note, why would anyone in their right mind want to vacation in NJ anyway?
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"Yes, but WHO would vacation in NEW JERSEY?"
West Virginians?
Having grown up on the Jersey shore, and being away for 13 years now, this brought back some great memories :)
(been to a few benny go home parties myself)
thanks for posting, and for the smile
Good point.
I would venture to say that I will probably NEVER put my foot in that hell hole called New Jersey.
There are too many beautiful places to see and things to do just in my great state of Texas.
...wishing I could pee on NJ from here.
Being from NJ and living in Florida, both places have it's share of tourists. While I was once a tourist here, I can't say I ever DROVE like one.
I think the Florida tourists are far worse than anything Jersey shore residents deal with. We have Canadiens, Ohioans, and much of the mid-west. Jersey shore probably deals with predominantly NY and some PA, MASS and CT travellers, which isn't too bad comparatively.
Down here in FL we love tourists and call them effectionately, "jobs." (Except for the whiny, complainy bad-driving tight ones from the northeast that cry and say things like "that's not the way we do it in Noo Yawk," for whom colorful and highly secret Seminole profanity is reserved.)
i know a lot of people that go to new jersey for the great bear hunting they have in the south eastern part of the state however as for going ot the jersey shore or anywhere near the urine saturated boardwalks not a chance in hades i'd ever set foot there
Sheesh, did New Jersey kill your dog, or something?
And dogs piss on the furniture if you leave them alone too long...
Chagrin Falls, Ohio has their "cone lickers".
(people come to town, buy an ice cream, walk around the square and look at the falls)
Cheers,
PB
On some summer weekends, it seems that half of NYC has flooded into our little beachfront communities. Further south it's the Philly crowd.
The nicest time is mid September to mid October. The weather is usually great and the crowds have gone.
I just went to NJ shore for the first time. I leased a home on the beach at Ocean City and we were all pleased with the entire area. We stayed a week with our children and grandchildren. The beach was clean and so was the town.
We stayed at the Delaware shore last year in a beach home. We all agreed that NJ was a nice place to visit. They all wanted to return next year. The fishing was great, people were nice and we really do not care if they have names for us. It is not a big deal. They are stuck with corrupt McGreevy and we are not. I to go have to brush the sand from my SUV carpets.............:>)
Congressman Billybob
Latest column, "John Kerry & John Edwards: You've GOT to be Kidding"
My favorite local bumper sticker:
If it’s tourist season, why can’t we shoot them?
anybody see the picture of the shark on the NJ coast?
RedBloodedAmerican posted the thread yesterday,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1172947/posts
besides, Outer Banks (OBX) in North Carolina has the best beaches on the eastern seaboard.
FMCDH(BITS)
Ya'll don't need to waste your time on the Jersey Shore. Come on down the the Outer Banks for some real beaches.
Haleys ? I think Mississippi has a Haley, but Hawaii has haoles. ;-)
I came to Texas from Spring Lake New Jersey. It is always this time of year when I miss my long runs on the boardwalk.
Between the overcrowded commercialized boardwalk beaches, there area few places with gorgeous white sandy beaches. I grew up near one of them. You'd have to see it to believe it's New Jersey.
I remember using the names for tourists, too. They haven't changed is twenty years.
If all you've ever done is drive 95 through the state, I can understand the comment.
I grew up in New York City, and have travelled through out the Garden state, from pristine farmlands to the Atlantic ocean....it's a gorgeous state.
Pennsylvanians and many New Yorkers rent beach houses in New Jersey during the summer, as a large portion of the New York Atlantic beaches are state parks, and renting out towards the Hamptons can be pricey.
It's just too bad about New Jersey politics.
Close, but Hawaiians actually refer to them as 'F* haoles".
Yes, please don't ever come here. There are are still some nice parts left in South Jersey, and some of the beach towns are very nice (Avalon, Stone Harbor, Cape May, etc.).
Fyi, our codeword for redneck Texans (such as yourself) is "assclown".
You got me there. Texas reeks with assclowns. Our Governor is an assclown, our lieutenant governor is an assclown, our attorney general is an assclown, our house and senate are dominated by assclowns, hell, all statewide officials are assclowns. Our two US Senators are even assclowns.
Meanwhile, New Jersey is a "progressive" utopia of which all statewide officials are far smarter and wiser than us dumb assclowns here in Texas. Do you guys still have that awesome Poet Laureate? We sure could use some of that wisdom here in the assclown state.
Don't take it personal, but the voters of New Jersey are flaming idiots, much like my home state of Louisiana.
I lived in NJ for 5 yrs and my family is from there. It actually is a beautiful state outside of Newark and Patterson.
I lived in Bergen County/Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes...beautiful area.
Let's not compare state governments. I'll trade you one used Bush-hating communist PL for a State Supreme Court that would reverse the Toricelli debacle. For a non-Dem controlled legislature. For a governor that doesn't look like a little boy. For a property tax rate that wasn't abusive. New Jersey government is beyond terrible. But some parts of the state are still pretty. Get me the h-ll outta here.
It's a little known fact that the tooth brush was invented in West Virginia...had it been invented anywhere else, it would probably be known as the teeth brush.
But seriously, FIBs vacation in Wisconsin...and if it's called tourist season, why can't you shoot them?
Absolutely. Of course you can reach the Currituck Sound over Route 12 from the Atlantic ocean with a 3 wood. Don't be out there in a hurricane because there ain't no 'outhere' left.
Grew up on the Jeysey shore as a kid. 25 cents at Playland in Lavellette got me 5 hours at the pinball machines. They'd have to throw me out. My parents alomst bout a house for $4000. Now they are $400,000.
Look: there's been some pretty bad people come out of the Lone Star State, but I wouldn't say what you said about an entire state. There are plenty of good people and Freepers here in the Garden State.
Peace, brother.
Which is another reason why my family is in no hurry to vacation in Hawaii.
It is just that my bladder gets weak at the sight of a blue state.
I apologize for sparing with an ideological brother. Here's hoping that NJ becomes a Red state in November.
It's mostly North Joiseyians going to South Joisey. ;-)
I must say, we do have one of the best beaches on the East coast:
There are too many beautiful places to see and things to do just in my great state of Texas.
...wishing I could pee on NJ from here."
Wait a minute...Let's ALL visit Texas -- 267,000 square miles of oil derricks, cow chips, the obligatory bull/cowboy hats at the bar, and acre after acre of dusty depair...
I could fly down in the AM, rent a jeep, and be done with Texas by sundown.
Know all about it...Remember Barnacle Bill's?
My family vacationed in Ortley/Lavallette for years; I worked the boardwalk for a few years in Seaside; Now I'm a realtor who's quie familiar with the prices in Lavallette (The Yank's Derek Jeter now live a few doors away from Joe Pesce)
Now, now, we LOVE all you visitors to the Jersey Shore.
Just go home by Labor Day. Thank you.
Q: If all the inbreds from the hollers of West Virginia moved to the Jersey shore, you know what would happen?
A: The average IQ in both states would increase.
Just pee on the Democrats and RINOs, please.
Of course that describes almost all of our political leaders here in the Garden State.
Actually, NJ is one of the prettiest states you'll ever see.
The mountains and lakes in the Northwest part of the state, and the cleanest beaches in the East, to Victorian Cape May at the southern tip, it really is beautiful.
But the taxes, politics, traffic, and winters will kill you.
It is not for the timid.
I do remember 'PlyaLand' on the Lavellette / Oceanh Beach border. Seaside was the big Friday Night trip. A whole $2.00 got a night worth of entertainment.
And Floridians call them (visitors) "tourons."
All the physical beauty of NJ is compromized by this uglyness....
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