Posted on 12/04/2004 1:50:28 PM PST by chasio649
!Go on and feel sad...I'm sad for you, considering your senators, Kerry and ....what's the other guy's name?
Stinkin Auburn is whoopin our tails. ><
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When I lived in Pensacola in the 70's, we had it marked and stored away in the garage. Only had to buy it once.
However, your question has merit. If "everyone" did that, there wouldn't be a rush on plywood every time, would there?
Missippy ping
Yankees need to learn the multiple uses for that very Southern "Bless your heart."
I got a better idea -- why don't y'all just stay the hell up north. We got enough liberals and yankees (redundant) here already.
Oh, and it's not 'soul food' down here, it's just food.
Yep, native Californian, transplanted to GA here.
After three years I actually said "all y'all have a nice Thanksgiving" to the office staff at my children's school, and I have found out you can say just about anything you want, as long as you add "Bless your Heart."
: )
That will not happen. Not without another war.
Never use your blinker when driving. Folks around here know where you're going and folks that ain't from around here got no business knowing.
FORGET the birds, Ya' SHOULD be makin' Cornbread with that!
Yeah, well, it's not the politics that keeps me around here.
LOL, yeah, we had so many good jokes.
For example:
How can you tell the toothbrush was invented in Alabama?
Because it's not a "teethbrush." :D
We got a TD, woot!
JoeFromSidney, Joe, thats for all real cookin. It makes all fried food better. Actually, there isn't any kind of cookin 'cept fried, from hush puppies,fried skillet bread, potatoes, I honestly can't think of any cooking that isn't better with bacon grease, if it calls for anykind of grease in the first place.. God Bless, KennyBob
I find Massachusetts beautiful, like most of the USA, but don't know why you are there.
That's a very real difference, and it takes some explaining. People in the northeast don't go in much for superficial kindness, but value straightforwardness and honest communication. That's why there's no patience for long, winding questions and layers of conversational niceties. What comes across as abruptness and rudeness to southerners is simply direct speech that assumes that we're all in this together and we should all be sharp enough to carry on a fast conversation.
The politeness is expressed in respect for the other person's intelligence and awareness of what's going on. You view them as an equal. It's very refreshing and familiar if you grew up with it. But I agree that it's extremely off-putting to people who grew up with a different set of interactions that seems, well, mindless and fake by comparison. (I mean that completely subjectively.)
We do hide out in our homes in winter, but we spend the other seven months our in the streets, in the parks, and on the beaches while you folk are driving from one air-conditioned zone to another. :)
Despite my original entry into this thread, I find differences between northeastern Americans and southeastern Americans worthy of discussion, because there is so much misunderstanding and cultural friction. Lists like this one can hurt as much as they help. I think it's good to talk about why people behave the way they do.
That's a very real difference, and it takes some explaining. People in the northeast don't go in much for superficial kindness, but value straightforwardness and honest communication. That's why there's no patience for long, winding questions and layers of conversational niceties. What comes across as abruptness and rudeness to southerners is simply direct speech that assumes that we're all in this together and we should all be sharp enough to carry on a fast conversation.
The politeness is expressed in respect for the other person's intelligence and awareness of what's going on. You view them as an equal. It's very refreshing and familiar if you grew up with it. But I agree that it's extremely off-putting to people who grew up with a different set of interactions that seems, well, mindless and fake by comparison. (I mean that completely subjectively.)
We do hide out in our homes in winter, but we spend the other seven months our in the streets, in the parks, and on the beaches while you folk are driving from one air-conditioned zone to another. :)
Despite my original entry into this thread, I find differences between northeastern Americans and southeastern Americans worthy of discussion, because there is so much misunderstanding and cultural friction. Lists like this one can hurt as much as they help. I think it's good to talk about why people behave the way they do.
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