SOUTHERN ADVICE

Mason Dixon | long ago | common knowledge

[TexasCowboy]

"My neices in Texas say "you all", singular. What gives?"

Poor chile!
Some Yankee done corrupted her!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I don't have a clue.... perhaps different regions of the State say things differently? We always said, "Are you going" if refering to one person, or "Are y'all going" if referring to more than one..........

[annyokie]

Well, their mom is from Arkansas and their dad from California. I guess that factors in, LOL.

[cmsgop]

Very Good,Thanks

[annyokie]

They live in Austin. That's probably the indicator!

[fortunecookie]

The South has collard greens.

...nobody has ever offered me collard greens at a restaurant.

Me neither. I have had them in Boston at a rib place (a chain that originated in the south), they are absolutely delicious. I wasn't sure I would like them, but knew I had to try them. I can still taste them...

[yankeedog]

Do not touch. You can't handle Tabasco. Don't even try.

I'm a Yankee. Moved to Tennessee a year ago and I'm stayin. Tabasco sauce? Great taste; but if you thnk that's HOT you need to get out more. Try "Dave's Insanity". Don't hurt yourself.

[geologist]

Did I miss it? Has anyone offered "flat"

as in it's flat hot today
or she was flat out beautiful
or I flat don't have anything to wear
or I flat don't know ...
He is a flat out liar, etc.

[Senator Pardek]

I've heard rumors that some folks in the South use Tabasco instead of hot sauce on Buffalo Wings. Is that true? I'm fixin' ta get me some takeout wings at the local gin joint right now...

[MeekOneGOP]

Wow. You're really getting good at those animations ...

[Syncro]

It depends on the passion index. Some Texas girls will swap chew with you one night, and the next day say "What's that smell? Spit that stuff out!" LOL

Oops, thouht you said Tabacco sauce...my bad.

[varina davis]

My question is... why does the South still vote Democrat?

Because Abe Lincoln was a Republican. And besides, there is a world of difference between a Southern Democrat and a Southern Dixiecrat.

A lot of Southerners didn't leave the Democratic Party -- the Party left them. They're just biden their time until good sense prevails.

[warchild9]

The "South" does not vote Democratic. Stupid college kids, blacks, homosexuals, soccer moms, most Yankee colonists, all vote Democrat. The oldest bloc of southern Democratic voters are the "yellow dogs," who still remember Lincoln, who was a Republican, and can't get their mind around the concept that the Democrats are a much bigger threat to us than the contemporary Republican party. Reagan helped a lot in changing these attitudes (because of him, I switched from the Libertarian Party, for instance), but the present loser Republican Congress is really, really souring the average conservative voter on the Republicans (including me). Clinton turned all our stomachs, but he's years ago, and memories don't extend past last season's sports scores.

[warchild9]

Oh, another thing, I do not hate the "North." I spent several years in New York City, and had a great time. What I've been trying to say is that southerners are a unique people who deserve their own country, whose right to their own country is being destroyed by colonization by Yankees and Mexicans. They don't realize it because they are mesmerized by television and sports. There's no hate involved. It's just a recognition that we are different, just as we are collectively different from Canadians--basically the same people, but we aren't. See?

[dixiechick2000]

"put the bed clothes on."

My mother still says that, and so do many other people I know.

"...said I sounded like her great grandma."

That was uncalled for...;o)

[dixiechick2000]

"Has anyone offered "flat"

I'm flat tuckered...

[dixiechick2000]

LOL! ...You Texas Brush Popper!

Thanks!

[MississippiMan]

I don't like greens, neither collard nor turnip. UGH. And yes, I've tried 'em. I also loathe crawfish. Grits prepared properly are wondrous. Gravy and biscuits? Yup. Chunks o'sausage in the gravy? Even better.

MM

[MississippiMan]

I don't like greens, neither collard nor turnip. UGH. And yes, I've tried 'em. I also loathe crawfish. Grits prepared properly are wondrous. Gravy and biscuits? Yup. Chunks o'sausage in the gravy? Even better.

MM

[Dog Gone]

I detest spinach, and about the only green vegetables I like get salad dressing on them. Perhaps I'm silly not to be eating collard greens, but I hate spitting out food in front of my friends and family.