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Tips To Help Yankees Get Along In The South
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Subject: For my Texas friends.....et al ... Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:50:19 EDT
(Al Webb, referred to below was a well-known "space program" writer for NASA, AP, and UPI ... and a very nice man)
Issued by the Southern Tourism Bureau to ALL visiting Northerners And Northeastern Urbanites, to us via Alvin B. Webb, late of Tennessee:
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 butt.
2. Don't laugh at our Southern names (Merleen, Bodie, Ovine, Luther Ray, Tammy Lynn, Darla Beth, Inez, Billy Joe, Sissy, Clovis, etc.)... Or... we will just HAVE to kick your butt.
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 fart whether it's Pepsi, RC, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up or whatever-it's still a Coke. Accept it. Doing otherwise... can lead to an butt 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 butt.
5. We have plenty of business sense (e.g., Fred Smith of Fed Ex, Turner Broadcasting, MCI World Com, MTV, Netscape). Naturally, we do, sometimes, have small lapses in judgment (e.g., Edwards, Duke, Barnes, Clinton). 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 their butt.
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. And by the way, if you visit Stone Mountain and complain about the carving,... we'll kick your butt.
7. We are fully aware of how high the humidity is, so shut up. Just spend your money and get out of here, or... we'll kick your butt.
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 gravy. And don't put sugar on your grits, or ... we'll kick your butt.
9. Don't fake a Southern accent. This will incite a riot, and you... will get your butt kicked.
10. Don't talk about how much better things are at home because we know better. Many of us have visited Northern hell holes like Detroit and Chicago, and we have the scars to prove it. If you don't like it here, Delta is ready when you are. Move your butt 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 butt.
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 butt 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 and ladies because such things are expected of civilized people. Behave yourselves around our sweet little gray-haired grand mothers or... they'll kick some manners into your butt 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 or Philadelphia. Make fun of our fresh air, and... we'll kick your butt.
15. Last, but not least, DO NOT DARE to come down here and tell us how to cook barbecue.... This will get your butt 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 butt!
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(Al Webb, referred to below was a well-known "space program" writer for NASA, AP, and UPI ... and a very nice man)
Issued by the Southern Tourism Bureau to ALL visiting Northerners And Northeastern Urbanites, to us via Alvin B. Webb, late of Tennessee:
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 butt.
2. Don't laugh at our Southern names (Merleen, Bodie, Ovine, Luther Ray, Tammy Lynn, Darla Beth, Inez, Billy Joe, Sissy, Clovis, etc.)... Or... we will just HAVE to kick your butt.
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 fart whether it's Pepsi, RC, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up or whatever-it's still a Coke. Accept it. Doing otherwise... can lead to an butt 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 butt.
5. We have plenty of business sense (e.g., Fred Smith of Fed Ex, Turner Broadcasting, MCI World Com, MTV, Netscape). Naturally, we do, sometimes, have small lapses in judgment (e.g., Edwards, Duke, Barnes, Clinton). 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 their butt.
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. And by the way, if you visit Stone Mountain and complain about the carving,... we'll kick your butt.
7. We are fully aware of how high the humidity is, so shut up. Just spend your money and get out of here, or... we'll kick your butt.
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 gravy. And don't put sugar on your grits, or ... we'll kick your butt.
9. Don't fake a Southern accent. This will incite a riot, and you... will get your butt kicked.
10. Don't talk about how much better things are at home because we know better. Many of us have visited Northern hell holes like Detroit and Chicago, and we have the scars to prove it. If you don't like it here, Delta is ready when you are. Move your butt 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 butt.
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 butt 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 and ladies because such things are expected of civilized people. Behave yourselves around our sweet little gray-haired grand mothers or... they'll kick some manners into your butt 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 or Philadelphia. Make fun of our fresh air, and... we'll kick your butt.
15. Last, but not least, DO NOT DARE to come down here and tell us how to cook barbecue.... This will get your butt 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 butt!
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One woman's opinion
Yeah I know..."Yankee is only half a word down here."
....and the second half of the word at that!
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Woods
How big a boy are ya?
I hear there is a group of mommas and grandmommas that are going
to start giving drive-by whuppings to some of these upstart kids down
here. Can't wait to see that.
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