Say something nice about the South

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yeah Jess all the American flags hanging from the front door, and then a bumpersticker on the truck in the driveway saying "Bein a Rebel's in My Blood" or whatever - i think if this contradiction could be explained we'd have the key to everything

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 16:54 (twenty years ago) link

the air smells better. maybe it is a subtle difference in native vegetation, but it truly does. and you naysayers who have never noticed southern hospitality must've somehow offended the southerners' sensibilities with your yankee manners.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:22 (twenty years ago) link

Jane

It's really Dee, or Deanna if you'd like. ;) (See the anagrams thread for more info.)

- Sorry about the SCHLITTERBAHN spelling.

No worries hon. If you don't live around here or have studied German at length, it would be kinda tricky to spell.

Its just that that whole area is confusing with their german influence. Like for instance: Bexar County, 'Historical' Gruene, etc.

Bexar County! You mentioned our county! *laughs* We do have a lot of Germanic influence here in this area, which is both neat and interesting. I'm sure you're aware of the fact that one of the main thoroughfares here in S.A. is called Fredericksburg Rd.; well, the big thoroughfare in my neighborhood is called Wurzbach, which again highlights how thoroughly Germanic peoples have influenced the region.

There is a place in Gruene called the Gristmill that serves the best chicken-fried steak in the world...and its the size of a housecat. Mmmmmm...graaaavyyyyy......

The Gristmill! I've been meaning to try that out. Just need to figure out if Gruene is a short enough distance away for me to drive there sometime soon.

(Boerne is very close by to where I live. I can totally do anything in Boerne. I could also easily handle the drive out to Leon Springs.)

Ahhh, the TX Hill Country....

― Jane Datsun (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 19:56 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

Southern identity on the wane

― adaml (adaml), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 20:16 (twenty years ago) link

Southern identity on the wane.

― adaml (adaml), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 20:16 (twenty years ago) link

I just realized that my initial post on this thread reads like I think there is nothing great about the South. Oops. No wonder some people got pissed off.

― adaml (adaml), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 20:17 (twenty years ago) link

Shrimp and grits at Crooks Corner in Chapel Hill, NC.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:01 (twenty years ago) link

four months pass...

Don't steal a television in North Carolina otherwise they'll throw you in prison for 33 years.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 01:55 (twenty years ago) link

Before I clicked on the link I knew he was black.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 02:17 (twenty years ago) link

three months pass...

If I was going to do a road trip through the South, and I wanted to take my time and avoid cities and see interesting sights and nature and eat nice food, what route would I take?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link

I once drove through the Carolinas and Georgia. That was nice.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link

I live in in South Carolina! That more than justifies the south's existance in my book!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link

why would you want to avoid cities?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Because they're full of sin.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't know, maybe I don't. Tell me some good ones.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link

And don't say Charlotte because then I'll know you're lying.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link

have you ever driven on the Blue Ridge Parkway?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Like when gygax tried to trick me into going to a gay club in LA.

xpost - I tried to, but it was closed!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Check this out.

What's wrong with gay clubs?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Other places I have been - Savannah, Memphis, New Orleans, Charleston, somewhere in Virginia.

xpost nothing, but I was asking where I could go to watch football.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link

do you not know about KURT WARNER's PICTURE on GAYSPORTSFANCENTRAL.COM?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes I do. Actually I meant "soccer". Are there "soccer" players on GAYSPORTSFANCENTRAL.COM?

And are the two of us just going to derail every single thread we post today, h? That's my wish.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Your search - gay sports fan central soccer - did not match any documents.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Now that is surprising.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha that pink ball is great.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:47 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't be bothered reading through all of this (though I did get far enough to say Dee, we have Weinerschnitzels in CA), but I must mention (even if it's been mentioned already) Dixie Beer.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link

two years pass...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Southerners_Dying_Early

― UART variations (ex machina), Thursday, 25 January 2007 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

not surprising AT ALL

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 25 January 2007 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Isn't that electoral map a bit outdated now?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 25 January 2007 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link

You can say what you like about Southerners, but at least they are not uptight.

― The Real Dirty Vicar (dirtyvicar), Friday, 26 January 2007 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Except for, like, the Bible Belt, I guess.

― Allyzay doesnt get into the monkeys or vindications (allyzay), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link

not everyone in the bible belt is a bible thumper! dirty dirty represent.

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, as I'm well aware, but the numerous bible thumpers there certainly don't class as being freewheelin'.

― Allyzay doesnt get into the monkeys or vindications (allyzay), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm in the "buckle of the bible belt" and we're really liberal, but I reckon that comes from just living in a fairly large city. Go out to the sticks, and you'll find some Dixie Chicks-hatin' folks at every turn.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Friday, 26 January 2007 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Southern Schools Serve Funnel Cakes and Pizza for Breakfast

by brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com

I WANT

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 26 January 2007 17:15 (seventeen years ago) link

"You can say what you like about Southerners, but at least they are not uptight."

What the fucking hell are you talking about?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

The South is warmer than where I am writing from.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link

i have never had want for a ride home or a place to crash in the south.

― chicago kevin (chicago kevin), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Springs smells (and is) delightful in the South. Nashville smells like fresh laundry.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:33 (seventeen years ago) link

it's really easy to take naps here

― Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link

awesome awesome food

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Meat and 3s.
Fried okra.
Turnip greens.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Except for, like, the Bible Belt, I guess.

I'm talking about manner and mien rather than world view. Any Southerners I've met all seem pretty laid back, unlike most Northerners.

As an aside, I do love how saying you like Southerners is such a red lines crosser for Northerners.

― Remember Fredericksburg! (dirtyvicar), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link

broad generalities are accurate both ways vicar.

― chicago kevin (chicago kevin), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link

i have never had want for a ride home or a place to crash in the south.

So, so true.

― B.L.A.M. (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link

"As an aside, I do love how saying you like Southerners is such a red lines crosser for Northerners."

Not a line crossing thing for most people I know, more just a matter of thinking that anyone who would make a generality about an entire region's people (aka "they're all likeable", "they're all laid-back", etc) doesn't really know much about that place or those people.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 January 2007 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Bourbon

― jennyjennyjenny (pullapartgirl), Friday, 26 January 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link

seven years pass...

Headed to Dollywood tomorrow!

― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Thursday, 31 July 2014 04:54 (nine years ago) link

Ooh! I've never made it there, but I hear it's fun.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 July 2014 05:39 (nine years ago) link

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