Say something nice about the South

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― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:09 (twenty years ago) link

there are millions of nice things about the south.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:13 (twenty years ago) link

ludacris.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:13 (twenty years ago) link

yams.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:13 (twenty years ago) link

Chittlins, mint julips, accents, hankerchiefs, verandas, girls on horseback.

― ModJ, Monday, 18 August 2003 16:14 (twenty years ago) link

cheese grits. William Faulkner. The Gulf coast. Music.

― hstencil, Monday, 18 August 2003 16:14 (twenty years ago) link

sweet tea + BBQ, obv.

― jason m. (jason m), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:15 (twenty years ago) link

reportedly it's Dirty

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:15 (twenty years ago) link

Quentin Compson on the South:

"I dont hate it," Quentin said, quickly,
at once, immediately; "I dont hate it," he said. I dont hate it
he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark: I dont. I
dont! I dont hate it! I dont hate it!
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:16 (twenty years ago) link

Like, in USA?

The Appalachian Mountains. The Florida Everglades. Mammoth Cave.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:17 (twenty years ago) link

gygax broke ilx.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:17 (twenty years ago) link

Plenty o' good things about the South, though I've barely visited it yet. All experiences good, though!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:19 (twenty years ago) link

let it be fixed!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:20 (twenty years ago) link

Having dead relatives on the losing side of the woah. Classic.

Country music.

Rustic handcrafts.

Minnieballs.

― ModJ, Monday, 18 August 2003 16:21 (twenty years ago) link

Oh go on!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:22 (twenty years ago) link

apparently the south has never made it out of the late 19th century. alert the black folk.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:22 (twenty years ago) link

New Orleans

Charleston

Savannah

Hushpuppies

Southern men

roadside fruit stands selling peaches bigger than your head

banana puddin'

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:23 (twenty years ago) link

Jimmy the Mod has perfected his time machine! I say we go to Nov 2000, move to Florida, and vote.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:24 (twenty years ago) link

haha!

Me!
Hot Browns
Royal Crown Cola
Cotton

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:24 (twenty years ago) link

This is out of control.
― Dale the Titled (cprek), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:26 (twenty years ago) link

mannie fresh.
dj magic mike.
simon trife.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:26 (twenty years ago) link

strongo I can't believe you're giving this question the time of day

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:28 (twenty years ago) link

i am JUST THAT BORED, t.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:28 (twenty years ago) link

Y'all better watch it, now . . .

― Lee G (Lee G), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:29 (twenty years ago) link

panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:36 (twenty years ago) link

most.
obscure.
poster.
e*v*a*h

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:37 (twenty years ago) link

;)

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:37 (twenty years ago) link

It isn't the North.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:41 (twenty years ago) link

And all you southern girls got a way with your words, and you show it

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:42 (twenty years ago) link

it isn't the pacific northwest.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:42 (twenty years ago) link

Winters are not too cold.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:44 (twenty years ago) link

Millar.
Tracer Hand.
Yanc3y.
Carey.
Blount.
Ethan.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:45 (twenty years ago) link

Alex Chilton!

And yes, Ludacris.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:46 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.pigglywiggly.com/mfy/templates/pigglywiggly/images/MrPigSteppin_AN.gif

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:48 (twenty years ago) link

Lebowskifest. ATL. Memphis BBQ. The Mississippi River. Cee-Lo Green. Corvettes. Nickalicious. Frickles.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:49 (twenty years ago) link

Seriously, does Florida count as the South? I know geographically speaking, Florida is like the southest of the south, like I'm not that dense, but it seems that in colloquial terms, no one seems to think that Florida is the South. It's like it's its own little crazy rogue nation down there. If it counts, then Disneyworld and Sea World.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:50 (twenty years ago) link

Spring Cotillions!

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:50 (twenty years ago) link

giant subwoofers.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:50 (twenty years ago) link

Winters are not too cold.

They're not cold at all. We have about one day a year where it stays below freezing all day. You pay for it in the summer, but there are good stretches in the "winter" where you can leave your window open. Niiice.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:51 (twenty years ago) link

Debutantes!

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:52 (twenty years ago) link

the Southern Girls and the way they look (or is it cook?) they knock me out when I'm down there

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:52 (twenty years ago) link

no one seems to think that Florida is the South.

It depends on the context. I get into this with my ex a lot, cause her diss is on Southern lit, and my MA was in history. Like Texas and Louisiana, it's geographically South, but it doesn't share the same English-settled/plantation/etc. culture as the Carolinas and Virginias, etc. It's certainly South in the sense of not-being-North.

That's why I've ended up not posting to this thread much; I don't know from the South so much as I do from Louisiana.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:53 (twenty years ago) link

I was kinda cold in Tennessee a few times.

I think parts of FL are definitely 'The South'

― oops (Oops), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:53 (twenty years ago) link

Well, I've decided Florida is the South and ergo people need to give more love to the Atlantis ride at Sea World, fuck.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:54 (twenty years ago) link

Florida = "America's Wang"

― Homer has taught us well. (nickalicious), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:54 (twenty years ago) link

Our food be good.

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:55 (twenty years ago) link

Ah, see, Texas is way south of TN. That's why you were cold, oops. Not south enough.

And I agree that South Florida isn't really "the South." It's more like Cuba.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:56 (twenty years ago) link

Well then I'm saying something nice about Cuba.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:56 (twenty years ago) link

Cape Horn!

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:57 (twenty years ago) link

Cajun food.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:57 (twenty years ago) link

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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

It's weirder than one would think, and probably far more gay than most of its punters realize.

Bitchin roller coasters, too

― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Thursday, 31 July 2014 05:52 (nine years ago) link

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