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Originally Posted by RacerBill
I laughed myself into hysterics at those. I think one's sense of redneck-ness becomes much more acute if you grew up in the north and then moved to a highly redneck area. Right, Howie?
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I would strongly agree. I moved from Grosse Pointe, MI which is filled with mansions and yacht clubs and mucho old money to Greer, SC. Let me tell ya, Bill -- it don't get more "red" than Greer, SC. I must pass at least 10 - 15 rebel flags each day on my 10 minute drive to work. Some fly in front yards, some are license plates hung on the front of pick up trucks. I also pass goats, cows and horses on my way to drop my kids off at school. This place is "red" as "red" can be.
I have to tell you that most rednecks are nice people. And, due to the fact that I spend just about every weekend around the baseball diamond, I can do one helluva redneck coach impression.
Here's a favorite story. During an 8-year-old All-Star Tournament game, a fight broke out in the stands between two women. Some men jumped in and pulled them apart. One of the women yells at the other as she's restrained, "We'll settle this Sunday at church!"
I was watching Slingblade the other night with my son. I told him that when I first watched this movie a few years ago I didn't think places like that existed anymore...until we moved to one.
Over the past two years I've been able to adapt. I understand that the rebel flag is a sign of southern pride that only really bothers Yankees. (I own two t-shirts myself just to bother other Yankees.) I eat grits, BBQ and can almost swallow a glass of sweet tea. Matt Kenseth's "my boy." I know how to catch bass and crappie. I now know there are white Baptists - and lots of them. I'm still trying to figure out how to grow a lawn in red clay and near drought conditions. I listen to David Allen Coe, Bosephus and Waylon. I know that a dry county has nothing to do with rainfall. And, most importantly, I now believe the SEC is a better conference than the Big 10. (That one was tough to accept but made my conversion complete.)
Git r done!
Mike