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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

bob ford wrote:
> Rules Damn Yankees Should Know of When They Move to (name your
> Southern state)

> 2. Don't laugh at folk's names.  Merleen, Bodie, Luther Ray, Tammy,
> Mari Beth, Marva, Edna Earl and Inez have been known to whip a man's
> ass for less than that.

New South names: Shaquita, Rachellina, Maria, Sarah, Ronde, Jose, and 
Jacob...lol  (Black names, Hispanic names, and Biblical names)

I don't know anyone named Merleen, Luther Ray, Marva, Edna Earl..
Bodie..Bodie Miller..from Idaho maybe?
I have a sister named Tammy, know two other ones, not Southerners..
The only Inez I know lives in NYC..

We were watching West Side Story the other night, and all of a sudden 
Ron burst out laughing.  What's so funny, I asked...
He said can you imagine some guy running in the alleys of a Puerto Rican 
ghetto calling for Maria and only one girl coming to the window??  LOL. 
 It was pretty funny..

> 5. Don't call us a bunch of hillbillies.  Most of us are better
> educated than you and a whole lot nicer to boot! We just talk that
> way to piss you off.

I love that one.


> 7. Don't go to the Cracker Barrel and substitute toast for the
> biscuits.  If you do this, everyone will know that you're from
> Nebraska. Just eat the biscuits like GOD meant for you to do.  And do
> not order poached eggs. No one from the south eats eggs poached.

I was in college before I had ever even heard of a poached egg.  To this 
day, I've never had one.


> 13. Down here, "Kiss my ass" is a perfectly acceptable way to close
> an argument.  You can't get more closure than that!

I guess the equivalent would be Up yours or FU or simply the Finger?

Bev
--
“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to
hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda