33 more things i love about the south

[dime in the gutter]

magnolias
bald cypress trees
beignets
red clay roofs at lsu
terry bradshaw
#3 washtub
hw 61
port gibson
gadsden, al
pass christian, ms
the golden band from tigerland
million dollar band from alabama
rvz
tom petty and the heartbreakers
levon helm

baton rouge, 1953: one of the 1st successful civil rights bus boycotts. folks held out peacefully, non violently and had the law changed by breaking the bus company's bank. no riots. mlk contacted the leader of the protest for inspiration and techniques that he would later use in his efforts.

tiger stadium at nite
andrew jackson
bill clinton
proms on paddle boats
hunstville, al
red bar at grayton beach
big piney creek
mulberry river
russell long
vicksburg civil war park
wet
jimmy swaggart
britney spears
bob dylan singing about delacroix in tangled up in blue
junior kimbrough
johnny rivers
heisman trophy winner and convicted felon billy cannon

[never going back]

[dime in the gutter]

between the hedges at sandford stadium

[dime in the gutter]

joe delaney
vida blue

[SmashedinNashville]

Blackberries
Cedar Creek
Neighbors helping neighbors
the way we talk.
Anything from Jack's (including PEACH MILKSHAKES - yeah the crappy fast food people in Alabama take for granted)
The cheeseburgers at North Alabama Speedway... (Are you sensing a food theme? )

[joelle]

the lake pontchartrain causeway
23.87 miles
no turning back

[scotto]

During my brief time as a displaced Midwesterner living in Durham, I grew to love the way folks framed a negative response with what at first sounded like an affirmative answer...

Waitress: ...and it comes with tea or coffee.
Me: Is it sweet tea?
Waitress: Yes it is.
Me: Do you have regular tea?
Waitress: Hon,' 'roun' here sweet tea is regular tea.
Me: Do you have non-sweet tea?
Waitress: WE SURE DON'T.

Does this strike anyone else as a bit off-kilter: We sure (Yes, of course!) don't (Ooh, sorry!).

Another one I never got:
Me: Will you be able to have this fixed by tomorrow?
Repairperson: WE MIGHT COULD.

(BUT WE SURE CAN'T BE CERTAIN.)

[garnersound]

bootleggers (yep, we still have em)
honey-suckles
lightning bugs
whipper-wills
home-grown
dirt roads
wading the creek
kudzu
cow boomers
old men selling fresh watermelons out of the bed of beat up pick-up trucks @ the crossroads
the fact that *SOME* "northerners" don't get us or understand us.

[sg207]

bootleggers (yep, we still have em)
honey-suckles
lightning bugs
whipper-wills
home-grown
dirt roads
wading the creek
kudzu
cow boomers
old men selling fresh watermelons out of the bed of beat up pick-up trucks @ the crossroads
the fact that "northerners" don't get us or understand us.....

Shoot, hit up some small towns in the midwest, and you'll feel like you're in the south (unless it's winter, then you'll feel like you're freezing your ass off, and that's because you are).

You can hit all of those. Except maybe cow boomers, I'm not sure what those are. Perhaps I've been out of the country too long.

Oh, and creeks. We don't have creeks. We have cricks.

[Clams]

bootleggers (yep, we still have em)
honey-suckles
lightning bugs
whipper-wills
home-grown
dirt roads
wading the creek
kudzu
cow boomers
old men selling fresh watermelons out of the bed of beat up pick-up trucks @ the crossroads
the fact that "northerners" don't get us or understand us.....

I like kudzu.

[garnersound]

Except maybe cow boomers, I'm not sure what those are.

[Penny Lane]

the lake pontchartrain causeway
23.87 miles
no turning back

whoa!! i saw that on the travel channel....that's insane.

[joelle]

the lake pontchartrain causeway
23.87 miles
no turning back

whoa!! i saw that on the travel channel....that's insane.

when i worked the front desk at a hotel in new orleans, foreigners *(guests) would ask to drive out and see the bridge.
i would get $50 to drive people over and back in my shitty '73 chevy van
i probably made close to 20 trips that summer/fall...i was scared nearly every time. (that my van would break down)

[littlemamma]

"Excuse me, little mamma" as a gentleman passes a lady in the streets...

[dime in the gutter]

I like kudzu.

[Markalanbishop]

So here's a question about the south that popped into my wandering mind while listening to PPOTM on the way to work this morning: Is the idiomatic expression "I am [some form of currently involved with] this guy I used to know" a peculiarly southern expression? I heard this used a lot growing up in central Florida. What about it you non-southerners?

[cortez the killer]

I like kudzu.

[Tequila Cowboy]

I think we are spiraling headfirst into a full on potty mouth phase at the ol' 3DD. I mean fuck off, flying fuck, cocksuckers and that's just in the last 24 hours.

[cortez the killer]

I think we are spiraling headfirst into a full on potty mouth phase at the ol' 3DD. I mean fuck off, flying fuck, cocksuckers and that's just in the last 24 hours.

There was a little "cunt" phase here back in the day.

[beantownbubba]

I think we are spiraling headfirst into a full on potty mouth phase at the ol' 3DD. I mean fuck off, flying fuck, cocksuckers and that's just in the last 24 hours.

Not really related but kind of: How are we all feeling about lydia loveless's husband reading all our posts about his wife?

[John A Arkansawyer]

I think we are spiraling headfirst into a full on potty mouth phase at the ol' 3DD. I mean fuck off, flying fuck, cocksuckers and that's just in the last 24 hours.

Not really related but kind of: How are we all feeling about lydia loveless's husband reading all our posts about his wife?

You've just convinced me to go back and re-read that thread.

[Clams]

I think we are spiraling headfirst into a full on potty mouth phase at the ol' 3DD. I mean fuck off, flying fuck, cocksuckers and that's just in the last 24 hours.

I didn't make them, but you can blame me for both the flying fuck and cocksucker comments. I don't think I had anything to do with fuck off though.

As for Lydia's husband, if he can handle her lyrics then our dumbass posts can't be too bad.

[Iowan]

I think we are spiraling headfirst into a full on potty mouth phase at the ol' 3DD. I mean fuck off, flying fuck, cocksuckers and that's just in the last 24 hours.

I didn't make them, but you can blame me for both the flying fuck and cocksucker comments. I don't think I had anything to do with fuck off though.

As for Lydia's husband, if he can handle her lyrics then our dumbass posts can't be too bad.

This. So much this.

[Zip City]

I think we are spiraling headfirst into a full on potty mouth phase at the ol' 3DD. I mean fuck off, flying fuck, cocksuckers and that's just in the last 24 hours.

Not really related but kind of: How are we all feeling about lydia loveless's husband reading all our posts about his wife?

If he's offended that I don't like her music, he can PM me

[Markalanbishop]

I think we are spiraling headfirst into a full on potty mouth phase at the ol' 3DD. I mean fuck off, flying fuck, cocksuckers and that's just in the last 24 hours.

To quote a gentleman who clearly has his priorities in order, "I don't give a flying fuck what you think." KG, I'm going try this on my wife when the appropriate occasion presents itself. She may be PM'ing you--just a heads up. I blame KG. And Clams.

[UTHeathen]

big piney creek

You mean there's another Big Piney?