This is such the truth! I had to apply when I moved to Alabama…
16 thoughts on “Commentator “R” sent me down the rabbit hole with his comment on Dollar General.”
Sheeeeeeeit.
I’m in.
Bless your heart.
R, I lived in Alabama long enough to know what'”Bless your Heart” really means… t
Because bless your heart that’s why.
Dammit, Orange is one of my alma’s colors, the other being black. They should have said crimson.
That was some funny shit right thar. Even the Austin thing but I do like the town and my son lives there.
I admit to being a rabble rouser. Having admitted that, I was born and raised in Tennessee, which I reveal to enhance my street cred for these two phone conversations I had.
I worked in Atlanta for a large multi-branch operation back in the 70’s, home office was on Long Island, NY. One morning a girl in the home office called and related that the CEO wanted to speak with our Regional Manager, my boss. I had spoken with her several times before, same scenario. Before I could transfer the call she whispered to me “is it true that there is still slavery in the South?”. I was a bit shocked at such a stupid question, but being the asshole that I am I replied “well, yeah, everyone I know has at least two.” Shut up. I’m sure I didn’t help assuage the racist ‘truths’ that are still prevalent regarding southerners.
A few years later I’d transferred a couple of times and wound up running their operation in the Dallas area. Same scenario as above but different boss on the phone from Long Island. Different girl initiating the call. And this time the girl asked “is it true that everyone in Texas rides horses, even to work?” Yes, you guessed it. I answered “yeah, in fact a horse in front of me threw a shoe this morning and backed up the herd for 15 minutes while we cleared a new trail.”
Morons.
People in New York think everyone that lives in Oregon are Lumberjacks.
I used to love having to talk to Southern ladies on the phone once in a while ordering odd ball parts.
Looked forward to it.
Especially Texas girls.
“Hode Own.”
Didn’t monty python do a skit about lumberjacks?
That is soooo effd and funny. I wonder how many are actually true?
Live in Alabama. When working I was talking to a young Black woman in California. Being the usual polite southerner, I told her she should visit Alabama sometimes. She said she didn’t think she should do that. I asked why and she said she didn’t believe she could deal with driving on dirt roads. This was maybe 20-years ago. Unbelievable that people have no grasp on reality when it comes to the south.
V Sid, I lived in Alabama, about 25 miles south of Montgomery and down around Troy in Pike County and most of the side roads out from US231 were dirt and gravel roads. In most case they were smoother then the paved roads as it was cheaper to grade a dirt road. I had a white Chevy and when I moved to South Dakota it took about 2 years for the red clay tint to come out of the paint on my truck.
After self deporting from Massholistan back in ’90 all I heard for 6 months is “Y’all ain’t from around here, are y’all?” I have friends here in Chickenbone SC that still call me “Yank”.
My wife, who is from Maine, or as she calls it, the “Upper South”, has been here in the upstate of SC since about ’90 and people sometimes still call her a Yankee. Maybe because she still has her Maine accent.
Was doing a sawmill overhaul in Oneida, TN. The local restaurant (which for a small town was quite good!) looked at us and stated, “Y’all ain’t from ’round heah, is you?”
We paused for about 1/2 second while the Mark I brain translated it and then replied, “No, wee’s from Oreygun!”.
We got along real well with the locals, actually! I was there for almost 4 weeks. hey wanted me to vote in the local election, I was there so long… ;P
Left California to North Carolina in 80. I liked Nascar, Football, and tractors so I fit in better than did in California.The only thing I failed at was I thought Barbeque was a verb not a noun. I kept asking barbequed what? I now realize that you grill meat and barbeque is slow cooked pork with sauce.
Came from Oregon and I married an Alabama Bell and I learned real quick verb usage and noun tense in Alabama…
Sheeeeeeeit.
I’m in.
Bless your heart.
R, I lived in Alabama long enough to know what'”Bless your Heart” really means… t
Because bless your heart that’s why.
Dammit, Orange is one of my alma’s colors, the other being black. They should have said crimson.
That was some funny shit right thar. Even the Austin thing but I do like the town and my son lives there.
I admit to being a rabble rouser. Having admitted that, I was born and raised in Tennessee, which I reveal to enhance my street cred for these two phone conversations I had.
I worked in Atlanta for a large multi-branch operation back in the 70’s, home office was on Long Island, NY. One morning a girl in the home office called and related that the CEO wanted to speak with our Regional Manager, my boss. I had spoken with her several times before, same scenario. Before I could transfer the call she whispered to me “is it true that there is still slavery in the South?”. I was a bit shocked at such a stupid question, but being the asshole that I am I replied “well, yeah, everyone I know has at least two.” Shut up. I’m sure I didn’t help assuage the racist ‘truths’ that are still prevalent regarding southerners.
A few years later I’d transferred a couple of times and wound up running their operation in the Dallas area. Same scenario as above but different boss on the phone from Long Island. Different girl initiating the call. And this time the girl asked “is it true that everyone in Texas rides horses, even to work?” Yes, you guessed it. I answered “yeah, in fact a horse in front of me threw a shoe this morning and backed up the herd for 15 minutes while we cleared a new trail.”
Morons.
People in New York think everyone that lives in Oregon are Lumberjacks.
I used to love having to talk to Southern ladies on the phone once in a while ordering odd ball parts.
Looked forward to it.
Especially Texas girls.
“Hode Own.”
Didn’t monty python do a skit about lumberjacks?
That is soooo effd and funny. I wonder how many are actually true?
Live in Alabama. When working I was talking to a young Black woman in California. Being the usual polite southerner, I told her she should visit Alabama sometimes. She said she didn’t think she should do that. I asked why and she said she didn’t believe she could deal with driving on dirt roads. This was maybe 20-years ago. Unbelievable that people have no grasp on reality when it comes to the south.
V Sid, I lived in Alabama, about 25 miles south of Montgomery and down around Troy in Pike County and most of the side roads out from US231 were dirt and gravel roads. In most case they were smoother then the paved roads as it was cheaper to grade a dirt road. I had a white Chevy and when I moved to South Dakota it took about 2 years for the red clay tint to come out of the paint on my truck.
After self deporting from Massholistan back in ’90 all I heard for 6 months is “Y’all ain’t from around here, are y’all?” I have friends here in Chickenbone SC that still call me “Yank”.
My wife, who is from Maine, or as she calls it, the “Upper South”, has been here in the upstate of SC since about ’90 and people sometimes still call her a Yankee. Maybe because she still has her Maine accent.
Was doing a sawmill overhaul in Oneida, TN. The local restaurant (which for a small town was quite good!) looked at us and stated, “Y’all ain’t from ’round heah, is you?”
We paused for about 1/2 second while the Mark I brain translated it and then replied, “No, wee’s from Oreygun!”.
We got along real well with the locals, actually! I was there for almost 4 weeks. hey wanted me to vote in the local election, I was there so long… ;P
Left California to North Carolina in 80. I liked Nascar, Football, and tractors so I fit in better than did in California.The only thing I failed at was I thought Barbeque was a verb not a noun. I kept asking barbequed what? I now realize that you grill meat and barbeque is slow cooked pork with sauce.
Came from Oregon and I married an Alabama Bell and I learned real quick verb usage and noun tense in Alabama…