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Etiquette during your visit to the South:



1) Don't order filet mignon or pasta primavera at Waffle House. It's just a
diner. They serve breakfast 24 hours a day. Let them cook something they
know. If you confuse them, they'll kick your ass.


2) Don't laugh at our Southern names. (Merleen, Bodie, Ovine, Luther Ray,
Tammy Lynn, Darla Beth, Inez, Billy Joe, Sissy, etc.) These people have all
been known to kick ass.

 



3) Don't order a bottle of pop or a can of soda down here. Down here it's
called Coke. Nobody gives a damn whether it's Pepsi, RC, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up,or
whatever - it's still a Coke. Accept it. Doing otherwise can lead to an ass
kicking.

 


4) We know our heritage. Most of us are more literate than you (e.g., Welty,
Williams, Faulkner). We are also better educated and generally a lot nicer.
Don't refer to us as a bunch of hillbillies, or we'll kick your ass.

 

 


5) We have plenty of business sense (e.g., Fred Smith of Fed Ex, Turner
Broadcasting, MCI WorldCom, MTV, Netscape). Naturally, we do, sometimes,
have small lapses in judgment (e.g., Carter, Edwards, Duke, Barnes). We
don't care if you think we are dumb. We can still kick your ass.

 


6) Don't laugh at our Civil War monuments. If Lee had listened to Longstreet and flanked Meade at Gettysburg instead of sending Pickett up the middle, you'd be paying taxes to Richmond instead of Washington. If you visit Stone Mountain and complain about the carving, we'll kick your ass.


7) We are fully aware of how high the humidity is, so shut the hell up,
spend your money, and get the hell out of here - or we'll kick your ass.

 



8) Don't order wheat toast at Cracker Barrel. Everyone will instantly know that you're from Ohio. Eat your biscuits like God intended. Don't put sugar on your grits, or we'll kick your ass.


9) Don't fake a Southern accent. This will incite a riot, and you will get
your ass kicked.

 



10) Don't talk about how much better things are at home because we don't
give a damn. Many of us have visited hell holes like
Detroit, Chicago, L.A.,
and D.C., and we have the scars to prove it. If you don't like it here,
Delta is ready when you are. Take your ass home before it gets kicked.



11) Yes, we know how to speak proper English. We talk this way because we don't want to sound like you. We don't care if you don't understand what we are saying. All other Southerners understand what we are saying, and that's all that matters. Now, go away, or we'll kick your ass.

 

 


12) Don't complain that the South is dirty and polluted. None of OUR lakes
have caught fire like scenic
Lake Erie once did. Whine about OUR scenic
beauty, and we'll kick your ass all the way back into
Boston Harbor.

 



13) Don't ridicule our Southern manners. We say "sir" and "ma'am," hold
doors open for others, and offer our seats to old folks because such things
are expected of civilized people. Behave ourselves around our sweet little
gray-haired grandmothers or they'll kick some manners into your ass just
like they did ours.

 

 


14) So you think we're quaint or we're losers because most of us live in the
countryside? That's because we have enough sense to not live in smelly,
crime-infested cesspools like
New York or L.A. Make fun of our fresh air,
and we'll kick your ass.



15) Last, but not least, DO NOT DARE to come down here trying to tell us how to cook barbecue. This will get your ass shot off (right after it is
kicked). You're lucky we let you come down here at all. Question our sacred
BBQ, and you go home in a pine box - minus your ass.