Wayne Boatwright said...

> On Wed 16 Jul 2008 09:19:29a, George Shirley told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Wed 16 Jul 2008 08:51:38a, told us...
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:40:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed 16 Jul 2008 06:31:24a, George Shirley told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed 16 Jul 2008 12:17:08a, told us...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:24:39 -0400, " BOB" > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> LOL!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ubTQfr_tyY
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, I certainly learned a lot! I had no idea there were so many
>>>>>>>> BBQ sauce variations - mayonnaise BBQ sauce? And Florida is
>>>>>>>> *not* a Southern state? Since when?
>>>>>>> Many Southerners living in *other* Southern states do not consider
>>>>>>> Florida part of "The South".
>>>>>> That's because it became a retirement home for old Yankees.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I wasn't gonna say it, but you're right.
>>>> So, being a Southerner is like being in a club where your membership
>>>> can be revoked on a whim? Didn't know that either. I'm liking being
>>>> a born & bred Yankee more and more.
>>>
>>> It is next to impossible to "become" a Southerner by simply moving to
>>> the South. I have known non-natives who've lived there for many years
>>> that are still considered "yankees" or even "damned yankees".
>>>
>>> Even thought my entire family, including my parents, were born and
>>> raised in the South, I was actually born in California and only lived
>>> in the South as an infant before our family moved away. I was never
>>> considered quite Southern. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> My wife has lived down here longer than she lived in Maryland and she is
>> still known as "that Yankee woman that's married to the Texan."
>>
>> A wedding announcement was put in the local paper in my home town.
>> "Maryland woman weds local Texan."
>
> They still do that.


See what happens when ya cross the Missippippi river???

....what happens???

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Andy