Poll about Southerners

[Marrow Man]

Be very careful how you answer. The gun laws in the South are very lax.

Apparently I can't even spell "southerners" in my poll. Boy is that annoying.

 

[AThornquist]

Annoying, because they pay so little for housing!

Most of my family is Southern, actually...

 

[ServantofGod]

Endearing. No one can make sweet tea like 'em. I need to find me a southern girl...

 

[AThornquist]

I need to find me a southern girl...

 

[Hamalas]

Just remember, insulting the South is to insult Dabney, Hodge, Warfield, etc.....

-----Added 1/16/2009 at 08:42:31 EST-----

Endearing. No one can make sweet tea like 'em. I need to find me a southern girl...

 

[Herald]

I'm a Yankee. I pass on voting.

 

[Hamalas]

It's ok Bill. We still love you.

 

[Rangerus]

endearing and enduring.

 

[Marrow Man]

Endearing. No one can make sweet tea like 'em. I need to find me a southern girl...

You have answered wisely.

In Georgia, sweet tea is known as "The House Wine of the South."

I have a southern girl (as well as a Scottish Lass). Aren't you all jealous?

Boy, I am annoying!

 

[Rich Koster]

I find no reference to Southerner in the LBC or WC, so I'll enjoy the sweet tea and redneck jokes.

 

[Wannabee]

Can't choose both?

 

[Herald]

Sweet tea? I like my tea naked - fresh brewed, on ice and without sugar. I like to drink tea, not sugar water.

 

[Archlute]

Just remember, insulting the South is to insult Dabney, Hodge, Warfield, etc.....

Maybe I'm a bit dense, being from the West Coast and all, but wouldn't Hodge and Warfield have been considered Northerners (having spent the bulk of their theological careers in Princeton, NJ)?

-----Added 1/16/2009 at 09:33:58 EST-----

And I would say that it depends on the locale. I found that Georgian's were quite endearing, but Alabaman's, well, that's quite another story.

 

[LadyFlynt]

Sweet tea? I like my tea naked - fresh brewed, on ice and without sugar. I like to drink tea, not sugar water.

That's how my stepdad liked it. My friends always teased me about his "tinted water". Of course, he didn't like anything southern...

 

[ServantofGod]

Endearing. No one can make sweet tea like 'em. I need to find me a southern girl...

You have answered wisely.

In Georgia, sweet tea is known as "The House Wine of the South."

I have a southern girl (as well as a Scottish Lass). Aren't you all jealous?

Boy, I am annoying!

I am indeed jealous.

 

[raekwon]

Where is the "yes" or "both" option?

(southerner who has been adopted by the midwest)

 

[kalawine]

I am proud to say that I am as Southern as you can get (East Central Mississippi) and I loathe tea with sugar or any kind of sweetener in it. My Dad is not only a Southerner but a bonified (and very proud) Redneck. He waited for me to grow to manhood when I would no longer want sugar (or any detestable artificial [Yankee] sweetener) in my tea. I have arrived.

 

[Rich Koster]

Just remember, insulting the South is to insult Dabney, Hodge, Warfield, etc.....

Maybe I'm a bit dense, being from the West Coast and all, but wouldn't Hodge and Warfield have been considered Northerners (having spent the bulk of their theological careers in Princeton, NJ)?

-----Added 1/16/2009 at 09:33:58 EST-----

And I would say that it depends on the locale. I found that Georgian's were quite endearing, but Alabaman's, well, that's quite another story.

The Mason/Dixon line of NJ is I195. Princeton U is about 10 mi N of it. I don't know if their house was N or S of it

 

[kvanlaan]

Are Sooners considered Southerners? They've got all the symptoms:

1. iced tea in copious amounts (there, it's just "tea")
2. a gun rack in every pickup truck and a pickup truck in every driveway
3. cooking that tastes like heaven and will speed you on your way there if you eat it more than once a year (biscuits and gravy, anyone?)
4. BBQ
5. BBQ
6. concealed carry laws and a general regard for self defence that puts a Sherman tank in the category of "personal protection"
7. a deep and abiding love of American football
8. God, guns, and guts (in that order)

And of course, there's the charming accent my wife has (comes out in spades when there's another Oklahoman around). What's the verdict? (The answer will influence how I vote in the poll).

 

[Hamalas]

Just remember, insulting the South is to insult Dabney, Hodge, Warfield, etc.....

Maybe I'm a bit dense, being from the West Coast and all, but wouldn't Hodge and Warfield have been considered Northerners (having spent the bulk of their theological careers in Princeton, NJ)?

In the South it's more about where you're from than where you live. (Besides, what better way for the South to rise again than infiltration!)

-----Added 1/16/2009 at 10:27:02 EST-----

Kevin, as someone who has lived for the past two years a few miles from the OK boarder, I can say that they are at least culturally Southern! Much of Oklahoma was populated after "The War" by displaced Southerners.

 

[BJClark]

Brewed tea--is not near as good as Sun Tea!!

 

[kvanlaan]

See, I thought Sun Tea was a TX, OK, AR phenomenon. They must be Southerners.

 

[Theognome]

Are Sooners considered Southerners? They've got all the symptoms:

1. iced tea in copious amounts (there, it's just "tea")
2. a gun rack in every pickup truck and a pickup truck in every driveway
3. cooking that tastes like heaven and will speed you on your way there if you eat it more than once a year (biscuits and gravy, anyone?)
4. BBQ
5. BBQ
6. concealed carry laws and a general regard for self defence that puts a Sherman tank in the category of "personal protection"
7. a deep and abiding love of American football
8. God, guns, and guts (in that order)

And of course, there's the charming accent my wife has (comes out in spades when there's another Oklahoman around). What's the verdict? (The answer will influence how I vote in the poll).

If you replace #7 with a deep and abiding love of NASCAR (including a small tribute to Dale Earnhardt behind the gun rack) I'd say you're there.

Theognome

 

[kvanlaan]

Yeah, that hurts 'em in this poll. They're more rodeo than NASCAR. Hmmm....

 

[BJClark]

Theognome;

If you replace #7 with a deep and abiding love of NASCAR (including a small tribute to Dale Earnhardt behind the gun rack) I'd say you're there.

that is true..

Football and Nascar..

I don't know we have rodeo's down here too, and tractor pulls, and lawn mower races..

 

[staythecourse]

Just too friendly. The waitresses just join right in the conversation at restaurants.

Now South is Bama and below...

 

[Mushroom]

Are Sooners considered Southerners? They've got all the symptoms:

1. iced tea in copious amounts (there, it's just "tea")
2. a gun rack in every pickup truck and a pickup truck in every driveway
3. cooking that tastes like heaven and will speed you on your way there if you eat it more than once a year (biscuits and gravy, anyone?)
4. BBQ
5. BBQ
6. concealed carry laws and a general regard for self defence that puts a Sherman tank in the category of "personal protection"
7. a deep and abiding love of American football
8. God, guns, and guts (in that order)

And of course, there's the charming accent my wife has (comes out in spades when there's another Oklahoman around). What's the verdict? (The answer will influence how I vote in the poll).

Sooners are southerners to everyone except Texans. Anybody from north of the Red River is a yankee to a Texan.

Somebody said there was such a thing as tea without sugar? Never heard of that - sounds like a yankee conspiracy, like flouride in the water.

 

[ColdSilverMoon]

The South has two advantages over the North: sweet tea and an abundance of Chick-fil-A restaurants.

Don't discount either of those. I live in a neighborhood with 130 different types of ethnic cuisine within walking distance, but I still get major cravings for Chick-fil-A. And sweet tea.

 

[ServantofGod]

The South has two advantages over the North: sweet tea and an abundance of Chick-fil-A restaurants.

Don't discount either of those. I live in a neighborhood with 130 different types of ethnic cuisine within walking distance, but I still get major cravings for Chick-fil-A. And sweet tea.

As far as I know, they still don't have any Wa-Wa's down there though. Gives us a slight advantage still.

 

[kalawine]

The South has two advantages over the North: sweet tea and an abundance of Chick-fil-A restaurants.

Don't discount either of those. I live in a neighborhood with 130 different types of ethnic cuisine within walking distance, but I still get major cravings for Chick-fil-A. And sweet tea.

As far as I know, they still don't have any Wa-Wa's down there though. Gives us a slight advantage still.

Wa wa's? I used to have one. It was a pedal that went between my electric guitar and my amp.