Mason Dixon line - above & below

[hensylee]

Blue Necks are Northerners -- the opposite of Rednecks. Because of all the Redneck jokes, here are some takes on how we Southern folk look at Northerners....
(or how Northerners sometimes think of themselves.)



.....Instead of referring to two or more people as "Y' all," you call them "you guys," even if both of them are women. .....
You think barbecue is a verb meaning "to cook outside." .....
You think Heinz Ketchup is way too SPICY .....
You would never stop to buy something somebody was cooking on the side of the road. (e.g., boiled peanuts or catfish). .....
You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce" correctly. .....
For breakfast, you would prefer potatoes-au-gratin to grits. .....
You don't know what a moon pie is. .....
You've never had an RC Cola. .....
You've never eaten okra -- fried, boiled, or pickled. .....
You eat fried chicken with a knife and fork. .....
You've never seen a live chicken, and the only cows you've seen are on road trips. .....
You have no idea what a polecat is. .....
You don't see anything wrong with putting a sweater on your dog. .....
You don't have bangs. .....
You would rather have your son become a lawyer than grow up to get his own TV fishing show. ......
You drink either "Pop" or "Soda"-instead of Co-cola." .....
You've never eaten, and don't know how to make, a tomato sandwich or a banana sandwich or a sliced pineapple sandwich. .....
You have never planned your summer vacation around the gun-'n-knife shows or car races. .....
You think more money should go to important scientific research at your university than to pay the salary of the head football coach. . ....
You don't even have one can of WD-40 anywhere around the house. .....
The last time you smiled was when you blocked someone from getting on a ramp to the highway. .....
You don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores. .....
You have more than one professional sports team in your home state. .....
You call binoculars opera glasses. .....
You can't spit out the car window without pulling over to the side of the road and stopping. .....
You don't know anyone with at least two first names (i.e., Billy Ray, Mary Jo, Ima Jean, Mary Alice, Joe Billy, Bobby Joe or Jimmie Lee) .....
You don't know any women with male names (i.e., Tommie, Bobbie, Johnnie,
Jimmie) .....
You don't have Mawmaw's & Pawpaw's. .....
You'd never name your dog Ole Blue or Sally Sue...
You get freaked out when people on the subway talk to you. .....
None of your fur coats are homemade.

 

[Mary]

Ann,

I love the list. One question though. Have you eaten a fried bologna sandwich?

My favorite growing up.
Mary

 

[Ross]

Ann,

Have you eaten a fried bologna sandwich?

My favorite growing up.
Mary

Yeap and loved them too! Now because you wouldn't give Ross his crystal ball back, I'm now Ann.

 

[Sherry]

Ann, that's funny. Thanks for sharing the list. But, I'll have to take you to task on the RC Cola deal. We had a bottling plant in my hometown of Vincennes, IN.

 

[Yaps]

hehehehhe so true...lol

 

[Mary]

Yeap and loved them too! Now because you wouldn't give Ross his crystal ball back, I'm now Ann.

My crystal ball showed me that.

 

[PJmomrunner]

Ummm...what IS a polecat?

 

[Ross]

My crystal ball showed me that.

Perhaps I failed to mention that the ball has an attitude. It will suddenly reveal your naked body to the world if not returned to it's owner.

 

[bvdr]

Thanks, Ann. As one born in the midwest and then spending the major part of my life here, I'll choose the south. I have so much family still in Michigan and look on almost as an outsider as they all have such busy busy lives.....and they talk so fast too! It is always a relief to get back home and take some slow relaxing breaths and resume a slower, gentler, pace.

 

[Mary]

Perhaps I failed to mention that the ball has an attitude. It will suddenly reveal your naked body to the world if not returned to it's owner.

Ross,
It's revealing YOUR NAKED BODY right now!

Besides, It told me that It likes ME better (better naked body, I bet!)

 

[perrybucsdad]

Ummm...what IS a polecat?

It's slang for skunk.

 

[perrybucsdad]

Ross,
Besides, It told me that It likes ME better (better naked body, I bet!)

Mary... you are most likely right, but maybe we should see it just to make sure.

 

[gadgetman]

Ummm...what IS a polecat?

It is that "cute" little black animal with the white stripe down its back. You don't want to be on the South end of one going North . You also don't want your Dawg to suddenly think they are play toys .

Ann,

Good list. I have to laugh at my Brother-in-Law. He is one of those "Damn Yankees" (one that decided to move down here ), born and raised in New York, moved to Penn, then to Kentucky, now in Georgia. He puts SUGAR on grits!!!!!!!!

May God Bless,

Danny

 

[Mary]

Mary... you are most likely right, but maybe we should see it just to make sure.

That's a No Go John.
The crystal ball was crystal clear in its vision.
My naked body looks better than Ross' naked body!
Especially when viewed via a crystal ball!

 

[perrybucsdad]

That's a No Go John.
The crystal ball was crystal clear in its vision.
My naked body looks better than Ross' naked body!
Especially when viewed via a crystal ball!

Aw shucks... you're no fun. Ross was kind enough to show us his chest scar.. the least you could do was the same.

 

[Wise]

He puts SUGAR on grits!!!!!!!!

Me also!! Plus, I add milk and butter. That's how I grew up eating rice also. YUMMY (to me). My wife was born and raised here in Kentucky and she likes cheese grits...yuck...(I know I'm a minority, but she eats hers and I eat mine and we're happy). I usually only eat them at Cracker Barrell and never even saw them until I moved to Kentucky at age 18.

As for the rest of the list, I in many ways still fit it. I like both kinds of people...the spice of life!!!

Wise

 

[geebee]

I've decided, after looking at the list, that I am half & half. Don't know how that happened except I live on the border of Ohio & Kentucky so probably that explains it.

Always drink RC (at home - most other places don't have it). Love grits (although I have eaten them with milk & sugar as well as butter & salt). Had cows & chickens growing up (live ones in addition to food) and have planned vacations around gun show schedules. Have had Moon Pies but don't really like them. WD-40 is my friend and I like smiling as often as I can. Chicken must be eaten with your hands but I hate Okra.

So I guess I am a Purple Neck - can we start a new trend?

 

[tobagotwo]

Blue Necks are Northerners -- the opposite of Rednecks. Because of all the Redneck jokes, here are some takes on how we Southern folk look at Northerners.... (or how Northerners sometimes think of themselves.)

.....Instead of referring to two or more people as "Y' all," you call them "you guys," even if both of them are women. ..... Ayuh. We do.

You think barbecue is a verb meaning "to cook outside." ..... We recognize it as both a verb and a noun. However, most of us who barbeque (verb) up here still have our eyebrows.

You think Heinz Ketchup is way too SPICY ..... Cahn't say. Don't use ketchup.

You would never stop to buy something somebody was cooking on the side of the road. (e.g., boiled peanuts or catfish). ..... I bought boiled peanuts on the side of the road in Georgia once. That's why I don't stop for things like that anymore.

You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce" correctly. ..... True. And we can pronounce Worcester and Dorchester properly, too. However, New York staters can't pronounce Chili or Pulaski.

For breakfast, you would prefer potatoes-au-gratin to grits. ..... Depends - are we talking grits with cheese?

You don't know what a moon pie is. ..... Oh, yes we do. At least, we older folks do. We grew up with 'em, too - even had the banana-flavored ones and the caramel-flavored ones. They're gone from here now, though.

You've never had an RC Cola. ..... Again, we oldsters did grow up with Royal Crown Cola as an option. Again, it's gone from here now.

You've never eaten okra -- fried, boiled, or pickled. ..... Not pickled, but fried, steamed, and boiled - yes.

You eat fried chicken with a knife and fork. ..... Oh, Lord - never! Even up here.

You've never seen a live chicken, and the only cows you've seen are on road trips. ..... I actually showed Guernsey cows at the Eastern States Exhibition in Springfield, Mass (New England's State Fair) as a lad. Vermont, New York, and Wisconsin are famous for cheese - from Nawthun cows. And much of Tyson's and Purdue's chicken comes from Delaware and Maryland. They seem to get loose fairly often, and can often be seen legging it along the roadways.

You have no idea what a polecat is. ..... What you have decorating the edges of your highways that we don't is armadillos. We have flattened raccoons, squirrels, skunks (polecats), possums, and white-tail deer marking our lanes. We are experts at automotive wildlife management.

You don't see anything wrong with putting a sweater on your dog. ..... It's a sad sight. I agree there oughta be a law against it. Even though it gets cold up here, it abuses a dog's dignity.

You don't have bangs. ..... Got me there. Or a ponytail.

You would rather have your son become a lawyer than grow up to get his own TV fishing show. ...... Not true. I'd love to have free access to a Ranger Bass Boat with my son's name on the side. Although my favorite TV fisherman does reside in the South, on Lake Norman, in NC.

You drink either "Pop" or "Soda" instead of "Co-cola." ..... In eastern Massachusettes, it is also called "tonic," pronounced taw'-neck.

You've never eaten, and don't know how to make, a tomato sandwich or a banana sandwich or a sliced pineapple sandwich. ..... Our 'mater sandwiches have mayo or Miracle Whip on cheap white bread. Banana sandwiches up here require peanut butter and aren't grilled. What are pineapples?

You have never planned your summer vacation around the gun-'n-knife shows or car races. ..... True.

You think more money should go to important scientific research at your university than to pay the salary of the head football coach. . .... Coach? Shouldn't they know how to play football by the time they get to college?

You don't even have one can of WD-40 anywhere around the house. ..... Quite honestly, there are two, full, gallon cans in my garage, and a small tin in my basement, along with a squirt can of Marvel Mystery Oil.

The last time you smiled was when you blocked someone from getting on a ramp to the highway. ..... Nonsense. I have smiled at friendly people here at work all morning. I chortled with fiendish glee when I blocked that guy from getting on the ramp. It's completely different...

You don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores. ..... Not a one.

You have more than one professional sports team in your home state. ..... Yep. 'Fraid so.

You call binoculars opera glasses. ..... Not true. We do differentiate between them, though.

You can't spit out the car window without pulling over to the side of the road and stopping. ..... Yes, we can too. But sometimes we forget to push the little button and roll the window down first. Also, ours doesn't leave that satisfying, yellow-brown "chaw" stain on the sidewalk.

You don't know anyone with at least two first names (i.e., Billy Ray, Mary Jo, Ima Jean, Mary Alice, Joe Billy, Bobby Joe or Jimmie Lee) ..... True. We have shortened them all to one name: Marybeth, Joanne, etc.

You don't know any women with male names (i.e., Tommie, Bobbie, Johnnie,
Jimmie) ..... I know a Bobbie. But she's originally from the South...

You don't have Mawmaw's & Pawpaw's. ..... Nope. Grandma and Grampa, Nana and Popop, Pappy and Memmie. Opa and Meemaw. Probably others. No Mawmaws or Pawpaws, though...

You'd never name your dog Ole Blue or Sally Sue... And I wouldn't put a sweater on them if I did...

You get freaked out when people on the subway talk to you. ..... I used to. Then I started talking to them first. Now I'm the guy who freaks them out...

None of your fur coats are homemade. Nope. Nor can you identify the highway they were scraped off of from the treadmarks...

Best wishes, Hennsylee!

 

[hensylee]

Great responses, Bob. I loved it.

Sugar on grits? Well, to each his/her own. My ex, from Chi town, put sugar on his sliced tomatoes. That was strange.

I never had a fried bologna sandwich. I want all my grease.

Saw a dead armadillo on the road today. We have them in the yard at night. Dog hates them.

Moon Pies and RC Cola abound here.