Are You A Blueneck?
By now I'm sure you've heard all the Redneck jokes. Now here are some takes
on how Southern folks look at their Northern cousins:
You just might be a blueneck if:
- You think barbecue is a verb meaning, "to cook outside."
- You think Heinz Ketchup is really SPICY!
- You don't have any problem pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce."
- For breakfast, you prefer potato au gratin to grits.
- You don't know what a moon pie is.
- You've never had RC cola.
- You've never eaten okra fried or boiled.
- 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 a poodle.
- You don't have bangs.
- You'd rather vacation at Martha's Vineyard than Six Flags.
- More than two generations of your family have been kicked out of the same
prep school in Connecticut.
- You'd rather have your son become a lawyer than grow up to get his own TV
fishing show.
- Instead of referring to 2 or more people as "y'all," you call them "you
guys," even if both of them are women.
- You don't think Ted Kennedy has an accent.
- You've never planned your summer vacation around a gun-n-knife show.
- 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 have at least one can of WD-40 around the house.
- The last time you smiled was when you prevented someone from getting on an
onramp to the highway.
- You don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores.
- The farthest south you've been is the perfume counter at Neiman
Marcus.
- 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'd never wear pink or an applique sweatshirt.
- You don't know what applique is.
- You don't know anyone with 2 first names (i.e., Joe Bob, Faye Ellen, Billy
Ray, Mary Jo, Bubba Dean, Joe Dan, Mary Alice, et al).
- You don't have doilies, and you don't know how to make one.
- You've never been to a craft show.
- You get freaked out when people on the subway talk to you.
- You can do your laundry without quarters.
- None of your fur coats are homemade.
- You only order things in restaurants with three or more names:
(Honey-Mustard Grilled Chicken...Spicy Steamed Ribs Platter...Grilled Vegetable
Ka-bob) Real rednecks order things in grunts.. (Ham, Bread, Bizcut).
- You don't know how to change a "tar."
- You don't stop on the side of the road to chat when your friends are
changing their "tars."
- You aren't afraid to buy cheese that isn't "yeller."
- You can drink unsweetened ice tea without protesting.
- Your Chinese food experience goes beyond La Choy in a can.