...when people who 'aren't from around here' think that
Southerners are so damn stupid?
Slow burning coals of anger,
passed down through
generations.
Yankee, go home!
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The List of Characters
The characters and their roles:
"King" a.k.a. hubby - patient, loving, and kind.
#1 (girl) - eighteen - college student; mostly cheery; mostly soft spoken; 'the logical one'; artistic; secretly wishes she were an only child;
#2 (boy) - sixteen - football player, golfer, loves to throw a ball into the air, especially in the living room near the breakables; nothing is ever his fault; has soft, sweet eyes of a baby deer; seeing him hold a baby is the sweetest thing ever.
#3 (girl) - fourteen - sweet and thoughtful pleaser; is very attentive and has incredible insight; Attention: swan emerging; incredible celtic fiddle player who can pick up a tune in a jiffy; life with a older sister has jaded her; has feelings that are as tender as baby lettuce.
#4 (boy) - "now we are 8" - wide open all day, every day, all the time; suffers from a Napoleonic complex; has the ability to surprise you with a refreshingly thoughtful act; eyes turn into crescent shapes when he flashes that smile which is as big as all outdoors.
#5 (girl) - seven - knows her own mind; likes to do it "all by myselth".
"I" - gray-haired bystander and scribe; chief cook and bottle washer; prolific comma splicer; a sucker for a smile from one of the above mentioned; bumbling through this world trying to make saints out of all us sinners.
"King" a.k.a. hubby - patient, loving, and kind.
#1 (girl) - eighteen - college student; mostly cheery; mostly soft spoken; 'the logical one'; artistic; secretly wishes she were an only child;
#2 (boy) - sixteen - football player, golfer, loves to throw a ball into the air, especially in the living room near the breakables; nothing is ever his fault; has soft, sweet eyes of a baby deer; seeing him hold a baby is the sweetest thing ever.
#3 (girl) - fourteen - sweet and thoughtful pleaser; is very attentive and has incredible insight; Attention: swan emerging; incredible celtic fiddle player who can pick up a tune in a jiffy; life with a older sister has jaded her; has feelings that are as tender as baby lettuce.
#4 (boy) - "now we are 8" - wide open all day, every day, all the time; suffers from a Napoleonic complex; has the ability to surprise you with a refreshingly thoughtful act; eyes turn into crescent shapes when he flashes that smile which is as big as all outdoors.
#5 (girl) - seven - knows her own mind; likes to do it "all by myselth".
"I" - gray-haired bystander and scribe; chief cook and bottle washer; prolific comma splicer; a sucker for a smile from one of the above mentioned; bumbling through this world trying to make saints out of all us sinners.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum
5 comments:
aw. I'm crushed...*sniff.
actually I bristle when I hear that kind of thing too, but there are so many stereotypes good and bad going on you kind of have to ignore them generally, or have some fun with the idjit that refs them-either/or.
and my girls have lived here most of their lives-this is home to them, all they remember. so I think I do feel a little defensive on their behalf.
but ignorance above and below the mason-dixon is exactly the same, in my experience.
Oh, girl, I have never gotten the impression from you that you think we Southerners are stupid... besides, whether you like it or not, I consider you to be one of us, so, nanny nanny boo boo. ;) xoxo
NO, I am referring to those who come down here and brag about how much they hate the South. Which begs the question, "Why the hell are you still here?" And, "Who's the stupid one now?" I always want to ask, but never have.
Here on the Isle of Man we have much the same problem with "Come Overs" (i.e. those from the adjacent island (England) who come for work and low taxes and then complain about how this and that is so much better in England or how backward the Manx are. Well, we have a standard response for them: "If you don't like it here, there's a boat in the mornin' yessir".
Yes, yes, yes..y'all!
Thank you lady, love you lots!
And by the way, the outsider sentiment isn't lost on me--everyone who isn't from Maine is referred to as "from away" no matter how long they may have lived there, and whether they are nice people or not, haha! xo
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