# King of the Hill question. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939 "2010-06-12T18:35:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/1 "2010-06-12T18:35:39Z")
I’ve been listening to season after season of King of the Hill at work via Netflix, and I never noticed this until today. Jo Jack, Hank’s coworker at Strickland Propane always calls Hank ‘honey’. Is that what he’s actually saying? ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/2 "2010-06-12T18:38:42Z")
I think that Jo Jack calls just about everyone honey, not just Hank… ---
**Author:** ![2ply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/b2d939/32.png) [@2ply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ply)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/3 "2010-06-12T18:39:06Z")
That’s what it sounds like to me. He calls everyone “honey” though. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/4 "2010-06-12T19:55:36Z")
What’s the problem, honey? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/5 "2010-06-12T20:23:55Z")
The problem is that the OP is listening to cartoons at work. I hope the OP is not an air traffic controller. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/6 "2010-06-12T20:54:09Z")
Yep, he calls everybody “honey”. I always assumed it was a Southern thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/7 "2010-06-12T21:02:28Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > The problem is that the OP is listening to cartoons at work. I hope the OP is not an air traffic controller. 🙂 No, my job is pretty menial and only requires about 20% of my brain power. I suppose I could use the headphones to learn French, botany or anything more useful. Speaking of which, maybe I’ll start a new thread about that. ---
**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/8 "2010-06-14T23:22:10Z")
Jo Jack calls everybody “Honey” and Nancy Gribble calls everbody “Shuge.” I tell you what. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/9 "2010-06-15T00:53:46Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Yep, he calls everybody “honey”. > > I always assumed it was a Southern thing. My uncle has called me honey occasionally over the years, but he’s the only Southern man I’ve ever known to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/10 "2010-06-15T00:59:33Z")
There used to be a syndicated radio personality- an older guy with a thick southern accent- who called everybody, male or female, ‘honey’. He was on Hee-Haw a couple of times as well (though never as a regular). I can’t remember his name for love or money but I’ve always assumed that Mike Judge probably heard the same guy and held onto it until he had a character he could drop it into. ---
**Author:** ![markm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@markm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-question/542939/11 "2010-06-15T15:22:23Z")
I know several guys who call everyone honey (my ex FiL being one). The first time you hear it, it’s kind of odd, but then you get used to it. The one I still trip up on, though, is the guy who calls everyone ‘sweetie’, male or female. All the guys I know who use ‘honey’ (and the ‘sweetie’ guy) are all rural-raised and 60+, so I’m guessing it’s just a product of their upbringing.