# The South is Like My Mama and you sir are an ass. Can y'all pass that horseradish? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383 "2005-08-24T03:28:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/141 "2005-08-26T18:58:12Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Did NJ field Confederate regiments? Now _that’s_ something interesting I didn’t know. No cites, but my faulty memory tells me that a couple of the southern counties in NJ attempted to secede, and did contribute troops. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/142 "2005-08-26T19:12:26Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > And the kids were the two most well-behaved kids in the entire fuckin’ place, was the best part. The parents were watching them like hawks and made sure they didn’t climb on exhibits, run around shrieking, or press their faces up against the glass. This was in direct contrast to the hideous yuppie-spawn that made up the rest of the kids at the museum, incidentall, whose well-tailored and fashionably-coiffed parents mostly stood around talking on cell phones while their brats ran wild. > > Those are some well-cultured rednecks, right there. If I may hijack slightly, it is my personal opinion that the “redneck” children (in all their mulletty goodness) are better behaved because I’m willing to bet that if they misbehave, their parents are more likely to discipline them with something beyond “Mommy said no. Sweetie, Mommy said no. Darling, Mommy _really_ wants you to stop that right now. _sigh_ All right, whatever.” The phrase “ass-whuppin’” comes to mind. 😃 This is not to assume that all rednecks beat their children, but I suspect that it’s more likely to occur than the yuppie trend towards that sense of “no personal responsibility” that seems to be popular these days. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/143 "2005-08-26T19:18:15Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > I did not realize they had thrown Maryland out of the South. Do I have to give up my accent? I double-damn-guarantee you that the part of Maryland I lived in was most definitely the South. (St. Mary’s County) ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/144 "2005-08-26T19:31:36Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > I double-damn-guarantee you that the part of Maryland I lived in was most definitely the South. (St. Mary’s County) Mah point exactly, suh. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/145 "2005-08-26T19:48:35Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > They didn’t have to suspend _habeus corpus_ and round up the state legislature to keep New Jersey from suceeding did they? I don’t think there was ever any real chance of NJ succeeding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/146 "2005-08-26T21:03:37Z")
> [@](#): > > [http://store.yahoo.com/sayican/natpref.html](http://store.yahoo.com/sayican/natpref.html) :smack: [CompUSA](http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=316892&pfp=cat3) What a maroon ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/147 "2005-08-26T22:54:21Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Heh. Always nice to see an arborial joke. > > Here I thought that Duke Boys kind of elopement only happened in Kentucky anymore. _cough_ I would challenge you to a duel, but I might want to run for office in this state someday. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/148 "2005-08-26T23:44:41Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > _cough_ > > I would challenge you to a duel, but I might want to run for office in this state someday. Heck, I can do it. I’ve got no aspirations for political office. Or to be a notary public. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/149 "2005-08-27T06:45:06Z")
**brownie55** , I’m all for self-determination. If you say that you live in Maryland and are a Southerner, I have no trouble accepting that. The daughter-in-law that I mentioned also lives in Maryland and bristles when I mention that some consider Maryland to be a Southern state. With the exception of Florida, I was following the guidelines listed in the link that I provided. It lists Maryland as “Mid-East” as opposed to the others that I mentioned which it lists as “Southeast.” If I were drawing up my own list, I would not include Kentucky, Missouri or Arkansas in the “Southeast,” although they are more culturally akin to us than Southern Florida. It is also bewildering that _all_ of Texas is considered “Southwest.” Much of what I have seen of Maryland has the genteel lifestyle that I associate with those who have been able to live with some comfort in the South. It’s definitely a classy place. And the bison herd roundup on the tennis courts _sounds_ like something that could happen only in the South! You get my vote! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/150 "2005-08-27T16:33:08Z")
I’d also love me some e-mailed **Sampiro** stories, if your list isn’t getting too long! ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/151 "2005-08-28T00:07:33Z")
Amd, me, Mr. **Sampiro** , in the back, me too please? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/152 "2005-08-28T03:16:43Z")
Also, not all of Virginia is in the South. (At least, anywhere near DC isn’t. I dunno about other parts of the state.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/153 "2005-08-28T05:51:11Z")
> [@dwalin](#): > > Also, not all of Virginia is in the South. (At least, anywhere near DC isn’t. I dunno about other parts of the state.) And most of Florida south of the panhandle isn’t culturally southern. For that matter neither is most of coastal Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/154 "2005-08-28T13:46:34Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > And most of Florida south of the panhandle isn’t culturally southern. Joke heard in Arlington, Virginia, many years ago. Q: What do Virginians call those folks up in New York? A: Yankees. Q: What do Virginians call those folks down in Florida? A: Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/155 "2005-08-28T23:06:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Joke heard in Arlington, Virginia, many years ago. > > Q: What do Virginians call those folks up in New York? > A: Yankees. > Q: What do Virginians call those folks down in Florida? > A: Yankees. **BWAAAHAAAHAAHAAHAA!** That’s great **Monty** I’ve read the stuff **Sampiro** sent me. I emailed him begging for **MORE! MORE! MORE!** Could anything ever be more addicting? ---
**Author:** ![Andros\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Andros\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andros_X)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383/156 "2005-08-29T01:53:09Z")
Well, I was born in West Virginia, and moved to Virginia when I was 5. Of course, whenever I mentioned that I was born in WV, they all told jokes like this one: Q: How do you circumsize a West Virginian? A: Kick his sister in the chin. At first, I resented these jokes. I eventually got used to them, and even laughed at them at times. But at that point, and now, I realized that I was more Virginian than West Virginian. These days, West Virginia scares me. It’s full of old people, hilly roads, and nothing to do, which is part of the reason that going to my grandmother’s isn’t that appealing to me anymore. To be honest, it makes me glad I left. Blacksburg is much more enjoyable to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-is-like-my-mama-and-you-sir-are-an-ass-can-yall-pass-that-horseradish/318383.md?page=7)