No cites, but my faulty memory tells me that a couple of the southern counties in NJ attempted to secede, and did contribute troops.
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.
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.
I don’t think there was ever any real chance of NJ succeeding.
:smack:
CompUSA
What a maroon
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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.
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!
I’d also love me some e-mailed Sampiro stories, if your list isn’t getting too long!
Amd, me, Mr. Sampiro, in the back, me too please?
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.
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?
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.