Hit a nerve? HA HA HA! Naw, just laughing at your stupidity and lack of reading skills.
If you have an issue with my stated dislike of glurge, spill your guts. If not, I suggest you STFU with your strawmen. M’Kay?
I think the deal with being considered “trash” if you own a doublewide is because it implies that a doublewide’s the most wonderful thing you are able to comprehend owning. At least that is my understanding.
Dung Beetle
Southern born and bred:cool:
Ditto.
Plus he “hates the fucking smilies”. You gotta love the guy.
I’d agree with you if the title wasn’t descriptive, but if you didn’t know what this thread was going to be about when you opened it, you weren’t paying attention.
If you don’t like this type of thread, don’t open the damn thing. Its not in your in-box. You see a thread title you consider to be glurge, skip it. Why is that so hard for you to do? Why do you have to piss in our (or IDBB’s) cherrios?
We got a new smilie?
Damn…I’m always the last to know…
See, though, Dung, that’s where (flawed) public perception and reality differ. Owning a double-wide is often a matter of getting more bang for your buck. My aunt, for example, owns a gorgeous double-wide with walk-in closets, whirlpool garden tub, three bedrooms, and a huge kitchen. I’m not sure how much it and their lot cost, but I do know that it was substantially less than our three bed-room house. Does our house have walk-in closets or a whirlpool garden tub? Fuck no. As young professional people, my husband and I couldn’t begin to touch a house comparable to the amenities in that trailer. Not on that size a lot, anyway.
It wasn’t exactly Sharon’s burning ambition in life to own a double-wide. It’s not something she grew up dreaming of. And trust me, she’s well aware of the obnoxious and erroneous stigma some people attach to trailer life. However, she’d prefer to live in a really nice trailer as opposed to the miserable, tiny, shithole of a standard house she could get with the same money.
Yeah, most of my family isn’t very educated, and they don’t have a lot of money. My daddy drives a pick-up, and when I get home for a visit he and I go fishing. My uncles and cousins hunt, and my aunt lives in a trailer. Maybe that makes them trash. I don’t know. All I know is that they’re some of the kindes, most generous, hardest-working people I’ve ever known. And if my family is white trash, then I’m white trash and damn proud of it.
I’d let people call me whatever they wanted to if it came with a place like that!
I believe the crucial difference between the rural Southerners and the White Trash is whether you like them or not.
Right - this is the my area of contention (confusion?)
When thinking of a “trailer-home”, I’ve always sort of pictured the rather run down trailer in 8-mile. I can understand why it would not be the most desirable place to live; however, the same could be said for a house in that condition.
I guess I’m confused why IDBB listed Palm Harbor homes as being yucky, when a quick perusal of their website reveals them to be quite nice.
It kinda seems like slagging people off for driving a 1978 rusted out Pinto, when they actually drive a 2002 Civic.
Just seeking clairification.
You hate the smilies? 
See? You’ve made them sad!
You know I’m just joking, don’t you, UncleBeer?
::sperfur backs slowly out of UncleBeer’s office::
I’m really only kidding. Promise. I love you mods. I do.
::sperfur tosses a 
on UncleBeer’s desk and runs down the hall::
And thank ghod it’s not animated.
Just FYI, and avoiding the rest of the chaos in the thread for the moment, I saw Jeff Foxworthy live years ago, and at the time he said he’d collected his “redneck” one-liners from a variety of places, including his own insights, things he’d heard, stories people sent to him and - in one rather notable case - folks who came up to him after the show to share with him something their momma said.
I concur. Biblical Archaeology Review is, IMHO, a prestigeous archaeology magazine of the Middle East. I assume that IUHomer is assuming that they publish only what they think falls in line with the Bible and toss any findings that disagree, in order to give literal Bible believers the warm fuzzies, which couldn’t be further from the truth. In actuality, I’m sure BAR is too cerebral for many ignoramuses, including IUHomer.
Hey, I’ll take porn anyway I can get it!
Here’s the fucking smilies for a couple of virgins.
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Well, I’m a redneck mutherfucker.
Some of my best friends live in a doublewide…a nice one with the garden room, sunken bath, big-ass kitchen, fireplace, the works. It’s also on a lake. On 2 acres. Big-assed deck. They own it.
Guess who always has loads of people coming out to grill, swim, sun, party?? Yep, the white trash friends of mine. They moved from a different lake where they were in a regular mobile home, they called the “Park”…trailer park. I call them “Trailer Trash”, but they know I’m just joking. Might as well work that into your list of “things to call people when you are talking down to them”.
I’m pretty fuckin’ happy with my life, thanks. All you GAP wearing, Armani clad dickheads can kiss my white ass.
Call me whatever you feel like you need to to make yourself feel better.
That’s what’s it all about, right??
You might be a redneck if you start your pickup with a screwdriver. (Cops give me a ration of shit about that everytime.)
How about
- If you didn’t actually write the OP, don’t post it.
Here’s my own original ‘Redneck’ joke, in the spirit of the OP. No copyright worries, I contributed it to the public domain some time ago.
You might be ‘White Trash’ if you know which brand of beer your dog prefers.
I’m tired of people getting offended ALL THE DING DONG TIME.
I know someone is going to find that ironic coming from me, the poster who shed tears of rage at an off-the-color t-shirt. But for real though, this thread is no more offensive than the “Wassup Black Guys” thread.
I used to go to a message board with demographics the opposite of the SD, and once we entertained ourselves by coming up with “You might be ghettofabulous if…” one-liners. Like, you might be ghettofabulous if you wear house slippers outside. Why is that funny? Because it’s real. Most black people–even the most bougie ones–have “ghettofabulous” upbringings, or they have friends or relatives who would classify as such. If you can’t joke about yourself or crazy-ass people you know, what in the hell can you joke about?
I for one would love to live in a trailer. I’d put some rims and hydraulics on that bad boy and make it ghettofabulous!