Excellent.

And yet somehow, we'll get by all the same.

For a hell hole, we have a lot of Yankees down here.

As I read the article, he was speaking of Miami Beach. Having spent most of my childhood in south Florida, I would heartily agree with his assessment.

TheDumbBlonde: For a hell hole, we have a lot of Yankees down here.

That's why it's a hell hole.

Who cares what some too-tall, broken-nosed, homo Brit thinks, anyway?

Dread Pirate Slasher: TheDumbBlonde: For a hell hole, we have a lot of Yankees down here.

That's why it's a hell hole.

Your brilliance is blinding. :P

Wow, frying a turkey indoors? I wonder if he plays with old leaking dynamite as a hobby...

Eh... some very nice places in the South.

Nice place to visit, but I'm a New Englander and that's where I'll be buried.

oldebayer: Who cares what some too-tall, broken-nosed, homo Brit thinks, anyway?

So the next time a Southerner gets into a fight with you over what something is called (like whether a toboggan is a hat or a sled or whether the things in your mouth are teeth or breathing holes or a 7-Up is a 'Coke' or if it's okay to sleep with your cousin), just trust them on this one.

...Southern men don't need him around, anyhow ...

Dread Pirate Slasher: TheDumbBlonde: For a hell hole, we have a lot of Yankees down here.

That's why it's a hell hole.

That. They export the real cockbags down here. We try to send as many as we can to the Florida Penal Colony, but they keep escaping.

Before you get on this guy's case, remember...



He's a military man.

F-14Tomcat: As I read the article, he was speaking of Miami Beach. Having spent most of my childhood in south Florida, I would heartily agree with his assessment.

Yeah, that's a seriously false headline.

"My goodness, I feel as if by spending a small amount of time in a reasonably tiny part of a huge area of a country, I know how everyone behaves!"



//you couldn't pay me to spend an hour or a dollar in The Nanny Statetm

What's a Horlick?

I'd rather be curled up in a snowy cabin with a hot whisky or, quite frankly, a Horlicks than I would spend half an hour in this rotting place

Which is why so many people move there. Of their own free will.

Of course, the moment I had the opportunity, I blew that whole pop stand and went as far away as I could get and still be in the lower 48.

Give me a blizzard over that God-forsaken humidity any day.

Bob Balaban: What's a Horlick?

Whatever you pay her to.

CheetahOlivetti: Bob Balaban: What's a Horlick?

Whatever you pay her to.

Well played.

Damn it, Peter...

Bonkthat_Again: Give me a blizzard over that God-forsaken humidity any day.

Damn right. I'm from Los Angeles, where anything below 65 requires mittens, and I'd pick a snowstorm over humidity.

Don't let the door hit you on the ass.....

Occam's Chainsaw: CheetahOlivetti: Bob Balaban: What's a Horlick?

Whatever you pay her to.

Well played.

I thought aqbout posting an answer myself, but I wanted to see what the respose would be.

darkhorse23: "My goodness, I feel as if by spending a small amount of time in a reasonably tiny part of a huge area of a country, I know how everyone behaves!"



//you couldn't pay me to spend an hour or a dollar in The Nanny Statetm

Nor could you bother to read the article, I see.

Good. Stay out of Miami then.

You worry about Miami Beach, and I'll head down to Little Havana.

CheetahOlivetti: Bob Balaban: What's a Horlick?

Whatever you pay her to.

Well played, sir.

In all seriousness, though: according to Wikipedia, Horlicks is a brand of hot malted milk. From the description, it seems a bit like Ovaltine.

As a Midwesterner who has in the last five years explored the South on various drunken golfing expeditions, I have to say that my stereotypes and assumptions were really far off base.

The places I thought were going to be like "Deliverance" turned out to be full of the coolest people (Alabama and Mississippi), and the places I thought were going to be most friendly towards northerners and more "cultured" (Florida and South Carolina) turned out to be incredibly confrontational and disturbing. South Carolina especially. Jesus. I wouldn't go back to that place if you f*cking paid me.

Of course these are just silly anecdotes and don't mean much.

sigdiamond2000: The places I thought were going to be like "Deliverance" turned out to be full of the coolest people (Alabama and Mississippi), and the places I thought were going to be most friendly towards northerners and more "cultured" (Florida and South Carolina) turned out to be incredibly confrontational and disturbing.

I have discovered that the nicer they are to you, the more they hate you. And if they start saying "bless your heart," run! I call this phenomenon the Inverse Law of Southern Hospitality.

From what i've read of that region of the world, i'd run away as fast as possible too.

fariasrv: I have discovered that the nicer they are to you, the more they hate you. And if they start saying "bless your heart," run! I call this phenomenon the Inverse Law of Southern Hospitality.

Good, you figured it out. Now do us the favor of not coming back.

fariasrv: I have discovered that the nicer they are to you, the more they hate you. And if they start saying "bless your heart," run! I call this phenomenon the Inverse Law of Southern Hospitality.

This is what people don't get about New York. It's not that New Yorkers are assholes, they just don't pretend to care about you. Folks in New York are just indifferent - you have to be in a city with 18 million people. The default mode is to just ignore people.

I hate fake politeness which is less than skin deep.

Ace Frehley's Ghost: Good, you figured it out. Now do us the favor of not coming back.

You actually think I would ever voluntarily travel south of the Mason-Dixon line?

DamnYankees: you have to be in a city with 18 million people.

Where is the politeness cutoff point? I live in a metropolitan area with over 6 million people, if I'm nice to you it's because either I don't know you, or you deserve it.

Look, if everyone in America were educated, we'd be commies. We need The South.


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I would love to see him guest star on an episode of House.

Erm.

As someone whose lived in South Carolina all of his life, and just recently moved north (to Maine, specifically.) I have to say, I like it here.

Admittedly, I'm not all that thrilled with people from Boston, and I'm amazed to see the thermometer drop to the 30s when its still mid-October, but hey, nothing is perfect. I like it here for the most part.

Now if only they had real sweet tea *sigh*

Fifty million people reading The Enquirer barefoot in a Walmart can't be wrong.

BooBoo23: It's awful here in the South. Stay away!!!

I second that opinion....

Headline was a bit misleading though. He wasn't talking about the SOUTH, he was talking about Miami. HUGE difference.

He made the comment about Miami, not the South in general. Miami is more Caribean/Latin American at this point than American, much less Southern. He could have also just been referring to the climate.

So, for the usual sort of misrepresentation, subby's an ass.

This is what people don't get about New York. It's not that New Yorkers are assholes, they just don't pretend to care about you. Folks in New York are just indifferent - you have to be in a city with 18 million people. The default mode is to just ignore people.

sounds a bit like y'all are assholes, to me. I'd prefer a smile and friendly greeting, myself.

/American by birth
//Southern by the grace of God

As a native Floridian who spent half my life in FL and GA, now living outside Seattle, i would like to say harumph, harumph! I'm never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever moving back south.

Idiots, for the most part (both north and south), but not nearly the nanny state which Mr. Fry's home is.

Riiiight. As someone living in New York for the past six years, I have to say that I have never been happier than I am to move back to North Carolina in December. Don't get me wrong, I love New England and see a lot of similarities between it and the small mountain town in NC from which I came. However, NYC is the stinkingnest hole man has ever dreamed up, disgusting, dirty, and so self-centered its sickening. I have to say that's the one thing I miss most about the South is that the people weren't constantly "me me me!" like the people here.
I feel as if the South gets a bad rap from a lot of people, people who have never left the confines of the northern part of the country except to places that are like the North except with a different climate! (Atlanta and Miami)...really the heart of the South is in the small towns like Asheville, Savannah, and Chapel Hill...yes, we have some skeletons in our closet, and just like you have the guidos in Jersey up here, we have our people we would most likely not want to showcase..but really..from an educated, liberal minded person..the South is wonderful and I encourage y'all who haven't given it a try and have nothing but hate spewing forth to visit at least once.

Good. More real food for us. Enjoy your Spotted Dick and Blood Pudding, or whatever the fark it is you people eat.

I think he was just talking abut Miami, which IS a shiathole.

Stupidest farking bumper sticker Ive ever seen (besides ones for Obiden)?

Somewhere in Alabama:
'At the Half: North 1, South 0'

on the back of a truly POS pick 'em up truck.