Are you Yankee or Dixie?

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Craig H.

#42
It isn't a yes or no question, "By the way what is "Beer" is that something you need to catch fish with down yonder? Or is it something to help the fish stories sound better than what they really were?" but I can understand if you don't want to answer it. Oh by the way did I LERNED something or have I LEARNED something, or is that more Dixie talk?;)
No, you askd two questions, dang it, and I answered both of them "yes". Beer is a magical elixr that can both improve the fishing experience and also better what you call "fish stories". Why, some of the most enjoyable "fish stories" I have ever heard were not only told while the teller had beer, but the experience involved beer as well.

Like the time ol' Timmy stepped into the boat off of the dock, and the boat wasn't there. His hat floated off just like one of them paper boats! They told him they saw a snake, and he left a rooster tail getting out of the water. See, they had fun even before they started fishing!

I will be glad to send you a box of 12 twelve once cans of this mirical liquid for just $49.95, plus shipping and handling. Then you, too, can experience the true joy of a reel fishing experience.

(Dang these Yankees are slow).
 
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Dean Frederickson

#44
I think I'm starting to get it. That magical elixer, is that the one and same Granny Clampett of the Beverly hillbillies was so fond of making, and thats what you call Beer? If'n that beer can make you see boats that ain't there and see snakes that ain't there and boys hats that look like paper boats and little boys can make rooster tails, well then by God almighty I would like to try some. And say by the way if'n yore kin to that Clampett brood you aught to be neighborly and sent some of that magic elixer (beer) up here just cuz.

eagerly awaitin grannies magical elixer.
 
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Dean Frederickson

#45
Oh and Mr. Craig if'n you was so to be so kind as to send some of Granny's magic elixer I'd be more than happy to send you some of the natural ice that grows wild up here that doesn't need one of them freezer contraptions to grow in.:agree:

Y'all keep them fridge/freezer contraptions out in the yards down south, I know that cuz I see a lot of pictures of the south and I see them fridge/freezers outside. Do you keep any inside the trailers?
 
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Stijloor

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#46
Oh and Mr. Craig if'n you was so to be so kind as to send some of Granny's magic elixer I'd be more than happy to send you some of the natural ice that grows wild up here that doesn't need one of them freezer contraptions to grow in.:agree:
I am from the South from another country, but all southern grandma's seem to have special elixers. Mine had stuff that she made me drink as a kid that caused you to forget that you were sick..... One swig fits all. Powerful stuff.
 
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Craig H.

#48
I think I'm starting to get it. That magical elixer, is that the one and same Granny Clampett of the Beverly hillbillies was so fond of making, and thats what you call Beer? If'n that beer can make you see boats that ain't there and see snakes that ain't there and boys hats that look like paper boats and little boys can make rooster tails, well then by God almighty I would like to try some. And say by the way if'n yore kin to that Clampett brood you aught to be neighborly and sent some of that magic elixer (beer) up here just cuz.

eagerly awaitin grannies magical elixer.
That ain't beer. Corn squeezin's. I can tell you that the stuff will sneak up on you and do all of the above, and more.

We have rules about sending the stuff north. We woulda won the war, but the Yankees got into Rupert's stash in North Georgia and just went nuts. Ever seen a drunken Yankee? They's rude, I'll tell you, rude, burning the place up and all.
 
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Kevin H

#50
Hmm, born and have lived most of my life in western PA with a few minor stints elsewhere - South Carolina 1 year, Southeastern Ohio, 1 year, New Jersey 1 year, & New Hampshire 3 years. When I answer the test 1 way, I score 56% Southern. When I answer with the correct dialect for western PA, which is never how I've spoken (I would have had soap in my mouth for at least a day if I insisted on using you'ns, which I identify as Pittsburghese) I get 49% Yankee.

Definitions of "Damn Yankee" I've heard include: A northener moving south with a northern company and intending to stay in the South. And someone whose ancestors fought on the wrong side in the "War Between the States" more commonly known as the Civil War in my neck of the woods.

I qualified as a Damn Yankee under both conditions when I lived in South Carolina. :)
 
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