I am a Red Neck and Southern as they Come
05-29-2008, 11:17 AM
#37
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: North Central Idaho
Posts: 539
RE: I am a Red Neck and Southern as they Come
Raised in a trailer in the middle of cow pasture 30 miles from town.
Been tromping thru the woods since I was big enough to follow my dad
and grandfathers.
Grew up in yard sale clothes.
Ate garden vegetables, venison, and government black label food as a Kid.
Drink Jim Beam Straight, or Basil Haydens if I'm feeling wealthy.
All of our Family Reunions are held in the woods.
Have allot of friends but only a couple that I would follow into Hell and
they would do the same for me.
The farther from civilization I get the more at ease I am.
I get up earlier on the Weekends than I do on the Weekdays.
Was taught the value of self reliance and hard work at an early age.
Respect My elders and still value my family name.
Don't step on my toes and I'll never step on yours.
I will stop to help a stranger in need, what comes around goes around on
the Mountain.
Trust a politician about as much as a $50.00 rifle scope.
Give my kids a bath with the hose in the back yard during the summer.
Etc...........Basically
Can row a boat, skin a deer, fix a flat, start a fire, grow a garden, net a
fish, call a coyote, follow a hound, winch an atv, fall a tree, hook a log,
sharpen a knife, load a cartridge, duct tape whatever, bait a bear,
snare a hair, take a beatin, smile in the rain, bugle an elk,fletch an
arrow, sight a rifle, tune a pistol,and take care of me an mine.
Don't know if I am a Southern Redneck, but I are a Mountain Hillbilly on the weekends. Probably would be a southern Redneck but one of my Grandpa's had to come to Idaho from TN in the 20's for some reason, after finding this picture of him awhile back my guess is the tax man was after him.
Been tromping thru the woods since I was big enough to follow my dad
and grandfathers.
Grew up in yard sale clothes.
Ate garden vegetables, venison, and government black label food as a Kid.
Drink Jim Beam Straight, or Basil Haydens if I'm feeling wealthy.
All of our Family Reunions are held in the woods.
Have allot of friends but only a couple that I would follow into Hell and
they would do the same for me.
The farther from civilization I get the more at ease I am.
I get up earlier on the Weekends than I do on the Weekdays.
Was taught the value of self reliance and hard work at an early age.
Respect My elders and still value my family name.
Don't step on my toes and I'll never step on yours.
I will stop to help a stranger in need, what comes around goes around on
the Mountain.
Trust a politician about as much as a $50.00 rifle scope.
Give my kids a bath with the hose in the back yard during the summer.
Etc...........Basically
Can row a boat, skin a deer, fix a flat, start a fire, grow a garden, net a
fish, call a coyote, follow a hound, winch an atv, fall a tree, hook a log,
sharpen a knife, load a cartridge, duct tape whatever, bait a bear,
snare a hair, take a beatin, smile in the rain, bugle an elk,fletch an
arrow, sight a rifle, tune a pistol,and take care of me an mine.
Don't know if I am a Southern Redneck, but I are a Mountain Hillbilly on the weekends. Probably would be a southern Redneck but one of my Grandpa's had to come to Idaho from TN in the 20's for some reason, after finding this picture of him awhile back my guess is the tax man was after him.
05-29-2008, 12:31 PM
#39
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 1,068
RE: I am a Red Neck and Southern as they Come
ORIGINAL: bryant1
That's more descriptive of whitetrash than redneck. Redneck is a term that wasa descriptive term of people in the fields who would work all day long and their necks would be sunburned. They usually were honest, hardworking, people who had been raised farming or physical laboring for a living. They usually dont have much but they worked hard for everything that they have.
I guess the term redneck just has different connotations for different people[&:]....
ORIGINAL: SouthernStrut56
Sorry, but I have to reply. I don't know why we're having a "Who's more redneck" contest, but some of these things have nothing to do with redneck and I doubt that many of you have ever seen a true redneck. RUGER seems to know what he's talkin about, maybe because he's a fellow Alabamian, but he's right when he says most people around here don't consider people like him country. You boys on here ain't seen bonified true "Redneck". Are some of you saying that if you don't benchpress a sh*tload of weight you aint redneck? That's hilarious, because being physically big aint got a thing to do with it. Also, being a Redneck and being "Southern" are two totally different things. I'm extremely "Southern", hence the name, and I'm a redneck in some ways also, but I don't wanna get into that cause I aint tryin to prove how red my neck is. Lemme just clarify a few "thangs". Driving a tractor doesn't make you a redneck, it just means you have larger areas and fields to tend to and it would be more efficient to use a larger machine. Dipping skoal or whatever your brand of choice only makes you redneck if you don't own a toothbrush, you sleep with a hawgleg in your mouth, you're missing most teeth, the teeth you have left are stained dark yellow, and you spit in natural light cans. .....I'm guilty of the last. Just b/c you have a bunch of guns dont make you a redneck, those crazy kids that shoot up schools usually own an arsenal of weapons and they are far from a redneck. Wearing camo doesnt make you any more of a redneck than if you just wear a white tshirt and jeans.....I know many old men who have killed more deer than any of us while wearing overalls and beat up tennis shoes. I grew up ten minutes from the Talladega Superspeedway and have been to every single race since I was 11. I just recently stopped going because its too predictable. Anyways, I have seen REDNECK. Have you ever seen a drunk pregnant woman with a cig hangin out her mouth run bare-footed across a highway in front of traffic just to pull her shirt up for some Dale Earnhardt SR. beads??? Didnt think so. You ever sat next to a couple during a race and watched them smoke 2 packs of cigarettes and drink a gallon of vodka and orange juice during the first half of the race, then commenced to yelling at each other about who was better Jeff Gordon or Dale Jr., then see the woman be carried out on a stretcher after passing out, and the husband stayed for the race and cut his jeans off into shorts.....one leg being way shorter than the other....? Thats redneck. I saw an old man with a huge homemade (looked like it was done in jail) Dale Sr. tattoo on his arm attack a guy in a Jeff Gordon painted wheelchair for saying Dale Sr. was a dead a*s and he's glad he hit the wall. I could go on for days, but it would probably shock most of yall here. Come down here for the fall race at Talladega and walk around the campgrounds, you'll see a redneck or two.....especially if it rains, it's like nothing you'll ever see in your life. Don't get me wrong, there may be a few true necks on this forum, but from what I've read, yall aint got a clue.
Sorry, but I have to reply. I don't know why we're having a "Who's more redneck" contest, but some of these things have nothing to do with redneck and I doubt that many of you have ever seen a true redneck. RUGER seems to know what he's talkin about, maybe because he's a fellow Alabamian, but he's right when he says most people around here don't consider people like him country. You boys on here ain't seen bonified true "Redneck". Are some of you saying that if you don't benchpress a sh*tload of weight you aint redneck? That's hilarious, because being physically big aint got a thing to do with it. Also, being a Redneck and being "Southern" are two totally different things. I'm extremely "Southern", hence the name, and I'm a redneck in some ways also, but I don't wanna get into that cause I aint tryin to prove how red my neck is. Lemme just clarify a few "thangs". Driving a tractor doesn't make you a redneck, it just means you have larger areas and fields to tend to and it would be more efficient to use a larger machine. Dipping skoal or whatever your brand of choice only makes you redneck if you don't own a toothbrush, you sleep with a hawgleg in your mouth, you're missing most teeth, the teeth you have left are stained dark yellow, and you spit in natural light cans. .....I'm guilty of the last. Just b/c you have a bunch of guns dont make you a redneck, those crazy kids that shoot up schools usually own an arsenal of weapons and they are far from a redneck. Wearing camo doesnt make you any more of a redneck than if you just wear a white tshirt and jeans.....I know many old men who have killed more deer than any of us while wearing overalls and beat up tennis shoes. I grew up ten minutes from the Talladega Superspeedway and have been to every single race since I was 11. I just recently stopped going because its too predictable. Anyways, I have seen REDNECK. Have you ever seen a drunk pregnant woman with a cig hangin out her mouth run bare-footed across a highway in front of traffic just to pull her shirt up for some Dale Earnhardt SR. beads??? Didnt think so. You ever sat next to a couple during a race and watched them smoke 2 packs of cigarettes and drink a gallon of vodka and orange juice during the first half of the race, then commenced to yelling at each other about who was better Jeff Gordon or Dale Jr., then see the woman be carried out on a stretcher after passing out, and the husband stayed for the race and cut his jeans off into shorts.....one leg being way shorter than the other....? Thats redneck. I saw an old man with a huge homemade (looked like it was done in jail) Dale Sr. tattoo on his arm attack a guy in a Jeff Gordon painted wheelchair for saying Dale Sr. was a dead a*s and he's glad he hit the wall. I could go on for days, but it would probably shock most of yall here. Come down here for the fall race at Talladega and walk around the campgrounds, you'll see a redneck or two.....especially if it rains, it's like nothing you'll ever see in your life. Don't get me wrong, there may be a few true necks on this forum, but from what I've read, yall aint got a clue.
That's more descriptive of whitetrash than redneck. Redneck is a term that wasa descriptive term of people in the fields who would work all day long and their necks would be sunburned. They usually were honest, hardworking, people who had been raised farming or physical laboring for a living. They usually dont have much but they worked hard for everything that they have.
I guess the term redneck just has different connotations for different people[&:]....
