Does it bother you?
10-09-2011, 04:37 AM
#41
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Location: S.E. Coastal Georgia
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Well, being from Louisiana and now living in Georgia.... ha!~don't get me started. We have LOTS of people come here from other places and drive up our taxes and such and tell us how we are suppose to live and try to save us from ourselves. Gosh, don't know how we've ever made it so long here without them!
10-09-2011, 05:25 AM
#43
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Location: Nebraska
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Oh do I know what you mean. Out here in Nebraska they still think we have no electricity, or running water, and often ask if we still use an "out house"!! One lady I know even put a small outhouse out behind her brand new home, (its the garden tool shed) but its amazing how many people do not even recognize that the original type building "was" THE OUT HOUSE!
Its amazing how dumb some people are. I agree with the one post they do not know where there food comes from. They think its made in a "food factory".
Remember some years ago, when a farm organization put a beef cow in a pen in a big mall back East. A "fancy" woman in her fur coat looked down her nose at it. Said her meat came from the meat market. The guy asked where she thought the meat came from. She said the meat factory. He pointed out just where the steaks came from and she accused him of lying. Amazing how the dumb walk among us. And they claim to be highly educated!
Its amazing how dumb some people are. I agree with the one post they do not know where there food comes from. They think its made in a "food factory".
Remember some years ago, when a farm organization put a beef cow in a pen in a big mall back East. A "fancy" woman in her fur coat looked down her nose at it. Said her meat came from the meat market. The guy asked where she thought the meat came from. She said the meat factory. He pointed out just where the steaks came from and she accused him of lying. Amazing how the dumb walk among us. And they claim to be highly educated!
10-09-2011, 05:39 AM
#45
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Location: Oklahoma
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I absolutely know what you mean! I live in Oklahoma and am a teacher. I was in Boston one year attending the National Council of Teacher's of Mathematics conference and was talking with a gentleman at a bus stop. He actually thought that we still "put all of the Indians up" in TeePees! And he was serious!!!! Of course, I had to have some fun with it, so I went on to tell him how they actually let them teach the "white kids" in the public schools...I wish I had a picture of his face! Then I made a show of looking all around me and then whispered to him..."as a matter of fact, my kids are half-breeds." I thought he was going to pass out right there! After he recovered, I assured him that the Indian culture is just a part of our heritage and that no, there were no TeePees anymore! :lol:
10-09-2011, 05:43 AM
#47
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Location: Ft. Myers, Fl
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Don't you know that Florida is always too hot? Especially in the summer, when it is unbearable? Okay, keep thinking that, and stay up there in the north where people are dropping dead from the heat, and we are cooler than you are.
We have family reunions, in August, up north, and it is REALLY HOT up there.
We have family reunions, in August, up north, and it is REALLY HOT up there.
10-09-2011, 06:10 AM
#49
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Location: Bay Area near San Francisco
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Originally Posted by tweezy50
Has anyone run into comments about their state that clearly show a misconception of the area?
What I really get offended about are the commercials on TV. When they want to make a point about someone or something being dumb they give it a southern accent - main case in point is that really dumb "I'm just a pothole" commercial.
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