Tips for folks from up north when they visit Red Dust:
1. Don't order pasta primavera at a cafe down here
in Red Dust. It
will only confuse everyone. It is a cafe. They know one thing--fried.
Don't
mess with their minds--what little they have--or you'll get a whuppin'.
2. Do not laugh at our names down here. Merleen, Bodie, Clovis, Joe
Dan, Sissy, Tammy Lynn, and Lou
Bob are the norm down here. Laugh at our names and we'll whup you.
3. We are proud of our heritage down
here. Most of us are very
literate--Welty, Williams, and Faulkner, just to name a few. Call us a
bunch
of hillbillies and we'll whup you.
4. We know about the humidity down here. Just don't talk about it.
Spend your money and get
out of here, or we'll whup you.
5. Do not order wheat toast at Meg's Honk and Get It. If you do,
everyone will know you're not from
around here. Do it and you'll get a whuppin.
6. Whatever you do, don't put sugar on your grits or ask what white
gravy is. You'll get laughed
at and then you'll get a whuppin.
7. We know we have an Okie Drawl down here. Do not make fun of it. And whatever you do, don't try
and fake it. You will not pass go, or
collect $200, you'll get a whuppin.
8. Don't come down here to Red Dust and talk about how dirty and
polluted our town is. None of our
lakes or rivers have caught fire recently. If you complain about our countryside and its beauty, we will whup you.
9. Don't make fun of our manners. We say yes sir and no maam.
We open doors for other folks.
We give our seats to the elderly. We help our grandmothers across the street. We do this because that is what
civilized people do. You behave when you're down here, or our grandmothers will whup some manners into you just like
they did us.
10. And finally--if coming down here for a visit--do not under any
circumstances tell us how to make our
barbecue. This will get you an
instant whuppin. Keep it up criticizing our barbecue and we may have
to
give you one of those whuppins that sends you to the hospital.
Follow these simple rules and you will enjoy your stay.
Don't--and
you'll get a whuppin. Thank you.