yoyoma -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 04:06:38 PM --
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Stormy Weather = ver'good. Really, you know, anything of his is fine. And if you read as many as you can in succession, you begin to think that if you went to the bar more often you could meet real people like that and have wild adventures.
catling -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 04:31:08 PM --
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The best wedding sparklers are the long-lasting #14 Gold. They are also very effective in exorcisms. All sparklers are wonderful for bringing and ridding curses.- sparkler sales web site
C'mon down further South. And you'll learn that there really are people like that in the Sunshine State. Hiaassen just changes the names around to keep from getting sued by the Real People.
Judi Kay -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 06:12:29 PM --
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I've only read Sick Puppy, and I wasn't that enthused. I should give him another try.
TAFKA -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 06:15:43 PM --
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If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
That was one of the ones I said was weak. Try some of the others I mentioned.
you could meet real people like that and have wild adventures.
Thing is, I'd hate to find myself out in a swamp without some of Skink's military mosquito repellent.
Judi Kay -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 06:39:09 PM --
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I think I will try some of his others, TAFKA. (And you're just talking about Carl Hiaasen all over the place today, aren't you? Just saw your post in the steroids thread!)
rufus christ -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 06:59:52 PM --
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Life is short, people are a more precious commodity than y'all seem to realize & karma can be a funny thing. I hope you figure that out some day in a way that doesn't bite you in the ass. The roads diverge here. Peace and happiness.
Stormy Weather is one of his best and you can't go wrong with Striptease, which is exactly as good as the movie wasn't.
Another Florida writer woth checking out is Harry Crews. He teaches at USF, I think. Body and The Gospel Singer are two of his books that have the whole Southern Gothic thing down pat, but in a good way that doesn't give to eyestrain from rolling your eyes. He writes the kind of stories that burn into your mind for a bit the way a sparkler causes temporary retinal burn.
Dew -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 07:31:57 PM --
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I'm blind to you, haters. Can't touch me, war-instigators.
I think Pat Conroy's writing about the coastal Carolinas is as lyrical as it gets, and I like Elmore Leonard, too.
Judi Kay -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 07:33:34 PM --
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See now, I'm not a Pat Conroy fan. He practically gave definition to the phrase "purple prose," IMHO.
Dew -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 07:37:27 PM --
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I'm blind to you, haters. Can't touch me, war-instigators.
'tsokay, not everybody can love him. The way he writes about sea turtles and food just speaks to me.
terrilynn -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 08:14:42 PM --
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The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. (Isak Dinesen)
Dew, I love him, too. I know he's over the top, but I don't care a bit.
If you like sea turtle stuff, read Mary Alice Monroe's The Beach House. It takes place on Isle of Palms and the main characters are turtle volunteers. I really liked it.
Dew -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 08:32:00 PM --
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I'm blind to you, haters. Can't touch me, war-instigators.
That sounds right up my alley. I'm making a note right now. Thanks, terrilynn.
Elizabeth K -- Monday, July 19, 2004 -- 11:54:50 PM --
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I love Jesus, but I drink a little
Rufus, I don't think anyone vanalised Will Rogers while I was a Tech. But the Tech students were being crazy enough on their own, tossing around toritillas at footballs games.
So get this: I grew up in the land of Aggies, went to Tech and now live in Longhorn land. If I have to walk across the UT campus, it makes my skin crawl and I don't think I will ever like the color burnt orange. Some things are just bred in (as opposed on in bred, which my family is not).
Bingo -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 12:01:46 AM --
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It's the same here in Razorbackland. Even though we aren't in the SWC any more, we still despise the Longhorns.
dohdee -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 06:00:14 AM --
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Longhorns aren't in the SWC anymore either, are they?
bessy -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:19:18 AM --
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You were chained to a girl who would kill you with a look/It's a nice way to die, she's so easy on the eyes/She said "Let's get away" but you played it by the book/You're a warden's pet, she's a screaming suffragette
I am SO not one for school spirit and I hate burnt orange but shut up!
dohdee -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:29:17 AM --
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I'll start singing "Texas Fight" if y'all don't quit it. And I can still play "March Grandioso" on my clarinet.
rufus christ -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:37:18 AM --
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Life is short, people are a more precious commodity than y'all seem to realize & karma can be a funny thing. I hope you figure that out some day in a way that doesn't bite you in the ass. The roads diverge here. Peace and happiness.
As long as no one breaks into a rousing rendition of the first 53 verses of Rocky Top, I don't care.
You mean ya'll have burnt orange as opposed to that happy-ass bright orange all over everything that comes out of UTK?
Clio -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:39:05 AM --
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"New Orleans, she smells like summer rain, sweet olive and coffee." -Chris Rose
Wish that I was on old Rocky Top...
Humor me here, I'm feeling a little nostalgic for my hometown (although I was not so thrilled about it when I lived there).
dohdee -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:43:58 AM --
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Yes. The Correct and True orange. None of that Chernobyl-grade bright orange that I see out here from the damn Vols that have infiltrated Atlanta. Gads.
If God wasn't a Longhorn, why did he make the sunsets burnt orange? </bumper sticker wisdom>
More trivia: UT's colors used to be burnt orange and maroon. When A&M reared its ugly head, they took the maroon with them.
rufus christ -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:48:42 AM --
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Life is short, people are a more precious commodity than y'all seem to realize & karma can be a funny thing. I hope you figure that out some day in a way that doesn't bite you in the ass. The roads diverge here. Peace and happiness.
I joke, but Ole Smokie and Rocky Top have it all over the mascot of my undergraduate alma mater.
No, I don't know what it is, either.
dohdee -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:49:11 AM --
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It looks kinda like Izzy... kinda...
Ellie Mayhem -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:49:50 AM --
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PMS 145 = Burnt Orange
bessy -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:51:51 AM --
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You were chained to a girl who would kill you with a look/It's a nice way to die, she's so easy on the eyes/She said "Let's get away" but you played it by the book/You're a warden's pet, she's a screaming suffragette
It's like a red Grimace.
My high school mascot was an alien that looked like a Fry Guy.
What does it say about me that I see old McDonald's characters in everything?
rufus christ -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:52:05 AM --
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Life is short, people are a more precious commodity than y'all seem to realize & karma can be a funny thing. I hope you figure that out some day in a way that doesn't bite you in the ass. The roads diverge here. Peace and happiness.
Yeah, but Izzy was cute. This thing is just big and red with a fat ass and a towel. In whom is this supposed to instill fear? The Hamburglar?
rufus christ -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 09:59:49 AM --
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Life is short, people are a more precious commodity than y'all seem to realize & karma can be a funny thing. I hope you figure that out some day in a way that doesn't bite you in the ass. The roads diverge here. Peace and happiness.
The Bourne Identity Goes Hillbilly
This includes a picture of the Big Red guy having a press conference on the streets of Rome.
kellent -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 02:48:20 PM --
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nobody flunks Satan's Mistress
Burnt orange is such an unnatural color to flock to. I really don't like it. Now, I've been red in...
High school: 
(That's right, it's Dave Letterman's #1 worst high school mascot. So what if we're basically ticks?)
And college:
Woo! And don't even try to tell me that 'Bama is the right red. I already had that argument this week.
rufus christ -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 03:00:32 PM --
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Life is short, people are a more precious commodity than y'all seem to realize & karma can be a funny thing. I hope you figure that out some day in a way that doesn't bite you in the ass. The roads diverge here. Peace and happiness.
Cute piggie!
Frank Black -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 03:19:10 PM --
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Come over to the dark side. . . .we have cookies.
There is no Southworstwest Conference anymore.
Which is too bad because it always gave some nice team from up nawth an easy win on New Years Day in the Cotton Bowl.
Bingo -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 03:25:30 PM --
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I didn't know we were picked the #1 worst high school mascot by David Letterman. Why wasn't I aware of this? I'll start stalking him again, if I have to.
KerryW -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 07:08:35 PM --
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I just can't find the time to write my mind the way I want it to read.
I know it's off topic, but I thought I should share that my high school mascot was supposedly a "fighting comet". We always said that it looked more like a "fighting sperm". Playboy somehow heard of this and run a photograph of the press box in the magazine.
Clio -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 07:28:18 PM --
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"New Orleans, she smells like summer rain, sweet olive and coffee." -Chris Rose
In high school, we were the Admirals, named for Admiral David Farragut, who was born near our little suburb (also named Farragut). You can tell we were in EAST Tennessee.
It was funny to move to New Orleans and discover that people there didn't think of Farragut in quite the same way.
rufus christ -- Tuesday, July 20, 2004 -- 07:48:25 PM --
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Life is short, people are a more precious commodity than y'all seem to realize & karma can be a funny thing. I hope you figure that out some day in a way that doesn't bite you in the ass. The roads diverge here. Peace and happiness.
When I worked at Psych at Vandy someone put a little sign under the Commodore Vandy logo picture in a hallway that said:
"Thinks he's Napoleon..."
JennyD -- Wednesday, July 21, 2004 -- 11:20:07 AM --
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I just found and caught up on this thread. Good reading. I grew up in western North Carolina, went to school in Chapel Hill, worked in South Carolina for a few years, and now live in SE Virginia. I can say with some authority that the Sweet Tea Line is around the N.C./Va. border. The Livermush Line, too.
And, from way back, Ruby,
Do y'all know a word that sounds like "SIR-see" and means a little treat or surprise or gift?
My family is the only other place I've ever heard this, but we get sercies. They're not real presents, just a little unexpected treat, like you said.
rrose selavy -- Wednesday, July 21, 2004 -- 11:34:40 AM --
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clams on the half shell and roller skates, roller skates
We always called treats like that lagniappe.
catling -- Wednesday, July 21, 2004 -- 12:32:09 PM --
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The best wedding sparklers are the long-lasting #14 Gold. They are also very effective in exorcisms. All sparklers are wonderful for bringing and ridding curses.- sparkler sales web site
Lagniappe, the times I've heard used has been a Louisiana and surrounding areas term.
Dew -- Wednesday, July 21, 2004 -- 09:27:49 PM --
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I'm blind to you, haters. Can't touch me, war-instigators.
Man, it's gonna drive me crazy till I figure out how I know "lagniappe."
JennyD, my family's from Jonesville, VA, right near the TN and KY corner. Kingsport, TN and Harlan, KY are the closest cities I can think of, and my grandma's definitely southern, sweet tea and all, but the accent's very different from my NC relatives.
JennyD -- Wednesday, July 21, 2004 -- 11:35:19 PM --
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Maybe the Sweet Tea Line extends into western Va., then, Dew. My highly scientific determination is that in restaurants below the line, you're served sweet tea unless you specify unsweetened. In restaurants around here, they usually have only unsweetened, or else they ask which you want.
rufus christ -- Thursday, July 22, 2004 -- 07:54:58 AM --
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Life is short, people are a more precious commodity than y'all seem to realize & karma can be a funny thing. I hope you figure that out some day in a way that doesn't bite you in the ass. The roads diverge here. Peace and happiness.
Sweet tea my big, hispanic butt. Those restaurants are serving syrup over ice.
yoyoma -- Thursday, July 22, 2004 -- 06:19:04 PM --
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Mmmmmmmmmm. Down here one has to specify, but that's due to the high tourist content. Myrtle Beach, for those playing at home.
I'm moving further inland on August 15 and I cannot wait. I always thought the beach would be great, but the tourists I can do without.
terrilynn -- Thursday, July 22, 2004 -- 06:34:51 PM --
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The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. (Isak Dinesen)
Where are y'all going, yoyo?
I am not a huge fan of Myrtle Beach (I prefer my beaches more beach, less amusement), but I recently saw it through my kid's eyes, and he thinks it's fabulous.
