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I wanna go back to Dixie
07-19-2013, 05:19 AM
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I wanna go back to Dixie
In case you don't know this

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=I7CJovhhV...7CJovhhVq8

I can yet spot the southern tomatoes being thrown in my direction.
It's funny Tom Lehrer really was a teacher as his family name says.
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07-19-2013, 07:22 AM
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Duck! Here come a tomato now!
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07-19-2013, 08:42 AM
Post: #3
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U'all watch out. Here com a nuder one'
An thiz one stil be in de can

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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07-19-2013, 11:05 AM
Post: #4
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I can't pull up that link. Has someone sabotaged it so that I can't see it and get mad??? Eva, I thought we were friends -- you were going to be my next project of Southernizing...
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07-19-2013, 11:47 AM (This post was last modified: 07-19-2013 11:49 AM by Gene C.)
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RE: I wanna go back to Dixie
It's suppose to be a satire of this song "Gowin back to Dixie"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1gsGpAuIxU

Here's the Mitch Miller version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGPlPw7GbPU

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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07-19-2013, 12:27 PM
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Don't like the word "satire." Am I going to get mad at some Yankees again?????
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07-19-2013, 02:25 PM
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Just google the song title, Laurie
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07-19-2013, 02:50 PM
Post: #8
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Eva sent it directly to me via e-mail to make sure that I was properly perturbed! I want y'all to know that I laughed a lot. I am now in the process of writing a Yankee version.

I also told Eva that she can come out of hiding in the ditch; we're still friends. She's just an innocent European. Besides, anyone as knowledgeable about American history and anyone who writes as expertly as she, you just can't stay mad at.
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07-19-2013, 04:04 PM
Post: #9
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Thanks, Laurie. (It's not too often that I'm at a loss of words.) Well, if we be friends, Robin shall restore amends. So, as to the Southernization, would this be a suitable practice for beginners:

http://littlerock.about.com/library/howto/htbelle.htm
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07-19-2013, 04:27 PM
Post: #10
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I love it, Eva! Start today. I've used #7 quite a bit in my life, btw. One slight problem, however. I prefer the Southern belle to get instruction from either of the Carolinas or Georgia. Not sure I trust Arkansas - sorry, guys, if I offend anyone...

P.S. Also ignore the reference to using a girdle. Those came off in the 70s right along with the bras!
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07-19-2013, 04:58 PM (This post was last modified: 07-19-2013 04:58 PM by Gene C.)
Post: #11
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Southern Belles don't talk about such things.

Mercy me, it's getting a bit warm in here. (where's my fan?)

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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07-19-2013, 05:09 PM
Post: #12
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Did I cause you to have the vapors, Gene?

I guess I should have warned you that I tend to talk more like Belle Watley than Melanie Wilkes...

For those of you who subscribe to the Surratt Courier, the August issue (which went in the mail today) has a nice article on Mint Juleps. Believe it or not, there is a tie-in to the Civil War in Southern Maryland and the Surratts, so read all the way to the end.

Right now, however, it is 103 in Southern Maryland. I'm going to take a cool shower and fix a wine cooler for dinner. I would fix sweet tea, but it's too darn hot to turn on a stove.

P.S. to Gene - There will be no girdles and bras. The ladies of the forum will understand.
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07-19-2013, 05:15 PM (This post was last modified: 07-19-2013 05:42 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #13
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There's still the Scarlett O'Hara solution (for #7): "I'll think about that tomorrow."
So, instead of tidying up my 1 bedroom plantation which I planned doing tomorrow I'll enjoy some porchtime leisure on my balcony (or at the beach).
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07-19-2013, 07:50 PM
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See?? Becoming Southernized is not hard at all.
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10-24-2013, 06:23 AM
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It's sure not too difficult!!

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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