"Stump the Yankee"

[Laurie Verge]

First, Joseph, your avatar gets better looking all the time!

Second, you darn Yankee (expletive deleted). YOU'RE RIGHT!!! I was so sure that no one else had the book handy on the New York City fires. That was my source. I am now retiring with my hoop skirts between my legs. That will teach me to try and be smart.

The reference to the copperhead snakes, of course, ties to the Peace Democrats who were dubbed Copperheads.

P.S. Joseph, you do not flip cornbread. You flip corn cakes in the skillet to brown them on both sides. And, be nice to me when you gloat or you'll find copperheads in your next shipment of Moon Pies.