Top 10 Good Things that Came out of Dixie
I suppose you've seen the great top 10s on Ninetyandnine today. I suppose you've also seen my fellow bloggers' fun top 10s, too. At the risk of looking like a peer-pressure-giver-inner, I wanna play too. So here's my shot based on recent recollections of "southerness."
Top 10 good things that came out of Dixie:
1. Wal-Mart - I think it speaks for itself.
2. Dollywood - Besides being located in Gatlinburg, the Pentecostal honeymoon capital of the world, this rip-roaring iconic theme park is your one chance to indulge in toe-tapping bluegrass music without having to feign contempt or indifference.
3. Deep fried saltines - That’s right, you heard me. At a recent wedding shower I discovered that someone had brought fried crackers, further proof that Southerners fry everything. Just when you thought we couldn’t find anything else to deep fry… The good news is that frying promotes recycling since we re-use the grease 4 or 5 times. [I couldn't find a link for this one (shocker), but I did find a link for fried jelly beans.]
4. Jerry Clower and Minnie Pearl - God rest their souls.
5. SEC football - So much fun: tailgating, being related to half the stadium, tailgating, firing football coaches every third year, and did I mention tailgating?
6. Bug zapper - Okay, I cannot honestly substantiate that this originated in the South. But c'mon, it had to. Who else would sit around on the porch and consider listening to the zapper a form of entertainment? Only people who can watch stock cars drive around in a circle and call it a sport.
7. The Happy Goodmans - You loved them. Admit it.
8. William Faulkner - Where else but in the South could someone win the Nobel Prize for Literature for writing about a good ol' boy with a thing for his sister (a.k.a. The Sound and the Fury)?
9. Waffle House - The greatness of this classic dining establishment is too immense to gloss in a word. Refer to previous expository essay.
10. Bubba-ism - You can't argue with a phenomenon that has teeth.
Top 10 good things that came out of Dixie:
1. Wal-Mart - I think it speaks for itself.
2. Dollywood - Besides being located in Gatlinburg, the Pentecostal honeymoon capital of the world, this rip-roaring iconic theme park is your one chance to indulge in toe-tapping bluegrass music without having to feign contempt or indifference.
3. Deep fried saltines - That’s right, you heard me. At a recent wedding shower I discovered that someone had brought fried crackers, further proof that Southerners fry everything. Just when you thought we couldn’t find anything else to deep fry… The good news is that frying promotes recycling since we re-use the grease 4 or 5 times. [I couldn't find a link for this one (shocker), but I did find a link for fried jelly beans.]
4. Jerry Clower and Minnie Pearl - God rest their souls.
5. SEC football - So much fun: tailgating, being related to half the stadium, tailgating, firing football coaches every third year, and did I mention tailgating?
6. Bug zapper - Okay, I cannot honestly substantiate that this originated in the South. But c'mon, it had to. Who else would sit around on the porch and consider listening to the zapper a form of entertainment? Only people who can watch stock cars drive around in a circle and call it a sport.
7. The Happy Goodmans - You loved them. Admit it.
8. William Faulkner - Where else but in the South could someone win the Nobel Prize for Literature for writing about a good ol' boy with a thing for his sister (a.k.a. The Sound and the Fury)?
9. Waffle House - The greatness of this classic dining establishment is too immense to gloss in a word. Refer to previous expository essay.
10. Bubba-ism - You can't argue with a phenomenon that has teeth.
posted by Lee Ann @ 9:44 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:09 AM,
Kim said…
Great list! I love the fact that you mentioned under SEC "firing coaches every 3rd season!" Ain't that the TRUTH!
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