but i have a gun rack in my truck window.

:unsure:

Which makes you a Filipino with a gun rack in your truck window.

Not a part of the good ol' boy network. :p

MsFoxyLoxy, pray tell, what was the point of the sad attempt at Southern twang?

So in my hometown since I can get away with murder because of who my parents know I'm a good ol boy?
To me it means low class, white trash hicks.

She hates southerners. I don't know if its because we run the country or because she had a bad experience... she just hates us though.

DSTChaos I don't think two wrongs make a right so I'll just say there is no rationale (even if grounded) that would be a good enough reason.
-Prior comments marginalized Miami's citizens as the dumbest in the U.S. but I suppose that's not as insulting.
-Some rallied that South Florida was just Cuba (in the deragatory sense), or a part of NJ or the North (in a deragatory sense), again I can only suppose they were meant to be just statements.
-Prior comments stated southern Florida as apart of the proverbial north & certain parts of northern Florida as southern in culture.

Whether these statements are entirely embedded in truth is up to varying levels of interpretation. But all generalizations are insulting. So no there is no excuse on my part. Phi Gam I don't hate southerners, no more than you hate ambulances (since you posted a picture of one w/whambulance on it) but If you must, feel free to continue w/this turn in the convo....I'd rather get back to to orginal topic but that's just me.

i wouldn't say dumbest. top 10? maybe. but not dumbest.

Dios mío! (or My God! for those of you not familar w/SF lingo:p) are we ever going to get back to the original topic?:(

Thats what that means to everyone in the South. I don't know where the hell they are getting their information but it's certainly not accurate.

I wouldn't quite go so far as to say good ol' boys are "low class, white trash hicks." -- I've known quite a few good ol' boys in my time who would not fall into the "low class, white trash hicks" catagory. Rural, blue collar might be a better description than "trash" or "hicks."

But I do think there is a difference between good ol' boys and the good ol' boy network. In my experience, good ol' boy networks aren't necessarily made up of good ol' boys.

Well, you may call it something else but the sentiment is the same.

It's usually called the good ol' boy network or something to that effect. When people think of it they often think of Hollywood's depictions of the Ku Klan Klan and Southern white men (ETA: Some would be considered as "hicks" but whatever) who were allowed to literally or figuratively get away with murder because of who they know within a white niche. But as with almost everything, it isn't limited to the South (as MsFoxyLoxy said).

(Don't brag on that murder thing, btw.)

Good. It was pretty dumb. ;)

Incorrect.

Yes. You did. Good job. Puncuation is confusing.

It already is. We voted on it in 1988:
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/...tatutes#A02S09

LOL...Wow. I lived in Daytona Beach for 1 and 1/2 years and Miami for six (well I was split between Miramar...which is technically in Broward and North Miami Beach). I came up to Southwestern Pennsylvania in Dec. Whew! Am I glad I made it out boy! :D

People up here question why I left the Sunshine State to move to the Rust Belt. And I even miss Miami; I mean life just didn't stop there...always embarking on something new (and things change a lot). Plus the weather can't be beat. In fact, I think South Florida really has an edge over every other metro in the Southeast; well let me restate that..."has the potential" to have an edge.

In all honesty, what I think destroys South Florida is the people. They took something beautiful and stomped all over it. The politicians are ridiculous and like to run things like they did in their Caribbean or South American country they came from; ignorance is rampant...and people are almost proud of it :eek: ; selfishness is raised to an artform there; oh and did I mention that no one is happy? True people have a reason to complain...the money they make does not mate up well with the exploding costs of living. But that's because their bosses (also South Floridians most of the time) can give two $H!+s about you really. They'll just find someone else to do what you do.

I did not travel Florida all that much; but I assume it's more like the South (like what I experienced when living in West Virginia). If that's the case, then yeah, I'm sure Southerners are like "good riddance" to South Florida. I always felt we were a suburb of NYC anyway (maybe because of all the cheapo JetBlue fares up to NYC :D )