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09-04-2007, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Army Wife'79
On another tangent, a note to all single girls: If you marry a guy from AL, whose family has been in AL for 6 generations, do NOT go to a family reunion and loudly ask "Who is Bear Bryant?" I'm surprised they didn't rip that diamond off my finger and send me back up North!!
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LOLOLOL!!!  
I'll bet they educated you!
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09-04-2007, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Army Wife'79
On another tangent, a note to all single girls: If you marry a guy from AL, whose family has been in AL for 6 generations, do NOT go to a family reunion and loudly ask "Who is Bear Bryant?" I'm surprised they didn't rip that diamond off my finger and send me back up North!!
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Girl, forget ripping off the diamond. I am surprised that they didn't cut your finger off to take the diamond and make your husband file for divorce!
(my dad was born and raised in Alabama)
PS I had a similar reaction when I was around my inlaws and I asked who was Maurice 'Rocket' Richard. (DH grew up in Montreal and he is a die hard hockey fan)
They looked at me as if I had 3 heads
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09-04-2007, 08:38 AM
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Jill: We should have switched in-laws. I grew up partly in Minnesota and would attend North Star games (when they were in MN) so I know hockey.
I love Montreal BTW. Beautiful city.
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09-04-2007, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Army Wife'79
On another tangent, a note to all single girls: If you marry a guy from AL, whose family has been in AL for 6 generations, do NOT go to a family reunion and loudly ask "Who is Bear Bryant?" I'm surprised they didn't rip that diamond off my finger and send me back up North!!
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I thought everyone knew who Bear Bryant was!
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09-04-2007, 08:13 PM
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I had to look him up. I was expecting someone who cured cancer, not a football coach, but then again, I'm not from the south!
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09-04-2007, 11:20 PM
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09-04-2007, 11:30 PM
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Granted, my daddy was a Yankee and my mother from the South, but it was my daddy who had a heart attack during a football game, and wouldn't go to the hospital until halftime!! He was okay in my granddaddy's book!
Bear Bryant = minor god in most of the country. Anything less is akin to blasthemy!
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09-05-2007, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by honeychile
Bear Bryant = minor god in most of the country. Anything less is akin to blasthemy!
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Our good friends are from Alabama and they went to Auburn. Their next door neighbors were from Alabama too but Bama grads. In their formal living room, a life-size oil painting of the Bear hung over the mantle. Presiding in the corner was a bronze bust of the man which was next to a 6 ft. stuffed elephant. I have no idea where she found them but "Sue"'s sofas were upholstered (sp?) in the same fabric as Bear's hat.
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09-05-2007, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by lauralaylin
I had to look him up. I was expecting someone who cured cancer, not a football coach, but then again, I'm not from the south!
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No worries, so did I!
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09-05-2007, 09:59 AM
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The first rule of University of Alabama Recruitment 2007 thread is - you must know of Bear Bryant. The second rule of University of Alabama Recruitment 2007 thread is - you DO NOT talk about not knowing of Bear Bryant. 
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09-05-2007, 10:10 AM
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The first rule of University of Alabama Recruitment 2007 thread is - you must know of Bear Bryant. The second rule of University of Alabama Recruitment 2007 thread is - you DO NOT talk about not knowing of Bear Bryant. |
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09-05-2007, 12:41 PM
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I'm not from the south and even I know who Bear Bryant is....
Then again, I am a bit of a football geek.
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09-05-2007, 02:25 PM
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What pains me more is when people from the South (any southeastern state even) don't know who the Bear was. Aaargh!
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09-05-2007, 02:36 PM
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I'm from the south, and I had no clue. I dont pay attention to sports. I didnt even bother googling it, I figured soemone would say something eventually about who he was. okay. football. big deal.
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09-05-2007, 04:00 PM
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I'm from the south, and I had no clue. I dont pay attention to sports. I didnt even bother googling it, I figured soemone would say something eventually about who he was. okay. football. big deal. |
I have no words!
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