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>ehhhh, ok I'll give it that southerners my have better manners most times. But ya'all also seem to move/think/react a whole lot slower too :) Maybe if the drawl didnt slow ya down so much you would acquire the refined brashness us yanks tend to have.
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>2. We don't call our pools ceeeement ponds
>3. We won the war
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ROFL!! You missed my favorite point...
we can run circles around the southerners when it comes to the all-you-can-eat Midnight Breakfast Bar at Shoneys. Why? Because we know what god meant elbows for, we dont feel compelled to socialize in line, and we dont sightsee the spread in a leisurely stroll before grabbing a plate.

(This exercise is also known as the North vs. South Nightly Olympics amongst a group of folks from up & down the East Coast whom I travel with when dragboat racing =D) For six+ years now the North has won with more platefuls finished in a single gathering evertime)