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Redneck Riviera??

Hollibird avatar
HollibirdBeach Lover
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:confused: I have a question. I am a transplanted north easterner living in Destin... but still. why would anyone refer to our beautiful area as the 'redneck riviera'? Why would you want to be associated with such a derogatory name? Why would someone be proud to be considered a 'redneck'? In my hometown, that just meant you were poor, uneducated, and toothless. does it mean something else down here?

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Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#52
Barefoot guy - thats exactly what I'm talking about. In my hometown you wouldn't DARE go to the store with anything other that a polo shirt, expensive shoes, jewerly, and your hair done... I guess I should be happy that I can relax a bit!
Maybe you wouldn't, but I would. 😀 I think I goint to :puke:now. Please excuse me.
Jdarg avatar
JdargSoWal Expert
#53
Barefoot guy - thats exactly what I'm talking about. In my hometown you wouldn't DARE go to the store with anything other that a polo shirt, expensive shoes, jewerly, and your hair done... I guess I should be happy that I can relax a bit!

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I went to the store today in my yoga pants and a Dread Clampitt t-shirt. And I grew up living and dying by the "no white before Derby Day or after Labor Day" rule. I like myself better now.😀
RudyjohnSoWal Insider
#54
Barefoot guy - thats exactly what I'm talking about. In my hometown you wouldn't DARE go to the store with anything other that a polo shirt, expensive shoes, jewerly, and your hair done... I guess I should be happy that I can relax a bit!

a funny southern saying I've heard that make me giggle:

'fixin' to do something. I dont know why but when I hear that, I imagine Hee Haw music.
Oh, they do the same too, in small southern towns. The "Debs." They just used tons of hair spray on their big hair. Even the rednecks do it, too. ;-)
Sandcastle avatar
SandcastleBeach Fanatic
#55
:confused: I have a question. I am a transplanted north easterner living in Destin... but still. why would anyone refer to our beautiful area as the 'redneck riviera'? Why would you want to be associated with such a derogatory name? Why would someone be proud to be considered a 'redneck'? In my hometown, that just meant you were poor, uneducated, and toothless. does it mean something else down here?

Did you know that the toothbrush was invented years ago in Walton County? Otherwise it would have called the teethbrush.😀
SHELLY avatar
SHELLYSoWal Insider
#56
The Great Northwest just makes me ill.

Everytime I hear that phrase it makes me think...Canada, eh?

I guess that was the best Rummell could come up with...."My Cash Cow Counties" was too impudent and Disney World was already taken. 😀
potatovixen avatar
potatovixenBeach Fanatic
#57
I can't imagine getting all dolled up just to go to the store. It just seems like a waste of time to me. But then, I don't get dolled up ever. Because I'm a redneck. :clap_1:
30gAy avatar
30gAyBeach Fanatic
#58
Top Ten signs that you may be a SoWal Redneck

1. You like pork rind sushi

2. You wear pastel colored clothing, but explain that when the buildings are pastel colored...it?s really just another form of camouflage...............

3. Your idea of a wine (whine) cooler, is a block of ice to hit the kids upside the head with when they complain too much.

4. You still refer to polenta as funny grits.

5. Your mullet sticks out beneath a Watercolor hat.

6. You think the bike path is just an extra lane to accommodate the tires on your Mega Cab Dually.

7. The beach is really only good for lettin? off fireworks............every night.

8. Your idea of a garden ?water feature? is that corner where you like to pee.

9. You think a martini bar is a place run by that lesbo Tennis player.



...And the Top Ten sign that you may be a SoWal Redneck:

10. You name your beach cottage after Leonard Skynard lyrics.
Gypsea avatar
GypseaBeach Fanatic
#59
I only wish that I had some rednecks in my family that bequeathed me their gulf front property along 30-A.
Rita avatar
Ritamargarita brocolia
#60
30-gAy ... Your Top Ten list is hilarious!
:rofl:
BiffBeach Fanatic
#61
Your mullet sticks out beneath a Watercolor hat.:floor:
ShallowsNole avatar
ShallowsNoleBeach Fanatic
#62
Barefoot guy - thats exactly what I'm talking about. In my hometown you wouldn't DARE go to the store with anything other that a polo shirt, expensive shoes, jewerly, and your hair done... I guess I should be happy that I can relax a bit!

How about a FSU t-shirt and cutoff jean shorts? and flip-flops?

And what would you like in place of country music? Elevator music, or hip-hop? :rolling:
Hollibird avatar
HollibirdBeach LoverAuthor
#63
neither. I prefer alternative rock.

It's such a shame when you see rednecks who still put rat tails on their children. makes me crazy. wish I had scissors. there is a hilarious website:

www.mulletsgalore.com

shows you you the classifications of all mullets.
BiffBeach Fanatic
#64
Holli,

nice site!!!!!!!!!!

We win the prize for the mullet capital of the U.S. here on Ok.!!!!!:floor: :floor:
kathydwells avatar
kathydwellsDarlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#65
Stump grinding. Hmmm. I woud like to hear from a few people on this one- 30 gAy, Triple B, RO, Darlene, J-funn. Sounds like a kind of dance, though.

"Let's go see the WaCo Ramblers and do some big time stump grindin'!"

I have grinded some some "stumps" in my day, but it has NOTHING to do with the kind that ladyd posted. 😀 It wouldn't be classified as a dance though jenay, unless you were grinding the stump to music. ;-)
Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#66
neither. I prefer alternative rock.

It's such a shame when you see rednecks who still put rat tails on their children. makes me crazy. wish I had scissors. there is a hilarious website:

www.mulletsgalore.com

shows you you the classifications of all mullets.


Whatz rong wid rat tells?:idontno:
BiffBeach Fanatic
#67
S.W.E.E.T.:lolabove: :lolabove: :lolabove: :lolabove: :lolabove:



I have grinded some some "stumps" in my day, but it has NOTHING to do with the kind that ladyd posted. 😀 It wouldn't be classified as a dance though jenay, unless you were grinding the stump to music. ;-)
Jdarg avatar
JdargSoWal Expert
#68
I have grinded some some "stumps" in my day, but it has NOTHING to do with the kind that ladyd posted. 😀 It wouldn't be classified as a dance though jenay, unless you were grinding the stump to music. ;-)

:clap_1: :floor: Gawd you kill me! I will never look at stump grinders the same again. :funn:
Teresa avatar
TeresaSoWal Guide
#69
I have grinded some some "stumps" in my day, but it has NOTHING to do with the kind that ladyd posted. 😀 It wouldn't be classified as a dance though jenay, unless you were grinding the stump to music. ;-)

😱

:clap_1:

you are the best!!! my little stump grinder you...
Teresa avatar
TeresaSoWal Guide
#70
Of course this is the Redneck Riviera. and its also L.A. - or Lower Alabama. If you've traveled South Florida enough, and then return to the good old Riviera, you realize you are back in the south - which is why I live here. It's where I love to be!!!

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