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mrtomaytohead wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
MeatMan wrote:

The same goes for anyone in D.C. who says they live in the South. WTF?

Geography FAIL.

Hey champ, the South starts at the Mason-Dixon line, which is Maryland's northern border.

Tell that to someone in Northern VA and Maryland. Having grown up in Northern VA, I certainly didn't consider myself Southern. You can't even get sweet tea in a restaurant in Northern VA!

I can get sweet tea at McDonald's here. Does that mean I live in the south?

Did everyone forget that DC was created in the Compromise of 1790, wherein southern Democratic-Republicans conceded that the federal government would assume all Revolutionary War debt and Northern Federalist conceded that the nation's capitol would be located in the south? It was only the first of many compromises that delayed the US Civil War.

mrtomaytohead wrote:

There's a massive mistake in that Richmond, VA is not included in the South and any native would strike that man dead for it. I'd say that line would should pass somewhere just south of Fredericksburg, VA (maybe through it) based on my experience.

I don't agree with the line they draw there. Besides they are looking at McDonald's offering of Sweet Tea for data. I thought it was quaint that someone tried to be all scientific about it.

Done.
I slapped it on the cricket club, because its neat to look at on Google Maps and I practically live there during the summer.

Captain_Arrrg wrote:

I can get sweet tea at McDonald's here. Does that mean I live in the south?

In the South when you ask for "tea" you are supposed to get iced sweet tea.

maxox wrote:
Captain_Arrrg wrote:

I can get sweet tea at McDonald's here. Does that mean I live in the south?

In the South when you ask for "tea" you are supposed to get iced sweet tea.

And water is wet- I get that.

Captain_Arrrg wrote:
maxox wrote:
Captain_Arrrg wrote:

I can get sweet tea at McDonald's here. Does that mean I live in the south?

In the South when you ask for "tea" you are supposed to get iced sweet tea.

And water is wet- I get that.

When I ask for "tea" anywhere I've lived in the western US I've always received unsweetened tea. If you were to ask for sweet tea, they'd give you a couple sugar packets. Even regular tea with sugar packets is NOT the same as sweet tea you'll get in the south. I dunno what they put in that stuff but southern sweet tea doesn't seem like tea at all in my book.

sweet tea? blah.

mrtomaytohead wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
MeatMan wrote:

The same goes for anyone in D.C. who says they live in the South. WTF?

Geography FAIL.

Hey champ, the South starts at the Mason-Dixon line, which is Maryland's northern border.

Tell that to someone in Northern VA and Maryland. Having grown up in Northern VA, I certainly didn't consider myself Southern. You can't even get sweet tea in a restaurant in Northern VA!

I grew up in Southern VA, and I've lived in a number of places between South Carolina and Maryland. From what I've seen, the Mason Dixon line doesn't have much to do with it anymore. If I were to use a marker for the North/South divide, I'd use Richmond, VA. Any farther north and people mention that my accent sounds funny.

Anyways, I added my current location to the list.

I'm a heretic for liking sweet cornbread. Doesn't mean I don't like Southern-style, I just like both. Apparently, this is incorrect.

Sweet cornbread is awesome.

I'm surprised and dismayed that jmdanny didn't say anything about his companions down in Florida that I have keeping Edwin company.

wordsmythe wrote:
MeatMan wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
clever id wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:

I really don't know what you guys think "Midwest" means. Would it help if I told you it's roughly a triangle between St. Louis, Minneapolis and Cleveland?

I prefer Great Lakes over Midwest. But Officially neither is correct. ;)

First South Dakotan who tells me he's a Midwesterner gets a punch in the neck.

*looks at map*

The same goes for anyone in D.C. who says they live in the South. WTF?

Geography FAIL.

Hey champ, the South starts at the Mason-Dixon line, which is Maryland's northern border.

Hey slim, I got your Mason-Dixon line right here, which was relevant like, what... 200 years ago? Ask anyone who lives in D.C. or the surrounding area (MD, DE, WV, nothern VA) if they live in the South. My point being that IMO every part of that geographical separation is flawed. If there is a Northeast, then logically speaking, there must also be a Southeast, Northwest and Southwest, and possibly a Northcentral and Southcentral if you want to break it down into six parts. The fact that, according to that map, the state of Ohio, which is nowhere near the western half of the lower 48, is in a section labeled with the word "west" in it is nothing short of ridiculous as far as I'm concerned.

Moral of the story: old habits are hard to break.

Mapped!

I love how the thread here turned into a geographical treatise.

I can't be the only Goodjer in Hawaii...

Evilseed said he was going to add me, if he has, then good on him, if not... He is a vile, dirty heretic and will be flayed alive for his crimes!

KrazyTacoFO wrote:

I can't be the only Goodjer in Hawaii...

Maybe everyone else in Hawaii surfs instead of sitting on the internet talking about videogames?

It's actually kind of an odd feeling looking at the map and seeing your lonely little marker. And I know there are other South Africans on the board.

MrDeVil909 wrote:
KrazyTacoFO wrote:

I can't be the only Goodjer in Hawaii...

Maybe everyone else in Hawaii surfs instead of sitting on the internet talking about videogames?

It's actually kind of an odd feeling looking at the map and seeing your lonely little marker. And I know there are other South Africans on the board.

Well, I will be flying to China on Saturday for 3 weeks. At least I'll be in a place with other goodjers.

KrazyTacoFO wrote:
MrDeVil909 wrote:
KrazyTacoFO wrote:

I can't be the only Goodjer in Hawaii...

Maybe everyone else in Hawaii surfs instead of sitting on the internet talking about videogames?

It's actually kind of an odd feeling looking at the map and seeing your lonely little marker. And I know there are other South Africans on the board.

Well, I will be flying to China on Saturday for 3 weeks. At least I'll be in a place with other goodjers. :)

So KrazyTaco can I crash at your place if I take a vacation in Hawaii?

KrazyTacoFO wrote:
MrDeVil909 wrote:
KrazyTacoFO wrote:

I can't be the only Goodjer in Hawaii...

Maybe everyone else in Hawaii surfs instead of sitting on the internet talking about videogames?

It's actually kind of an odd feeling looking at the map and seeing your lonely little marker. And I know there are other South Africans on the board.

Well, I will be flying to China on Saturday for 3 weeks. At least I'll be in a place with other goodjers. :)

You're also putting the entire Pacific Ocean at risk in your absence!

Although, welcome to China! Bring a shotgun; I suspect the zombie apocalypse will start here in sunny Beijing.

KrazyTacoFO wrote:

I can't be the only Goodjer in Hawaii...

We'll be there in February. But on the big island.

KrazyTacoFO wrote:

I can't be the only Goodjer in Hawaii...

Born there, but that doesn't count.

I'm kind of annoyed that google maps is splitting the placemarks onto multiple pages. Bad google maps, bad!

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
KrazyTacoFO wrote:

I can't be the only Goodjer in Hawaii...

Born there, but that doesn't count.

Are you sure it wasn't Kenya? A lot of people seem to be getting the two confused these days.

Let's put the "South" thing to rest and just rename it "The Losers."

Another thought: Perhaps Appalachian states and Gulf-coast states could be called "the Dirty." The overlap of "the Dirty" and "the South" could then be "the Dirty South."

Cool, added.

It might just be me, but when i glance past the marker on Detroit or look at it through my peripheral vision, it resembles a toilet.

PS The south label also does not apply to Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach. None of the people there are from Virginia.

That is all.

Right back at ya, "Ugly Midwest." IMAGE(http://www.dogmall.co.uk/smile/tongue/tongue0011.gif)

Pharacon wrote:
KrazyTacoFO wrote:
MrDeVil909 wrote:
KrazyTacoFO wrote:

I can't be the only Goodjer in Hawaii...

Maybe everyone else in Hawaii surfs instead of sitting on the internet talking about videogames?

It's actually kind of an odd feeling looking at the map and seeing your lonely little marker. And I know there are other South Africans on the board.

Well, I will be flying to China on Saturday for 3 weeks. At least I'll be in a place with other goodjers. :)

So KrazyTaco can I crash at your place if I take a vacation in Hawaii?

It'll cost you. And I'm not talking money.

Spoiler:

:hump::cough:

MeatMan wrote:

Right back at ya, "Ugly Midwest." IMAGE(http://www.dogmall.co.uk/smile/tongue/tongue0011.gif)

Scoreboard.

Someone by the name of Superslug moved me into South Dakota. Are the directions that hard to follow?