You might
be a redneck
if
ya keep a place for cans,
and take your kids canning.
You might be
a red neck if
ye get yer best news
from the town barbershop.
You just might be a redneck
if baggin your first deer
is a rite of passage.
Ye might be a redneck if
ye take yer first date to Krispy Chik,
n'then drive by Movie Gallery
to rent a film to take t'er Mom's house.
You might be a redneck
if you own that heritage
no matter how much they hate
the Stars and Bars.
You just might be a redneck
if ya have a choice
tween Wallie World or the onion shed.
You might be a redneck
if you don't feel comfortable
driving through Black Town,
or laugh at chillin with a 40.
You jus' might be a redneck
if your idea of goin ta the beach
is four wheeling over to the river,
with beef jerky and Mountain Dew.
Author notes
Raise a toast to Jeff Foxworthy.
A contest entry
- YOU MIGHT BE A.... by piccola.
450 points, ended April 16, 2007, 11 entries
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I have re-read your poem and have decided that while it is "cute" there is a deeper philosphy hidden there. I particularly like the third stanza. This rite of passage is not saved for a red-neck, but is also a hunting family's baptism. 'N I do come from a huntin' fam'ly. My brother bagged his first 10 pointer at age 12! Can you imagine the party that brought about?
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sounds you might be a red neck...you know all the slang. LOL. Some of this I got and some of it I didn't..but thanks for the entry.
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chuckli' funny
Cute poem. I do not understand line 27. What is a 40? I obviously an't from Jorja. Luck in the contes.
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Thank you mamad:
A 40 refers to a forty ounce, monstrous looking almost jug of cheap beer which is sold at convenience and package stores for the most part, purchased by alcoholics who KNOW they're going to either drink or share that amount in one sitting.
I've heard African Americans, or at least working class Georgian Blacks in recent memory, joke about sharing "a forty." Now I don't recall any other slang term for beer, wine or liquor which refers to the ounces. "Half pint" is sometimes affectionately used for short people as a nick. "Two buck chuck" is the slang for the small cheap sweet cooking wine.
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