Comments on: Star Struck

By: David

David — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:23:56 +0000

Tack ND on to WI? Check your map.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 30 May 2007 03:45:29 +0000

Why get rid of ND? Why not just tack it on to SD (just Dakota, thank you) or even WI?

By: Carrie the Red

Carrie the Red — Tue, 29 May 2007 22:33:18 +0000

OK, let's be specific here. Certain parts of Florida -- Miami of the Calle Ocho and Disneyworld/EPCOT's Europettes and the clusters of Jewish snowbirds sunning themselves into leathery oblivion -- are not "the South" as we traditionally conceive it. But you get into the Florida Panhandle and try telling the local bubbas that they don't live in the South, and they're liable to cram a rebel flag down your silly ol' throat and shove your head in the nearest deep fryer. Saying that Florida is not the South because of Miami is like saying Virginia isn't the South because of Mclean. You get out of the cities in *either* state, and believe me, y'all gonna hear some banjo music. Anyway, why not sell off North Dakota instead? It's so ashamed of itself it tried to change its name to "Dakota" a while back. Besides, it's not like anyone lives there to object: Everyone born in ND got sick of the weather and moved to Fort Lauderdale back in '82.

By: Virginia Gal

Virginia Gal — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:03:57 +0000

Florida is definitely *not* the South.

By: Dave Nuttycombe

Dave Nuttycombe — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:20:52 +0000

To Dean C: Ahem, from Monk: "But it's not even!

By: Dave Nuttycombe

Dave Nuttycombe — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:18:38 +0000

But Florida isn't exactly the "South." Too many Northen retirees for that. It's another world. A friend describes Florida as "Georgia with more guns." Plus, I married a Richmond gal and was born in Virginia, so it's not the entire South I have problems with. But I'll gladly confess to snobbery.

By: Dean C.

Dean C. — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:17:25 +0000

Ahem, from Cecil Adams:

A 51-star flag? No prob. When President Quayle calls in 1997, I'll tell him to make it six rows with alternating rows of nine and eight. For 52 stars try eight rows, alternating six and seven, and for 53 seven rows, alternating eight and seven. That takes care of D.C. and Puerto Rico and leaves us a spare for emergencies. Semper paratus, that's me.

By: Jonathan York

Jonathan York — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:02:07 +0000

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Blame the South. Typical East-Coast snobbery.

By: Pickles

Pickles — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:33:47 +0000

Hey that's my car!