Wednesday funnies!

That first one cracked me up.

Plus:

This is late for this comment, but, I was born in PA, & finished growing up in Maryland, went to college in Virginia, & married a Virginia boy whose father was fr North Carolina. There’s more to that coded “Southern Lady Speak” I can add:

1. “We must get together sometime, later.”: I really don’t want to see you ever again.
2. “What a precious idea. You are so clever!” : Yuk! Did you EVER???? (! ) I’m OK if I never see you again.
3. “I can’t make it for Tuesday & Fridays are never good for me.” : I don’t have time in my social schedule for you.
4. “Who are your people?” : Are you from around here? What standing does your family have here?

So much more. I could go on…..BUT, just in case I get a huge backlash, let it be known that, too….my family has been treated graciously by people in the South as we traveled home to visit… sometimes encountering stressful situations. Once our asthmatic son was quite ill on our way East. In N.C., as we desperately searched for local street signs to direct us to a hospital ER on a Sunday…I remembered that my husband had a distant relative in this area w/whom I’d corresponded about genealogy. We called them to ask where the hospital was, & they told us to stay put, dropped everything, came to pick us up in their motorhome….had already arranged an appt. w/their family Dr. & offered to PAY for it. OMG. They put us up for the night, fed us (which we didn’t need & never expected) & begged us to stay longer…….I have experienced many more trips like this w/much the same sorts of “gentile”outcome fr this part of our country. I remember something I learned fr living in this area that, these days, seems to be in its death knell ( I paraphrase): “Good manners & graciousness are the the “grease” that allows us to live together peaceably & w/good outcomes in our families, our social & community lives.” Recently, a teaching colleague sent his 1st child to a private college in Tennessee….in the 1st weeks of school, she got COVID. Her Tennessee roommate took her home to her mom & dad, who cared for her…a stranger…& who kept in contact w/the CA parents, (they ended up getting COVID themselves) …never an issue…the issue was, people caring for the well-being of the people w/whom they have contact, even if a stranger or a passing acquaintance, & contributing to the well-being of a fellow at any given moment or situation. These people do not “walk away.” They might have “polite euphemisms” for what they’d rather say in a more abrupt or rude way…but they will never do it that way…….