A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

Cover of the 1854 edition.

A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published to document the veracity of the depiction of slavery in Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). First published in 1853 by Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, the book also provides insights into Stowe's own views on slavery.

Origins

After the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Southerners accused Stowe of misrepresenting slavery. In order to show that she had neither lied about slavery nor exaggerated the plight of enslaved people, she compiled A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book was subtitled "Presenting the Original Facts and Documents upon Which the Story Is Founded, Together with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work".

Reception

The reaction of Stowe’s contemporaries to A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin was very similar to the reaction to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, with both very positive and very negative reviews. The responses of abolitionists and Northerners in general were among the positive, lauding the proof of the evils of slavery and the confirmation of the truth of Uncle Tom’s Cabin The great interest in Uncle Tom’s Cabin in England also transferred to the Key. One English review of the 1853 publication called it a “marvelous book, more so if possible than Uncle Tom’s Cabin itself.” This same review also commends Stowe’s self-control and character. This impression of Stowe and the reception of the book is much different than the reaction to the Key in the South.

The pro-slavery response to the Key paralleled the response to Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Despite Stowe using documented examples to make the Key a verification of the truth of Stowe’s depiction of slavery in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, most Southern reviews still claimed that Stowe was misrepresenting slavery and exaggerating the cruelty of the institution. A review in the Southern Literary Messenger called the Key a “distortion of the facts and mutilation of the records, for the sake of giving substance to the scandalous fancy, and reduplicating the falsehood of the representation." Although these reviews claimed that Stowe was misrepresenting slavery, they did not accuse Stowe of using false documentation. Rather they claimed that the examples that Stowe provides are the most extreme instances, which she gathered to give the worst possible impression of the institution of slavery, and of the south. One critic, William Simms, accused her of using faulty argumentation by gathering facts to prove her assumption, instead of forming assumptions based on facts. Another pro-slavery reaction to both Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin was, rather than critiquing the work itself, a critique of Stowe’s character. Many reviews made insinuations about what sort of woman Stowe must be to write about such events as were found in the Key. One review by George Holmes questioned whether “scenes of license and impurity, and ideas of loathsome depravity and habitual prostitution [are] to be made the cherished topics of the female pen” and appealed to women, especially southern women, not to read Stowe’s productions.

In spite of the varied reviews of A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, it sold quite well. It was a bestseller when it first came out, perhaps simply as a result of the obvious connection to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and Stowe’s celebrity. Although it never sold to the quantities of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, it had sold 90,000 copies within a month of being published.

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Dollywood

Location: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States

Owner: Dolly Parton with Herschend Family Entertainment

Opened:

1961 (as Rebel Railroad)

1986 (as Dollywood)

Operating season: March - December

Area: 150 acres (0.61 km2)

Rides Total: 27

Roller coasters: 6

Water rides: 4

Website

Dollywood is a theme park owned by entertainer Dolly Parton and Herschend Family Entertainment. It is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Dollywood has 3,000 people on its payroll, making it the largest employer in that community.

In addition to standard amusement park thrill rides, Dollywood features traditional crafts and music of the Smoky Mountains area. Dollywood also owns the adjacent Dollywood's Splash Country, and the chain of Dixie Stampede dinner theaters. The park hosts a number of concerts and musical events each year, including appearances by Parton and her family, as well as other national and local musical acts.

Dollywood hosts 2.5 million guests in a typical season, as of 2009, up from 1.3 million visitors in 1986, when the park opened on the site of Silver Dollar City theme park. As of 2010, the park was the biggest "ticketed" tourist attraction in Tennessee each year for more than a decade. Parton attributes much of the success of the park to its location close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Since (as of 2010) 88 percent of tourists in Tennessee drive rather than fly, the economic impact of a large tourist attraction like Dollywood helps the economy in that region of the state, according to Susan Whitaker, the state tourism development commissioner. The theme park's operating season runs from early spring until around Christmas.

Dollywood is also the site of the Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame, sponsored by the Southern Gospel Music Association, an independent non-profit corporation.

Parton said in 2010 that she would like to open more Dollywood parks in the future. "We definitely want to expand with new things every year, eventually with a resort," she said. "We may eventually have Dollywoods in other parts of the country, where we can kind of be true to whatever's going on in that part of the world."

History

The park first opened in 1961 as a small tourist attraction by the Robins Brothers from Blowing Rock, NC, named "Rebel Railroad", featuring a steam train, general store, blacksmith shop, and saloon. The park was modeled after their first successful theme park Tweetsie in Blowing Rock. In 1970, Rebel Railroad was renamed "Goldrush Junction" when it was bought by Art Modell, who also owned the Cleveland Browns football team. In 1976, Jack and Pete Herschend bought Goldrush Junction and renamed it "Goldrush" for the 1976 season. But in 1977, they renamed it "Silver Dollar City Tennessee" as a sister park to their original Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

In 1986, Dolly Parton became a co-owner, and the park was renamed "Dollywood". In 2010, Parton said she became involved with the operation because, "I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area."

From 1986 to 2010, the park doubled in size to 150 acres (0.61 km2). In 2009, the park had a six percent decline in attendance, which a park spokesman attributed to bad weather, although many other theme parks in the United States suffered attendance drops that year, as often happens to relatively high-priced tourist attractions in recessions. As of 2010, prices for admission to the park were $56 for adults and $45 for children.

On November 16, 2010, Dollywood earned the industry's most prestigious award, the Liseberg Applause Award, which was accepted by Dolly Parton during a ceremony at IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010 in Orlando.

Areas of the park

Further information: List of Dollywood attractions


Dollywood features a full-size steam train, one of the park's signature attractions.

Dollywood is organized into ten themed areas. The Showstreet, Rivertown Junction, Craftsmen's Valley, Village, Country Fair, Timber Canyon, and Jukebox Junction areas reflect the historical eras and culture of east Tennessee, while the Dreamland Forest and Adventures in Imagination areas explore Dolly Parton's life and imagination. Many attractions focus on the history and culture of the Southern Appalachian region.

Showstreet - Attractions include The Showstreet Palace Theatre, Friendship Gardens, The Celebrity Theatre, and The Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame.

Rivertown Junction - Attractions include The Tennessee Mountain Home, The Back Porch Theatre, and the Smoky Mountain River Rampage whitewater rafting ride.

Craftsmen's Valley - Attractions include The Dollywood Grist Mill, The Valley Theatre, Eagle Mountain Sanctuary, Wings of America Theatre, Robert F. Thomas Chapel, Calico Falls Schoolhouse, the Tennessee Tornado coaster, Blazing Fury coaster, Daredevil Falls flume ride, and craft exhibits.

The Village - Attractions include The Dollywood Express steam train, Heartsong, a Carousel, and the Magic Laughmaker.

The Country Fair - Rides include The Dizzy Disk, the Amazing Flying Elephants, Lemon Twist, Shooting Star, Sky Rider, Veggietales Sideshow Spin Kid's Rollercoaster, Waltzing Swinger, Piggy Parade, Busy Bees, Lucky Ducky, Dolly's Demolition Derby, The Scrambler, and the Wonder Wheel.

Timber Canyon - Attractions include the Mystery Mine coaster, the Thunderhead coaster, and Lumberjack Lifts.

Jukebox Junction - Attractions include the Rockin' Roadway car ride and The Pines Theatre.

Owen's Farm - Attractions include the Mountain Slidewinder water-toboggan ride, The Barnstormer, a barn and plane styled Giant Swing attraction. It will also include soft pigs, planes and other things for the visitor's enjoyment.

Adventures in Imagination - Attractions include "smokey mountain wilderness adventure" simulator ride and the "Chasing Rainbows" Dolly Parton museum.

Wilderness Pass - Attractions include the River Battle water ride, the SkyZip upcharge attraction, and Adventure Mountain, America's largest rope course, Wild Eagle, America's first winged coaster.

Festivals

Dollywood features five festivals, each with unique entertainment, between the months of March and December.

Dollywood's Festival of Nations offers five weeks of cultural events by performers from around the world, including Kidsfest, a children's festival; Barbeque & Bluegrass, a bluegrass music and barbeque festival; the National Southern Gospel & Harvest Celebration, featuring gospel music and professional craftsmen.

Timeline

1986: Silver Dollar City Tennessee reopens as Dollywood on May 3. The Rivertown Junction area, new for 1986, features the Smoky Mountain River Rampage, a whitewater rafting ride; The Back Porch Theatre; Aunt Granny's Dixie Fixins' Restaurant; and the Tennessee Mountain Home, a replica of the cabin in which Parton grew up. Also new is "Rags to Riches: The Dolly Parton Story"; a museum featuring articles and mementos from Dolly's life and career. "The Butter Churn" (a Trabant ride) is removed at the end of the season.

1987: The Daydream Ridge area opens, featuring the Mountain Slidewinder water toboggan ride; Mountain Dan's Burger House; Sweet Dreams Candy Shop; The Rainbow Factory blown glass shop; and the Critter Creek Playground.

1988: The 1,739-seat Celebrity Theatre is constructed adjacent to the entrance of the park. The theatre features the "Showcase of Stars" celebrity concert series. Five new children’s rides are added to the Fun Country area, including a Zamperla Balloon Race. The Dollywood Foundation is established to provide books and schools supplies for the children of Sevier County.

1989: Thunder Express, a steel mine train coaster, is built adjacent to Blazing Fury. The ride had been relocated to the park from Six Flags Over Mid-America. 1989 is the final season for the National Mountain Music Festival, which had been carried over from the Silver Dollar City years.

1990: A 1903 Antique Dentzel Carousel, originally built for Rocky Springs Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is relocated to the park. Situated near the train depot, it takes over the space previously occupied by the Silver Dollar Saloon. The 600-seat Gaslight Theatre opens near the Carousel. The Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival premiers in November, extending the park's operating season into December.

1991: Eagle Mountain Sanctuary, an outdoor aviary is added. Also new is the Wings of America Theatre, featuring the Birds of Prey show, and the 300-seat Valley Theatre.

1992: The Showstreet area is added, featuring the Showstreet Palace theatre; The Butterfly Emporium; The Backstage Restaurant; The Spotlight Bakery; the Friendship Gardens; and WDLY-FM; a working radio station. To accommodate the expansion, the park's main entrance is moved from Rivertown Junction to Showstreet. The Barnwood Theatre is converted into Imagination Station; an interactive children's play area. 1992 is the first season Dollywood's annual attendance tops 2 million.

1993: The Fun Country area is renovated into The Country Fair, featuring three new rides: The Wonder Wheel, a 60 ft (18 m) tall Ferris wheel; Twist and Shout, a "Scrambler" ride; and the Tennessee Twister, a tilt-a-whirl. The Balloon Race ride is relocated to the Daydream Ridge area to make room for the new attractions. Also new at the park this season is the "Sunset Musicfest", a summer music festival.

1994: The Gaslight Theatre becomes the Heartsong Theatre, featuring "Heartsong", a multi-media musical presentation that tells the story of Dolly Parton's life.

1995: The Jukebox Junction 1950's themed area is added, featuring Rockin' Roadway; a miniature car ride, The Pines Theatre, Red's Diner, and Cas Walker's Music Store. The Sunset Musicfest does not return for the 1995 season.

1996: The Dollywood Boulevard area is added, featuring "Thunder Road", a turbo-simulator ride based upon the 1957 movie of the same name. The area also featured the Silver Screen Café; a 1950's cinema themed restaurant, and the Centerstage gift shop.

1997: "U Pick Nick", a children's show featuring themes from the Nickelodeon television network, plays in the Celebrity Theatre during the summer. The Flooded Mine dark-ride is closed and demolished in October. The Silver Screen Cafe is refurbished to DJ Platters in the Dollywood Boulevard area.

1998: Daredevil Falls, a new shoot the chutes flume ride, opens in area formerly occupied by the Flooded Mine. At the time of its opening, it was billed as "The Highest and Fastest Waterfall ride in America" featuring a 62 ft (19 m) drop. Thunder Express is closed in September and removed from the park. It is sold to the Magic Springs Theme Park in Arkansas. The antique carousel is removed at the end of the season and replaced by a new Chance Rides carousel.

1999: The Tennessee Tornado; a steel looping coaster, opens in the area formerly occupied by Thunder Express. Also new is the Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame. The Balloon Race ride is removed from the park.

2000: The Daydream Ridge area is renovated into Dreamland Forest, an interactive children's area.

2001: The Festival of Nations international festival premiers in April. Dolly's Splash Country, a new 25-acre (100,000 m2) water park, is opened adjacent to Dollywood's parking lot. Admission is separate from Dollywood.

2002: Dollywood Boulevard is renovated into a new area, Adventures in Imagination. The Smoky Mountain Wilderness Adventure; a new simulator film, replaces Thunder Road. Chasing Rainbows, a new Dolly museum, opens in the building formerly occupied by DJ Platters.

2003: Kidsfest, a summer children's festival, premiers. Imagination Station is converted into Celebration Hall, a special events facility. 2003 is the final season for the "Showcase of Stars" celebrity concert series.

2004: A new area of the park, "Thunderhead Gap", opens featuring the Thunderhead a wooden roller coaster. The construction of the new area opens up a new valley for the park to expand into. The Country Fair Falls log flume is demolished in November. Most of the other Country Fair rides, including the Swingamajig, The Tennessee Twister, The Convoy, and The Barnstormer, are removed at the end of the season to free up space for newer rides.

2005: The Country Fair area is renovated to include 10 new rides: Dizzy Disk, the Amazing Flying Elephants, Lemon Twist, Shooting Star, Sky Rider, Veggietales Sideshow Spin Kid's roller coaster, Waltzing Swinger, Piggy Parade, Busy Bees, and Lucky Ducky.

2006: The Timber Tower ride, along with Lil' Loggers Landing, Beaver Creek, Beaver Creek Boat Float, and the Lumberjack Lifts, opened in a new area adjacent to Thunderhead. Timber Tower was dismantled following a lawsuit with the ride manufacturing before for the 2012 season opener.

2007: The Mystery Mine, a Gerstlauer Eurofighter coaster with two vertical lifts, a 95 degree, 85 ft (26 m) drop, a heartline roll, and a dive loop, was built. The $17 million-dollar ride is heavily themed as an old abandoned mine shaft. In November, the original entrance road to the theme park's parking lot on Dollywood Lane is permanently closed to the public. All cars now enter the parking lot off Veteran's Boulevard via McCarter Hollow Road.

2008: River Battle, an interactive water raft ride, is built in a new section of the park called "Wilderness Pass" that connects the Timber Canyon and Craftsmen's Valley areas. "Thunder Road" returns to the motion theatre, (now called the "Imagination Cinema") replacing Smoky Mountain Wilderness Adventure. Della's Lye Soap shop is moved from Craftsmens Valley to the Wilderness Pass area. In its place is a new an exhibit housing the Wings of America show birds. The Polar Express 4-D Experience is shown in the Imagination Cinema during the park's Smoky Mountain Christmas.

2009: Dollywood features two new shows "Imaginé" and "Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke,". "Imaginé" is presented by Le Grand Cirque and is headlining the park's Festival of Nations. "Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke" is a major production based on the last family living in the Smoky Mountains at the time it becomes a National Park. "Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke" features music written by Dolly Parton. "Thunder Road" is renamed "White Lightning" and then changed to a new attraction- Journey To The Center Of The Earth 4D based on the 2008 remake of the original film. "SkyZip" owned by Skyline Eco-Adventures of Maui, Hawaii expands to Dollywood opening the first multi-line zipline tour inside of a theme park.

2010: The Adventure Mountain attraction, delayed in 2009, is set to open in 2010. This attraction, built at a cost of $6 million, will open in the new Wilderness Pass area of Dollywood. It will feature four distinct adventure courses ranging from easy to expert including 100 different rope features, swinging beams, suspension bridges, flying islands and a tire traverse. Adventure trails will range from a few inches above ground to more than 26 feet (7.9 m) in the air. For younger kids, the area will include a scaled-down play area, called Camp Teachittoomee. Adventure Mountain Website and timber tower is closed at the end of the season.

2011: Barnstormer opened in March 2011. The $5.5 million giant swing is situated in a barnyard-themed area which also includes a play area for younger guests. The ride features two pendulum arms with seating for 32 riders. Seated back to back, riders travel progressively higher on each swing of the Barnstormer’s massive arms, reaching a maximum speed of 65 miles per hour and 230 degrees of rotation. At its peak, the Barnstormer reaches 89 feet (27 m) in the air, taking riders high above the barn’s rooftop and the area’s treetops. The ride is located where the Dreamland Forest section once was. The new area is called "Owen's Farm". Barnstormer Website

2012: Wild Eagle opened March 24, 2012 . It is the first Bolliger & Mabillard Wing Coaster in the United States and it is the biggest investment in Dollywood history. The Timber Tower ride is removed. Dollywood announces their partnership with Gaylord to build an indoor water and snow park in Nashville, TN adjacent to Opryland that is expected to open in 2014. The park also buys the SkyZip zip line attraction from its operator.

2013: Dollywood has dedicated 2013 to encouraging families to spend time together. The park will add the shows Cirque Shanghai, Mystic India, and One World Party to the Festival of The Nations along with over 50 new international food items. They also will introduce the new Festival, "Great American Summer" which will replace KidsFest. This Festival will include, The Great American Country Show, Gazillion Bubbles, The Little Engine Playhouse, and Salute to America. During this Festival, Dollywood will extend their hours to 10:00am – 10:00pm and add a nightly Firework show. Dollywood will also feature their version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol during their Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival. Their adjacent park, Dollywood's Splash Country will add the $5 million, River Rush. It will be Tennessee's first water coaster and is expected to open in May 2013. River Rush will be located between Big Bear Plunge and Bear Mountain Fire Tower.

External Links

List of Dollywood attractions

List of Dollywood entertainment

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Moonshine

Moonshine, also known as white lightning, mountain dew, hooch or Tennessee white whiskey, is a high-proof distilled spirit, generally produced illicitly. The word is believed to derive from the term "moonrakers" used for early English smugglers and the clandestine (i.e., by the light of the moon) nature of the operations of illegal Appalachian distillers who produced and distributed whiskey.

Not to be confused with moonlight.


The Moonshine Man of Kentucky, illustration from Harper's Weekly, 1877, showing five scenes from the life of a Kentucky moonshiner

Prevalence

Varieties of moonshine are produced throughout the world.

Safety


Former West Virginia moonshiner John Bowman explains the workings of a still. November 1996.

American Folklife Center

Poorly produced moonshine can be contaminated, mainly from materials used in construction of the still. Stills employing used automotive radiators as condensers are particularly dangerous; in some cases, glycol, products from antifreeze, can appear as well. Radiators used as condensers also may contain lead at the connections to the plumbing. Both glycol and lead are poisonous and potentially deadly.

Although methanol is not produced in toxic amounts by fermentation of sugars from grain starches, contamination is still possible by unscrupulous distillers using cheap methanol to increase the apparent strength of the product. Moonshine can be made both more palatable and less damaging by discarding the "foreshot"—the first few ounces of alcohol that drip from the condenser. The foreshot contains most of the methanol, if any, from the mash because methanol vaporizes at a lower temperature than ethanol. The foreshot also typically contains small amounts of other undesirable compounds such as acetone and various aldehydes.

Alcohol concentrations above about 50% alcohol by volume (100 proof) are flammable and therefore dangerous to handle. This is especially true during the distilling process when vaporized alcohol may accumulate in the air to dangerous concentrations if adequate ventilation has not been provided.

Tests

A quick estimate of the alcoholic strength, or proof, of the distillate (the ratio of alcohol to water) is often achieved by shaking a clear container of the distillate. Large bubbles with a short duration indicate a higher alcohol content, while smaller bubbles that disappear more slowly indicate the increasing presence of water.

A common folk test for the quality of moonshine was to pour a small quantity of it into a spoon and set it on fire. The theory was that a safe distillate burns with a blue flame, but a tainted distillate burns with a yellow flame. Practitioners of this simple test also held that if a radiator coil had been used as a condenser, then there would be lead in the distillate, which would give a reddish flame. This led to the mnemonic, "Lead burns red and makes you dead." Although the flame test will show the presence of lead and fusel oils, it will not reveal the presence of methanol (also poisonous), which burns with an invisible flame.

The traditional test used by British sailors involved gunpowder to "prove" that their rum was not watered down (contained at least 57% ABV.)

External links

Bathtub gin

Bootleggers and Baptists

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

Dixie Mafia

Moonshine by country

Moonshine in popular culture

Nip joint

Poitín or Poteen

Rum-running/Bootlegging

Still

North Carolina Moonshine – Historical information, images, music, and film excerpts

Moonshine news page – Alcohol and Drugs History Society

Georgia Moonshine – History and folk traditions in Georgia, USA

"Moonshine 'tempts new generation'" – BBC on distilling illegal liquor in the 21st century.

Moonshine Franklin Co Virginia Moonshine Still from the past – Video

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Conversations In 1955

'I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20.00.'

'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2 ,000.00 will only buy a used one.'

'If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous.

'Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?'

'If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.'

'When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.'

'Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls.'

'I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying DAMN in GONE WITH THE WIND, it seems every new movie has either HELL of DAMN in it.'

'I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas .'

'Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the President.'

'I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now.'

'It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet.'

'It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work.'

'Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more, those
Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced
at the drop of a hat.'

'I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.'

'Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress.'

'The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.'

'There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend, it costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.'

'No one can afford to be sick anymore, at $35.00 a day in the hospital it's too rich for my blood.'

'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'

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Whites In America

Think about it......

YOU BE THE JUDGE…FACTS ARE FACTS.

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You Might Be a Redneck If...

1.Your home has more miles on it than your car.

2.You think that potted meat on a saltine is an hors d'ouerve.

3.There is a stuffed possum anywhere in your house.

4.You consider a six-pack and a bug-zapper high-quality entertainment.

5.Fewer than half of your cars actually run.

6.Your mother doesn't remove the Marlboro from her lips before telling the Highway Patrolman to kiss her where the sun don't shine.

7.You honestly think that women are turned on by animal noises and seductive tongue gestures.

8.You stand under the mistletoe at Christmas and wait for Granny and cousin Sue-Ellen to walk by.

9.Your family tree doesn't fork.

10.Your hairdo has ever been ruined by a ceiling fan.

11.Your mother has been involved in a fistfight at a high school sports event.

12.You've ever barbecued Spam on the grill.

13.The best way to keep things cold is to leave them on the front porch.

14.The neighbors started a petition over your Christmas decorations.

15.Your brother-in-law is your uncle.

16.You have refused to watch the Academy Awards since "Smokey and the Bandit" was snubbed for best picture.

17.Your only condiment on the dining room table is the economy size bottle of ketchup.

18.The rear tires on your car are at least twice as wide as the front ones.

19.You consider "Outdoor Life" deep reading.

20.You prominently display a gift you bought at Graceland.

21.You use the term `over yonder´ more than once a month.

22.The diploma hanging in your den contains the words "Trucking Institute".

23.Your mother keeps a spit cup on the ironing board.

24.You've ever worn a tube top to a wedding.

25.Your favorite Christmas present was a painting on black velvet.

26.You think that Dom Perignon is a mafia leader.

27.The most commonly heard phrase at your family reunion is "What are you looking at, Pinhead?"

28.You think that beef jerky and Moon Pies are two of the major food groups.

29.You think that Campho-Phenique is a miracle drug.

30.The first words out of your mouth every time you see friends are "Howdy" or "How Y'all doin?" (If they respond with the same... they're a redneck too!)

31.You have more than two brothers named Bubba or Junior.

32.Your father encourages you to quit school because Larry has an opening on the lube rack.

33.You think that the Styrofoam cooler is the greatest invention of all time.

34.You had to remove a toothpick for wedding pictures.

35.You've ever used a weed eater indoors.

36.You have a rag for a gas cap (on a car that does run).

37.You look upon a family reunion as a chance to meet `Ms. Right´

38.You have to go outside to get something out of the 'fridge.

39.Your richest relative invites you over to his new home to help him remove the wheels and skirt.

40.Your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a six-pack.

41.You have spray painted your girlfriend's name on an overpass.

42.Your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.

43.Your Junior/Senior Prom had a Daycare.

44.The directions to your house include "turn off the paved road".

45.Your kids are going hungry tonight because you just had to have those Yosemite Sam mud flaps.

46.You owe the taxidermist more than your annual income.

47.You have lost at least one tooth opening a beer bottle.

48.Jack Daniels makes your list of "most admired people".

49.You won't stop at a rest area if you have an empty beer can in the car.

50.Your dog can't watch you eat without gagging.

51.You have a Hefty bag on the passenger side window of your car.

52.You have a very special baseball cap, just for formal occasions.

53.You have to scratch your sister's name out of the message: "for a good time call . .", because you feel guilty about putting it there.

54.Red Man chewing tobacco sends you a Christmas card.

55 You bought a VCR so you could tape wrestling while you are at work.

56 Your dad walks you to school because you are both in the same grade.

57 Your house doesn't have curtains, but your truck does.

58 You have started a petition to change the National Anthem to "Georgia on My Mind".

59 You call your boss "Buddy", on a regular basis.

60 You consider your license plate personalized because your dad made it in prison.

61 You have been fired from a construction job because of your appearance.

62 You need one more hole punched in your card to get a freebie at the House of Tattoos.

63 The biggest fashion decision you have is which plaid shirt to wear to the 4-H Fair.

64 You have flowers planted in a bathroom appliance in your front yard.

65 Someone in your family says "Come and look at this before I flush it".

66 If going to the bathroom in the middle of the night involves putting on shoes (if you have them) a jacket and grabbing a flashlight.

67.You go Christmas shopping for your mom, sister, and girlfriend, and you only need to buy one gift.

68 You consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food.

69.You have to go down to the creek to take a bath.

70.You participate in the "who can spit tobacco the farthest" contest.

71.You roll you hair with soup cans and wash it once a year.

72.You consider a three piece suit to be: a pair of overalls, a plaid flannel shirt and thermal underwear.

73.There is a sheet hanging in your closet and a gun rack hanging in your truck.

74.You think the mountain men in "Deliverance" were just "misunderstood".

75.If the fifth grade is referred to as "your senior year".

76.You consider a good tan to be the back of your neck and the left arm below the shirt sleeve.

77.You own at least 20 baseball caps.

78.You know of at least six different ways to bend the bill of a baseball cap.

79.You can change the oil in your truck without ducking your head.

80.When you run out of gas, you put gin in the gas tank.

81.When you leave your house, you are followed by federal agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and the only thing you worry about is if you can lose them or not.

82.You have 5 cars that are not mobile and a house that is.

83.Your gene pool doesn't have a "deep end".

84.Your hunting dog cost more than the truck you drive him around in.

85.You have a Hefty bag for a car convertible top.

86.Your belt buckle weighs more than three pounds.

87.You have an Elvis Jello mold.

88.You own more cowboy boots than sneakers.

89.You've been to a funeral and there were more pick-ups than cars.

90.You have a picture of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, or Elvis over your fireplace.

91.You just bought an 8-track player to put in your car.

92The theme song at your high school prom was `Friends in Low Places´

93.It's easier to spray weed killer on your lawn than mow it.

94.You think that John Deere Green, Ford Blue, and Primer Gray are three of the primary colors.

95.You've ever climbed a water tower with a bucket of paint to defend your sister's honor.

96.Your vehicle has a two-tone paint job--primer red and primer gray.

97.The tobacco chewers in your family aren't just men.

98.Your mom calls you over to help because she has a flat tire...on her house. 99.The ASPCA raids your kitchen.

100.You have to check in the bottom of your shoe for change so you can get Grandma a new plug of tobacco.

101.You can't get married to your sweetheart because there is a law against it.

102.You celebrate Groundhog Day (because you believe in it.)

103.You've been on TV more than 5 times describing the sound of a tornado.

104.You fish in your above-ground pool, especially if you catch something.

105.When a sign that says "Say No To Crack!" reminds you to pull up your jeans.

106.Your beer can collection is considered a tourist attraction in your home town.

107.If you wake up with both a black eye and a hickey.

108.Getting a package from your post office requires a full tank of gas in the truck.

109."Buck Naked Line Dancing" isn't a videotape, it's "Ladies Night" at the local bar.

110.Your wife wants to stop at the gas station to see if they've got the new Mark Martin Budweiser wall clock.

111.You dated your daddy's current wife in high school.

112.You're moved to tears every time you hear Dolly Parton singing "I Will Always Love You".

113.Dolly Parton reminds you of the `Grand Tetons´. (Of course this is a very sophisticated redneck joke... if you laughed...you must be a redneck.

114.The most serious loss from the earthquake was your Conway Twitty record collection (your insurance man is a redneck too if he pays you for it).

115.You have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.

116 You've ever hit a deer with your car... on purpose.

117.You can tell your age by the number of rings in the bathtub.

118.Your mom gives you tips on how to sneak booze into sporting events.

119.You've ever parked a Camero in a tree.

120.Exxon and Shell have offered you royalties for your hair.

121.Your dad is also your favorite uncle.

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List Of Cakes Of The Southern United States

Butter pecan cake

Caramel cake

Carrot Cake

Coconut cake

Hummingbird cake

Italian cream cake

King cake

Lane cake

Peach shortcake

Pound cake

Red velvet cake

Stack cake

Smith Island cake

Lady Baltimore Cake and Lord Baltimore Cake

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