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Posted: 10/3/2014 9:09:52 PM EDT

Check all that apply---Decide for yourself how Redneck you are.

Poll Inbound.

ETA: I"m batting 1000

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:10:32 PM EDT

[#1]

Some of those apply but being raised as a typical Coonass® in south Louisiana, some don't apply so readily.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:11:33 PM EDT

[#2]

I like my cokes Sprite flavored

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:12:03 PM EDT

[#3]

What is this "poll" of which you speak?

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:12:32 PM EDT

[#4]

might as well have some music while we wait for the poll

more!

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:12:48 PM EDT

[#5]

Ibtp. Finally

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:12:55 PM EDT

[#6]

ibtp

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:14:56 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/3/2014 9:16:30 PM EDT

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My favorite kind of coke was an RC

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:17:18 PM EDT

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My favorite kind of coke was an RC

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I like my cokes Sprite flavored

My favorite kind of coke was an RC

It's fun to put goobers in a co-cola and watch'em fizz.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:17:38 PM EDT

[#10]

Poll fail.

No option for "all of the above".

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:18:15 PM EDT

[#11]

I checked every single one of them......not sure if that is good or bad

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:18:47 PM EDT

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Poll fail.

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You could have just checked them all

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:19:16 PM EDT

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Poll fail.

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Magic poll. Check em all individually.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:19:53 PM EDT

[#14]

I checked 4 of the boxes, but I wouldn't consider myself redneck/country at all. I was born in Las Vegas, moved to New Jersey, then to southern OH.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:20:21 PM EDT

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It's good, very good.

You are a solid "Murican.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:20:51 PM EDT

[#16]

Did almost all that but don't consider myself in those categories. I think it's just southern

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:22:16 PM EDT

[#17]

Nah. Dat ain't me.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:24:16 PM EDT

[#18]

Did most of that stuff and im in NY. Yes, there are hillbillies here.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:24:47 PM EDT

[#19]

does powdered milk count?

didnt know the shit came from the factory wet until about 73

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:26:14 PM EDT

[#20]

All, why the pole?

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:26:24 PM EDT

[#21]

All the above and proud of it

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:27:06 PM EDT

[#22]

We didn't sleep on the porch in the summer, we slept on the roof. We'd pull one of the screens out and go sleep on the roof. My mom thought for sure that we'd be laying out in the yard dead one morning. We lived.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:30:43 PM EDT

[#23]

I checked all the boxes. Hell my nickname in college was hillbilly. We even talk weird around here.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:32:49 PM EDT

[#24]

Mom called them fritters though.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:32:55 PM EDT

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Wow. I wish we would have thought of that. It was just me and my brothers sometimes that would sleep in the porch. Oh, and the dog.
Roof would have been cooler

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:34:02 PM EDT

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That was what he was talking about? Damn it, I need a do over

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:34:12 PM EDT

[#27]

Everything applies to me except going barefoot.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:34:26 PM EDT

[#28]

All of the above except for the barefoot thing.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:34:48 PM EDT

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Did almost all that but don't consider myself in those categories. I think it's just southern

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Northeast Alabama. Foothills of the Appalachians is where I spent my summers with grandparents.
Thus the Appalachian American

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:35:17 PM EDT

[#30]

7 out of 10. Possibly 8. I never went barefoot to purposely save my shoes but I did (and still do) go barefoot most of the summer.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:36:41 PM EDT

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That was what he was talking about? Damn it, I need a do over

We had apple trees. Grandmaw would dry them on sheets we had spread out over bushes
She would then cook them into a filling. Make pastry dough. Fill. Fry. Sprinkle with sugar.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:38:08 PM EDT

[#32]

You know what Scots-Irish means and how they differs from the Irish and the Scots.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:39:30 PM EDT

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Orange

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:39:57 PM EDT

[#34]

Well I qualify for all of those

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:40:14 PM EDT

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7 out of 10. Possibly 8. I never went barefoot to purposely save my shoes but I did (and still do) go barefoot most of the summer.

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I spent a good deal of time in the woods. i would destroy shoes. So, I tried to be more conscientious and would go barefoot in the yard or even when walking some distance. I just stayed off blacktop.
Finally, they started buying me boots when I was 12 so it was no longer an issue.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:42:17 PM EDT

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Wow. I wish we would have thought of that. It was just me and my brothers sometimes that would sleep in the porch. Oh, and the dog.
Roof would have been cooler

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We didn't sleep on the porch in the summer, we slept on the roof. We'd pull one of the screens out and go sleep on the roof. My mom thought for sure that we'd be laying out in the yard dead one morning. We lived.

Wow. I wish we would have thought of that. It was just me and my brothers sometimes that would sleep in the porch. Oh, and the dog.
Roof would have been cooler

Our main floor was air conditioned. The upstairs, where the kids slept, was not. As hot as it was in the summer, it was that cold in the winter. We'd set a glass of water on the window sill and it'd be frozen solid in the morning. My kids will never know how good they have it.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:44:30 PM EDT

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You could have just checked them all

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Poll fail.

No option for "all of the above".

You could have just checked them all

Could've, but make it easy for us simple minded folks.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:45:34 PM EDT

[#38]

Reminds me of this for some reason

and apparently I'm pretty country/redneck I got about 3/4s

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:46:46 PM EDT

[#39]

I only checked six.

I didn't have to sleep on the porch, our house was on a little hill and I had a good breeze through my bedroom when the windows were open.
We could afford shoes.
Mom made apple pies the regular way.
We drank iced tea but not to excess.

I can remember not having indoor plumbing.

Posted: 10/3/2014 9:47:36 PM EDT

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My family has been in the Eastern Kentucky/Western Virginia area for generations. We are related to the Hatfields on my mother's side. A log cabin that one of my distant grandparents built is in a museum in Kentucky. My mother's house was a tar paper shack built by my grandfather. It had no interior doors, just curtains.

My parents left when my father joined the service. All my immediate relatives have either moved away or passed on. As such, I rarely return to the area.

Posted: 10/3/2014 10:00:09 PM EDT

[#41]

I checked everything but going barefoot and fried pie.
Pies were baked and we werent so poor as to not be able to afford shoes.

Posted: 10/3/2014 10:01:13 PM EDT

[#42]

Poll fail....no "all of the above" button.

Posted: 10/3/2014 10:05:45 PM EDT

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I checked everything but going barefoot and fried pie.
Pies were baked and we werent so poor as to not be able to afford shoes.

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It wasn't a poor thing it was a DONT destroy so many shoes thing.

My,parents/grandparents didn't realize that my lifestyle called for boots
Athletic shoes didn't last Along on rocks, mud and wading into creeks frequently ( my best buddy fished a great deal, I would tag along)

Posted: 10/3/2014 10:23:33 PM EDT

[#44]

I was fed cornbread and milk as a child - No

I've slept on the porch in the summer - Never

Biscuits were a common item on the table - some times

I saved my shoes by Going barefoot when possible - No

We did most or all of our own maintenance - Yes, My dad was a jack of all trades.

I carried a knife before the age of 12 - Yes, Swiss Army Knife

I fired a gun before the age of 10 - Yes, 10/22 when I was 8.

Our apple pies were fried - Never heard of that.

OUr dogs ate scraps--and were healthy - They would get scraps mixed in with their Kibble.

Iced Tea---Gallons were consumed - Yes

Born and raised in the SF Bay Area

Posted: 10/3/2014 10:24:34 PM EDT

[#45]

1, 6, and 7. I've only lived here, AK, and MT.

Posted: 10/3/2014 10:28:55 PM EDT

[#46]

All of the above I went barefoot 3 summers in a row carried a pocket knife since I was 5 killed squirrels at 6 and sorghum and butter on cornbread was desert.