What is a redneck?

[MidgeD79]

There is a thread on the resort board about rednecks and Disney. Some of it is pretty funny . What (who) would you call a redneck?

 

[KRIS10420]

I would have to say to refer to comedian Jeff Foxworthy on that subject.

 

[brerrabbit]

Well I have been accused of being a Redneck more than once. I fish, hunt, and drink beer. Although if you met me you would probably not suspect my Redneck ways.

I found it interesting however what the origins of the term Redneck actually were. Look at this link to see where Hillbillies, Rednecks, and Crackers came from.

http://www.geocities.com/celticchief/hillbilly.html

 

[Piglet843]

You might be a redneck if you have been married three times and still have the same In-Laws.

Seriously though - my DH and I it turns out are 5th cousins. When people came to our wedding - we had to have a middle section for the people related to both of us! ("who's side will you be sitting on today?" "Uh - I guess we are in the middle")

Yep - that's me - born and raised in Boondocks, Alabama. My brother recently got married also - his wife's dad showed up to walk her down the aisle - but he couldn't - he was too stumbling drunk to walk. Her brother had to do it. Buncha hillbilly's.....

But I promise - just cause your from Alabama doesn't necessarily mean you are a redneck or a hillbilly....

 

[ckay87]

Seriously though - my DH and I it turns out are 5th cousins. When people came to our wedding - we had to have a middle section for the people related to both of us! ("who's side will you be sitting on today?" "Uh - I guess we are in the middle")

OK, you win !

I thought we were rednecks because one night we went "out to dinner" to Wal-Mart!

The all-knowing Mr. Foxworthy defines redneck as the complete and and total absence of class.

 

[Cindyluwho]

Well, my father is married to my aunt so I guess that makes me a redneck (as well as my own cousin).

 

[ashjohnson80]

Someone called me a redneck the other day. It made me cry.

 

[CheshireVal]

Apparently staying at a value resort and having an occasional beer makes one a redneck.

 

[georgina]

Well, my father is married to my aunt so I guess that makes me a redneck (as well as my own cousin).

Kind of reminds me of the song "I'm my own grandpa"

Oh, many, many years ago
When I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow
Who was pretty as can be
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her
And soon the two were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother
'Cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matter
Though it really brought me joy
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy

This little baby then became
A brother-in-law to Dad
And so became my uncle
Though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle
Then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter
WHo of course is my step-mother

Chorus
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grandpa

My father's wife then had a son
Who kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild
For he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife
She's my grandmother too

Now if my wife is my grandmother
Then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it
It nearly drives me wild
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandma
I am my own grandpa

 

[imsorry]

Kind of reminds me of the song "I'm my own grandpa"

Oh, many, many years ago
When I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow
Who was pretty as can be
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her
And soon the two were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother
'Cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matter
Though it really brought me joy
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy

This little baby then became
A brother-in-law to Dad
And so became my uncle
Though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle
Then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter
WHo of course is my step-mother

Chorus
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grandpa

My father's wife then had a son
Who kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild
For he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife
She's my grandmother too

Now if my wife is my grandmother
Then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it
It nearly drives me wild
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandma
I am my own grandpa

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

My in-laws who live in southeast Missouri.

 

[lindakmonty]

You should check out the Blue Collar Comedy Tour...they are hilarious. DH called me at lunch to tell me he was at Wal Mart and bought their new dve out. I cant wait, they are so funny!!! Ron White kills me!

 

[Saxsoon]

You might be a redneck if you have more than three animatronic fish in each room of your house.

You brush you tooth

You might be a redneck if you think the nutcracker is something your friend did off the diving board.

you empty your pick up truck by backing up really fast and hitting the brakes.

 

[Cool-Beans]

I've been called a "redneck" on these boards. It is meant as an insult, but I take it as a compliment. Me and Gretchen.

Well I ain't never been the Barbie doll type.
No I can't swig that sweet champagne - I'd rather drink beer all night...
...in a tavern or in a honky tonk or on a 4 wheel drive tailgate.
I've got posters on my wall of Skynard, Kid and Strait.
Some people look down on me, but I don't give a rip.
I'll stand barefooted in my own front yard with a baby on my hip.

Cause I'm a redneck woman - I ain't no high class broad
I'm just a product of my raisin' and I say "hey y'all" and "Yee Haw."
And I keep my Christmas lights on - on my front porch all year long.
And I know all the words to every Charlie Daniels song.
So here's to all my sisters out there keepin' it country -
Let me get a big "Hell Yeah!" from the redneck girls like me......Hell Yeah!

Victoria's Secret - well their stuff's real nice.
But I can buy the same damn thing on a Wal*Mart shelf half price.
And still look sexy - just as sexy as those models on TV.
No I don't need no designer tag to make my man want me.
You might think I'm trashy, a little too hard core.
But get in my neck of the woods I'm just the girl next door.


...And I know all the words to every Tanya Tucker song
...And I know all the words to every Ol' Bocephus song

 

[Cindy's Mom]

My favorite redneck joke "if you divorce your wife - is she still your sister?"

 

[welovedisneyx4]

There is a thread on the resort board about rednecks and Disney. Some of it is pretty funny . What (who) would you call a redneck?

Do you have a link to the thread?

 

[JadenLayne]

We have an entire group of kids down here who consider themselves rednecks, and they are PROUD of it!!!!!!!

Luckily my son isn't in that group.

 

[Castlebound]

The Wild Hanlons on CBS's Treasure Hunters. Pat just screams redneck to me! http://www.nbc.com/Treasure_Hunters/teams/hanlons_pat.shtml

 

[brerrabbit]

Fourth page of Resort Board, locked thread. Something about value resorts and getting what you pay for. Sorry for not linking but since it's locked I did'nt want to link to it. Bottom line, rude is rude, whether you are rich, poor, redneck or blueblood there are certain ways to act and not act. Had the guy just said I did'nt like the behavior of my fellow guests and was displeased with the transportation offered there would have been no issue. He came back on the last page apoligized and said what I said above but it was to late and the damage was done.

 

[Chicago526]

My fav Jeff Foxworthy joke:

If you have a house that is mobile and three cars in the yard that aren't...

My DH is a redneck hillbilly, and proud of it! He tries to call me a Yankee as an insult and gets miffed when I reply, "Thank you for the complement!".