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News & ArtsMonday, August 31, 2009
Video of the Day Lunchtime Quickie
Posted by Kelly O on Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:01 PM
If there really was a Holy Spirit, wouldn't He (or His son) have better things to do than stand around holding a broom in this woman's second-hand shop in Alabama?
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This proves that the world is flat, 'cuz ain't no broom could stand up like that if the world weren't flat.
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Now if Jebus would just PUSH THAT BROOM, like King of the Road, then I would worship Him. And he can come and do my floors.
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I'd like to thank these pinheads for reinforcing all the lousy stereotypes about white Southerners. They truly are the last group of people you can make fun of and no one will complain.
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@6 - well, Red Staters are notoriously slack.
@10 - you're welcome. Contact us when you enter the 20th Century.
@10 - you're welcome. Contact us when you enter the 20th Century.
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11: I'm not a Southerner, but my mom's side of the family is all rooted in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia. That part of the country gets a bad rap. Beautiful landscapes, nice people (genuinely nice, mind you, not in a Seattle kind of way) and great music history. But the stereotype of Cletus the NASCAR-loving sister-marrying 'shine-running illiterate runs wild and free. It gets old fast.
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“Next on WSFA 12 Action News. A real volcano made from vinegar and baking soda and a report of a man in the park who has an invisible dog on the end of a leash. There’s also a follow-up on those scattered reports of spoons hanging off the ends of people's noses that have authorities baffled….”
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Oh, Alabama. Even Louisiana makes jokes about you.
In defense of the big cities there, though, Birmingham and even Mobile are pretty cosmopolitan. The little towns like Anniston or Pratville, though? Not so much. Anniston's claim to fame (other than the chemical mutions depot) is being home to the world's largest chair. When you drive down the main street, it's like driving through 1962, complete with a 5 and dime that's still open and a Western Auto that is also still open.
Here is a picture of the world's largest chair, if you are interested. This is seriously the most interesting thing about Anniston. If a hurricane hits Louisiana this year, I'm going the extra hour to Atlanta.
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/world…
In defense of the big cities there, though, Birmingham and even Mobile are pretty cosmopolitan. The little towns like Anniston or Pratville, though? Not so much. Anniston's claim to fame (other than the chemical mutions depot) is being home to the world's largest chair. When you drive down the main street, it's like driving through 1962, complete with a 5 and dime that's still open and a Western Auto that is also still open.
Here is a picture of the world's largest chair, if you are interested. This is seriously the most interesting thing about Anniston. If a hurricane hits Louisiana this year, I'm going the extra hour to Atlanta.
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/world…
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Apparently, His Noodley Appendage has also touched Chicago brooms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8rH3MRfi…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8rH3MRfi…
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I'm from Alabama, and I don't think it gets a bad rap at all. They do believe the Holy Spirit would come and hold a broom up. Jeff Sessions. Judge Roy Moore. All the people who live on Secession Dr. in Birmingham. The majority of the state who voted in 2004 to keep the state constitution with wording separating schools from white and colored children.
Where's the bad rap? How is that not qualitatively different from places like Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, the West & East Coasts?
Where's the bad rap? How is that not qualitatively different from places like Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, the West & East Coasts?
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