There is a kind of ‘laugh in the face of death’ bravura found in The South that you just don’t find anywhere else.
And just as well.
A common expression is that a southern guy’s last words are usually, “Hey, y’all! Watch this!!”
(Just about everything here began with a “Hey y’all! Watch this!”)
A good motto would be, “Never do anything that you wouldn’t want to explain to the paramedics.”
This attitude crosses over to all levels of society and all manners of activity. You can find extremism everywhere.
But it is at the Southern Redneck level that the “Hey, y’all! Watch this!!” mindset reaches its apex.
For example, food…
(Hey y’all! Watch me eat this!)
Fashion…
Child rearing…
Child fashion…
Hunting…
Even portraits!
(Tell me this photo didn’t start off with a ‘Hey y’all. Watch this!!’)
You watch out of a sense of morbid curiosity.
Sometimes, you look away. Sometimes you just can’t tear your eyes from what is happening.
Either way, it is one of the many reasons why I Miss The South.
All at once, you made me miss the South and be glad I don’t live there anymore.
All at the same time.
*sigh* I want a good cobbler now.
ROFL!! I know exactly what you mean. *sigh* I want chicken and dumplings.