Sometimes people work very hard to get what they got. But that is not the subject.
If I were able to help I would, but just as with any occurance, good judgement should be applied.
Many a good person has been killed trying to stop such situations. They have a duty to THEIR FAMILY to remain able to support them and be there to protect them.
If a person watches and does not act in a way safe to them to help another is wrong. To watch, enjoy the show and call for more violence.....one should be seen as co-offender in the eyes of the law.
Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular, sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table. _____
All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is.. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well. _____
Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad.
If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin'! _____
Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and
"a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.. _____
Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash. _____
No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. _____
A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb. _____
Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line,"... we talk to everybody! _____
Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage. _____
In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural. _____
Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them. _____
Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food. _____
When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner! _____
Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk. _____
And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway.
You just say,"Bless her heart"... and go your own way. _____
To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart! _____
And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff...bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language! _____
And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I'm not from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."
Southern women know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah !
Now Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or
wishes they had been!
If you're a Northern transplant, bless your little heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.
If a star is 20 light years away and it takes twenty years for light to travel from it to us.......then if that star blew up ten years ago....we won't know it for another ten years. People are using old news to guide their lives today! It was and is just a hustle to make money!
People who work through a great ordeal and overcame it has a gift far greater than the overcoming itself.....if they did it themselves. The problem is that those who have something handed to them through the work of others do not have that gift, only additude and great lack in most all that life carries. They hold their heads high and noses in the air......while standing in quicksand and dung......not hearing the laughing of thier fellows.
RE: My favourite quote
"If you really do something dumb, pray that your wife doesn't find out or you will hear about it forever."