Thursday, October 08, 2009

The American South

Since it was two-for-one day at the local "video" store (which only carries DVDs) Cow rented a few discs of "True Blood."

"True Blood" is a vampire series set in the South. Where everybody stands around outside, sweating. Where women stand outside FANNING THEMSELVES! Where homes have electric fans buzzing on tables! Where tank tops ringed with sweat are de rigeur. Where bad, bad accents predominate.

Stereotypes! Were any filmmakers to actually visit, they would find houses equipped with $10,000 air-handlers specifically so nobody ever has to be the least bit warm. Cars bursting with frigid air. A culture where nobody goes outside when it is hot. A place where it is a cultural norm to dress well when going out, complete with makeup, hair-done and jewelry. A place totally lacking in hand-held fans for the ladies! A place also lacking swamps! A place with very few clunkers on the roads (because, natch, clunkers don't have good air conditioning!) A place with strict ordinances on trailers and prohibitions on parking them in yards. Where restaurants are expensive and waits for tables are the norm. A place where going to college is just as expected of youth as anywhere else.

One thing they did get right though....lots of people here are overweight. Because they never go outside!

Argh. Annoyed Moo!

10 Comments:

Blogger Kevin Musgrove said...

Eee, it sounds just like Wolverhampton

10:15 AM  
Blogger watercolordaisy said...

ugh. Am glad I never watched it then.

10:58 AM  
Blogger Lulu LaBonne said...

Has it made you so annoyed that you've broken out in a sweat Mrs Cow? I do hope not.

11:47 AM  
Blogger Gorilla Bananas said...

Because they never go outside, Ms Cow? Doesn't the portions served in restaurants also have something to do with it?

12:43 PM  
Blogger The Topiary Cow said...

Kevin: (Cow looking up Wolverhampton and seeing some parallels) Yikes!

Water: Not recommended. Kind of trashy and too many Southern Stereotypes!

Lulu: (Cow breaking out in a Cold Sweat) guess as long as not caught up in street riot in Turkey shouldn't complain!

Gorilla: Should these Southerners only climb trees regularly as you do, their problems would disappear. But alas, they also DO eat too heartily! (Cow quickly stuffing the chips bag and empty cookie tin down her blouse)

Moo!

1:24 PM  
Blogger I Hate to Weight said...

new to your blog. have enjoyed recent posts and reader comments. just wanted to clarify for my own verification -- is it MS. or MRS. Cow?

6:46 PM  
Blogger ghost girl said...

oh this blog made me laugh more than once! the pencil sharpener post is wonderful.
but! i must say - you must live in a better part of the South than I do - those stereotypes - (unfortunately) sound like my neighbors - or even my family! lol

1:48 PM  
Blogger kate said...

hummmm. your picture of the south is definitely not what i would have expected. last time i was down your way it was more like the movie. glad to see times have changed, except the going outside bit...sad. -kate

12:27 PM  
Blogger The Topiary Cow said...

Weight: Welcome to the Land of Topiary! And thanks for posting.

Regarding your question, here in the L of T we do not use the honorifics MS nor MRS., instead we use odorifics such as Morning Dew, Rainy Day, Glorious Branching Out, or New Sprouts of Topiary, which help us not only identify ourselves but remember our goal of Total Topiary World Domination!

7:36 AM  
Blogger The Topiary Cow said...

Ghost: So happy the Land of Topiary brought you a laugh for the day!

Sorry to hear about your South (hmmm maybe these stereotypes aren't so inaccurate after all!)

Friendly moo! of welcome...

Kate: well except for the summer outside music concerts Topiary seldom sees people in tank tops ringed with sweat--(maybe she's just been lucky though)

Topiary hoping Kate has a chance to visit a nicer part sometime!

Moo!

7:39 AM  

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