OT: This Damn Yankee is coming home

Submitted by Blumanji on

I just got a job back in Michigan and I will be back in time for football season. I guess I need to stop teaching my son to say "y'all" and "I'm fixin to..."

In my two years down here I've brought Alabama and Auburn national championships. I think it's pretty obvious why I wanted to come back home!

GunnersApe

August 9th, 2011 at 6:13 PM ^

I was stuck in Bayou La Batre  AL for a summer and they sold Fago in town . Being the arrogant Michigan guy that I was I pointed out to all my Co-workers that loved it  to check where it was made….sadness ensued and I was happy.

I know "cool story bro".     

BlueDragon

August 9th, 2011 at 12:35 PM ^

 

We can each memorize a few key phrases and flag down passers-by, committee style.  "Sir? Did you know that DB's official press release called the Freep report intentionally misleading?"  "Ma'am?  Have you read Misopogon's Decimated Defense diary trilogy?  It's required reading to comprehend the Rodriguez era."  "Did you know we currently have the #1 rated recruiting class according to Scout?"

And so on.

profitgoblue

August 9th, 2011 at 10:20 AM ^

Also, you'll want to teach your son to stop saying "might could" (as in "I might could go somewhere") and teach him to say "pop" instead of "soda" (yuck!).

Seriously though, good luck on your relocation.  Represent us southerners in the Big House well!

 

 

Blumanji

August 9th, 2011 at 10:25 AM ^

I heard "might could" it blew my mind. For the most part I enjoyed my experience down here, but that was one thing I could never understand. Just pick one of the words, either one will do! Saying "pop" has never been a problem and I never stopped saying it (I just added a smirk when I did).

I guess I will go back to just being a Yankee from now on since I'm no longer staying here.

profitgoblue

August 9th, 2011 at 10:43 AM ^

I remember stepping on campus in Ann Arbor and asking someone for a "soda" and their head about exploded.  After that, I waged a war against all references to "pop" just because I was looked upon as a freak by Michiganders for saying "soda."  Good times.

 

48103

August 9th, 2011 at 10:24 AM ^

Interesting. I'm on my way TO Alabama around the first of September. I will proudly sport that maize n blue. ESPECIALLY around early september next year.

Blumanji

August 9th, 2011 at 10:33 AM ^

is that everyone here seems to have complete disrespect for Ohio State (can I say that in here?). Also, you will be thanked repeatedly for Michigan getting RR instead of Alabama, even though those situations were separated by a year. I was wearing a Michigan golf shirt at Target this weekend and some guy came up to me and said, "RichRod." What a tool.

thedayiscoming

August 9th, 2011 at 10:27 AM ^

I moved to Columbus with my fiance for work this winter....about the time that all the scandals came out.  You brought luck to Alabama.  So did I bring good luck to Ohio or did I bring bad luck...?  I'm inclined to think that I brought good luck to UM...but I need to be sure or I wont be able to move back to Michigan!

Sambojangles

August 9th, 2011 at 10:40 AM ^

It might just be me, but I've never considered myself (from Michigan) as a "Yankee." I think we identify more with the midwest--Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, etc. To me, a Yankee is someone from the Northeast. I'm sure the New York Yankees kind of colors my views on that as well.

On the other hand, I'm sure people in Alabama call everyone not from the Deep South a Yankee. I've been to South Carolina, Louisiana, and Georgia, and they seem like they're still not over the War Between the States. If the OP was identified as a Yankee by the Alabamians, then I understand.

Blumanji

August 9th, 2011 at 10:45 AM ^

do I consider myself a Yankee. I get called a Yankee a least once a week down here. Then I get reminded about the difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee. The first one is a northerner that comes to visit, the second one is a northerner to comes to stay. They can also get creative with other expletives in front of the word Yankee. It's a beautiful thing.

My first response to being called that was to say that I don't even like the Yankees. I was also told that I HAD to choose between Alabama and Auburn when I first arrived. Oops, I never did!

tn wolverine

August 9th, 2011 at 2:37 PM ^

I always take being called a Yankee as a compliment, at least I'm not a hick. I remeber the first time somebody asked me if I was "kin" to someone and I had absolutley no clue what he was talking about. I also couldn't figure out how you could have flat tar...It took me twenty minutes to realize he was trying to say tire. After 29 years here though I mostly understand what they're talking about, some of the accents/ terms still make me cringe but at least my children don't use hillbilly terms to refer to their grandparents (Mamaw, papaw (sp?) or some other stupidity for example).

profitgoblue

August 9th, 2011 at 12:41 PM ^

When I first moved down to NC from the northeast, I was in court and had a FEDERAL judge call me a "Yankee" on the record one day!  He laughed and thought it was hilarious (all in good fun) but I was so embarrassed.  Its public record now and if someone really wanted to they could order a transcript of the hearing and read the exchange between me and the judge.  Brutal.

 

BiSB

August 9th, 2011 at 3:13 PM ^

Somewhere on the 7th Circuit website there is a link to an oral argument in which Posner called my argument "the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard" before nearly falling off the bench in laughter

Good times.

jtmc33

August 9th, 2011 at 10:57 AM ^

Welcome back

But, I hope you are not planning on going to the 'Bama v. UM game in Dallas.   No offense, but I think you should just stay in the Great State of Michigan that weekend and root for UM from your living room.