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The Phoenix
03-28-2009, 00:53
Just a quick question... around 25 people (no joke) have heard of my trip and almost off the bat said hope you don't turn out like the people in Deliverance, or you've seen deliverance right!?!?
I am now intrigued by this movie (which I haven't seen) I love movies, and really enjoy horror movies... is now (leaving for Georgia in less than 2 weeks) the right time to watch that flick or will it be a little too spooky the first couple days on the trail.
I am just interested... I love a little adrenaline and fear on an adventure... don't put too much thought into a response... just wondering if I should hit up blockbuster in the next week or so :-?
Have a good weekend and God bless
The Phoenix
Ned Batey had the hardest part.:eek:
drastic_quench
03-28-2009, 01:17
You'd be fine seeing it. Nowadays it's not too shocking compared to whatever "torture porn" is currently in theaters (Saw, Hostel, etc.) I can easily see how it had the cultural impact it did in the early seventies when I compare it with other films of the time - even New Hollywood films.
It's a decent film. What stays with me is the paranoia that sets in after the main characters take action - not the male rape scene -- though that still is disturbing.
you sure got a purdy mouth! squeeeeeeeeeel!!!
elmotoots
03-28-2009, 01:52
We raised 4 boys
Went to the river one day and rented 3 canoes, and started down the river with all 4 boys out front in two of the canoes. the wife and i in the rear watching them. We round a bend in the river and come up on 6 to 8 people fishing at the edge of a wooded area.
i tell the wife i hope the boys do not cross the finshing lines of those people. So we are watching as the boys get close to them, when all of a sudden all four boys start paddling like bats out of **ll, I mean water was splashing everywhere.
I am thinking what the heck and start paddling a little fast myself to see what is going on. as we get closer to the people on the bank we hear them laughing loudly. when we get even with them a lady yells out that she is sorry for scaring them. I ask her " what did you do "
She says " I asked them if they had ever seen the movie Deliverance"
I laugh and replied " I guess you got your answer then did'nt you"
YEPP she says
Lone Wolf
03-28-2009, 02:20
Just a quick question... around 25 people (no joke) have heard of my trip and almost off the bat said hope you don't turn out like the people in Deliverance, or you've seen deliverance right!?!?
I am now intrigued by this movie (which I haven't seen) I love movies, and really enjoy horror movies... is now (leaving for Georgia in less than 2 weeks) the right time to watch that flick or will it be a little too spooky the first couple days on the trail.
I am just interested... I love a little adrenaline and fear on an adventure... don't put too much thought into a response... just wondering if I should hit up blockbuster in the next week or so :-?
Have a good weekend and God bless
The Phoenix
it's a must see if you're going to georgia. based on a true story. i've known folks that got snatched by them hillbillies. watch yourself
ColdFire
03-28-2009, 04:41
that is bull**** it is NOT based on a true story and it was only loosley based on a novel by James Dickey. some of the characters were based on real life people that mr. Dickey knew about while spending time up in Clayton County, GA. and they never did anything that was depicted in his novel.
If you gonna worry about anyone along the AT like what happened in the movie Deliverance, then worry about the folks up in Tennesee. :D
other then that definately watch the movie its a classic fictional movie.
Big Dawg
03-28-2009, 07:20
Watch the movie!
&
Watch out for Catpen Gap...:eek:
My friend & I ran across some hillbilly hunters when we were camped at this Gap. Didn't realize at first that we were camped right next to a back country road leading to a hunters campground. These "Deliverance" looking hillbilly's wouldn't take no for an answer when they invited us to join em for some venison dinner. They were all drunk, probably on meth, & were cleaning their guns. Scary. We finally agreed, ate some good food, talked about our loaded concealed handguns (lie), & after returning to camp, didn't sleep all night:(. Middle of the night, heard some human footfall near camp, so me & my bud yelled to each other, "get your gun ready", & then heard scattering hillbilly's. The next morning, we felt fortunate that we were not stars in Deliverance II, so we packed up & rolled out. Man, it was good to get to Hot Springs that day. Lesson learned,,,, never camp near any type of road,,, & never hesitate to lie about packin heat if you feel threatened.:D
If you run into a bad situation and and you are told to squeal, refuse to do it......
"Ned Batey had the hardest part.:eek:"
No, the local in the bib overalls had the hard part.
Lone Wolf
03-28-2009, 07:40
seems everybody but ColdFire has some sense of humor :rolleyes:
MoodyBluer
03-28-2009, 08:04
seems everybody but ColdFire has some sense of humor :rolleyes:
LW, a little smiley or sumthin' humorous at the end of your post might have convinced Coldfire that you were funnin'...as it is, I thought you were also serious about it being a true story.
Native Southern boys like me have been trying to convince the rest of the country that we are not like the dudes in that flick since I was a young'un.
My Dad took me to see it when I was 14 and it had a profound effect on me...not to seek out crazed moonshiners who like purty panties but to start enjoying the outdoor life. :sun
Tipi Walter
03-28-2009, 08:21
Watch the movie!
&
Watch out for Catpen Gap...:eek:
My friend & I ran across some hillbilly hunters when we were camped at this Gap. Didn't realize at first that we were camped right next to a back country road leading to a hunters campground. :D
I'd say that's the main problem right there, camping next to a road. Everybody knows the local boys like to get out in the woods but only if they can stay close to their trucks. Camping next to a road in the south reminds me of a line out of the movie Big Stan: it's like strapping a welcome mat to your butt ha ha ha. Just kidding, all lies and jest, etc.
If you gonna worry about anyone along the AT like what happened in the movie Deliverance, then worry about the folks up in Tennesee. :D
Ah, the Tennessee folks. I've met hundreds of local east TN boys on my backpacking trips and gotta say they're a decent sort though they tend to drop stuff alot. Cans, candy wrappers, water bottles, sheets of clear plastic, etc. Some even pull themselves away from their trucks and backpack with actual gear. The main thing you have to worry about in TN with the local boys is to not get between them and the front door of a Walmart.
I just got back from a trip and camped with 17 locals out of Coker Creek, TN, and they were a great bunch, including the three leaders. Salt of the earth types and let's face it, if you really want to learn about a place, talk to these guys.
MintakaCat
03-28-2009, 08:23
Some interesting facts between the Chattooga River and the movie Deliverance from Tim Homan’s book:
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act became Public Law 90-542 on October 2, 1968. In addition to the "instant eight" rivers designated with the act, the U.S. Congress listed twenty-seven other potentially more controversial rivers, including the Chattooga, to be studied for possible inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. While the Forest Service was busy conducting its study, cameramen were filming whitewater sequences for the movie Deliverance along the river. The movie opened in 1972; the Chattooga became a star, an overnight celebrity. Floater use on that river rose from roughly 800 in 1971 to 21,000 in 1973.
The Forest Service study recommended the Chattooga for inclusion. On May 10, 1974, Public Law 93-279 designated 56.9 miles of the Chattooga and the West Fork of the Chattooga as a National Wild and Scenic River. The river's designation was the first of its kind in the South, and the first addition to the system after the original act.
mister krabs
03-28-2009, 08:53
The river depicted in the book was the coosawatee, now carter's lake. There was a cone trip in real life, Dickey was inspired by a trip he took down it before they dammed it. Filming was along the chattooga with the climax shot in tallulah gorge.
4eyedbuzzard
03-28-2009, 09:05
Why is it all the folks telling him not to worry are from the south? :confused: :eek: :rolleyes: :D
that is bull**** it is NOT based on a true story and it was only loosley based on a novel by James Dickey. some of the characters were based on real life people that mr. Dickey knew about while spending time up in Clayton County, GA. and they never did anything that was depicted in his novel.
If you gonna worry about anyone along the AT like what happened in the movie Deliverance, then worry about the folks up in Tennesee. :D
other then that definately watch the movie its a classic fictional movie.
I bet you like to squeal..........
When they filmed the wipeout scene they tried using a dummy for Burt Reynolds sliding over the falls. A couple takes later and everyone agreed it didn't look right. He-Man Burt said he'd do the stunt himself.
He went over the falls and broke his assonomanata bone. When he asked the Director how it looked John Boorman replied, "Like a dummy going over a waterfall."
That's a movie that I'm glad I finally saw to understand the cultural references, but I'm not going to see it again.
Here's an interesting factoid about one aspect of the movie's impact on an industry that still remains in my home county, from http://www.marathonboatstore.com/aboutus.asp:
[Grumman brand aluminum] Canoe demand peaked in 1974 due in part to the "energy crisis" and the canoe’s ability to provide recreation on the water without fuel consumption. This, coupled with a renewed paddling popularity spurred on by the motion picture "Deliverance," which featured Grumman canoes, resulted in Grumman canoe sales of over 33,000 units that year
superman
03-28-2009, 09:19
It's realy too bad that it gave folks in those parts a bad image. It was a hell uv a movie. After all these years we're still talking about it.
4eyedbuzzard
03-28-2009, 09:30
...After all these years we're still talking about it.
They're still selling bumper stickers and T shirts with: "Walk [or paddle] faster--I hear banjo music." Gotta love it.
vamelungeon
03-28-2009, 09:44
It's realy too bad that it gave folks in those parts a bad image. It was a hell uv a movie. After all these years we're still talking about it.
While it was a good book/movie, the movie did a lot to promote the negative stereotypes that the rest of the country has about those of us who are southern Appalachian. I have a kind of love/hate thing with that film.
I saw Ned Beatty in a play at Barter Theater in Abingdon on a school field trip. He was in Deliverance not too long after that and I recognized him. They say you don't want to ask him about that "love scene" in the movie.
double d
03-28-2009, 09:55
I grew up in the northern midwest and I had to read James Dickey's book in high school (should have picked a different book!) and let me just say that after I read the book and then saw the movie Deliverance, I crossed Georgia off my "must see" place to visit before I die! The movie reinforced a lot of stereotypes about the south and it wasn't until I got into my early adulthood and discovered how wonderful a state Ga. is. BTW: the sheriff at the end of the movie is James Dickey.
superman
03-28-2009, 09:57
While it was a good book/movie, the movie did a lot to promote the negative stereotypes that the rest of the country has about those of us who are southern Appalachian. I have a kind of love/hate thing with that film.
I saw Ned Beatty in a play at Barter Theater in Abingdon on a school field trip. He was in Deliverance not too long after that and I recognized him. They say you don't want to ask him about that "love scene" in the movie.
I was in the service with some guys from that area. I assure you that they were just as sane as the rest of us.:D
camojack
03-28-2009, 10:11
I was in the service with some guys from that area. I assure you that they were just as sane as the rest of us.:D
Which ain't sayin' much, huh? ;)
vonfrick
03-28-2009, 10:17
it's a must see if you're going to georgia. based on a true story. i've known folks that got snatched by them hillbillies. watch yourself
yeah, wolf is a perfect example. didn't he used to live in rhode island? ;)
warraghiyagey
03-28-2009, 10:25
If you gonna worry about anyone along the AT like what happened in the movie Deliverance, then worry about the folks up in Tennesee. :D
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If you run into a bad situation and and you are told to squeal, refuse to do it......
Try squeeking. . . it confuses them and they end up running off to chase mice. . .
It's realy too bad that it gave folks in those parts a bad image. It was a hell uv a movie. After all these years we're still talking about it.
Yeah, well they're still talking about 'Hooper' and 'Cannonball Run' too . . . :rolleyes:
While it was a good book/movie, the movie did a lot to promote the negative stereotypes that the rest of the country has about those of us who are southern Appalachian.
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yeah, wolf is a perfect example. didn't he used to live in rhode island? ;)
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Frick Frack
03-28-2009, 10:46
If you gonna worry about anyone along the AT like what happened in the movie Deliverance, then worry about the folks up in Tennesee. :D.
Hey now....easy boy.....you can take me out of Tennessee but you can't take the Tennessee out of me ;)
Dances with Mice
03-28-2009, 10:53
Deliverance was just a movie so don't worry about it.
If you want something to worry about, the Blair Witch Project was about an area on the AT in Pennsylvania. And it was a documentary, you know.
warraghiyagey
03-28-2009, 10:54
If you want something to worry about, the Blair Witch Project was about an area on the AT in Pennsylvania. And it was a documentary, you know.
So was 'In Search of Noah's Ark' . . . :-?
MoodyBluer
03-28-2009, 11:00
The kid in the movie playing the banjo still lives in the Clayton area IIRC...he isn't a mongoloid as depicted in the movie.
garlic08
03-28-2009, 11:12
This is all pretty funny, because so many rural folk are scared to death of cities. I traveled in Appalachia as a teen in the 70's, hitching from my home in Chicago. The people I met then pictured Chicagoans gunning themselves down in the streets, Al Capone-style. Not too far from the truth, actually.
saimyoji
03-28-2009, 11:12
Deliverance was just a movie so don't worry about it.
If you want something to worry about, the Blair Witch Project was about an area on the AT in Pennsylvania. And it was a documentary, you know.
and then in CT you go right passed duddleytown. :eek:
http://www.legendofdudleytown.com/front.html
The kid in the movie playing the banjo still lives in the Clayton area IIRC...he isn't a mongoloid as depicted in the movie.
No he pass away last year.
Rain Man
03-28-2009, 11:18
The movie opened in 1972; the Chattooga became a star, an overnight celebrity. Floater use on that river rose from roughly 800 in 1971 to 21,000 in 1973.
I wuz one of the 800, or maybe the 21,000. :D The Chattooga is right up the road a piece from Clemson University!
Rain:sunMan
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superman
03-28-2009, 11:22
Which ain't sayin' much, huh? ;)
I just can't sneak anything by you.:D
You have to go watch it now so you can get all these jokes. "Ned Beatty had the hardest part". Go get that from itunes, The Gourds I think?
UnkaJesse
03-28-2009, 12:00
I was on the Chatooga River Trail once and ran into an older fellow with a gun who could have been the banjo kid grown up. I'd be lying if I told you it wasn't off the creepy scale. He asked us, "You boys seen any coon dogs in he-year? I lost me a few and eyes lookin' forum."
We were remarkably calm through the whole interaction until we were safely out of earshot around the next few turn in the trail and then it was all "Holy Shiite! That was the freakin' banjo kid!".
MoodyBluer
03-28-2009, 13:38
No he pass away last year.
His name is Billy Redden, and a search on the 'net didn't turn up anything about him being dead...but I didn't search too hard. IMDB shows him as alive...
How'd he die? He would have only been 52.
Wikipedia quoted Jon Voight as saying he might have been the product of his mother & brother!!
Tennessee Viking
03-28-2009, 13:46
They shot Deliverance in a couple places near the trail not too far from Franklin NC and areas not far from Unicoi Gap & Dicks Creek Gap.
But mostly around Tallulah Gorge GA and Oconee SC.
As for unsavory mountain people along the trail. There are not really in unsavory mountain people. But you will run into some people who love to have some fun with hikers. Usually trashing or blocking off the trail, ex. Roan Mountan area.
Just don't be like the guys in the movie and start running your mouth off on how knowledgeable you are about an area, but never been there. If you treat the locals with respect, you will be treated with respect. And if you feel uncomfortable when encountering strangers on trail. Just tell them, you have friends just around the corner.
Dances with Mice
03-28-2009, 13:54
Wikipedia quoted Jon Voight as saying he might have been the product of his mother & brother!!And only on Wikipedia would Jon Voight be considered a reliable source.
AFAIK Billy's still alive & serving country cooking at his cafe in Clayton.
Skidsteer
03-28-2009, 14:18
And only on Wikipedia would Jon Voight be considered a reliable source.
AFAIK Billy's still alive & serving country cooking at his cafe in Clayton.
And you would think that he would refrain from comment on other peoples' offspring...all things considered.
Cabin Fever
03-28-2009, 14:46
Just don't be like the guys in the movie and start running your mouth off on how knowledgeable you are about an area, but never been there. If you treat the locals with respect, you will be treated with respect.
Amen brother.
Pokey2006
03-28-2009, 15:39
The main thing you have to worry about in TN with the local boys is to not get between them and the front door of a Walmart.
Ain't that the truth! This is Wal-Mart country for sure!
I haven't seen the movie yet, either. Gonna have to one of the days so I know what these folks are talking about when they tell me to listen for the banjo...
here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE
MoodyBluer
03-28-2009, 16:49
And only on Wikipedia would Jon Voight be considered a reliable source.
AFAIK Billy's still alive & serving country cooking at his cafe in Clayton.
I think DWM is right about Wikipedia...it also says that a real banjo player was right behind Billy Redden actually playing the instrument during that scene and you couldn't see him because of the way John Boorman filmed it.
I play guitar and have accompanied a couple banjo players on this song...it's not very difficult on guitar and banjo players tell me it's not that difficult for them either...I'm suspicious of the way this alleged stand-in is playing the banjo during the song...way too much finger movement on the fretboard. It's primarily a finger rolling tune from what I've seen with much more action on the right picking hand than on the left freting hand.
I suspect that Boorman just told Billy Redden to keep his fingers moving and editing would take care of the rest, but what do I know since Wikipedia is so reliable? :D
modiyooch
03-28-2009, 16:55
Don't read The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King either, or you might not enter Maine.
SGT Rock
03-28-2009, 16:56
You must have them watch this before hiking.
http://www.mediabum.com/html/Deliverance-The-Musical.html
Desert Reprobate
03-28-2009, 17:00
Here's a pci from December 08
http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/09/born-and-bred-american/
catfishrivers
03-28-2009, 17:16
Just a quick question... around 25 people (no joke) have heard of my trip and almost off the bat said hope you don't turn out like the people in Deliverance, or you've seen deliverance right!?!?
This has happened a bunch of times to me. My mother hums the banjo theme to me at least once a week when she sees me. I've also been told to follow any signs offering fresh blueberries too.
superman
03-28-2009, 19:12
This has happened a bunch of times to me. My mother hums the banjo theme to me at least once a week when she sees me. I've also been told to follow any signs offering fresh blueberries too.
LOL, you're wasting too much thought on this. It was a good movie but it was just a movie. People don't know jack poo so they say stupid stuff. It's no thing.
sherrill
03-28-2009, 19:17
You're in more danger here if you post anything about dogs, guns, shelters, or religion, than you are from anybody on the trail....;)
4eyedbuzzard
03-28-2009, 19:22
You're in more danger here if you post anything about dogs, guns, shelters, or religion, than you are from anybody on the trail....;)
What??? You left out poles and water filters! You have a freakin' problem with poles and filters or something!? :D :banana
saimyoji
03-28-2009, 19:42
What??? You left out poles and water filters! You have a freakin' problem with poles and filters or something!? :D :banana
uhhh...cell phones. :rolleyes:
vamelungeon
03-28-2009, 20:05
You're in more danger here if you post anything about dogs, guns, shelters, or religion, than you are from anybody on the trail....;)
or hammocks...
or hammocks...
Them's fightin' words! http://www.appalachiantrailservices.com/pics/smilies/taz.gif
Bill McKinney.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571853/
He got "into" character so much, Ned Beatty didn't even want to be in the same room with him during the shoot.
Deliverance was just a movie so don't worry about it.
If you want something to worry about, the Blair Witch Project was about an area on the AT in Pennsylvania. And it was a documentary, you know.
Just on the off chance that D with M is not trying to yank our chains. . .:D
1. The Blair Witch Project was set in Burkittsville, Maryland.
2. Burkittsville is a real place, and is not too far from the trail (at the bottom of South Mountain, basically, which the trail follows at that point.)
3. The scene early in the movie where the students are interviewing the various townspeople is the only part of the movie that was actually shot in Burkittsville. (Allegedly, most of the people being interviewed thought that it was a real documentary).
4. Most of the scenes in the woods were filmed in Seneca Creek State Park, which is near Gaithersburg, MD, a suburb of Washington. This was done because one of the filmmakers was from the area and was familiar with the park.
5. The house in the final scene was in Patapsco Valley State Park, which is in the western and southwestern suburbs of Baltimore. From what I understand, it has since been torn down, as the depredations of souvenir-seekers accelerated its already well-advanced deterioration.
Dances with Mice
03-28-2009, 21:33
Just on the off chance that D with M is not trying to yank our chains. . .:D. Moi ?!!!
camojack
03-28-2009, 21:52
Deliverance was just a movie so don't worry about it.
If you want something to worry about, the Blair Witch Project was about an area on the AT in Pennsylvania. And it was a documentary, you know.
Actually, it was about an area near the A.T. in Maryland...which is, of course, South of the Mason-Dixon Line. :-?
I see that dperry already posted more comprehensive information on that.
I just can't sneak anything by you.:D
Not when I'm paying attention, no.
But that's fairly "hit or miss", though... :rolleyes:
Dances with Mice
03-28-2009, 22:06
Actually, it was about an area near the A.T. in Maryland...which is, of course, South of the Mason-Dixon Line. :-?Completely irrelevant. Maryland is well north of the Sweet Tea Line (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/317-tea-as-a-northsouth-litmus-test/)and is thus, by any meaningful definition, Yankeeland.
vonfrick
03-28-2009, 22:28
Completely irrelevant. Maryland is well north of the Sweet Tea Line (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/317-tea-as-a-northsouth-litmus-test/)and is thus, by any meaningful definition, Yankeeland.
http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-laughing021.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)
camojack
03-29-2009, 00:17
Completely irrelevant.
I know you are...but you amuse me anyhow. ;)
Wise Old Owl
03-29-2009, 02:04
Completely irrelevant. Maryland is well north of the Sweet Tea Line (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/317-tea-as-a-northsouth-litmus-test/)and is thus, by any meaningful definition, Yankeeland.
Ok I have been working on other threads - someone explain how we got from "Squeal like a pig" to sweet tea at Mc Donalds in Yankee land...
DwM did it occur to you that Maryland is full of wonderful folk called the KKK and Penn is not???? They hold rallys in front of high schools annually as its below the Mason Dixon. I havn't seen nothing in a long time up here. Sweet Tea:D
Pokey2006
03-29-2009, 02:07
To me, the line marking the transition from North to South is not where the sweet tea begins, but where Dunkin Donuts ends.
Dances with Mice
03-29-2009, 02:49
DwM did it occur to you that Maryland is full of wonderful folk called the KKK and Penn is not???? They hold rallys in front of high schools annually as its below the Mason Dixon. I havn't seen nothing in a long time up here. Sweet Tea:DMr. Owl would be wise to research his Keystone neighbor Roy E Frankhouser.
Lone Wolf
03-29-2009, 03:04
To me, the line marking the transition from North to South is not where the sweet tea begins, but where Dunkin Donuts ends.
it ends at exit 221 on I81
Dances with Mice
03-29-2009, 03:11
it ends at exit 221 on I81Oh. Well, that settles it.
Waffle House used to be a good indicator but I found one way up in the Gettysburg area.
Pokey2006
03-29-2009, 03:16
Naw, anything south of D.C. is a whole different world to a Yankee.
Blue Jay
03-29-2009, 07:35
Just on the off chance that D with M is not trying to yank our chains. . .:D
1. The Blair Witch Project was set in Burkittsville, Maryland.
2. Burkittsville is a real place, and is not too far from the trail (at the bottom of South Mountain, basically, which the trail follows at that point.)
3. The scene early in the movie where the students are interviewing the various townspeople is the only part of the movie that was actually shot in Burkittsville. (Allegedly, most of the people being interviewed thought that it was a real documentary).
4. Most of the scenes in the woods were filmed in Seneca Creek State Park, which is near Gaithersburg, MD, a suburb of Washington. This was done because one of the filmmakers was from the area and was familiar with the park.
5. The house in the final scene was in Patapsco Valley State Park, which is in the western and southwestern suburbs of Baltimore. From what I understand, it has since been torn down, as the depredations of souvenir-seekers accelerated its already well-advanced deterioration.
Actually of all the fictional characters along the AT who you need to be afraid of, the Blair Witch is indeed the least. She not only did not harm the students, she filled their wallets with money.
Toolshed
03-29-2009, 07:44
It's realy too bad that it gave folks in those parts a bad image. It was a hell uv a movie. After all these years we're still talking about it.
BULLCRAP!!!.
After I saw the movie I moved to Georgia for 2 Years and became a hillbilly just to have my way with chubby white guys that came down to canoe!!!!!!!;)
superman
03-29-2009, 08:10
bullcrap!!!.
After I Saw The Movie I Moved To Georgia For 2 Years And Became A Hillbilly Just To Have My Way With Chubby White Guys That Came Down To Canoe!!!!!!!;)
Lmfao
Completely irrelevant. Maryland is well north of the Sweet Tea Line (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/317-tea-as-a-northsouth-litmus-test/)and is thus, by any meaningful definition, Yankeeland.
I am certain you meant Red Sox Nation.
Blue Jay
03-29-2009, 08:34
BULLCRAP!!!.
After I saw the movie I moved to Georgia for 2 Years and became a hillbilly just to have my way with chubby white guys that came down to canoe!!!!!!!;)
Are you Clark Kent? You and Superman seem exactly alike.
Completely irrelevant. Maryland is well north of the Sweet Tea Line (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/317-tea-as-a-northsouth-litmus-test/)and is thus, by any meaningful definition, Yankeeland.
Frightfully true observation. In Harper's Ferry, when I asked for sweet tea and got swill with a packet of sugar, I knew I'd entered the land of the Philistines.
At least Pennsylvania made up for it with fries and gravy and Yuengling.
To me, the line marking the transition from North to South is not where the sweet tea begins, but where Dunkin Donuts ends.
Not the same any more. Jacksonville, NC has had Dunkin' Donuts for almost 20 years. We started getting them in Nashville a couple of years ago.
sheepdog
03-29-2009, 08:58
You can tell you are in the south when they just give you grits with any breakfast order.
Yankeeland isn't geographic, I lived in south Florida for 9 years. I tell you from first hand experience there is nothing southern about south Florida's Treasure Coast.
UnkaJesse
03-29-2009, 09:25
Yankeeland isn't geographic, I lived in south Florida for 9 years. I tell you from first hand experience there is nothing southern about south Florida's Treasure Coast.
Florida's been written off years ago.
jaywalke
03-29-2009, 09:45
Oh. Well, that settles it.
Waffle House used to be a good indicator but I found one way up in the Gettysburg area.
There's one in Lima, Ohio, too.
Florida's been written off years ago.
North Florida is mostly old south. You know you have left the south when the waitress says, OK instead of Yes sir or Yes mam.
Clyde
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saimyoji
03-29-2009, 11:11
Oh. Well, that settles it.
Waffle House used to be a good indicator but I found one way up in the Gettysburg area.
got one in allentown, pa.
My in-laws in Bedford County, PA have both a copy of the novel "Deliverance" and drink sweet tea.
Oh. Well, that settles it.
Waffle House used to be a good indicator but I found one way up in the Gettysburg area.
Ordered a ham and egg biscuit from Hardee's in Gettysburg-had deli ham on it!:eek: The Hardee's is no longer there. Coincidence?
Waffle House is in both Chicago & New York; not a good indicator
Are grits and biscuits served with every meal in the Cracker Barrel restaurants up north?
Pokey2006
03-29-2009, 16:15
Not the same any more. Jacksonville, NC has had Dunkin' Donuts for almost 20 years. We started getting them in Nashville a couple of years ago.
You don't really have Dunkin Donuts unless you have one on every corner. I was so excited to find one in Nashville, since we don't have any at all in Chattanooga.
Florida is really a northern state, because they run on Dunkins.
superman
03-29-2009, 16:57
I got pissed off at the service at Starbuck's recently. Who the hell told those "know nothings" that being snooty to customers is a good thing. I went over to Duncan Donut and bought a couple bags of coffee to have at home... instead of Starbuck. I figure Starbuck has just too many customers.:)
double d
03-29-2009, 18:10
The only reason we have Dunkin Donuts on every corner up here in the north is because its so damn cold for about 8 months a year and we need the coffee to stay warm. Y'all take care.
vamelungeon
03-29-2009, 19:10
Completely irrelevant. Maryland is well north of the Sweet Tea Line (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/317-tea-as-a-northsouth-litmus-test/)and is thus, by any meaningful definition, Yankeeland.
Never saw that before but I can't argue with the logic of it. Anybody who thinks sweet tea is the same as tea and a packet of sugar just doesn't get it.
Do they have Huddle House up north yet?
Toolshed
03-29-2009, 19:51
got one in allentown, pa.
Yeah LOL.... When I can't get my way with those Chubby white guys, I top off with Awffles from the Awffle House a mile from my house.
(No dyslexia intended);)
Toolshed
03-29-2009, 19:54
Oh Yeah - And now we have a Sonic. Double Grease burger please with a side of Grease and Oh Yeah.... All I need now is some Popeyes, Churches and a littel smelly Brackish backwater polluted by paper companies and it will feel like Savannah all over again. ;)
Dances with Mice
03-29-2009, 20:16
So I know North has Waffle Houses. I remember it being strange to hear my smothered'n'covered order being called without a chicken fried accent.
If you ever want to hear southern accents anywhere in the USA just get a CB radio and turn it on while driving any Interstate. Does anybody up north drive 18-wheelers or do all truck drivers pick up a southern drawl?
Krispy Kreme used to be a good divider but now they've went and gone all Starbucks and everything.
saimyoji
03-29-2009, 20:24
Oh Yeah - And now we have a Sonic. Double Grease burger please with a side of Grease and Oh Yeah.... All I need now is some Popeyes, Churches and a littel smelly Brackish backwater polluted by paper companies and it will feel like Savannah all over again. ;)
we do have ****rudders though.
saimyoji
03-29-2009, 20:26
we do have ****rudders though.
Fuddruckers
Oh Yeah - And now we have a Sonic. Double Grease burger please with a side of Grease and Oh Yeah.... All I need now is some Popeyes, Churches and a littel smelly Brackish backwater polluted by paper companies and it will feel like Savannah all over again. ;)
There's a Popeyes in Harrisburg. It's next to the not quite pristine Paxton Creek and to a large scrap dealer that periodically catches fire, well within the city limits. Not too far from your wish.
Dances with Mice
03-29-2009, 20:49
There's a Popeyes in Harrisburg. It's next to the not quite pristine Paxton Creek and to a large scrap dealer that periodically catches fire, well within the city limits. Not too far from your wish.And there's the Savannah River Plant (...I know, it's near Augusta but work with me here...) and 3 Mile Island. The similarities are eerie. But that's a canal.
Nah, don't put much thought into it I lived beside the guy in the movie who holds the Shotgun. He goes by Cowboy...and he seems like a nice enough man. I cannot say you will be OK in GA., but once you make it to the GSM we are pretty friendly to the hikers.
Skidsteer
03-29-2009, 21:16
And there's the Savannah River Plant (...I know, it's near Augusta but work with me here...) and 3 Mile Island. The similarities are eerie. But that's a canal.
There's a Dunkin' Donuts in Augusta too. Right next to the LaQuinta motel.
Jus' sayin'.
Pokey2006
03-29-2009, 21:20
There's a Dunkin' Donuts in Augusta too. Right next to the LaQuinta motel.
Jus' sayin'.
You southerners are learning about the magic of DD...slowly. You still got a ways to go.
Funny, go on the DD Facebook page, and it's all people from places around the country that don't have Dunkins, begging for them to open stores in their cities. They must put some crack into their coffee or something.
I make sweet tea at the restaurant where I work. That is some nasty stuff. Diabetes in a cup.
Wise Old Owl
03-29-2009, 21:23
Mr. Owl would be wise to research his Keystone neighbor Roy E Frankhouser.
http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20000520roddy.asp
The Gomer Pyle of the order?... I give up why was this relevant? He wasn't southern enough?
Hey Look DWM I would rather keep this light, I just wanted to acknowledge I read your post, but this guy didn't measure up, and I can't stand a Bigot. I would rather loose a good Friend than put up with or listen to a racist rant from someone I care about.
This just isn't the WB way...
Rain Man
03-29-2009, 21:47
Jacksonville, NC has had Dunkin' Donuts for almost 20 years. We started getting them in Nashville a couple of years ago.
Longer than that! When I moved here in '85 there was a DD already down the street downtown. Nasty stuff!
Rain:sunMan
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"Deliverance' people...on the rivers in canoes. Every single weekend I have ever been on a river in the Ozarks. The funniest was at nine am in the Niangua in the Ozarks. We were doing an adventure race and thought the guys would get their ass kicked by drunks on the river that early in the am. Screaming tattoed drunks at nine am. And those were the women.
Sadly, that is the story here. Our rivers are bad on he weekends. At the end of the day, the really drunk guys drown in three feet of water at the take out. It is awful.
I have never seen any hikers that fit the description. Not even close.
Pokey2006
03-29-2009, 22:33
Longer than that! When I moved here in '85 there was a DD already down the street downtown. Nasty stuff!
Rain:sunMan
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Sacrilege!
Wise Old Owl
03-29-2009, 23:23
You cannot deny the relavence of the movie... Yes it's fiction and then more than twenty people ran the river the next year as they flooded the river with the dam and they died in the rapids....
On a side note I learned today the origin of Hillbilly, a irish person hiding in the hills of Ireland to avoid capture of the Vikings. Yes its that old. (Discovery Channel)
Oh here are some Deliverence Wanabees....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLY7aS5zdgk
The Phoenix
03-29-2009, 23:44
I rented it... and saw it. I enjoyed it, my only problem was I had my beautiful ladyfriend by my side who at times was a bit distracting... but nothing like a little hillbilly rape scene to kill a mood :( . Actually James Dickey's granddaughter is an old friend of mine and lives in my town in Connecticut. I believe his son is named Charles, but I'm not 100%.
As far as Dunkin Donuts goes... anyone who denies its greatness is in some serious denial and needs to let their pride down and enjoy a boston kreme donut :)
Nobody mess with me and play any banjo music on the trail... especially if your lacking teeth...
God Bless
the lacking teeth comment reminds of when my brother lived in bangor, ME. The drive was long and it quickly became clear that once you get away from the coast, ME is vast and, ah, interesting. As I drove up his street, there was a dear hanging over a garage where in my area you would expect to see a basketball hoop. All the trucks, except my brothers, had a gun rack. When I went to the local hardware store with him, I said, I betcha the people who work here have one tooth. He said stop it, you are just being mean, people have teeth. The check out girl, smiled, and you guessed it, had one tooth. It was all we could do to get out of the store before we busted a gut laughing.
Pokey2006
03-30-2009, 00:01
the lacking teeth comment reminds of when my brother lived in bangor, ME. The drive was long and it quickly became clear that once you get away from the coast, ME is vast and, ah, interesting. As I drove up his street, there was a dear hanging over a garage where in my area you would expect to see a basketball hoop. All the trucks, except my brothers, had a gun rack. When I went to the local hardware store with him, I said, I betcha the people who work here have one tooth. He said stop it, you are just being mean, people have teeth. The check out girl, smiled, and you guessed it, had one tooth. It was all we could do to get out of the store before we busted a gut laughing.
That's a hoot! Just as many rednecks and hillbillies in New England as there are down south.
That's a hoot! Just as many rednecks and hillbillies in New England as there are down south.
upstate new york is full of hillbillie types. when hiking the daks, i would regularly run into dentally challenged spooky looking guys with guns
Pokey2006
03-30-2009, 00:16
I went up to Colebrook, N.H. once. I looked through the windows of a bar, and all I could see was a sea of cowboy hats. Talk about hillbilly. I was ascared.
UnkaJesse
03-30-2009, 09:17
I make sweet tea at the restaurant where I work. That is some nasty stuff. Diabetes in a cup.
bwahahahahaha!
4eyedbuzzard
03-30-2009, 09:19
upstate new york is full of hillbillie types. when hiking the daks, i would regularly run into dentally challenged spooky looking guys with guns
If ya think they were scary, you should see their wives.
John Klein
03-30-2009, 20:47
...when you start hearing people say, "What?" instead of, "Do what now?"
...when you start hearing people say, "What?" instead of, "Do what now?"
'What?' is actually 'say whut?'
Famous last words in the Missouri Ozarks:
1. "Shoot me bitch," or "you don't have the guts to shoot me, bitch" or variations thereof. Sorry for the language, but that is what is is. For some reason a bbq in the sticks here always seems to have exes, too much wild turkey and a shotgun, a 911 call at then end of the party and a body in the front yard.
2. "Watch this. " usually before jumping off head first off a low water bridge or blowing up some explosive device.
3. No sexism here. The women here in the sticks are tough and rough. They fight over who is the worst mother and all of their kids are in the state pen.
Famous last words in the Missouri Ozarks:
1. "Shoot me bitch," or "you don't have the guts to shoot me, bitch" or variations thereof. Sorry for the language, but that is what is is. For some reason a bbq in the sticks here always seems to have exes, too much wild turkey and a shotgun, a 911 call at then end of the party and a body in the front yard.
2. "Watch this. " usually before jumping off head first off a low water bridge or blowing up some explosive device.
3. No sexism here. The women here in the sticks are tough and rough. They fight over who is the worst mother and all of their kids are in the state pen.
I must say, those are encouraging words from the heartland.
Keep up the good fight, or is it duck?
omegaman13
03-31-2009, 03:33
"Doesn't the trail go through places where they have snake worshiping churches?"
"Haven't you ever seen deliverance?"
"(*insert homosexual reference*)....Brokeback Mountain"
"Why would you WANT to do that, seems like a waste of time"
I've heard just about every Brokeback Mountain and Bubba rape joke there is. It's the beauty of working in a kitchen.
flemdawg1
03-31-2009, 10:27
The Cracker Barrel/Bob Evans line?
flemdawg1
03-31-2009, 10:28
The White Castle/Kristal line?
camojack
03-31-2009, 10:40
The Cracker Barrel/Bob Evans line?
They've got Cracker Barrel restaurants all the way up to New England...but why do people feel that they have to label others?
It's indicative of self esteem issues... :-?
superman
03-31-2009, 11:18
They've got Cracker Barrel restaurants all the way up to New England...but why do people feel that they have to label others?
It's indicative of self esteem issues... :-?
No label is required...the line is obvious...people from the north or south look and speak funny...depending on which side of the line you're on.:)
The White Castle/Kristal line?
Woh ho! THAT"S the one for sure...
buff_jeff
03-31-2009, 12:31
I'm at home anywhere there's a Wendy's or a Rotten Ronnies.
Dances with Mice
03-31-2009, 12:50
You've definitely left the south when you hear grilled hamburgers or hot dogs called barbeque.
Don't read The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King either, or you might not enter Maine.
No kidding, just the thought of listening to the red sox night after night is enough to drive me insane. I'm just glad Stephen King isn't from New York, that would be way scarier.:D
Back to Deliverance. Watch the banjo scene on youtube, and then read the book while you're hiking through Georgia. I thought the book was good, but all anyone remembers from the movie is the scene. As I recall, the movie exaggerated the scene quite a bit from the book as well as its importance to the film.
calculating infinity
04-02-2009, 15:58
Don't read The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King either, or you might not enter Maine.
x2 on this one
creepy bear monsters and giardia