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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Oct 7, 2005
I'm Scottish, I don't know anything about hillbillies and rednecks really. I think rednecks are like our neds/chavs though.
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Ormondroyd Posted Oct 7, 2005
Hypatia is erudite, witty, wise and friendly and will make a wonderful President. And I'm saying that even though the election is over, so I don't have to be her Spinmeister any more.
Although, of course, Tony Blair gave *his* spin 
important posts in government... 
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Oct 7, 2005
Hypatia is expected here in Lincoln at any moment, and we will have champagne with dinner later this evening. She has been on the road since 3 am this morning: I hope you will give her some extra time to freshen up after the trip before she makes a statement.
A hillbilly is not the same thing as a redneck. 
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Oct 7, 2005
All right. So for the British - what's a redneck and what's a hillbilly?
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Oct 7, 2005
*Wakes up from an alcoholic haze having slogged through 300+ postings*
Eh is it over, who won?
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 7, 2005
Well done, Hypatia! You were my second preference! (after me)
Pints all round, everyone! 
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Oct 7, 2005
Is Hypatia a hillbilly or a redneck? Enquiring minds want to know!
RF
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Oct 7, 2005
But what does it all mean?!
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Oct 7, 2005
dictionary.com suggests that "hillbilly" is "a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person." 
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 7, 2005
I'll bet I can play the banjo better than Hypatia, though!
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Oct 7, 2005
Jodan buy me a drink and give me a quote,
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Oct 7, 2005
Right, so let me get this straight. She is "erudite, witty, wise and friendly" and yet she's also unsophisticated. Now I'm really confused! 
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Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday Posted Oct 7, 2005
*takes an armfull of and retires to a corner*
I was under the impression that rednecks were similar to BNP supporters and hillbillys were country folk with very wise grannies?
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J Posted Oct 7, 2005
Oh gosh, don't read the dictionary if you want to learn about local things like that. Hillbillies know what they are
A quote? Well, I could give you a stock quote...? My stocks are down though 
Actually, I'll leave this quote instead of trying to impart some wisdom. It was on my PS for ages, and it's from Harry Truman, the only President from Hypatia's home state of Missouri (Ohio had 7)
"I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have - When he gives everything that is in him to do the job he has before him. That is all you can ask of him and that is what I have tried to do."
I hope that the next Missourian President will be able to say that in a few years 
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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Oct 7, 2005
That sounds about right, Granny Weatherwax.
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J Posted Oct 7, 2005
Oh, and a drink for Reefgirl 
Gnomon, how about you regale us with your banjo playing?
And everybody be real nice to us, 'cos cabinet posts are going to be up for the giving away soon and fate might not be so generous to those who pooh-pooh hillbillies 
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Oct 7, 2005
Dunno, about that. I've been to Missouri and it's rubbish.
RF
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- 464: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Oct 7, 2005)
- 465: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Oct 7, 2005)
- 466: J (Oct 7, 2005)
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- 472: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 7, 2005)
- 473: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Oct 7, 2005)
- 474: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Oct 7, 2005)
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