Reader Friday-You Might Be A Redneck If…

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Happy American Redneck Day! (And you thought this might be a Fourth of July post. Well, maybe tomorrow…)

Oh, you didn’t know today is Redneck Day? Click on the link above to learn all about it.

Here’s an excerpt:

How to Celebrate American Redneck Day

This is the day when rednecks and the redneck culture is acknowledged and celebrated. Get on down and participate in American Redneck Day with some of these ideas. It’s time to “git ‘er done”!

And my favorite paragraph on the website:

Learn Some Redneck or Southern Phrases

One of the funniest bits that many comedians who poke fun at rednecks do is to consider their unique, evolved vocabulary. In honor and celebration of American Redneck Day, it might be fun to learn a few interesting words.

  • “I’m happier than a tornado in a trailer park!”
  • “He’s nuttier than a squirrel turd”
  • “I was as happy as a dead pig in the sunshine”
  • “You took off runnin’ faster than a hot knife through butter”

Room for one or two more?

 

 

Feel free to jump right in and share how you will celebrate today.

Me? That Redneck Sauna looks good!

 

 

 

And, last but not least…happy to be back, and thank you to the Killzone Team for filling in for me while I’m getting acquainted with my new knee.  🙂

 

 

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About Deb Gorman

Deb Gorman is an author, blogger, and speaker who escaped from a 9-5 job in the medical field to pursue what she really loves—words, words, and more words. A lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, she writes fiction and non-fiction in between long walks through orchard country with her husband, Alan, and playing with Kimber, their German Shepherd/Malinois mix. You can catch up with Deb on her website, debggorman.com, and email her at debster145@gmail.com

22 thoughts on “Reader Friday-You Might Be A Redneck If…”

  1. Welcome back, Deb! I hope you and your new knee have a long and beautiful relationship. 😊

    Thanks for sharing this information. I’m trying to figure out why I’ve never heard of it. A lot of people think Southern roots and accents make one a Redneck, but I’ve met many Rednecks who were born and raised in cities north of the Mason-Dixon. It’s an attitude and lifestyle. Since we’re under a heat advisory and flood watch because of the torrential rain we’re getting, we won’t be joining in any Redneck Day festivities, even if there were any around here, which I doubt. But hey, there’s always next year!

    • Good morning, Becky.

      I think Redneck is a state of mind, not a lifestyle. Hard work, hard play, loyalty to family and friends make up the bulk of it.

      Our weather up here in the PNW is supposed to be just about perfect this weekend, so I’m looking forward to it. And we live on the top of a hill, so we will see all the fireworks around us without having to leave the house.

      Hope you have a good one in spite of the heat and rain!

    • We have the heat and a drought. I’m sure some idiots will be setting fires with fireworks. A crap way for our fire fighters to spend our 250th.

  2. Never heard of American Redneck Day. But since to me the term signifies being down to earth and utilizing common sense, that’s something we can celebrate and do every day! 😎

  3. Rednecks, the South’s Ultimate Defense against invaders.

    Redneck men don’t have those sayings. They mainly burp, ye-haw, and say “ma’am” to all the older women in their lives. Even they aren’t dumb enough to disrespect their or someone else’s memaws.

    Welcome back, Deb.

  4. Welcome back, Deb. We’re not doing a lot of celebrating of anything right now. Colorado is suffering from drought and forest fires. Fireworks have been cancelled all over the place. (Many, many dogs are happy about this, although they don’t know it.)
    But our local microbrewery is having its own event, so we’ll be there.

    • Good morning, Terry!

      Glad you can celebrate in spite of weather/fires. That’s something to look forward to.

      We’re going to see how Kimber does with the fireworks around us. Thankfully, our closest neighbors (maybe 50 yards away) don’t usually light any-most are a mile or two away, but the hills and valleys all around us make for significant echos. Kimber’s not usually bothered by gunfire, so we’re keeping our fingers crossed.

      Have a great weekend, my friend!

  5. Welcome back, Deb! Like you, things will be not too hot here in northwest Oregon this weekend. I feel for the folks back east. We were hit by a heat dome back in 2021 over a weekend in that June, temperatures reached 115F.

  6. Wow! Now that’s just wrong…🫪

    My two daughters live in TX and MS…they say you can swim in the heat. 🤯

    Have a good one!

  7. A little search yielded: The term redneck has two real historical origins. The first goes back to the late 1800s, when rural farmers working long days in the sun ended up with sunburned necks — a literal description that became shorthand for working‑class country folks. The second comes from 1921, when union coal miners in West Virginia wore red bandanas during the Battle of Blair Mountain. Newspapers called them the “Redneck Army,” linking the word to labor activism and Appalachian identity.

    Those two streams eventually merged, and the term shifted from a simple description into a cultural label — sometimes humorous, sometimes proud, sometimes stereotyped — but rooted in real American history.”

    Another piece of trivia to clutter my brain and possibly overwrite a high school girl friend’s telephone number.

  9. Just a slight correction on the “sauna” bit–that is a redneck swimming pool. A cheap way to have a pool without buying one. You just need a pickup truck (a redneck must have) a plastic tarp and water. Get in and enjoy.

    Here in AZ it isn’t as hot as other places and with where I live I get a nice breeze that keeps it feeling cooler, but no fireworks since we are in a major drought and everything is totally dry. Have been under a no burn for 2 weeks now and it will probably last most of the summer into the fall.

    Welcome back Deb.

    • Thanks, Barbara! Swimming pool it is, then.

      Here in the PNW, it’s starting to heat up a bit, but it’s way better than other parts of the country.

      Have a good one!

  10. You can definitely swim in the heat here in Mississippi, Deb, and welcome back! Sorry to be late chiming in but I don’t get the email any longer. Hope you had a great Fourth of July!

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