Sunday, August 2, 2009

à double-entendre a la south





What is with the South? I am not even referring to their reputation for inbreeding or their overall responsibility for the majority of this country's obesity problem. (Side note: Fried food is not a food group).
Perhaps it is my naughty mind or my keen sense of observation, but there was more what the French call double-entendre in the South than in a vaudeville performance with Mae West. My first encounter with this occurred while I was visiting the Dukes of Hazard museum called Cooter's. . Cooter's? Really? I do not care if it was not a euphemism for a female organ back when "Crazy Cooter" was working on General Lee. We all know what a Cooter is now and so it just sounds wrong. A picture says 1000 words, so I will merely portray my version of double-entendre a la South with imagery...

P.S. Tolerating the traditional fatty fare and the sweltering air are truly small prices to pay when visiting the antebellum charm or the historical monuments of the South. Merci Beaucoup.

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