Wed
8th
8th
Sep
2010
2010
Nobody but Frenchmen and Hollywood homos still believe that old saw about how Southern men are as cold and bold as their women are flighty and sentimental, when the fact is just the reverse. In truth, no Southern woman has believed a word out of the mouth of a Southern man since 1861, when the men went riding off on their chargers shouting, “Not to worry, sugar plum. We’ll be home early from the war.” As a result, your average Southern belle of today is about as sentimental as a chain saw. And though she might twitter on about good manners and religion and such, when it really comes down to it, she don’t believe in nothing but hard currency, land in clear title, and rigged elections…. On the other hand, your average Southern gent, of which I was a touching example, believes in his heart of hearts and despite his rough and tumble ways, in fair play—and remains a fool for any kind of romantic adventure that requires charging the cannon to demonstrate his pure and constant allegiance to some lost cause, which, often as not, turns out to be one of them beautiful Southern girls without an ounce of mercy nor a jot of fair.
— Dave Hickey, in his book Air Guitar (but writing as Hank Williams)
