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Old 03-21-2014, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by perrjojo View Post
Ummm, in the South, we call it good manners. We call it, having class. We call it, doin' what my Mama taught me! :-)

That is what we call it in Ohio. We try to take after the British who are polite to you right up to the second before they kill you.


It is an ingrained fear that some nice smelling female person larger than you is going to drag you into a public restroom and smack your fanny and say "ACT like a lady!"


Both of our daughters say that every time they enter a public restroom they feel like something bad is going to happen to them.
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