BBQ AND BASEBALL TOUR 2017 DAY #12 “Why I Love the South”

The humidity has dropped a bit so things are much more comfortable.  We still have the dilemma of what to wear.  It is warm enough for a t-shirt and shorts outside but once you go inside (restaurant, museum, other attraction) the A/C is set for an “Arctic Experience” so long pants and a sweatshirt are needed.

While outside I found a couple things I wanted to share about the community.   I found this sign that showed me that in spite of what many people might think, the people of the South don’t necessarily have an aversion to people of Arabic ethnicity.  See below:

But apparently the acceptance of Arabs did not come without a price.  Oh yes, the Nashville community needs to see your commitment to what is important to those who live in this city. See below:

We also found some other things of interest.  Here is a picture of a machine connected to a cupcake bakery.  The machine will take your credit card information and in exchange will dispense the cupcake of your choice.  Yes, there is a video display that shows the available products and then dispenses your cupcake.  See below:

In spite of the humidity, I love traveling in the South.  People seem surprised by that but all I really need to say is Shrimp and Grits.  If that isn’t enough I add BBQ.  But one other thing I like about the South is the economy of speech they practice here.  I love the expression “Y’all”.  In addition to the endearing sound of the contraction (just makes you want to relax in a rocking chair when you hear it said) it changes two words into one and provides a wide variety of expressions.  For example it can make you feel at home, “Y’all c’mon in” or make you want to return immediately “Y’all come back real soon”.   Sorry but I subscribe to George Carlin’s theory about language, “Why use 10 syllables when one will do.”   For example in medicine we used to say a patient was “gay” but now in order to be politically correct you are suppose to use the terminology “men having sex with men”.  I don’t get that at all.  What was wrong with gay?  I understood the switch from homosexual to gay because people had shortened the word to “homo” and it had developed  a negative connotation.  Also by moving from homosexual to gay we got to drop the syllable count from 5 to 1 which of course made me very happy.  Also the change from Black to African-American really made me nutty.  That was a major increase in the syllable count and confused the hell out of me.  What do you call a Black person who lives in Spain or England?  And what if an American moves to Canada and eventually becomes a citizen are they then an African Canadian?  Sorry, I am digressing too much.  In reality I am just trying to have an excuse to not go to the hotel gym to work out.  Patrice is saying get up now or I’m going “withoutya”.  Boy do I love this woman!

So until later.  Y’all c’mon back real soon.