Red necks get no respect. I’m talking about real red necks not some dumb piece of white trash. I once saw a T-shirt on a young lady that read, “It’s a red neck thing”. If you have to advertise it, you’re not a real red neck contrary to what Jeff Foxworthy may say.
Red necks get blamed for everything that’s wrong with America. But, has anyone wondered or questioned where the term originated? What happens to light complexioned people when they stay out the sun too long? They sun burn. What happens to a man plowing a field with a mule team or on a tractor? He gets sunburned. And, what part of his body gets the least protection? The neck; hence the term red neck.
Those of us blessed with a little color have a bit of sunscreen built in. We may tan but we don’t sun burn.
Anyhow, thank god for the REAL Red Neck.
MADD MEXX
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