I always thought it was "That Most Recent Unpleasantness" :-) Amy Marshall Curator Ft. Bliss Archaeological Collection > ---------- > From: STUD Brent Stauffer[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Monday, March 02, 1998 1:36 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Yankee bashing > > War of Northern Aggression? Who fired the first shot? > > > On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Deborah Raven Fuller wrote: > > > According to J. McCrain: > > > > > River is the northern boundary of Texas. In other words, if you > aren't > > > from Texas, Louisianna, Mississippi, Alabama, or Georgia, you are > a > > > Yankee! Florida doesn't count!) > > > > See, I've never understood those boundaries. I was born in > > North Carolina, spent 1/5th of my life in Texas and the rest in > > Va., home of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson (and his shrine), > > and the captial of the Confederacy as well as the greatest > > Rebel spy, Rosie O'Neal Greenhow. Yet my Alabama relatives > > still insist on calling me a yankee like I lived in NYC. I still > > have a pretty thick drawl even after living right outside of DC > > for most of my life and even retain a fondness for grits. > > > > > PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS (TOO) SERIOUSLY!!! > > > > Why sir, matters concerning the War of Northern Agression are > > always serious in nature!! > > > > ;) > > > > Deb Fuller, ya'll > > >