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38. At a Waffle House in Kentucky last Friday night . . .

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 04:58 PM

Jul 2013

about 9:00 in the evening, there was quite a mix of people serving as crew, and one crew member's child was there and she happened to be black and everybody in the restaurant, both white and black, was enjoying this child, who was sporting a Justin Bieber t-shirt while dancing to Elvis's Suspicious Minds playing on the juke box. There were hipsters there, truck drivers, one guy that for some reason looked like a depressed attorney, and couples like us. Everybody was welcome and it was like we were all kin.

And that's what I like about the South.

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You might be a Southerner [View all] Aerows Jul 2013 OP

Puuhhllease...that's with onions, cheese and tomatoes. You only have had to go out clubbin' in the okaawhatever Jul 2013 #1

Amen Aerows Jul 2013 #5

I used to be able to recite the whole litany by heart. Even at 2AM. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #42

What exactly, did you think we were discussing Aerows Jul 2013 #48

My favorite: cheesy eggs, ham and raisin toast. I've tried to recreate their eggs 'n' cheese, which okaawhatever Jul 2013 #60

word n/t OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #49

You forgot 'scattered'.. scattered and smothered for me. n/t X_Digger Jul 2013 #2

Not bad :) Aerows Jul 2013 #7

WH is my comfort food. :) X_Digger Jul 2013 #32

Biscuits and gravy Aerows Jul 2013 #36

scattered, smothered and covered, peppered d_r Jul 2013 #22

Peppered Aerows Jul 2013 #24

not bell peppers though d_r Jul 2013 #26

I have to have a Aerows Jul 2013 #29

There ya go. With two over easy, grits in a bowl. No meat. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #52

If you say Coke when referring to 7 up or root beer. BainsBane Jul 2013 #3

I thought that was more of a Texas thing? KamaAina Jul 2013 #6

I'm so far in the South Aerows Jul 2013 #9

The places I eat at don't even ASK how you want it. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #50

You don't live deep enough in the south Aerows Jul 2013 #51

I blame it on my parents (of course). Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #53

My friend from Alabama said coke all the time BainsBane Jul 2013 #10

My friend from Georgia kickitup Jul 2013 #31

FYI: East Texas is the South Nevernose Jul 2013 #54

Seriously Aerows Jul 2013 #4

Waffle house Notafraidtoo Jul 2013 #8

I'm not even lying Aerows Jul 2013 #12

waffle house has the most amazing cross section of the community in there d_r Jul 2013 #23

It's a neat place Aerows Jul 2013 #30

or if you get into a fight with your baby mama's cousin's niece's girlfriend's baby daddy datasuspect Jul 2013 #11

That's part of the dinner show Aerows Jul 2013 #13

Ah yes, Waffle House, the Starbucks of the South KamaAina Jul 2013 #14

You can't breathe without encountering a Waffle House on I-10 between TX and FL Aerows Jul 2013 #15

There are actually very few around New Orleans KamaAina Jul 2013 #16

I live *VERY* close to New Orleans Aerows Jul 2013 #17

For someone going from, say, Houston to Tallahassee, I-12 is shorter KamaAina Jul 2013 #20

I never went that way to Houston Aerows Jul 2013 #25

I love the Awful Waffle! Yum. I heard they now take credit cards. n/t Butterbean Jul 2013 #18

It really isn't awful, though Aerows Jul 2013 #19

It's totally not. Their waffles are awesome. My husband and I Butterbean Jul 2013 #56

Are people in the south as awesome as True Blood LittleBlue Jul 2013 #21

Yes Aerows Jul 2013 #27

Oh, hell yes! kickitup Jul 2013 #34

Don't go there Aerows Jul 2013 #35

Bon Temps would be an awesome place to live Mariana Jul 2013 #37

Think about Forks, WA, where half the guys wear no shirts even though it's 45 and raining... Shrike47 Jul 2013 #39

Not to mention Aerows Jul 2013 #46

My God if only. I would just sit around on a lawn chair and Butterbean Jul 2013 #58

which explains why I had no clue what you were talking about. bunnies Jul 2013 #28

You might be a Southerner if your Dog Bowls are old buick hub-caps. BlueJazz Jul 2013 #33

At a Waffle House in Kentucky last Friday night . . . kickitup Jul 2013 #38

WH is always a crazy mix of people, all happily chowing down together. n/t X_Digger Jul 2013 #40

Yep. Aerows Jul 2013 #43

I always called that HillWilliam Jul 2013 #45

That made me laugh out loud Aerows Jul 2013 #41

Scattered 'n' burnt for me, please HillWilliam Jul 2013 #44

Good to see others aren't Aerows Jul 2013 #47

It was at a restaurant alongside I 75 in Ga where I saw the choices for "Ice Tea, bike man Jul 2013 #55

my sister who lives in SC orders DesertFlower Jul 2013 #57

Oh, hell yeah! Sissyk Jul 2013 #59