Georgia - As Fucked Up As Texas

[Mister Agenda]

...I'm just saying the search for an intelligent person from Mississippi is ongoing and, so far, fruitless. '_'

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WAIT. WAIT. Hold up a second.

Morgan Freeman is from Mississippi.

WE HAVE FOUND OUR MISSISSIPPI-BORN INTELLECTUAL!! 8D *throws confetti*

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(Granted I dunno if he was raised there...)

If you don't mind getting historical, George Washington Carver was from Alabama. More recently, I'm thinking a couple of astronauts, one of the Chief Scientists of the Air Force, a Surgeon General, a handful of other prominent scientists, and the author of one of the great American novels. They don't have a lot of quantity when it comes to intellectuals, but they do have some worth bragging on.

Morgan Freeman moved a lot as a kid, but he went to high school in Mississippi, your call on whether TN or MS should get more credit.

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You can retire to the Deep South where....

1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
3. "He needed killin" is a valid defense.
4. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Ellen, Betty Jean, Mary Beth, etc etc.
5. Everything is either "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder."
It's important to know the difference, too.

Hm. My mom's name was Mary Ellen. She was hill folk though, not Southern.