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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-19-05 06:53 PM
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"Cracker Country" as seen at the Florida State Fair in Tampa Today:


Very proud of the cracker heritage! :)
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-19-05 07:02 PM
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1. HAHAHAHAHA!
That's what they call unintentionally funny, isn't it? :D
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-19-05 07:03 PM
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2. "Real People, Real Stories, Real History"...
I was floored when I saw this sign today... how timely. :D
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-19-05 07:06 PM
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3. Make your own rope!
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-19-05 07:13 PM
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5. LOL... could be enough to hang oneself!
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-19-05 07:13 PM
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4. My family is from Jacksonville, FL
My grandma always called herself a cracker. We said we were from "Cracker Florida" to differentiate it from South Florida where people are more cosmopolitan. That was in the '60's and 70's, we didn't think it was a BAD thing...:shrug:
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 02:49 AM
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9. It is NOT a bad thing
Edited on Sun Feb-20-05 02:50 AM by RagingInMiami
The Florida crackers are the cowboys. So yes, they were rural, not as "cosmopolitan" as you might think we are down in south Florida.

There is no shame in being a Florida cracker.

EDIT: The word cracker originated from the sound of the whips used by the cowboys.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 07:20 AM
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11. Definitely not a bad thing.
It's kind of quaint actually. I like the term Cracker myself. :)
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-19-05 07:42 PM
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6. been there - it's a neat interactive thing.
live music and kettle corn. yum!
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 02:41 AM
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7. LOL! Evidence :)
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 02:47 AM
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8. Here we go again with the misconceptions and the generalizations
Florida natives are called "crackers" not because of some white separationist effort, but because the old Florida cowboys used to make a cracking sound with their whip.

http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/flcrack.html

http://fcha.flahorse.com/history.htm

It wasn't until the 1970s that white people were called "crackers". Before that, it was "honkies".
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 07:15 AM
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10. I don't think we're disagreeing.... that's exactly why I posted it...
you wouldn't see a "N***** Country" sign anywhere, but "Cracker Country" is A-OK... AS IT SHOULD BE. :)
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 09:35 AM
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12. WAY. TOO. FUNNY.
Perfect, just PERFECT!!! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-05 09:40 AM
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13. Glad I could share it!
;) Walking around the fair yesterday, I had to stop and take a picture of that with my phone. I think it was sent me from heaven. :bounce:
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