i guess you were trying to be funny, yes the war is over but certain prejudices still remain concering north vs south. i had a yankee fat. ct and a southern mom n.c.so i have been personally in on some comments made by both northern people and southern people .as a child i would hear how the yanks won over the dumb rebs from the north, and mom would say the only reason they won because they blocked the boats preventing the sale of cotton and on and on. i hear soldiers from ft bragg come here and talk abt the dumb southerners and how our schools , hosps. doctors etc. are so inferior to theirs, and how the southerners don't know how to manage their money, or else the good old boy syndrome. i even had a soldier tell me in my own house (dating my dau.eating my food and riding in my car) that he had a high vocabulary, but he was slowly losing it living in fayetteville. i found out later, he could barely spell and from the great state of calif..my southern dau still in high school aced him out in every subj. he could not even attempt to help her with her homework cause he'd never had college prep courses or was an honor student, so in reality he made a fool of himself talking abt the south.i born in ct think the state is beautiful and dearly love my yankee kin. i also dearly love my southern roots from my mom, not everyone can be blessed with having the gifts they bestowed upon me concerning my heritage. i would give anything to hear my yankee dad talk that yankee accent that i inherited and hear that soft southern drawl of my moms. they died in 1983 yes in some peoples minds the war goes on. diane