Redneck Culture

Redneck Culture

Written by: T.L. O’Neal

 

Whether they come from

The North or from the South

Rednecks abound everywhere

You can tell by their dirty mouths

 

Cussing, chewing and spitting

To beat the ever-loving band

While carrying a cold beer

In a more than dirty hand

 

Loud and abrasive

In the language that they use

Not much on manners

Or the clothes that they choose

 

Ignorance is their way

Too dumb to learn anything new

They thump on their Bible

While taking a big chew

 

With anyone different

They’re as bigoted as hell

Don’t get along with anyone

Unless they all smell

 

Living on booze, cheese,

And pork skins too

Watching Jerry Springer

Finding someone to sue

 

In their front yard

Old Ford up on blocks

Dirty ball cap sideways

Thinking they’re all jocks

 

They strut their stuff

With style and grace

Showing Green teeth

With a nasty face

 

Their bravado is something

All trying to be big men

Drinking always to excess

Looking like stupid bumpkins

 

Watching that Nascar

On the TV screen

Hunting and shooting

Just to be mean

 

Not much on brushing teeth

Or on the body hygiene

A new bar of soap

Probably never been seen

 

Barefoot and pregnant

Is the new way to be

If you want to live

Off the government for free

 

Them being inbred

Is just a relative thing

Doing it with your cousin

Leaves them all smiling

 

Living in a trailer park

Must surely be neat

Watching the tornados hit

While in your bare feet

 

Living this life of leisure

Must certainly be fun

Just remember when…

You see the cops, RUN!

 

Reviews

[Otto L.n. Pipgras]

when you can rise above the b.s. and learn to accept the indigenous hereditary facts (and the myopic blinders of those yankee thouroughbreds) then you'll be able to laugh at yourself in the mirror....(at least thats one of the reasons I use to tell myself why I'm laughing) funny write that gets up close and personal with a little attitude and some serious underlinings. I enjoyed this one T. thanks for sending.

[Adam Greenfield]

Yeah, the Southern rednecks are quite different than Iowa rednecks. I mean, at the Iowa State Fair there are more mullets than there were in the 80's but they're more like farmer rednecks 'round these parts. I'm an East Coast kid (Maryland to be exact) and some people there liked to think they were from the South just because they were below the Mason-Dixon line. I'm starting to wonder if some kind of list should be made about certain redneck characteristics of certain regions of the country. Might come in handy if you're traveing and get lost. Deliverance, anyone? Put that in Zagat's. Anyway.

I had fun with this one. Made me laugh and think of my old neighbor Randy. Skinny dude who never wore a shirt but did wear a cowboy hat and tight jeans. Oh, and barefoot. Don't think I ever saw Randy wear shoes, now that I think about it. Yeah, this made me laugh when I needed it. Thanks, T. Great piece.

[Coco Haynie]

I live in East Texas and deal with those types daily. I work in the timber industry and deal with the even closer. One day I want to sail away to a place that is inbreed, lynard skynard, hemi, nascar, pork skin, mobile home and unmobile cars in the yard, free.

[Steven Silvey]

This is a funny view of the redneck community. True and sad.

Great job.

[E]

oy do i know where this one comes from, brother ;)

[Maria]

yuk yuk

[Narnie]

In the UK, we have council estates like this. They drive flash BMWs, wear sovereign rings and have as many babies as possible to get the benefit payouts. I lived in a private flat in the middle of one such estate and as I walked past a set of highrise flats, a guy three floors up said 'Look at this' to his mate. He spat off the side of the balcony and they both watched his spittle until it hit the tarmac. They both exclaimed... 'Thats cool!' Ugh. lol. I think I know abit about the people you're commenting on as I used to be addicted to Jerry Springer, until it just all got too sad. A very funny poem, lol. You have a gift for making people smile. :)

[Wicked Irish]

Kudos! That was hilarious!

[Nat Z. Punx]

i laughed through all the lines except one i didn't understand...
what do fords on cinder blocks have to do with white trash?

[Juliet]

Wow! Don't be shy now, boy, just say it. :)

This reminds me of the movie Idiocracy, with David Duchovny. It's hilarious. So is your poem...thank ya'll fer it!

[L.P. Hawkins]

Hahahahahah! Hilarious! Greatly funny stuff, T.L. Oh man, thank you for sending this to me--just what I needed on such a crap day. Now I can go home, watch Cops, and giggle some more!