[P1] [OT] Flame wars

[don hinkle]

believe me, fletch, Okies know what Sooner means better than you do.
-don

Jonathan Fletcher wrote:
> 
> On Sunday, Aug 3, 2003, at 03:02 US/Eastern, don hinkle
> <donhinkle at att.net> wrote:
> 
> > The Texan stereotype is a loud, overbearing, braggart — ”Now listen,
> > son, I’ll tell you how to do it.” Okies are the opposite: understated,
> > quieter, more humble with a strong streak of self-effacing humor and
> > sarcasm. “I would dearly appreciate your showing me how to do it since
> > I’ve only done this a thousand times.” One popular automobile bumper
> > sticker reads, “It’s hard to be humble when you’re a Sooner.”   Read
> > OKLAHOMA, an Enslow book, by Donald Henry Hinkle. ISBN 0-7660-5138-2
> 
> Hey, Don,
> 
> I guess, then, you know that "Sooner" means "cheater?" The sooners were
> those who illegally marked their land before the official start of a
> land rush. Kinda says something about a bunch of people that call
> themselves, in effect, "cheaters."
> 
> So the bumper sticker actually reads: "It's hard to be humble when
> you're a Cheater." Unless, of course, you choose to ignore the origin
> of the moniker. I guess it's true when they say, "Ignorance is bliss."
> 
> --
> 
> jfletch