Alabama State Motto: At least we're not Mississippi!

Worcester Massachusetts? Well if tey wer to give the nation and enema, that's where they'd stick it in!

My 14 year old son and I were visiting Maine from Texas, over one long, beautiful July 4th weekend. We stopped to buy raffle tickets from the Denmark ME Game Warden out in front of the local convenience store and I remarked on the beauty of the Maine weather; "Ah-yup," deadpanned the game warden, " we got two seasons up heah ... wintah, and the foouurth of July!" His dry wit and accent edged delivery have played this regional humor over and over in my mind.

but the most important bit of regional humor fro me is a personal comment on lessons learned. In short; I never knew I was a Yankee 'til I moved to Texas!