What's you favorite redneck patient story??

kbclary4 · Apr 6, 2005

I was raised in Tennessee. I know lots of rednecks and hillbillys and I think they would all laugh at the jokes. You can't take everything so seriously or you'll spend your whole life being unhappy, bitter and mad-at-the-world. Besides, if you have the ability to laugh at yourself, then you have power over anyone who is truly trying to put you down (which was not the case in any of the posts here). Nobody likes a grump (as my husband likes to point out to me from time to time) and some people are only happy if they have something to complain about (as I like to tell him). :)

BackOff · Jun 10, 2005

Raised in Tennessee, live in Georgia, Have relatives who are dyed in the wool hillbillies and others out of the same family (siblings) who are living in large cities and travel the world. The difference in a hillbillie is they take you for what you are, not what you have. President, King or commoner, if it's mealtime, your told to "pull out a chair and sit down", after they feed you, they do not expect anything back.

Princess74 · Jun 10, 2005

Wow! I have had a really crappy day and I needed a little humor to cheer me up. I saw this thread and thought "Great! Redneck jokes, thats just what I need" Only to find a debate about racism, Ya'll dissapoint me.

I was SO looking foward to laughing till I cried. I love the whole Jeff Foxworthy redneck thing. Why do some people have to ruin EVERYTHING.

**throws nose up in the air and walks off**

trudlebug · Jun 10, 2005

If you can decipher this then you are a redneck:

MR PIGS

MR NOT PIGS

LIB MR PIGS

let me know if you get it or not!!

LIB, I must be a redneck! My mom taught me this one as a kid:

ABCD puppies

LMNO puppies

SAR2 puppies

CM PN

Marvie · Jun 24, 2005

Gee, I didn't know that being a hillbilly was considered a "race". Go figure.

While I am extreamly accepting of many people, their culture, religious beliefs, and their unique qualities that make them different-I also do not understand why so many find it difficult to find humor in these postings. Too bad.

I actually had one particular patient that I suppose one could label "redneck hillbilly". ( I say one particular one because there have been several). He and his wife came one morning to the facility where I work for his scheduled surgery. His wife was wearing a rather stained husecoat and socks with fuzzy bedroom slippers and curlers in her hair. He was in pajama bottoms and a not-to-clean white tee. They said they were sorry they "was de-tained, fer they's lawn mower dont go faster than a few miles at a time." While getting him prepared for his surgery, I asked all the usual questions, but when I asked him when the last time he ate or drank anything was, he replied "well, that'd be jess a few moments ago". I asked to expalin and his wife told me that "They was 'fraid he'd be hungy after dis here surgfey, so's dey ate a whopping good breakfast so's he'd be satisfied fer after." Trying to keep my composure, I explained this to his surgeon. Needless to say his surgery was "de-tained" until a later time. :rolleyes:

Nurse Ratched, RN · Jun 24, 2005

Guys, this is a very old thread that has long since wandered way off topic.