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Just because bedford doesn't have the brains to have an FFA doesn't mean it's a bad thing
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brains...rednecks...whats the difference?
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obviously a lot. i wonder how the word red neck came to be.
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well lets break it down...first word: "red"..obviously something is the color red. now the second word : "neck" apparently this means a persons neck...therfore the term redneck literally means red neck....i guess they dont teach that in FBLA or electricty or whatever the heck banners yall have in yalls gym
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I didn't know you needed to be that smart to milk a cow.
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quite humorous there gunner...however i was refering to why is it "hickish" people are refered to as "rednecks"? Is there a history involved and where did it come from?
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probably because civilized people spent the day indoors doing stuff whereas the hickish people were working out doors getting sunburned on thier necks....hence the term rednecks
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thank you for an actual intelligent answer gunner
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so because they are outside making a living and not sitting inside in the a/c they get made fun of!?
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i suppose.
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