Not the smiling kind: What a mess
Posted: September 25, 2009 at 3:18 a.m.
A Yankee fella I knew was puzzled and a little bit upset when a Southern belle called him "a mess." Having grown up in Arkansas, I explained to him that there are two kinds of messes. The difference between them is whether the person delivering that pronouncement is grinning.
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Editorial, Pages 21 on 09/25/2009
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