You may be in a redneck town...

What a wild couple of weeks it has been. The world lost Ed, Farrah, Michael and even Billy Mays. I always muted Billy but it is still sad news.

I had a great couple of weeks traveling through Arizona going to some places most people don’t go. I used up a lot of pencil lead the last couple weeks and I saw some interesting things on my travels. I spent most the time the last two weeks driving and working on my own. As I was cruising down a country road listening to country music, I felt as though I was becoming what my good friend Jeff Foxworthy would describe as a “redneck”.

As I began to question my own neck color, I thought am I a redneck? I realized that I am just a white collar man in a redneck town. So I thought, how do you know if you are in a redneck town?

- If you only get three genres on the radio, country, religious, and Spanish, you may be in a redneck town.

- If the restaurant you’re in has more animal heads on the wall, then patrons in chairs, you may be in a redneck town.

- If you are wearing a tie, and everyone else is wearing a cowboy hat, you may be in a redneck town.

- If you see a guy with a cell phone on one side of his belt, and a revolver on the other side, you may be in a redneck town.

- If the people you see have belt buckles bigger than your dinner plate, you may be in a redneck town.

- If you see young children going to the store riding on an ATV, you may be in a redneck town.

- If the town folk think they hit it big time because a Wal-Mart opened up, you may be in a redneck town.

- If you are the only one not driving a pickup truck, you may be in a redneck town.

- If there are more feed stores, than grocery stores, you may be in a redneck town.

I have nothing against redneck folks. I think they are great. It’s just when you walk into a restaurant and everyone stops eating and looks at your because you come in all dressed up, it makes a guy feel uncomfortable.