Messages From The Heartland

[Kelda]

Was probably somewhere between drunk and couter drunk then!!

[David In Indy]

Cooter Brown is a name used in metaphors and similes for drunkenness, mostly in the southern United States. Cooter Brown supposedly lived on the line which divided the North and South during the American Civil War, making him eligible for military draft by either side. He had family on both sides of the line, so he did not want to fight in the war. He decided to get drunk and stay drunk for the duration of the war so that he would be seen as useless for military purposes and would not be drafted. Inebriety has been measured against Cooter Brown's extended binge ever since by use of the metaphors "as drunk as Cooter Brown" or "drunker than Cooter Brown."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooter_Brown

Cootie was his wife!



We say Cootie here, but I've also heard Cooter.

[Shasta542]

Cootie is the Indiana Cooter.
Cooter is the Arkansas Cootie.

You might be a redneck if you know who Cootie/Cooter Brown is!

[David In Indy]

Cootie is the Indiana Cooter.
Cooter is the Arkansas Cootie.

You might be a redneck if you know who Cootie/Cooter Brown is!

Did you ever read that "You Might Be a Hoosier if- " list I once posted? It was pretty funny! The unfortunate part is some of it is true. The FORTUNATE part is I wasn't any of those things!

Well, at least I wasn't most of them... maybe a couple!

[Shasta542]

Did you ever read that "You Might Be a Hoosier if- " list I once posted? It was pretty funny! The unfortunate part is some of it is true. The FORTUNATE part is I wasn't any of those things!

Well, at least I wasn't most of them... maybe a couple!

Just a couple? OK. Sure.

Yes. I remember reading it--funny!

[CellarDweller]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh   ok then!

and did Cooter have Cooties?

[jstephens9]

Cooter Brown is a name used in metaphors and similes for drunkenness, mostly in the southern United States. Cooter Brown supposedly lived on the line which divided the North and South during the American Civil War, making him eligible for military draft by either side. He had family on both sides of the line, so he did not want to fight in the war. He decided to get drunk and stay drunk for the duration of the war so that he would be seen as useless for military purposes and would not be drafted. Inebriety has been measured against Cooter Brown's extended binge ever since by use of the metaphors "as drunk as Cooter Brown" or "drunker than Cooter Brown."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooter_Brown

I've never heard of Cooter Brown before now.

[jstephens9]

Sorry you feel poopy, Kelda!


David, I just want ya to know, I was on the phone with Richard not long ago....as I was talking to him, he shouts ....."Oh damn!  Another Indiana car is here!"

So I told him about your reply here, about people from Indiana plotting to invade Georgia, and he laughed and said "Well, he needs to find out who these people are, so he can hitch a ride and come see me!"

And North Carolina is on the way 

[injest]

I've never heard of Cooter Brown before now.

you ever hear of Tom and his tight hat?

[jstephens9]

you ever hear of Tom and his tight hat?

No, who is that? Maybe he should get a bigger hat