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[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

My driving instructor does the necessary gestures for me

[Avarice-ness]

In Texas either while passing or after passing we just kind of do a half wave in just one direction. It ends up sad 'cause less people wave back or even acknowledge the fact we were trying to be nice or if we end up slowing down they pass us and just drive off, then we know they weren't raised in Texas or give any kind of nice gesture.

[Heath]

What about the culture of the polite South, where young men acknowledged young women operating an auto-mo-bile and held the doors for them and especially their mothers when they approached the door of a public building at similar times.

You know, people tend to hold doors much more here in Britain than in they did when I was in Florida, from personal experience. No idea if Florida counts as part of the "polite South" but I found it quite rude considering I almost expect people to hold doors for one another, like they tend to over here.

[Dr Unne]

In my area we have a lot of places where there are no turning lanes or no stop signs / stop lights, so it's very common to let people turn in front of you or merge in front of you even if you have the right-of-way. It's custom to wave thanks when someone does this for you. If you don't wave thanks, people get VERY angry. Perhaps rightfully so.

[qq=rubah]What about the culture of the polite South, where young men acknowledged young women operating an auto-mo-bile and held the doors for them and especially their mothers when they approached the door of a public building at similar times.[/qq]
I think that particular example is an evolutionary thing and a changing of gender roles. I'm glad to see such practices go away.

[Martyr]

Yeah, I do the finger thing when I go to Arkensaw.

I enjoy it very much, and tried to do it while walking around campus, but it doesn't work there. Most peop[le simply don't notice my little finger and then they come back all pissed off that I didn't say hi.

When I retort that I lifted my index finger, it becomes increasingly clear that my excuses aren't good enough.

Bottom Line: I'm going back to Arkensaw. The chicks are either fat or have bad teeth, but at least I don't have to scream their name across campus, then run over and give them a hug and a couple kisses in order for them to be satisfied with my acknowledgement of their existence.

(SPOILER)Of course, Rubah, I'm sure you're beautiful. I only have been to the Arkensaw boondocks, really, and then I was trying to pick up chicks at a hillbilly racetrack. I don't really mean to say that all Arkensaw babes are the kind that I wouldn't want to smooch repeatedly. Over and over. Crimson and clover. Ya dig?