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CYRUS uncovers ancient Harold McKinney document on rural etiquette 1972 treatise. Dudes need to learn country store manners before entering, and that there is one 'a' in baloney By Harold McKinney Late of Taylor Ford Road, now Bluegrass gentry; his brother, Principal Donald McKinney of Adair County Middle School, maintains that he taught Harold McKinney all the stories he knows. This article was written in 1972 when Mr. McKinney was making the transition from Burton Ridge to Danville, KY, through the Centre College of Kentucky. Cyrus, our Central Ohio Bureau Chief, resurrected this Harold McKinney masterpiece. With all due respect to Amy Vanderbilt and Emily Post there is a sad lack of literature on proper etiquette in circulation. It is very apparent in the manners and actions of many people. Take for instance just the other day I was dining at Davis' Grocery at Pierce in Green County. I hadn't much more than settled down to my "Baloney on crackers" and Double Cola when in walked some dude whose manners and etiquette were absolutely appalling. Not only was his etiquette in a sad state but his appearance could have used some improving. And his hair almost completely hid his ears. Fellow's first mistake was asking "Can I get a bolona (with an a) sandwich here"? First off this upstart poses the question, "Can I get a balona (with an a) sandwich here." Now that's roughly equivalent to asking of stamps can be purchased at the post office. Well, he got his balona (with an a) sandwich and proceeded to purchase chocolate milk to drink. Now you don't drink red wine with beef, white wine with fish, and certainly not chocolate milk with a balona (with an a) sandwich. You drink Double Cola, or Ski or Pepsi or some other comparable drink. Wanting to be friendly with the fellow I conversed with him and made inquiry and as to who his people were and discovered that the boy had roots right there in Green County. It was in this conversation that I found out how really unlearned he was in etiquette. He didn't know that the proper seating for dining in a country store. I explained that old men occupied the chairs, young men sat on drink cases and kids reclined on salt blocks and bags of feed stacked around. I also had to instruct him in the art of peeling pickle dog so as to only pull off the skin and not the meat. By this time the poor boy had finished eating, paid his bill and was leaving. Knowing it was about time to get back to the mill and do some timber work I ordered up an RC and a moon pie for dessert, inquired as to Mr. Davis health and felt plumb regretful at the sad state of some people's etiquette. C'est tres mauvoise But then what can you expect from someone brainwashed into the Vanderbilt-Post etiquette syndrome? This article appeared Saturday, January 22, 1972 issue of The Green River Sprite. This story was posted on 2005-11-15 09:39:08
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