Oh.

[ninevirtues]

Cultural fine point: When a southern guy looks at you and repeats the exact same question he just asked you, it's not because he didn't hear you (or, in the case of email, lost the mail). He doesn't like the answer (and it upsets him). This is your golden opportunity to request a do-over. Take it.

Cultural fine point #2: I used to think there could not possibly be anything worse than vacuum-packed fatback. Then I found the salt cured, vacuum-packed fatback. And the frozen pig ears.