Comments on: Fun Facts About the 50 States: North Carolina

By: CCO

CCO — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:20:23 +0000

Hurricane Isabel (2003) cut the Outer Banks north of Hatteras Village; the state filled the small inlet in. Hurricane Sandy destroyed NC 12 on the Outer Banks; it should be repaved in time for Old Christmas, and probably December 25th. I call it the King Canute Memorial Highway myself since it washes out with almost every hurricane.

Harvey, you did not mention barbeque, much less the two kinds (eastern and western) and the difference between them (-10%). Eastern barbeque is cooked from the whole hog and uses vinegar sauces; western is cooked from the shoulders and the sauces are ketchup based. Both are chopped. Neither is the same as a pig picking, which means walk by the grill and pick the meat you want from the pig.

I had a professor in college from Nebraska who told me that a green hay bale weighs about 250 pounds. I mentioned that a dried sheet of tobacco weighs about 150 and that it was no wonder Nebraska was so tough in football.

They really did move the Cape Hatteras lighthouse 1,500 feet in 1999, very, very slowly and very carefully. It’s made of brick and still standing.

Go Wolfpack!

By: The Animal

The Animal — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:00:48 +0000

Any North Carolina native will tell you it’s actually “Tar Holes” for reasons I shall refrain from writing about in this venue. This does remind me of a very old riddle asked of all incoming students at NC State:
Q: How do you separate the men from the boys at UNC?
A: With a crowbar.

By: Denise

Denise — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:10:34 +0000

That was very informative, Harvey. I would have liked to read your take on the nickname “Tar Heels”, however.

By: Mike the Canuck

Mike the Canuck — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 04:19:08 +0000

“Mincing poofter girly man?”
Go to YouTube and type in “Carolus Rex by Sabaton”.
I will await your apology.

By: The Animal

The Animal — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 02:09:10 +0000

It’s HarkerS Island. And I double dog dare you to show up at the decoy festival and identify yourself.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:07:40 +0000

“* North Carolina’s state vegetable is the Sweet Potato, which was chosen by the state’s majority population of Sweet Irish.”

Finally! Harvey has something nice said about the Irish. Sweet.