The older people in here will get this instantly.
This man received his training from from Ma Kettle I believe.
Ma & Pa Kettle were a series of movies derived from the movie (and book) The Egg and I. https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=FuRi_NmypbE
I used to watch them with my grandmother and she'd explain why they don't have this or that like all the houses. Why there are chickens in the bed. Now that is poor.
I'm raised in the country and we were about that poor, just a bit cleaner and orderly. Lived all over since but am now back in Appalachia, retired. Went for breakfast at Waffle King in Murphy, NC this morning and oh my, the place was packed with hillbillies. Only hillbillies. Mountain folk. I like these folks. Honest, hard working, non-cussin' people with very well behaved kids. Nice.
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