Why The South is Tougher Than California | James Gregory

[@landrybowen8872]

As a southerner, the only thing that scares me is sleeping with no fan

[@BenjaminGunnell]

In California, rent can be $3,500 a month, without air conditioning. As a North Carolinian living in San Francisco in a residential hotel however, I do have my little fan!

[@HH-xe3sk]

Same

[@landrybowen8872]

@Adis Traction I work in a -40 degree freezer all day in a logistics plant. It’s not ideal but I could get by

[@russellwinfree7587]

Amen! 😂

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Real talk

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

As a southerner the only thing that scares me is a car with California plates towing a U-Haul

[@Dalriada468]

I second that!

[@labreeskarogers1102]

Don't forget New York and Chicago plates

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Amen bro. I see nyc and raiders baseball caps all over the place...😬😬😬

[@wesm3915]

They go missing in the south

[@gigicollins3498]

@freedomfirst5557 Can confirm - here in NC.

[@richardhunt4928]

I met James in person many times. Not only is he extremely funny; he's a really great guy.

[@kyndread71]

"The Hurricane's coming a week from Tuesday... and they just wait on it." True story. There's areas in Savannah, GA and all along the east coast of Florida that have "hurricane parties." How to know if a hurricane is dangerous -- if Waffle House is open or closed.

[@ArtStoneUS]

In 2018, Hurricane Florence was billed as the “hurricane of the Century” that was going to hit North Carolina worse than Hurricane Hugo. My wife from New Jersey was freaked out for a week. I was watching things on livestreams on the Internet, and houses right on the beach where the eye wall hit were not damaged. As the storm came inland toward Charlotte, my wife demanded we bring in the furniture from the deck. When the winds did arrive, there were a few gusts around 35 mph. Other than a few old trees falling over, that was all that happened. It’s true there was flooding the next week or so in Eastern NC, in the places where it always floods. TV and internet sites and the government have learned you can make money and coerce people into being timid sheep if you scare them. I read recently that the story “the boy who cried Wolf” is no longer taught because liberal teachers believe that story causes children to lie even more.

[@russellwinfree7587]

Also you can tell how bad a storm was after the fact, as to how long it takes the Waffle Houses to reopen! Lol. FEMA actually uses this as a real measure of devastation to a region to understand how to best allocate resources, believe it or not 😅

[@loganshaw9198]

You know it is a big hurricane if it even has pieces of it left to hit the northern state.

[@armybeef68]

Because we all know Huddle House will stay open no matter what.

[@TheColonelRon]

Savanah hasn't been hit by a hurricane in over a century...

[@noahtomlinson5314]

People love to bash the south, but last time I checked, you don't ever see Southerners moving north or west, but those northerners and westerners damn sure won't stop moving here.

[@sscalercourtney5486]

It's because Southerners can't afford New York or California housing prices when they sell their house for retirement. People sell a two bedroom million dollar house in California and move to Mississippi and buy a five bedroom mansion with a swimming pool for the same money. You can't sell a $150,000 house in Mississippi and buy anything in a major city in New York or California.

[@sokodad]

For several decades my whole state was made up of southerners because of oil. We’re about as far north as you can get in the lower 48.

[@noahtomlinson5314]

@@sscalercourtney5486 that's actually not true, granted the pay is higher in bigger cities like NYC, LA, but the cost of living is still unbelievably unaffordable for the residents. I mean to be fair, I have family in New York who can't even afford the homes you're talking about. This cheaper property is a myth unless you're planning on living out in the armpit of a state somewhere in a two stop light community. You ever priced homes in Atlanta? Charleston? Jacksonville? Charlotte? All bigger cities are expensive, NY and Cali are just beyond outrageous and that is why even their own residents are fleeing from the financial situations and housing bubbles. People come here for the climate and the land, and the freedoms, and some, like you said, do in fact retire here after making their wealth in big northern cities. That's fact. And everyone is welcome, just leave this big city ideals and political views behind. I'm not saying the people are bad from West and north, I'm just simply stating that geographically, it's way better down here....why wouldn't people want to leave colder crowded climates for more peaceful privacy and a cheaper plot of land out of the big cities. I work for a company based out of cali, and I can assure you they don't make one cent more at our west coast facility than I do here on the east coast of South Carolina. But I can promise very few folks will ever leave here out of desire for the big cities up north and out west. I've already turned down multiple offers to leave because I don't want to get away from this beautiful climate and my freedoms of my home state.

[@stevec7770]

@@sscalercourtney5486 if it’s so great in NY then why do they leave?

[@og-greenmachine8623]

South has been cool again for some time now Jason Aldean sp? & Jase from duck dynasty Love them in California + Southern girls ❤️ on KZbin It’s that easy

[@backyardwindow]

The delivery on the plywood joke hit me so hard. Perfect.

[@MrDantheNobody]

Having lived in both California and now in the South, this is extremely accurate.

[@DavidB45Mustard]

Rest in Peace James Gregory. Thanks for the years of laughs

[@danarisinger7149]

LOL!! I haven't heard James in a very long time. Knew him for years when he would tour the comedy club in Columbia, SC. We would sit out back of the radio station I worked for, smoke cigs together, and admire his 1970's station wagon that he just slung up into a parking space. I LOVE THIS MAN!!! I wish I could sit down and talk with him again. He is totally genuine and a trip to talk to!!!

[@stevenjohnson9855]

💯

[@sharwil8530]

Funny man 👨🤣love your humor lol. Thank u. ❤

[@pughconsulting]

First thing we do in Florida when we hear hurricane is go to the liquor store, then buy gas for vehicles and generators.

[@adampindell]

Gotta love those hurricane parties 🤣

[@claytondavidson1938]

Big facts. During ima I stayed in a cabin on Tayler creek in Okeechobee, slept through most of it. I been through to many hurricanes to leave now.

[@KosherPorky]

Honestly, when I first moved here, I thought hurricanes were a big deal.. then I realized they happen all the time lol

[@Chappell5252]

Damn right, gotta stock the important items!

[@lisaschreiber2893]

YES!!! hurricane party!

[@Ben-cr3xy]

As someone who lives in eastern north carolina, we don't sweat hurricanes. Now if it snows or sleets everything shuts down till everything melts lol

[@warrenchambers4819]

Yeah and don't forget egg sandwiches with a glass of milk by Gwad it's a southern tradition.

[@matthewhoffman9242]

Its when the northerners transplant here and think they can drive in it because its snow and they've done it up there, but here we have a wet snow, then after the plows finally get down the secondary roads you get to go on a hunt for the wildest place someone went off the road.

[@matthewhoffman9242]

@@warrenchambers4819 dang, now I want a sandwich.......

[@Ben-cr3xy]

Oh yeah man, I've seen a few flip there cars looking at "how pretty the snow looked covering the feilds".

[@O_Towne_Bear]

As a Canadian, I find that funny. Cheers.

[@freddawson6432]

This man is sooooooo spot on! His comedy is based in TRUTH! We in the South are far more resilient than people around the country and the world give us credit for. Funny thing is people from all over the country want to move here, but us native Southerners prefer not to leave, I wonder why?

[@johndough9187]

Cuz we're smarter than they are.

[@rochellee.pigman6495]

You can't afford to move. I just saw the house prices in the south. It's like moving to Mexico. Everything is cheaper.

[@inconnu4961]

Well bubba, we reconstructed it for ya, now we wanna live there.

[@freddawson6432]

@@rochellee.pigman6495 Hey Pigman, I could probably BUY and sell your entire neighborhood. Then again used trailers aren't worth a not since scrap metal went down.

[@markallen6818]

We Have Always Known that We Live in God's Country.

[@stevehagen9804]

California gets Californian governors and senators, which is something far more devastating than a tornado or hurricane!

[@anthonycrenshaw3229]

True

[@gemjourney5210]

You mean like Jeb Bush and Rick Scott?! Look again!😆

[@lisabishop7465]

Definitely

[@richardcline1337]

@@leagueofotters2774, Texas' claim to fame is an air head named GW Bush!

[@richardcline1337]

@@leagueofotters2774, happening in New York, too and for basically the same reason ..... somebody forgot to flush the toilet, one escaped, ran for Governor....and WON!

[@joelarmenta9638]

Came for the comedy, stayed for the comments 🤣🤣🤣

[@tonyjones4610]

People rarely move to the North. There’s a reason. I just hate it when they come here and “that’s how we did it at home” remember you moved here for a reason we don’t care how you did it there.

[@userhome3601]

Just 'cause they're trying to teach you the correct way, you get defensive.

[@samsh0-q3a]

@@userhome3601 If it were the correct way then why tf they comin' down here? They done destroyed their own homes with the "correct way" now they gotta come down here where it's nice.

[@relaxingsounds1386]

@Ben Franklin cities are for soyboy wussies

[@ArtStoneUS]

Odd, when my former wife moved to NC, she could not stop telling me that North Carolina did everything wrong. She is now back in New Jersey living by herself. She absolutely refused to put gasoline in the car because people in New Jersey are smarter than people in the South. They don’t want to get their hands smelling of gasoline or having their car explode.

[@Auron3991]

Could you do us Notherners a solid though and listen when we tell you how to handle cold weather and snow?

[@Ms.HarmonyJ]

This man is off the chain 🤣🤣🤣 we need more comedy like this

[@reneebrown2968]

I've lived in coastal Alabama and I have never run from a hurricane yet. I've lived here for 30 years. And believe it or not I was born and lived in California for my first 18 years. I'd still rather deal with a hurricane than an earthquake

[@insonh21]

i live in the north Easts and i was in a breakfast place in Scottsboro AL one morning at about 6 AM. there were a group of local guys in there and it looked and sounded like they met there every morning before work, they looked like farmers. one guy was the center of attention and sounded a lot like James Gregory telling the others stories, all of a sudden he said something that i remember to this day and it was the most direct advice he could pass on to anyone and this is what he said "you know, this is the greatest country in the history of the world, there is so much here to see about our history and every school kid should carry a pencil and a notebook with him so that when they see something interesting they can write it down to remember it because in the end you're as dumb as you want to be and you're as poor as you want to be" than he said "and i should know, I've been working hard my whole life and i'm still poor" that's when one of the other guys (who was black) said "well you must be dumb too" they all laughed and i got up and walked over to the original guy and introduced myself and where i was from and i said to him "i just want to say that is just about the best piece of advice I've ever heard in my entire life "you're as dumb as you want to be and you're as poor as you want to be, i'm going to remember that and pass that on whenever i hear someone complain about how tough their life is"" i sat with them awhile and they asked about where i was from and when i said Boston one of them said "go get your guns boys ,we got us a Yankee here" and everyone laughed as did i. I've rarely met a finer group of gentlemen.

[@bmphil3400]

I spent a lot of time in Scotsboro as a child. I had an uncle there. I grew up out in the sticks on the mountain to the east. It's a great little town and there are some really fine people there...but like anywhere there are some really rough and tough people too. Alot of those old country people are tougher and smarter than people think. They are almost always underestimated.

[@PhilG999]

Atlanta native with family in South Georgia, North Georgia, and Tenn. True Southerners will stock up on grits eggs and firewood ('cause we have a REAL fireplace). Canned goods, some steaks, porkchops, Beer and Liquor of course. And THEN we already HAVE the damn plywood and deck screws leftover FROM LAST TIME!

[@HolyThunder460]

Sorry to burst your bubble but it's TRUE country folk not southerners...we do that up north too

[@GFPunch]

@@HolyThunder460 sorry to burst YOUR bubble but y'all buy toilet paper, eggs, bread and milk at the first sign of a snowflake. What do ya do with that? Make French toast? LOL

[@edmundooliver7584]

how do you fit all that junk in your trailer park

[@nadinedaniel5249]

@@edmundooliver7584 it's prejudiced responses like this that show how ignorant people like you are about the south.

[@edmundooliver7584]

@@nadinedaniel5249 keep voting for lindsey and people like McConnell and racist politcians

[@callmeginga]

The south is a place you can survive in if you have a rifle and know how to grow corn. California is a place you're not allowed to have a rifle and get fined for watering your garden.

[@levigreen9562]

You must not have been to central California.

[@pizzadoctor7549]

@Connor Hoskins HAHAHAHAHA You made a failed argument. Constitution > Federal Government > State Government > County > City You have just as much "conditional freedom" living in any other place. All freedom is conditional. All freedom requires people to believe in those freedoms and to stand and fight for those freedoms. People outside of California only think of Hollywood and think that's California. In reality, most California is farmers. The problem is that Southern Democrats learned that in order to defeat the Union they just need the majority. Remember: Southern Democrats were loyalists to the King and believed that only a certain type of white person was a real white person. If you weren't a Rich Sophisticated Democrat then you weren't worthy of being called White! People forget history. The Southerners were of the aristocracy.

[@jonathangarzon2798]

@@pizzadoctor7549 and gun overrules them all.

[@Ham_Strokers_Ejacula]

@@jonathangarzon2798 not if ya get shot first 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@scothammond4623]

Man come on lol people from the south come up north to PA and NY to hunt White Tail. I live in North Carolina for 5 years and never saw a farming operation that came close to what we do in Pennsylvania and as far as not being allowed to own a gun the states south of the Masson-Dixon line have awful draconian gun law just look at MD and VA prime examples of that. The only southerners I know who garden and can are old people here in PA it's common place to do both at any given age

[@darlatidwell6255]

This guy is effortlessly funny. Love that southern reasoning.

[@kpzcbttp]

Funniest guy I have seen in a while, he cracked me up with the mud joke. Here in Scotland when we get a flood, we are out with the kids in the dinghy having fun.

[@Rebelrocker69]

Our gulf coast has what is known as "The Cajun Navy." Whenever a hurricane or flood hits, civilians with air boats or small fishing/recreational boats start working with military and civil leaders/police to start a search and rescue operation. They mobilize within an hour of the disaster and are damn effective.

[@auroramariealmeara8622]

Ah, Scotland. European version of the American South

[@bbsal4031]

@@auroramariealmeara8622 Oh awsome !

[@samsh0-q3a]

@@auroramariealmeara8622 ??? have you seen their policies? they're as bad as californians, ironically they're some of the most freedom-hating people of the UK, somehow the English desire it more than they do, that's how you know the world is upside down.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

@@auroramariealmeara8622 -- That's more true than you realize.

[@Endeavor545]

You have not lived until you've seen a 150ft oak tree bent down and the top is touching the GROUND!

[@Rebelrocker69]

Or straw embedded 7 inches deep into said oak tree! Or a house lifted completely off of its foundation and moved into the middle of the street with only a few dishes broken! I saw both of those in 1989.

[@BexnRN]

Amen brother. I lived through Katrina. I feel ya.

[@riddlemark7009]

Try being on a ship in em

[@dehydratedwater4803]

@@riddlemark7009 that's just poor navigation

[@kusinkleatus4780]

@@Rebelrocker69 a few years back I saw a old friend of my mom's who passed away in a tornado, I was doing search and rescue volunteer work and had seen that his whole house was gone, the toilet was still there, and we found his body with a 2X4 through his face, terrible things man, if you're in an area with tornados be careful, same with anyone else reading this

[@rammon1275]

This guy could do a great Boss Hog in a legit Dukes if Hazzard remake.

[@edwardross6475]

Boss Hog wasn't too bright

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

@@edwardross6475 Yeah, it's called "acting,"

[@RuralTowner]

Does look the part.

[@UnderTheMillkyWay]

Heck yeah!

[@PapaShawn70]

Naw, put a beard and overalls an hes Uncle Jesse

[@benduncan3930]

The funniest part of James jokes and stories is the 99% truth that’s in them.

[@thecommentary21]

If you say so chum.

[@thecommentary21]

@Jeremy Marsh No he didnt. He isnt right either. Marsh!!!

[@9019dd]

Ben Duncan - so true and he doesn't have to be crude or vulgar. I can't believe I just found out about him. It seems he has been around for quite a while.

[@tamaracalderon3184]

Welcome to The South...💖 Now, go home!

[@CathyScott1030]

There used to be bumper stickers in CA, "Welcome to California, now go home", when they started giving out higher welfare checks than the rest of the country.

[@jeffhale2278]

Welcome(ish).

[@ginnymiller2448]

Every state has a sticker that says this

[@tamaracalderon3184]

@@ginnymiller2448 ya' think? 🤣

[@connotations1]

I love him. He explained mudding. He's casual to the max.

[@YoungoneYoung-lm4xe]

I heard someone say that in certain parts of California: The cost of living goes up, but your chances of living goes down.

[@simplyhuman3982]

Makes some annoying sense I guess.

[@han3wmanwukong125]

That would be the California parts of California.

[@rhodawatkins4516]

@Nick Miller Seems to me like there is a shortage of affordable housing for the non-millionaire part of the population to live in. Every available piece of real estate is bought up, new and improved, or torn down and rebuilt altogether, solely to maximize the profit for the real estate developer. The little guy doesn't have much of a chance. When they finally fix this problem there will be a lot fewer homeless there.

[@theRustynail9]

It's all parts of cali

[@aaronpolite4281]

Robin Harrris and he was referring to Compton 👨🏾‍🔧

[@scottmiller8493]

Only thing tough about Cali is finding a job, house, clean streets and delegates to run the state properly.

[@davidmromero9739]

💯

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

And a tent. They seem to be all out of tents.

[@crestonhardcastle7631]

Because they keep voting for Nancy pelosi and then they want to complain about california falling apart. It's california fault they know how she is.

[@TheFineagler]

Says someone who cant afford to live in California.

[@xyoungblood]

6th largest economy in the world. Where California and New York goes follows the rest of the U.S.

[@bustem579]

RIP Mr Gregory you brought a lot laughter and smiles

[@christinerobinson2570]

2 words and I'm already crying, the hip toss did me in😂

[@darla5371]

I’m from California and you had me cracking up 😂 Limp wristed 😂

[@dinosaurcj]

Don't take it too seriously, California certainly does have some rugged folks.

[@samsh0-q3a]

@@dinosaurcj Lol no it doesn't.

[@laurablackmon2782]

I just love James. I could listen to him all day.

[@jimbob8088]

Yankee comes to visit.. damn yank comes to stay...

[@edmundooliver7584]

they give them one way tickets from back east it to cold in the poor red states.

[@southerntrendkiller2632]

Either way it’s bad.

[@burtonwilliams5355]

got that right . . from a 7th generation native of Tennessee . .

[@markallen6818]

That's what I've always been told.Truth.

[@markallen6818]

@@burtonwilliams5355 Rocky Top You'll Always Be Home Sweet Home To Me!!!

[@brentwilliams3321]

The worst nightmare us Southerners can imagine is a Yankee with a U-Haul.

[@memj89]

I agree with you 100000000%!

[@stranger5088]

Amen!!!

[@josephgonzalez6070]

@Brent Williams Wouldn't that be a "Damn Yankee"? A Yankees is one that visits but goes back home..no? Lol

[@drinkthekoolaidkids]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@doughesson]

@@josephgonzalez6070 you know what a carpet bagger is?

[@greeneyes2797]

I love it when someone is naturally funny

[@777coffeelover]

What? 3:36 minutes of true humor without bashing Trump? I never thought it could be done!! 😂😂

[@Putaspellonyou]

He started in on him at 3:50. Sorry.

[@monk3110]

@@mydnytmover who bailed out those rioters involved in riots they explicitly encouraged and approved of that killed 30+ people?

[@doughesson]

@jay monamay Well, he's still living rent free inside your head,Zippy.

[@cafeglover]

@@Putaspellonyou thanks for telling me. I’m leaving. I do not want to encourage any of that anymore.

[@SilvaDreams]

That is because it is actually humor, bashing Trump isn't funny it is just sad after 4 years (and counting)

[@westondecker68]

I slept through hurricane Laura, and the eye came directly over us, just off U.S. Highway 171 in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. The next morning we got up and went to cleaning, BFD.

[@nathankinman7753]

I was wondering just yesterday what ever became of those in Cameron post Laura.

[@westondecker68]

@@nathankinman7753 they are moving on (or moving away) as they have after every other hurricane. They rebuild, sigh a prayer that it doesn’t happen again (they know it will,) and continue with life on the (often) treacherous Gulf Coast.

[@DChrls]

I didn't sleep through it in Calcasieu parish. The wind was howling big time. It was worse than Rita for me.

[@westondecker68]

@@DChrls I had some help called Seagram’s Seven!

[@ashleybartels6457]

My husband and I had bring our daughter home during hurricane Rita

[@DD-oi3vh]

Lol. I’ve lived in Florida since I was a kid, & now have 6 of my own kids. We’ve never run from a hurricane- we have fun getting ready for them, & prepping for the power outage😂

[@andrewfyakim525]

Yes you are, the funniest man in America!.... I wrote you a letter back in the 1990's. You sent the letter to John Boy and Billy. They read that letter on the air one morning. It was one of the high points of my life. My wife and I heard it on The Big Show as we were driving to work one morning.... Love to you Mr. Gregory, and also to John Boy and Billy!

[@rayrobertson2068]

What a cool memory to be able to have!!! John Boy and Billy are awesome! I listened to them every morning from the time I left my house going to work, then during work. till they went off. Probably did it at least 5 years or more.

[@GeoFry3]

Yeah my southern wife likes to follow the hurricanes in. It's reality TV show for her. I road out my first hurricane a few years ago. I'm freaking out putting up plywood and she is chill just making sure we have enough ice, drinks, and snacks.

[@chris72.]

Where I live in North Carolina Domino's and Pizza Hut was delivering the day after hurricane Hugo hit running off a generator that had hooked up to the buildings 😂. You won't see that up north or in California

[@Birchwood1976]

I think I might cover all the bases, I was born in California, raised in the Midwest, and have roots in the south. LOL

[@sscalercourtney5486]

I live in the South and have visited California. I like both. Both have different charms.

[@lanceboyett9034]

Thank you for this. You're a VERY FUNNY GUY. We need MORE LAUGHTER.

[@bayoustormryder3823]

I came across his comedy by on Pandora a few years back. Been listening to his comedy ever since.

[@tha2793]

Umm, California is only tough on it's own citizens.

[@machinis]

The scariest thing a southerner can hear: "I'd just moved from New York"

[@dereklea1183]

Love it😁 Can I use that phrase and give you credit?

[@machinis]

@@dereklea1183 fire away! No credit needed. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@JayTX.]

California***

[@Ryzenberg78]

NY is 90% red by area. We have the same problem in NY as the nation has .... big cities with inner city welfare deciding our elections. Chances are if you get a neighbor from NY they vote Red. It is embarrassing though to be from NY for this reason and all of the stereotypes that come with it ....

[@samsh0-q3a]

then they don't understand why weird sh** keeps appearing in their yard

[@johnduffy6546]

THAT was one of the BEST punchline deliveries EVER!...Perfect timing!

[@SuperGaleford]

I can sum up why. In the South we have guns and ammo. In California they can’t decide which toilet to use.

[@crowderscustomizing]

so true

[@discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236]

Yup 👏

[@daniellaw2528]

@James Crabbe You forgot your punctuation. Bless your heart.

[@discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236]

@James Crabbe Actually I can honestly say that during my 20 plus years of traveling the country I have found that there is no significant aptitude variation in the south contrary to prejudiced gossip. Additionally I have found that people of significant intelligence all summarize that same perspective. I mean you don't so we've basically narrowed that down. 🤭

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

😂🤣😂🤣 amen

[@dsl32]

I feel like since I moved from California to Florida I feel like I have a tougher attitude. Last year I went to San Francisco all my friends and family where freaking out over a few thunderstorms, me I was like we call that 3:30pm in Florida.

[@Hhhhhh-sz9ud]

How do you think most of your friends in Florida would handle the fires? Like, I’m sure there’s an element of tougher attitudes regionally but there’s also just that people tend to get more freaked out by what’s unusual to them.

[@boondocks8002]

Lol

[@victoriapulcifer6218]

*I'm a lifelong Californian, and* (political stances aside) *I approve this message.*

[@zerotodona1495]

You shouldn’t though since most CA are from the south. Where do you think most southern side the depression went? They went west to CA.

[@victoriapulcifer6218]

@@zerotodona1495 The depression was a full 5 generations ago

[@StevesSlideandJazz]

You can leave please.

[@Heavywall70]

Not Laura, after Harvey here in SE Texas we got in our lifted 4x4’s and got the truck outta here!!!

[@jabronjunklove760]

Well that's only cause you didn't want yer nice trucks to get damaged. Yaw wood have rode it out otherwise. Take it frum me, a spellin beee champ all fore (4) years of skewl.

[@simplyhuman3982]

Just make sure you have extra parts for that truck as you're leaving. Like belts and a thermostat. (For example).

[@Heavywall70]

@@simplyhuman3982 Oh that sounds like a biting inside joke if ever there were one. Please do expound.

[@Turkeysammich3000]

I was in the Tuscaloosa tornadoes, and we had plywood in my back yard, the tornado took them and flung them at my house like ninja stars, and the stuck in the brick wall like it was paper… plywood… cut into brick, and the plywood was still intact lol

[@terryscheid9224]

RIP James Gregory Heaven gained another angel He will be greatly missed

[@jofrazier-hansen4097]

Did I hear Wheels in mud!😃 Yahoo! That's what we do here in Minnesota too!

[@THExRIOT1865]

They do it in Pennsylvania too! That’s a weekend event in the summers around here 😂

[@The7humpwump]

I remember seeing him in a small bar in Charleston SC back in the mid-80’s...seems like yesterday

[@richardd6669]

We had him in Tuscaloosa ,AL at our club in 97 or so . He was great . We paid him like $4000 and a couple openers another $1000.

[@yankee2666]

That's because he's probably just as fkn fat now as he was then.

[@UnderTheMillkyWay]

I'm in Charleston right now and I wish he was here for me to see. I was a little too young in the 80's. Would love to see him live.

[@chrisericsson7886]

California is bleeding to death... All the useful people are running away.

[@ChicanoOne760]

The people that do manual jobs are all foreigners.

[@skirk248]

And they're bringing their politics with them

[@oliveoil7642]

It will end up like Soviet Union and Venezuela. Why don’t people ever learn?

[@spudward6902]

Spreading like cancer

[@gemjourney5210]

Well I lived in Swampland Florida...that is where all the swamp creatures and monsters dwell...more Pedos than anywhere else in the USA!

[@chuckg2016]

"The miracle of plywood" ..... Stellar!!

[@michaelsorrentino7409]

IF YOU AINT LAUGHING...YOU AINT RIGHT !!

[@Heavywall70]

Damn commies ! Cant laugh at nothin

[@dherman0001]

For once, the algorithm was correct! Laughed my arsch off! Subscribed!

[@trish9900]

Proud southerners!!!Tennessee. Go big Orange.

[@Enjoyinglife22]

I just love him! I just stumbled across one of his videos and been watching a lot since he makes me laugh so hard! 😂

[@mikewithers299]

My mother in law was from Georgia and she joked just like he does. Love his humor 🤣🤣

[@JayTX.]

I've been the plywood guy for a few Texas gulf hurricanes lol

[@ricky6720]

I’m from California and I can’t say nothing .. lol. 😂😂. Damn he’s so funny.

[@200x-v4k]

Yeah it’s only humor. It’s not that we really have anything against Californians. Only comedy.

[@thevox1075]

I didn’t even realize the two were comparable. The South rocks!

[@StevesSlideandJazz]

Between the ares there are rocks.

[@hmmreally620]

He is just too funny. Hi is delivery is so natural cause he lives it

[@davida472]

I live in Cali and we had a tornado spawn here recently about a month ago and I seen my neighbors running out and getting in their cars and heading towards the opposite way. Lots of honda civics blaring once the tornado warning was issued. I was used to this type of weather growing up back in late 90's and to see it come again didn't scare me. Knowing the tornado doesn't touch down and usually only touchdown in the fields. Lots of farmland here.

[@lesclanton8372]

The South doesn't have Warning Shots,like California! !!!😎😝

[@borednarmed5612]

Those are illegal in florida

[@codyhorn4824]

We do, it's called a knee capper

[@bbugzyb]

That's because we don't believe in "warning shots", it's a waste of precious ammo.

[@edmundooliver7584]

yes we saw how you guys killed that blackman.

[@bbugzyb]

Which one?

[@pennystocklocks]

He's the funniest man in the world!

[@forcesightknight]

The miracle of plywood is that it's cheaper than replacing glass.

[@ToolforOffice]

I'll like this comment cuz you're not wrong lol. But that wasn't the point of the joke.

[@ToolforOffice]

@Jonathan Spier thats your view from looking at the joke the wrong way. In fact its the opposite. What he's saying is plywood won't save your lives if that storm turns out to be worse than you think. Thats why all the smart people leave. As someone who went through Katrina and Rita, I get what he means. Its not about saving some superficial windows you dolt. Its about lives

[@johnchandler1687]

A question: Every storm people buy out all the plywood. Didn't they save what was bought last year's storm? Or better yet, have it already cut to fit and painted to match. From La. so I've seen it, but don't understand it.

[@ToolforOffice]

@@johnchandler1687 I think many different reasons, some use it for other projects, some keep them, some let them stay out and rot and have to buy new. I'd imagine people are always moving in and out of areas and having to start fresh. Worth noting, just because the south is prone to hurricanes doesn't mean they get hit directly every year. Sometimes we go 5 or 6 years before getting hit. So plywood will end up getting used or abused in that time

[@nitrojunkie9027]

@M Fisher no you don't.......son.

[@maximusaurelius610]

Lol where else in the world mud is a natural disaster lol 😂 we just put big wheels on & go out and play in it -

[@arhoghunter01]

Wish I could meet this man, he's hilarious !!!

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Counterpoint: California has forest fires, earthquakes, and critical infrastructure failure. That said, the South also have more freedom, common sense, and general courtesy for our neighbors’ property and privacy than the average Californian.

[@geneorr559]

The only thing that’s scares southerners is Californians moving to there state

[@conradsylvestre3841]

Moving from Southern California. LOL

[@DMR013]

Nope southerners remember the 3 S's: Shoot, Shovel and Shut up.

[@jeanniebeans2715]

You are totally delightful!!!!!!!

[@dixieinstrumental805]

As a southerner the only thing that scares me is the waffle houses closing

[@kennethv5250]

pure blasphemy, ive NEVER known of one to close

[@Maugrays]

@@kennethv5250 Waffle House is known as an economic indicator. And in cases of severe weather (if their OWN weather center) has been deemed to dangerous they will shut down in that area until the danger has passed.

[@pabrowncoatbrewer7154]

California doesn’t know which effin’ bathroom to use. A tornado might be EXACTLY what they need.

[@jeffreyburney6161]

I was thinking more like a earthquake with a massive landslide right into the ocean

[@Pyr01]

At least we know how to have a great economy, red states... Not so much

[@pabrowncoatbrewer7154]

@@Pyr01 why not just vote to secede? California leaving would raise the IQ of American politicians by 400%.

[@Pyr01]

@@pabrowncoatbrewer7154 why not just vote to secede? Because im a true patriot, not like the right that screams about civil war, secession and that ATTACK on the capital. All because they cant except reality. Cute IQ line but your politicians dont even believe in science.

[@pabrowncoatbrewer7154]

@@Pyr01 yup… that’s why people are leaving California in droves for places like Texas. Let’s get something straight, they’re not leaving for the great weather in Texas either.

[@bettydamnboop3030]

James thank you. You are a gem 💎

[@CoreyKReisher]

I've never heard of this guy. He's hilarious.

[@tracywilson1356]

I love that. It’s mud. Here we put big wheels on something and go play. So true.

[@michaelfarmer537]

I just laughed till I cried man! Love from the hills of NWA! That’s just plain funny!!

[@Seawizz203]

I’m from Rhode Island and we don’t have tornados and I’m a true blue Yankee but this guy is funny. Anyone that makes fun of California is ok by me!

[@CamaroAmx]

I live in Pa. we get tornadoes and hurricanes. Guess the south cant handle snow.

[@donnerblitzen1388]

Yeah, texas can handle snow. Poorly, but they can. Btw, you are welcome in texas. Come have some carnitas!

[@fyte4luv23]

please keep the south libtard free, preserve & save our country!

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

RIP James. You made us all laugh out loud for many years

[@mitchellhelms7238]

Ain't that the truth

[@hiTCAM00]

When you see a fourwheeler in California you think you got lost and went down south

[@Boyfr8end]

Mann. I wish he would come to Chattanooga TN. I'd be there

[@jimmmmy41]

I saw him about 20 years ago. He hurt me that night. So funny.

[@janeprescott980]

Perfect.loved this, absolute common sense.

[@77Catguy]

Funny stuff! For our part here in California, we find it amusing when visitors start freaking out just because the ground underneath them starts shaking a little--lol.

[@marywilcox9861]

That is so true. We don't even got off the couch anymore.

[@lorenzor124]

the worst quake is gruesome newsome

[@sjleak1]

We had a fire tornado in my town here in California with 160 mph winds. Put some big wheels on THAT! Funny stuff man! ✌🏼

[@paulanthony872]

If a tornado ever came to California it would be taxed into nonexistence. Just like small businesses.

[@danielb1918]

California has tornadoes, regularly

[@lilysfield1]

no tornado can aford to come here...LOL

[@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog]

Why does a Tornado not hit LA?

[@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE]

@@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog Louisiana has plenty of tornadoes

[@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog]

@@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE Texas has some but not much

[@bipolarmarket]

LOL!! new 5minute old fan!! You are hysterical and original

[@tonysmith5465]

Outstanding video friend. Thanks a lot. SC Navy vet.

[@randykent9594]

Snow is a southerner's kryptonite.

[@joeymerrell8585]

Damn right it is. I’m 6’4” and 240lbs and as soon as snow flurries are visible I turn into the biggest 5 yr old girl you ever seen.

[@hellraisor21]

Cant agree this Texan boy drives through like it's a big mud puddle on the highway I drive faster than most it's called 4x4 for a reason.

[@simplyhuman3982]

Not exactly. Oklahoma used to get actual snow. Now it's weird that it doesn't happen. We only get ice now.

[@shanewallace2045]

Disagree, it snows south of mason dixon line. Even in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Have seen it snow in Florida. So...

[@joeymerrell8585]

@@shanewallace2045 I seen it snow in Baghdad. I didn’t like it then or there either.

[@Formaldehydex]

Try living through an earthquake or a fire that literally destroys everything in its path. I was in the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 that killed 63 people and caused damage that totaled $13 billion in today’s dollars. It was the scariest thing I have ever encountered, and I have lived through a half dozen hurricanes, including two 170+ mph ones in Okinawa where there was no place to evacuate. I also watched the Oakland Hills fire at night from the other side of the bay along with hundreds of other people. But in general, I really like your routines and I am subscribed.

[@primebeef3938]

I didn’t even have to watch this to know that the south is tougher than California. That’s just plain common sense.

[@donnanutt3650]

Thank you. I’m Southern too.

[@richardcline1337]

Prime Beef, even babies in nurseries are tougher than California! How that state continues to exist is the eighth wonder of the world!

[@tylerduke7657]

@Bill Leonard visit any holler in the south then get back to me

[@chrissmith8216]

@Bill Leonard the south is waaaay harder then that

[@chrissmith8216]

@Bill Leonard harder then the west.

[@Nothingtoya]

I've lived in Florida since 1989, I ain't left because of a hurricane once. Hurricanes bring you and your neighbors together, after it passes, we all go out and remove debris from the road, hook up our generators and plug in the neighbor that just moved to Florida, and get ready for work the following day. Another nice thing, you get to camp a little right in your own house for a week. I personally get excited for the ones that come in the middle of the night, the blue light from transforms popping, is pretty beautiful.

[@MultiverseMediaSpace]

I've been doing a version of this joke i came up with for years, but this guy expands it and nails it!

[@KolossusB]

I mean those raging brushfires cali has to deal with are pretty gnarly. I may deal with some bitter winters up here in canada, but at least the whole country side dosen't light ablaze in the summer.

[@xTheSilentWolfx]

Yeah, it's cause California doesn't maintain their woodland areas which is why it always gets so bad every year. Like, EVERY year people lose their homes in long blaze that extends for miles, and they don't know how to fix it? Easy BS call right there.

[@Selvarin]

@@xTheSilentWolfx That and frickin' PG&E fleecing the people, not doing their part. And the state letting the utility do what they do.

[@yankee2666]

@@xTheSilentWolfx ...Something that was very manageable before the democrats destroyed virtually every aspect of the state.

[@craig5477]

And those fires are brought on by tree hugging govt who will not allow the dead under canopy to be cleaned up. They would rather have houses leveled, properly & people burnt. Total idiots

[@craig5477]

BS … they won’t allow Utility Companies to expand to prevent blackouts, they won’t allow the underbrush to be cleared. Stop electing liberal who love their ideas more than the lives of your citizens.