A very loud man at the other end of the bar was, uh, being very loud at the other end of the bar. Three tidbits:
- When a fellow patron mentioned he was loud: “Hey, I’m Southern Baptist. I can do whatever I want.”
- When his and his friend’s
hookersdates arrived: “So do you want lumber or do you want a shrimp?” - To no one in particular: “Do y’all got money in the stock market? I bet ya’ll on the internet. That’s high dollar.” (I thought he said “stock cars,” but my wife insists I misheard. Her version makes more sense, but he seemed the kind of guy who’d jump from stock cars to the web, however that would work.)
Why can Southern Baptists do whatever they want?
He’s not Southern Baptist at all. He’s trying to either get a cheap laugh from folks that don’t like Southern Baptists or bait Southern Baptists into outing themselves in the bar (thereby showing that they’re bad Southern Baptists).
I used to hear it now and again growing up when guys were indulging their inner jackass in public (something I approve of, btw, when done in moderation). In those cases, it’s also used to tell whoever is getting onto to them to feck off.