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Joke: What are a redneck’s last words? Answer: “Hold my beer and watch this!”

(Where “redneck” is cultural slang for working class, uneducated man, or at least one with poor impulse control).




In common use, the (and watch this) is left unsaid and implied. I.e. the speaker is really excited to immediately do something that's a terrible idea, without even stopping to explain.

"How the heck are we going to get the alligator out of the pool?"

"Hold my beer..."


rednecks rush in where angels fear to tread.


Other terms from English:

Country bumpkin

Hillbilly

Hick

Clodhopper




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