Never ask someone from New Orleans if things are getting back to normal in that city. They really don't like when you ask them that.
On three different occasions, three different professors have mentioned that they were on a business trip in another state, and someone asked them if things were back to normal in New Orleans. Each of those professors said that they wanted to slug the person who said that. So, let me just tell you, never ask a New Orleanian if things are back to normal. You will make them very unhappy if you do so.
Reason why? Things aren't back to normal here. They never really were normal to begin with, and they will never return to the place where they used to be. That can be good or bad.
For anyone who has visited New Orleans since the Hurricane, you can see just how far New Orleans has to go to reach some since of normalcy. For the most part, it's just not even close.
1 comment:
Would you slug someone? Walker Texas Ranger Style? I can see it now...
I cannot imagine what it is like for people who have lived their whole lives there. They have really been neglected and gotten a bad deal.
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