Monday, April 6, 2009

What is a Tar Heel, anyhow?

Tonight's championship basketball game was amazing. UNC dominated, as they have all year. It was basketball ballet. Bravo Michigan, and any team that makes it to the finals. Tar Heels RULE!


So what exactly is a Tar Heel? Well it seems that somewhere along the way some folks from North Carolina found themselves in a conflict. I am not sure of the nature of the conflict, perhaps a battle in the War Between The States or maybe something less official, IDK. Anyhow, a comment was made by the other side that the North Carolinians would not budge. They held their ground like their heels were stuck to it with tar; Tar Heels. Stubborn, unyielding, tenacious.


I am a recent transplant to North Carolina. We have only been here 3 years, and I have heard people with 20 year residency records called "newcomers". Still, to live here ya gotta be a Tar Heel.