"...In the first place I was a southerner and had the map of Dixie on my tongue... the way an average southern child is raised on simile and invective. They know how to call names. It is an everyday affair to hear somebody called a mullet headed, mule eared, wall eyed, hog nosed, gator faced, shad mouthed, screw necked, goat bellied, puzzle gutted, camel backed, butt sprung, battle hamed, knock kneed, razor legged, box ankled, shovel footed, unmated so and so..."