Church of hicks

Rhonda Bullington snapped this photo somewhere in Arkansas. (Thanks, Rob Bullington!)

[#1 posted by wolfwitch , June 23, 2008 10:48 AM]

I don't have a picture handy, but in Flippin, AR you will find The Flippin Church of God!

[#2 posted by Anselm , June 23, 2008 11:03 AM]

Holy Repost, batman!

[#3 posted by Bottlekid , June 23, 2008 11:05 AM]

#1, That's where Flickr come in:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24261463@N04/2330993033/

and don't forget the Flippin Police:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrssue/157912308/

[#4 posted by WilliamsBK , June 23, 2008 11:10 AM]

Hick on the map:
"http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Hicks,+AR&daddr=&mra=mi&sll=33.444925,-93.162239&sspn=0.011871,0.017145&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16"

[#5 posted by BIZKeT , June 23, 2008 11:18 AM]

Bill must be rotating in his grave.

[#6 posted by Xopher , June 23, 2008 11:24 AM]

WolfWitch, they should have called it the "Flippin Church O God."

[#7 posted by Michael Brutsch , June 23, 2008 11:25 AM]

That's better than the one we snapped in North Carolina last summer.

[#8 posted by Slowermo , June 23, 2008 11:26 AM]

Isn't church of Hicks redundant? Sorry, I've been watch Carlin videos and I'm a little punchy.

[#9 posted by the_dannobot , June 23, 2008 11:36 AM]

And the Lord Hicks said unto thee:
"Thou shalt nuke the site from orbit, for it is the only way to be sure."

Stay frosty people, amen.

[#10 posted by magic whiskey , June 23, 2008 11:46 AM]

@8:

Too true.

[#11 posted by e_to_the_m , June 23, 2008 11:47 AM]

Somewhere? This sign seems a little redundant.

[#12 posted by loudersoft , June 23, 2008 12:02 PM]

Obviously in Hicks, Arkansas. Wow those Southerners sure are funny, aren't we?

[#13 posted by Enochrewt , June 23, 2008 12:07 PM]

I like how the sign implies that I'm a hick.

[#14 posted by Takuan , June 23, 2008 12:14 PM]

and no one mentions the town of Fucking?

[#15 posted by pinkpicnic , June 23, 2008 12:26 PM]

There are actually three towns in Arkansas called Hicks, 10 nationwide. Four towns called Dick, two Idiots, and let's not forget Jerkwater, PA.

Come on, Boingboing. Your Arkansan readers can take a joke (after they've taken it 100 times) but don't you have better things to post about?

[#16 posted by mannakiosk , June 23, 2008 12:29 PM]

I'm not much for being a follower, but I sure would join the Church of Bill Hicks.

-Mister Funnyman, c'mere. Hey buddy, we're Christians and we don't like what you said.

-Then forgive me."

[#17 posted by wurp , June 23, 2008 12:37 PM]

@#16: That's Arkansawyer.

As an Arkie, it bothers me not in the least to hear people mock Hicks (or hicks).

[#18 posted by wolfwitch , June 23, 2008 12:42 PM]

And then, my favorite- Beaver, UT.

Thanks for posting the Flickr links Bottlekid! I've to a pic almost exactly like the first, but it's sitting on a backup drive somewhere.

[#19 posted by Antinous , June 23, 2008 12:45 PM]

pinkpicnic,

If you don't like the content on BB (and based on your comment history, you don't) why are you here?

[#20 posted by Difference Engineer , June 23, 2008 12:45 PM]

I'm Hudson. He's Hicks.

[#21 posted by Stuart Ellis , June 23, 2008 12:55 PM]

There used to be a Greek Restaurant in Auburn, Alabama called Taste of Greece...

[#22 posted by SomeGuy , June 23, 2008 1:12 PM]

Wolfwitch @18

Where do I go to sign up for membership in the Church of Beaver?

[#23 posted by minTphresh , June 23, 2008 1:24 PM]

try either Blueballs, or Intercourse. i b'lieve one must go thru the first to enter the second.

[#24 posted by Epicanis , June 23, 2008 3:16 PM]

And here I thought this was going to be something akin to the "Cowboy Church" stuff going on in Texas...

[#25 posted by scionofgrace , June 23, 2008 4:32 PM]

Been to Intercourse. That town has taken its name and run with it.

Personally, I'm a fan of Funk, NE.

[#26 posted by Stan Jantzen , June 23, 2008 6:09 PM]

Yeah, those Christians, they're all hicks. Good point, Dave!!

[#27 posted by flynnfx , June 23, 2008 8:38 PM]

Actually, it was Ripley who first said:
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/quotes

[#28 posted by Antinous , June 23, 2008 9:32 PM]

But Hicks repeated it verbatim and this post is about Hicks. Get it? Hicks.

[#29 posted by Halloween Jack , June 24, 2008 7:18 AM]

Don't forget Leet Methodist Church...

[#30 posted by Obviously , June 24, 2008 8:43 AM]

Way to tell it like it is sign.

[#31 posted by mattyd , June 29, 2008 9:26 AM]

All Christians == hicks. So say the loyalists of a bloody website called BoingBoing. LOL

I am a Christian and I live in NYC. But, I am a "hick".

This is ok to infer, or rather, directly state. God help the Muslims or Jews on this site-- wait-- no one would dare scoff at their beliefs.

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[#32 posted by arkizzle , June 29, 2008 9:45 AM]

Matty, don't put a LOL, if you're not LOLing, it makes you read like a psycho.. :)

[#33 posted by hassan-i-sabbah , June 29, 2008 9:59 AM]

At least most of us didn't vote for Bush,MattyD!!

[#34 posted by Takuan , June 29, 2008 10:13 AM]

twice? When did you convert again anyway?

[#35 posted by Antinous , June 29, 2008 2:16 PM]

mattyd,

If you actually read BB, you would know that we have lots of lively and lengthy religious discussions and that many of our commenters are religious, some are even Christians.