Yerr not from these parts are ya?

Well today as we were driving through Mississippi Shano took a wrong turn for some fuel.  We arrived in this amazing place call Fayette.  As I got out to pay for the fuel I noticed everyone staring at me and I mean EVERYONE.  Now initially I thought my skirt was tucked up in my knickers but then I noticed I had pants on - OK. Perhaps I have massive booga strewn unattractively across my face. Face check, nothing- OK. So and start chatting with the shop owner and a huge black man comes right up behind me and says "You aint from around these parts are ya little lady?"  "No" I say cheerfully, "I'm from Australia - its really beautiful around here I love it." I add excitedly.  Silence.  More silence and then a little bit more silence.  OK, I think what could the problem be.  And then I figure it out..... we are the ONLY white people in the town.  And I mean the ONLY. It was so bloody hysterical and I was such a naive idiot!!  On another note the whole town  so proud of a young gentleman who had graduated from high school that they had a massive billboard put up in his honour - it said "Congratulations to O'Man O'Dawg Smith for graduating in 2012" (only surname changed to protect his identity). What the hell kind of name is that?    I love this place.  xxx