When you meet your neighbors and get to the point in the conversation where you discuss how hot it is, just say. “Damn, it’s hot as Sherman’s ass blistering in Hell.” You’ll fit right in. You might also mention a few of the god-like qualities of Dean Smith and comment on how the sky is Carolina blue today.
BTW - That’s not the stars and bars. That’s the St. Andrews Cross.
That probably would work. Worked with a NC native whose wife's car got hit in an accident, rolled over and ended up in a ditch. First guy down was Dean Smith.
She said "I thought I had died and went to Blue Heaven".
Thanks for the correction on the flag. As a WAN ancestor was killed at Chickamauga fighting in one of the Michigan regiments, I should know better.