This was sent to me by Helen:
Things I know from living in the South
| A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road. |
True.
| There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South. |
True.
| There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before. |
True.
| If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha. |
Mostly True.
| Onced and Twiced are words. |
True.
| It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy! |
And you carry people to town, you don't give them a ride to town.
| Jawl-P? means Did y'all go to the bathroom? |
I did, thank you for asking.
| People actually grow and eat okra. |
And it slid-d-d-e-e-s-s-s-s down your throat because it's so slimy. Yum!
| Fixinto is one word. It means I'm fixing to do that. |
Ah'm fixin ta post on mah blog.
| There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there is supper. |
True. Don't get these mixed up or you could miss a meal you are invited to.
| Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South. |
That and Co Cola.....
| Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you. |
If I don't know it then someone in the family will know it.
| The word jeet is actually a phrase meaning Did you eat? |
I didn't. Can I have a biscuit, please?
| You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see. |
Did that just today.
| You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em. |
You will get you a finger ache from mashing buttons, too.
| Ya'll is singular, all ya'll is plural. |
And everyone else is referred to as Susan and them.
| You measure distance in minutes. |
And do not ask for directions in Kentucky. No one can give them. :)
| You switch from heat to A/C in the same day. |
True in Michigan more than in Kentucky.
| All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal. |
We just had the Blueberry Festival this weekend. True.
| You know what a DAWG is. |
Got a house full of them.
| You carry jumper cables in your car - for your OWN car. |
Ture.
| You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Tonys, Tabasco and ketchup. |
Well...I also have maple syrup but then where I lived for 30 years before living here, it was a staple and I got used to eating it.
| The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports and motor sports, and gossip. |
Exceedingly true.
| You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday. |
True nearly everywhere there is a deer season.
| You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit a bit warm. |
Just a tad.
| You know what a hissy fit is. |
And I can pitch one with the best of them.
| Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite pastime known as goin Wal-Martin' or off to Wally World. |
And you can go garage sailin', too.
| You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chicken stew weather. |
Yeah, it was that way tonight.
| Fried catfish is the other white meat. |
Good stuff!
| We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive, dag-nabbit. |
Momma is always right. Always.
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