Things I know about the South

SOME OF THESE ARE LAME!

Things I know about the South A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.

 OR THE WOODS!

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.

If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

Onced and Twiced are words. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy! Jawl-P? means Did y'all go to the bathroom? People actually grow and eat okra. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm getting ready to do that. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there is supper. 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. Backerds and forerds means I know everything about you. The word jeet is actually a phrase meaning Did you eat? 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. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em. Ya'll is singular, all ya'll is plural. You measure distance in minutes. You switch from heat to A/C in the same day. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal. You know what a DAWG is. HOPE You carry jumper cables in your car - for your OWN car. AMEN!

You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Tonys, Tabasco and ketchup.  AND CRAB BOIL!!!

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.

You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit a bit warm.  99

You know what a hissy fit is.

Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite pastime known as goin Wal-Martin' or off to Wally World.  ACTUALLY TAKEN AT WAL-MART!

You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chicken stew weather.  CCCCCCC-OOOOLD!!!!

Fried catfish is the other white meat.

 OR CRAPPIE, SPECKS, SPECKLED PERCH OR PAPERMOUTH!

We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive, dag-nabbit.

You understand these jokes and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the SOUTH.

 unfortunately--All pics are mine,

AND I LOVE YOU ALL!

JMc