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Things you must know if you move to the South

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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH.
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
5. Onced and Twiced are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?
8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.
9. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do something.
10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.
11. 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.
12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'
14. 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.
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
16. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural.
17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.
19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning, Tabasco, and ketchup.
20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.
21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)
22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
23. You know what a hissy fit is..
24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
25. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!
26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the South.
AND one more:
27. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show that stupid possum that it CAN be done!
 
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH.
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
5. Onced and Twiced are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?
8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.
9. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do something.
10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.
11. 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.
12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'
14. 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.
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
16. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural.
17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.
19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning, Tabasco, and ketchup.
20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.
21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)
22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
23. You know what a hissy fit is..
24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
25. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!
26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the South.
AND one more:
27. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show that stupid possum that it CAN be done!
I thought there might have been a mention of "grits" in all that, Y'all.
 
Down south you call coke/7 up soda up north its pop.
 
Georgia
The owner of a golf course in Georgia was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, "Y'all graduated from the University of Georgia and I need some help. If I wuz to give yew $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?"

The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, "Everthang but my earrings."
 
A South Carolina State trooper pulled over a Petty blue Mopar on I-26.
The trooper asked, "Got any ID?"
@Charles Cook replied, "Bout whut?"
 
Much in common with rural Pennsylvania. But vinegar and pepper seasoned pulled pork has never gained a foothold here, in spite of the German influence in the area. I have to drive to northern Virginia to get it. Family took a trip from PA to Alabama in 1970, and I think I saw 10 times as many GTXs south of the Mason Dixon line.
 
biscuits and gravy is a meal in the south,not for me. Still a northern boy :lol:
 
Down south you call coke/7 up soda up north its pop.
Not really.... Mostly we call it 'pop' , but lots of folks call it Coke, no matter what.
e.g. - "you want a Coke?"
"Sure, thanks."
"what kind?"
"Dr Pepper."

Only people I have ever heard use the term 'soda' are from up north/back east. We might occasionally say 'soda pop' , but seldom if ever, just soda. In fact, for years now, if I hear someone say 'soda' - unless theyre talking about baking soda.... - I always say something like 'You aint from around here, are you?' Only once have I been wrong and that was a very young person, so it doesnt count...
 
Not really.... Mostly we call it 'pop' , but lots of folks call it Coke, no matter what.
e.g. - "you want a Coke?"
"Sure, thanks."
"what kind?"
"Dr Pepper."

Only people I have ever heard use the term 'soda' are from up north/back east. We might occasionally say 'soda pop' , but seldom if ever, just soda. In fact, for years now, if I hear someone say 'soda' - unless theyre talking about baking soda.... - I always say something like 'You aint from around here, are you?' Only once have I been wrong and that was a very young person, so it doesnt count...
Then I had it reversed. :thumbsup:
 
Yes, I am getting a chuckle out of some of the responses - inaccurate though they may be. :)
 
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