mnealtx 0 #1 July 3, 2006 Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them. _____ Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess." _____ Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder." _____ Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, ... as in: "Going to town, be back directly." _____ Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table. _____ All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well. _____ Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin! _____ Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20. _____ Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash. _____ No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. _____ A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb. _____ Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line," ... we talk to everybody! _____ Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage. _____ In the South, y'all is singular, ... all y'all is plural. _____ Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them. _____ Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food. _____ When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner! _____ Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk. _____ And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,"Bless her heart" ... and go your own way. _____ To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart! _____ And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, ... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language! _____ And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #2 July 3, 2006 Yeah, but only a Northerner knows what it's like to have just one beautiful sunset a year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #3 July 3, 2006 None of my North Carolina relatives ever called me by my given name. It was always "sug..." short for sugar.What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #4 July 3, 2006 "No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn" So true.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #5 July 3, 2006 Quote"No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn" So true. I was texting someone a message and part of the message was gimme some sugar.she asked what kind.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k_marr08 0 #6 July 3, 2006 my sister moved to nc from ny (where I live) maybe 5-7 years ago - she just started saying "bless her little heart" - ALL the time - I think it's hilarious - my brother also moved to va 10 or so years ago and has since said ya'll without even realizing it (also all the time) When I was driving in NC I noticed that plenty of drivers drive wayyy too slow and to not get stuck behind ANYONE - also they can't turn very fast, it takes them forever even to turn right???!! but it is a nice place - people are very very friendly, and in that sense it's much nicer than the majority of the people up here in NY."I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead" - Charles Lindbergh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #7 July 3, 2006 Quote"No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn" So true. at least they signal... up here people like to move over without looking and hope that no ones there... I've been run off the road more then once in a day... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #8 July 3, 2006 Thanks... I just sent that to my Dad (born and raised in rural east Tennessee). "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #9 July 3, 2006 QuoteQuote"No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn" So true. at least they signal... up here people like to move over without looking and hope that no ones there... I've been run off the road more then once in a day... Cause you are in OHIO!!! Don't even get me started on ohio drivers. Sorry peeps from ohio, but seriously everytime someone is doing something wrong in traffic they have ohio plates down here. I'm NOT kidding.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namgrunt 0 #10 July 3, 2006 its nanner pudddding ever notice when in the south you start your right turn by going to the left so you can make that big right turn..as in pulling a plow with your tractor. you all hurry on back now ya hear(return soon) and in the south NO ONE QUESTIONS YOUR MOTHER S.O.B. is fighting words its breakfast,lunch or supper women are naturally prettier in the south lets BREAK BREAD.. lets eat together devils cup as in do you pertake of the devils cup meansdrink hard liquor if you say SHUT UP instead of NOW HUSH A MIN. its time to fight hup ass ..is what you put on someone that telly you SHUT UP war eagle,go dogs,bama, can be used to end any sentince and if you are really excited you say WAR DAM EAGLE,HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS,ROLL TIDE L.A. is Lower Alabama not some place in kaliforinia where hippeys come from ..WAR DAM EAGLE59 YEARS,OVERWEIGHT,BALDIND,X-GRUNT LAST MIL. JUMP VIET-NAM(QUAN-TRI) www.dzmemories.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MF42 0 #11 July 3, 2006 QuoteOnly a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash. Back in school, several classmates were from out of state and kept referring to the local "hillbillies" and their strange habits. I educated them, "This is Oklahoma. We have no hills, therefore we have no hillbillies. That person was undoubtedly either a redneck or just your basic poor white trash." Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #12 July 3, 2006 Just a note--the North won the Civil War. "Y'all" lost. Get over it. Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namgrunt 0 #13 July 3, 2006 QuoteJust a note--the North won the Civil War. "Y'all" lost. Get over it. AS folks get older they tend to get wiser ever heard of someone retireing to the NORTH??? ..59 YEARS,OVERWEIGHT,BALDIND,X-GRUNT LAST MIL. JUMP VIET-NAM(QUAN-TRI) www.dzmemories.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #14 July 3, 2006 QuoteQuoteJust a note--the North won the Civil War. "Y'all" lost. Get over it. AS folks get older they tend to get wiser ever heard of someone retireing to the NORTH??? .. Actually - ok - you say you won . . . I say take all your snowbirds BACK!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #15 July 3, 2006 Quotebut seriously everytime someone is doing something wrong in traffic they have ohio plates down here. I'm NOT kidding.But I have ohio plates... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #16 July 3, 2006 QuoteQuotebut seriously everytime someone is doing something wrong in traffic they have ohio plates down here. I'm NOT kidding.But I have ohio plates... Does the shoe fit?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #17 July 3, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteJust a note--the North won the Civil War. "Y'all" lost. Get over it. AS folks get older they tend to get wiser ever heard of someone retireing to the NORTH??? .. Actually - ok - you say you won . . . I say take all your snowbirds BACK! We consider our conquered territories our colonies. We're free to administer/populate them as we see fit...Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drae 0 #18 July 3, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuotebut seriously everytime someone is doing something wrong in traffic they have ohio plates down here. I'm NOT kidding.But I have ohio plates... Does the shoe fit? The only caution I have regarding Ohio drivers is that they have no regard for severe weather. It must never rain in Ohio. That would explain maintaining the 65 mph speed limit, even if you can't see the road through the windshield! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #19 July 3, 2006 QuoteQuoteBut I have ohio plates... Does the shoe fit?I can never find shoes that actually fit... the curse of having short wide feet... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #20 July 3, 2006 Quote...We consider our conquered territories our colonies. We're free to administer/populate them as we see fit... Slave all your working life up north and then come down here on vaction to spend it....Thank you. Ya'll are so easy. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namgrunt 0 #21 July 3, 2006 YANKEE..northern person who visets the south DAMMM YANKEE..same person who stays ..59 YEARS,OVERWEIGHT,BALDIND,X-GRUNT LAST MIL. JUMP VIET-NAM(QUAN-TRI) www.dzmemories.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #22 July 3, 2006 QuoteYANKEE..northern person who visets the south DAMMM YANKEE..same person who stays and all this time you've been trying to get me to move back to the south... I see how it is... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
