Its a southern thing

Kory

Kory

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Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc.., make up "a mess."
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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."
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Only a Southerner knows exactly how long"directly" is, as in: "Going to town, be back directly."
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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.
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All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
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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!
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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.
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Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.
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No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
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A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line,"... we talk to everybody!
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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.
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In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.
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Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
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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.
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When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
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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.
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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....
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To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take in two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!
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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!
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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."
 
Things I Learned in the South

A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.






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 ones seen before.




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




Onced and Twiced are words.




It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!




Jaw-P? means Did yall go to the bathroom?




People actually grow and eat okra.




Fixinto is one word. It means Im fixing 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.




Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.




The word jeet is actually a phrase meaning Did you eat?




You dont have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until youre done or its too dark to see.




You dont PUSH buttons, you MASH em.




No, Jew? is a common response to the question, Did you bring any beer?




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.




You carry jumper cables in your car - for your OWN car.




You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Tonys, Tabasco and ketchup.




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.




You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.




Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite pastime known as goin Wal-Martin or off to Wally World.




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




Fried catfish is the other white meat.




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.
 
Good post Fugetaboutit, u know your from the Bronx when u move to FL and they say u tak funny.
 
Florida isn't the south...Too many New Yorkers there.
 
I almost got whiplash from nodding in agreement for all of those. Guilty of every single one of 'em too!

And I agree with Scott. True southerners do not count FL as one of us...lol
 
Damm Fl gets bitch slapped, its not southern and its definitly not northern. I guess FL is GA redheaded stepchild.
 
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