Things I have learned living in Country:

Russ Spence

Commercial Pressure Wash Expert
Things I have learned living in Country:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1. Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet
> > >>> in the air.
> > >>>
> > >>> 2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in
> > >>> country.
> > >>>
> > >>> 3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them
> > >>> live in country, plus a couple no one's seen before.
> > >>>
> > >>> 4. If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
> > >>>
> > >>> 5. "Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
> > >>>
> > >>> 6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
> > >>>
> > >>> 7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.
> > >>>
> > >>> 8. People actually grow and eat okra.
> > >>>
> > >>> 9. "Fixinto" is one word.
> > >>>
> > >>> 10. There is no such thing as "lunch". There is only dinner
> > >>> and then there is supper.
> > >>>
> > >>> 11. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals and you start
> > >>> drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with
> > >>> our sugar!
> > >>>
> > >>> 12. Backards and forwards means "I know everything about
> > >>> you."
> > >>>
> > >>> 13. The word "Jeet" is actually a phrase 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 them.
> > >>>
> > >>> YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM COUNTRY IF:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1. You measure distance in minutes.
> > >>>
> > >>> 2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the
> > >>> same day.
> > >>>
> > >>> 3. You use "fix" as a verb. For example: "I'm fixing to go
> > >>> to the store
> > >>>
> > >>> 4. All the festivals across the state are named after a
> > >>> fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
> > >>>
> > >>> 5. You install security lights on your house and garage,
> > >>> then leave both unlocked.
> > >>>
> > >>> 6. You know what a "DAWG" is.
> > >>>
> > >>> 7. You carry jumper cables in your car ... For your OWN car.
> > >>>
> > >>> 8. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete,
> > >>> Tabasco and Ketchup.
> > >>>
> > >>> 9. The local papers cover national and international news on
> > >>> one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
> > >>>
> > >>> 10. You think that the first day of deer season is a
> > >>> national holiday.
> > >>>
> > >>> 11. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".
> > >>>
> > >>> 12. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still
> > >>> Summer and Christmas.
> > >>>
> > >>> 13. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as
> > >>> "goin' Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World"
> > >>>
> > >>> 14. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as
> > >>> good soup weather.
> > >>>
> > >>> 15. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop ..
> > >>> It's a coke, regardless of brand or flavor. For example:
> > >>> "What kinda coke you want?"
> > >>>
> > >>> 16. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
> > >>>
> > >>> 17. We don't need no stinking driver's Ed. If our mama says
> > >>> we can drive, we can drive.
> > >>>
> > >>> 18. You understand these jokes and forward them to your
> > >>> country friends (and those who just wish they were). Not
> > >>> EVERYONE can be from the country;
it's an art form and a gift from God
 
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