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Southern Folks
Southern FOLKS know their summer weather report:
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity
Southern FOLKS know their vacation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The creek
Southern WOMEN know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Shugah
Southern WOMEN know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Gone With The Wind
Southern FOLKS know their religions:
Baptist
Methodist
Football
Southern FOLKS know their cities dripping with Southern
charm:
Chawl'stn
S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna
Southern WOMEN know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in uniform
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler
Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon
Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
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."
("Dreckly" in my family)
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 coldpotato 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 fer 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,
biscuits, 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're
fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!
Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are
fahevah !
Now Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South
or wish they had been! If you're a Northern transplant, bless your little
heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity
Southern FOLKS know their vacation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The creek
Southern WOMEN know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Shugah
Southern WOMEN know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Gone With The Wind
Southern FOLKS know their religions:
Baptist
Methodist
Football
Southern FOLKS know their cities dripping with Southern
charm:
Chawl'stn
S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna
Southern WOMEN know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in uniform
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler
Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon
Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
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."
("Dreckly" in my family)
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 coldpotato 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 fer 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,
biscuits, 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're
fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!
Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are
fahevah !
Now Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South
or wish they had been! If you're a Northern transplant, bless your little
heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.
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