Things Learned While Living in GA

[lynn]

A fellow southerner sent me the following:

THINGS I HAVE LEARNED LIVING IN GEORGIA

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 live
in GEORGIA
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000
live in GEORGIA
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. 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 GEORGIA 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. 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 and 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 four spices: salt, pepper,
> 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. You know someone is from GEORGIA as soon
as they open their mouth.
>
> 14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time
> known as"goin'
> Wal-martin"or off to "Wally World"....Mall Mart
>
> 15. You describe the first cool snap (below 70
> degrees) as good
> pinto-bean weather.
>
> 16. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or
> pop...it's a Coke,
> regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What
> kinda coke you want?"
>
> 17. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
>
> 18. We don't need no stinking driver's ed....if
> our mama says we can
> drive, we can drive.

[braided-rug]

Hot diggity!

[Tammie]

I thought those were FANTASTIC and it made my mornin' just to be sittin' here a'readin 'em!!

[Admin]

Too Cute Lynn, and as you probably know some of those things apply to KY as well. But alas, I am STILL a northerner..LOL

[braided-rug]

Yes, some apply here too. Especially the ketchup/sauce.

In our town we have "snow day" in place of a holiday for our equivalent of the Kentucky Derby I think. The boys from school use it as an excuse to go deer hunting.

[braided-rug]

I have noticed since I have been in this town, that I say 1 1/2 hours for one town I go to, and 50 minutes for another etc. It doesn't matter how far the 1 1/2 hour town is, it takes a little longer to get there than expected.

[braided-rug]

How is this one:

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."
> ____
>
From: www.prairie-kitchen.com

I will have to think about these, I may need a translation.

[lynn]

Too funny, BR. Just holler if ya' need those translations.

Some of those I haven't heard in a long time......like right near and a right far piece. I remember my grandparents saying those. My dad still calls milk "sweet milk". And I love the one about standing in checkout lines talking and making new friends! Can't tell you how many times I've done that.

[Admin]

Ah yes, all is still well in the south. I keep telling everyone I am a true northerner, but I have to admit that the southness is rubbing off on me. :-)

[lynn]

Southness? That must be yankee lingo. LOL, just kidding, Cara. You know my MIL is a "transplant" too. She hails from Milwaukee. After living in the south all these years, she still has that northern accent.....some of the things she says are so funny to the boys. And of course, they have to tease her about it. LOL.

We have Turner South network and I love the commercials called "My South." My fav is the one done by an actor from the south (can't remember his name). He says, "In my south, Law and Order meant Grandma and a hickory switch." Love it!

[Admin]

LOL, so I guess I am still a true yank eh? Yes, now that I am close to whereyou MIL is I want to look her up. I went to Nolts last week with Lori and when we left I told her we should of phoned Mary to meet us there and to have lunch with her.

I remember the first time I heard my MIL ask one of the grands if they wanted a *little taste of peach tree tea*...I am like what??? LOL

[lynn]

Anybody that says, "eh?" has to be a yank. My MIL says that too. LOL. You know our version of "eh" is huh. LOL.

She told me she saw you and Lori somewhere (can't remember) and that you looked very tired. She would have loved having lunch with you both, er, I mean, "y'all." LOL.

She will be here Wed evening to see her oldest grandson graduate. She called me Friday and asked was there anything I *wanted* from Nolts. Well yeah, how about 1 of everything. I should have asked, "How much room do you have?" Love that place.

I've never heard of peach tree tea. I'm not a tea drinker. *gasp* I know, everyone in the south drinks sweet iced tea, but this dixie chick does not. I do like hot herbal teas, but that's about it. Now my dh, on the other hand, guzzles sweet tea. I make 2 gallons a day.

[braided-rug]

Grandma and a hickory switch. I used to watch TV, I'm trying to think maybe it was the Waltons, it was so funny to me at the time.

Is dh a northener or half and half? I'm being rude now.

And Milwalkee, Michigan??? My dh nearly went there, he was a few miles out of Detroit.

Nolts is good?

In my age group in OZ way over here, we tried not to say eh or huh. And the word stuff, well did my step-children gets "heaps" (also new word) over that. Now it is common place even in our home.

I'd be in that porch sign, that is lovely.

By the way, how do you make the potato salad.

[lynn]

My dh is a Florida native. My mil moved to Florida with her family when she was 19, met and married my fil, also a Florida native. He joined the Air Force and was stationed near Pensacola, when they adopted my dh at birth. They were not able to have any children.

My mil is from Milwaukee Wisconsin. Nolts is a store run by a mennonite family not too far from Cara. Herbs, spices, homemade cheese, and items that are really hard to find. Lots of good fresh produce too.

We make potato salad by boiling potatoes and eggs. Drain the potatoes, peel and dice the eggs. Mix together and add mayo, sweet pickle relish, a pinch of dry mustard, salt and pepper. Garnish with paprika.

My inlaws currently live not too far from Cara. Just down the road a few miles, actually. When we visit them, we always plan a trip to Nolts Store.

[Admin]

Peach tree tea Lynn, is a switch from a peach tree applied to the back one ones behind or legs. LOL. That is if you have been very naughty. Did I ever get peach tree tea..you betcha.
Wonder where MIL saw us and yes, both of us are wiped out. I tell you I have worked my fingers to the bone, but I go to sleep at night bone tired( before I couldn't sleep at all) and I wake up early ready to meet the day. Well most days that is. The last 6 days have been tough with the lupus flaring.....But yesterday I got all that border stripped from the guest bath and boy am I glad. I finished the last about 12 inches today and then cleaned up. Then I washed down the walls and now it is ready for painting and my border...yes I am putting another border up, but a stripable one..LOL


You all would love Nolts. I am so excited I live close now. Lynn, when you coming down??