Posted on 03/05/2005 10:25:10 AM PST by TASMANIANRED
I have a friend with a big Ford truck.
As soon as a few flakes of snow fall he is out driving the back roads ready to pull any one out that needs it.
The wart refers to an "organic" enhancement to the fellow's....um....well, what guys have that women don't (and I don't mean TV remote!).
And bless your heart for asking (blush)
You owe me a new keyboard for that one!
Bless your heart, You didn't spew , did ya'll.
If You don't know what a "stump whipped chitlin" is, best You stay where You are! I have raised all the children I made, damned if it is My job to bring You up to speed.
My Mamma raised me up right. I don't sass and mostly I ain't to big for my britches.
Or my favorite
"You cut your arm off...bless your heart.'
Y'all forgot "hey"
When I was a kid, living in NYC, my dad would always reprimand me for using "hey"...said hey is for horses, not people...
So, I move down here, NC, and all I hear is hey this and hey that...
Soon I catch myself answering someone on the phone or at the door with "hey"...
And you should warn people about "sweet tea"..
I did't have a clue when I ordered it...almost fell over with the first sip...90% sugar-10% tea....I have since learned to order un-sweet tea and adjust it myself!!!
But I LOVE the south!!!!
Hey is a multipurpose word.
Can be used to get someones attention, To say hello, and
Can be used as a bristling retort.
"You're not from around here are you?"
Tim replied, "No ma'am, I'm from Chicago"
"Chicago?" she shreiked, "Why, don't you think people from Chicago are just the rudest, most ill-mannered people in the world?"
Tim smiled and looked at her as he said,"Not any more ma'am, not any more"
That was also the same trip some #@!!@%% talked me into eating deep fried gizzards. That and okra are where I draw the line. Although I am very fond of deep fried sweet pickles!!
If you like deep fried sweet pickles you would like deep fried okra.
The problem with okra is letting it get too big, it get's woody and slimey.
When they are small and tender and fried quickly they are very good.
I am not a gizzard fan either.
Thanks for the driving advice, going to FLA over the Easter weekend. Just hoping for no snow.
1 inch to you means, stay at home.
6 inches to me means, drive a little slower.
YaYa, ping.
I've seen snow in Ky on Easter but it would be rarer than hen's teeth in Florida.
We stopped for gas one Sunday in rented car with Rhode Island plates in Ashville (? - off I-95) North Carolina - "directly" across the street from a Walgreens. I went in to get a "coke" (small "c", in the South coke means "soda") and came out to find my wife had locked the keys in the car. I told her I would call AAA and Hertz and see what they could do. I apologized to the proprietor for tying up his gas island, he took it in stride.
After I made the calls I told my wife it would be at least two hours before anyone could get there. She starts getting tense - I'm trying not to remind her who left the keys in the damn in car in the first place. I hand her $20 and ask her why doesn't she and daughter get some batteries for daughter's CD player over at Wahlgreens, knowing that she's always ready for shopping.
As luck would have it, the very next car to arrive was a coupla good old boys with a small fishing boat in tow, who pull in directly behind me. I apologize and explain that my wife has locked the keys in the car and...
Their faces light up like a kid at Christmas, the driver jumps out and pulls a set of lock pick tools out from under his seat, a minute later the door is open as the girls arrive from across the street, looking surprised. "The locksmith arrived already?" "Yup, they're really on the ball."
Sound's like the boys were prepared for anything.
We are leaving on Good Friday, taking 3 days to go down. Straight shot down I-75 with some side stops for the nephews.
Just hoping for good weather on the drive, we should get it, fingers crossed!!!
Ya'll have a safe trip.
Try to time Atlanta sometime other than rush hour.
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