[jslade]

SL, you are comin' up with some good ones.

[sweetliberty]

Here's a little test for those who might not be quite sure where they fit in along the north/south divide:

You Might be a Yankee if…

• you think barbecue is a verb meaning "to cook outside."
• you think Heinz Ketchup is SPICY!
• you don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce"correctly.
• for breakfast, you would prefer potatoes au gratin to grits.
• you don't know what a moon pie is.
• you've never had grain alcohol.
• you've never, ever, eaten Okra.
• you eat fried chicken with a knife and fork.
• you've never seen a live chicken, and the only cows you've seen are on road trips.
• you have no idea what a polecat is.
• whenever someone tells an off-color joke about farm animals, it goes over your head.
• you don't see anything wrong with putting a sweater on a poodle.
• you don't have bangs.
• you would rather vacation at Martha's Vineyard than Six Flags.
• more than two generations of your family have been kicked out of the same prep school in Connecticut.
• you would rather have your son become a lawyer than grow up to get his own TV fishing show.
• instead of referring to two or more people as "y'all," you call them "you guys," even if both of them are women.
• you don't think Howard Stern has an accent.
• you have never planned your summer vacation around a gun-and-knife show.
• you think more money should go to important scientific research at your university than to pay the salary of the head football coach.
• you don't have at least one can of WD*40 somewhere around the house.
• The last time you smiled was when you prevented someone from getting on an on-ramp on the highway.
• you don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores.
• the farthest south you've ever been is the perfume counter at Neiman Marcus.
• you call binoculars opera glasses.
• you can't spit out the car window without pulling over to the side of the road and stopping.
• you would never wear pink or an appliqued sweatshirt.
• you don't know what appliqued is.
• most of your formative high school sexual experiences took place within the context of a football game.
• you don't know anyone with two first names (i.e. Joe Bob, Billy Bob, Bubba Kay Bob, Bob Bob)
• you don't have doilies, and you certainly don't know how to make one.
• you've never been to a craft show.
• you get freaked out when people on the subway talk to you.
• you can't do your laundry without quarters.
• none of your fur coats are homemade.