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Things only people from the South know
8-27-03
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Posted on 08/24/2003 7:38:34 PM PDT by WKB
Only a true Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption and that you pitch one and have the other.
Nobody but a true Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, Turnip greens, peas, beans, etc. make up a mess.
A true Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."
A true Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is - as in "Going to town, be back directly."
Even true 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 true Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
True Southerners know 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 trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin').
True Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.
True Southerners both know and understand the differences between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and trailer trash. <> No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. True Southerners know that "fixin" can be used both as a noun, verb and adverb.
A true Southerner knows how to understand Southern a booger can be a resident of the nose, a descriptive ("That ol' booger!") or something that jumps out at you in the dark and scares you to death.
True Southerners make friends standing in lines. We don't do "queues," we do "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, if only by marriage.
True Southerners never refer to one person as "ya'll."
True Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
Every true Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that redeye gravy is also a breakfast food; that fried green tomatoes are not breakfast food.
When you ask someone how they're doing and they reply, " Fair to middlin.", you know you're in the presence of a genuine Southerner.
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 on the freeway? You say, "Bless her heart" and go on your way.
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To: dixiechick2000
My family used condensed milk too. :-)
To: Taffini
Dead give-away!
342
posted on
08/24/2003 11:26:10 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: nopardons
New Yorkers used to ( some may still do ) put ketchup on scrambled eggs. :-( LOL .. I have been known to do that from time to time .. I think it was having to eat scrapple as a kid .. I learn to put ketchup on almost everything I didn't like but my mother made me eat
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posted on
08/24/2003 11:26:51 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
To: brianl703
Neeeeeeeeevah! Nehi is orange. Don't remember a grape.
344
posted on
08/24/2003 11:27:26 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: yankeedame
It should be "I sewed the curtains whilst my husband, boyfriend, handyman (whatever) built the cabinets.
345
posted on
08/24/2003 11:29:21 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: Mo1
Having been to boarding school in Pa., I know what scrapple is. I doubt that the Southern contingent does, though. LOL
Oh yes, and we sometimes put jelly on scrambled eggs too. Damned if I know why. Being alergic to eggs, I don't eat them, so these are just my observations, not my preferences. :-)
To: dixiechick2000
Haven't done that since I was a teen.
347
posted on
08/24/2003 11:30:30 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: dixie sass
Yes, Nehi makes, or made grape too. And both ARE sold up North, y'all. LOL
To: Oorang
I'dnit a little early for pig-picking or are y'all having cold weather now?
349
posted on
08/24/2003 11:31:50 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: nopardons
Having been to boarding school in Pa., I know what scrapple is. I doubt that the Southern contingent does, though. LOL They should consider themselves lucky they don't .. *L*
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posted on
08/24/2003 11:32:34 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
To: DeFault User
GO GAMECOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! You to Tigers unless y'all play USC or the Citadel or Gawga
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posted on
08/24/2003 11:35:05 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: Mo1
Yes, that's a fact. Scrapple is pretty YUCKY !
To: Fraulein
Do they eat tomato sandwiches up northPeeled tomatoes for breakfast, dinner and supper.
353
posted on
08/24/2003 11:38:20 PM PDT
by
PFKEY
To: martin_fierro
Oh Martin, I remember that thread from - when - last year, wasn't it.
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posted on
08/24/2003 11:40:01 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: CindyDawg
I just moved it to the 'frig. Still used my bacon grease - got to have it for greens, beans, cornbread, etc.
355
posted on
08/24/2003 11:41:15 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Usually they were Dandelion Greens. You are right the Poke does refer to the bag they were put in will being gathered.
356
posted on
08/24/2003 11:43:17 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: Luis Gonzalez
Cracklin' Cornbread!
357
posted on
08/24/2003 11:44:35 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: CindyDawg
Pralines, Divinity and roasted Pecans. ummmmmm, boiled peanuts!!!!!
358
posted on
08/24/2003 11:46:33 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: WKB
We send my Aunt, who was transplanted to PA, Pork Brains and Grits. Grits is good, but the brains - GACK!!!!!!!
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posted on
08/24/2003 11:49:55 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: TexasCowboy
Every female in my wife's family has a T-Shirt with GRITS Girls Rased In The South on it.
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posted on
08/24/2003 11:50:26 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(reality is for people who can't face science fiction)
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