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Things only people from the South know
8-27-03 | Unkown

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
That's me! South Carolinian by birth and Charlestonian by the Grace of GOD! My mother, grandmother etc are all SOB's
381 posted on 08/25/2003 12:26:51 AM PDT by dixie sass (GOD bless America)
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To: Fraulein
When did the "awful" house start selling Grits?
382 posted on 08/25/2003 12:29:49 AM PDT by dixie sass (GOD bless America)
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To: nopardons
Lived in Reading for two years and learned about Scrapple, Sho'fly Pie and other Pennsylvania Dutch goodies.
383 posted on 08/25/2003 12:34:51 AM PDT by dixie sass (GOD bless America)
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To: PFKEY
I like my tomato green and fried. And they taste best when I grow them myself.
384 posted on 08/25/2003 12:35:21 AM PDT by dalebert
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To: Luis Gonzalez
Oh the beer sounds great, icey cold, almost cold enough to have ice crystals in it. It was the other stuff the 'innards'.
385 posted on 08/25/2003 12:39:28 AM PDT by dixie sass (GOD bless America)
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To: dixie sass
Ahhhhhhhhh, I see. :-)
386 posted on 08/25/2003 12:40:26 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Sorry, I didn't mean to make you angry. Please except my apologies.
387 posted on 08/25/2003 12:41:27 AM PDT by dixie sass (GOD bless America)
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To: nopardons
Southerners have no culture...folks up north are FAR superior and have ways of doing things much better...everyone knows that! How could anything originate in a place where everyone is uneducated and inbred. Thanks for setting this thread straight!
388 posted on 08/25/2003 12:44:21 AM PDT by teldon30
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To: dixie sass
Please excuse whatever it was, that you took for my bellicosity; that wasn't my intent. I was just trying to present some facts.
389 posted on 08/25/2003 12:44:22 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: WKB
True Southeners pickle pig noses, ears, and jawls and eat too much mayo on their bread. And every state has "the best barbeque" anywhere, (even though it in California), and nobody puts A-1 sauce on their steaks (it's disrespectful)... there is an IHOP or Waffle House on every corner.... and short guys always are the ones in the big trucks.
390 posted on 08/25/2003 12:45:42 AM PDT by Porterville (If your liberal, you are evil, and you will go to hell)
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To: nopardons
Your thinking of Miluo or Millet..
391 posted on 08/25/2003 12:47:05 AM PDT by Porterville (If your liberal, you are evil, and you will go to hell)
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To: teldon30
And just WHERE , in any/all of my posts, did I say, or even imply such as you smarmily wrote ? Please CCP my exact words,in reply, as mine own refutation.

Your thin skin and biases are showing;bless your heart. :-)

392 posted on 08/25/2003 12:47:11 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Porterville
It's made from millet, but is called something else; the name escapes me at this late hour. It's VERY like grits though.
393 posted on 08/25/2003 12:48:19 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
No...i can just read between the lines quite well...you're fooling no one.
394 posted on 08/25/2003 12:50:15 AM PDT by teldon30
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To: nopardons
They mix the millet with sour milk an sugar for dessert and use mix it with any combination of meats, sauces and oils... palm oil (really bright orange) is common and so is peanut sauce... Where I was in the Western Sub, they pronounced it Mee-luo,
395 posted on 08/25/2003 12:52:55 AM PDT by Porterville (If your liberal, you are evil, and you will go to hell)
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To: teldon30
You see what you want to, NOT what's there, nor the intent behind the words. Enough of the bloody " victimhood " of Southerners, already. Grow up, wise up, and stop being your own worst enemy. ;-)

Ask yourself why neutral facts bother you so much.All I am " guilty " of, is posting unassailable facts . LOL

396 posted on 08/25/2003 12:54:39 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Porterville
They cook it and serve it as side dish, in South Africa, with just about everything. Like grits, it can be a breakfast food, but it is also served as a side dish with diner. My son-in-law and his sister, have yet to send me any recipes, where it is mixed with meat/s. It's the way it's served, by Africaners, that I am talking about, from Jo'burg to Pretoria,to the Free Orange State. And then there's something called Pootckies ( that isn't the right spelling, forgive me, I wrote it phonetically. , which it is also served WITH, not mixed into.
397 posted on 08/25/2003 12:59:50 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: dixie sass
When did the "awful" house start selling Grits?

Haven't they always? You can get a small or large bowl, with or without cheese.

Their grits are actually very good.

398 posted on 08/25/2003 1:01:42 AM PDT by Fraulein (TCB)
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To: nopardons
I was in the bush in a whole other part of the continent... probably be way different
399 posted on 08/25/2003 1:01:51 AM PDT by Porterville (If your liberal, you are evil, and you will go to hell)
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To: Porterville
Most probably. I stated, in my original post, that I was talking about South Africa ... meaning the nation; not a region.I am only familiar with that one nation's dishes. LOL
400 posted on 08/25/2003 1:06:58 AM PDT by nopardons
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