Things only people from the South know

8-27-03 | Unkown

[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.

[WKB]

Dasn't


I remeber "daresum" used in that context!

[WKB]

someone being "a mess"

I get called that a lot nowadays!!

[potlatch]

LOL!!

[bourbon]

Shorty McWilliams was a major league football stud. Wasn't he one of the few if not the only players in NCAA history to be a 2-time All-American for 2 different teams (Army and MS State)?

I'm going to have to sit down and wade through this whole wonderful thread. Unfortunately, I've been too busy to follow it as it has grown.

BTW, I hope you stalwarts are mining this thread for more MS Freepers to add to the ping list. :-)

[don-o]

"jawja" for Georgia

I've heard it prounounced "Georgie."

I believe Bobby Dodd said that he coached at Georgie Tech. Of course he was an upper east Tennessee native.

[Mo1]

I was telling Mr. Mo1 about this thread .. he's from Alabama

Well, I was asking him about Polk Salad and he mentioned this was one of the best songs about Polk Salad

Wow .. this song was a tough one to find

Poke Salad Annie by TONY JOE WHITE

[Just_de_facts]

No but it had a Magnolia flower and a front view of the
Governors mansion on the front I believe.

[Just_de_facts]

Yeah they have them, but not any Piggly Wiggly or Sunflower
stores.

[WKB]

I didn't know this line was in Poke Salad Annie

"This page is not available. "

The link doesn't work for me

[WKB]

BTW, I hope you stalwarts are mining this thread for more MS Freepers to add to the ping list. :-)


We may have to lower our standards or entrance fee.

[Mo1]

You have freepmail

[oyez]

Dr. John Knox Bettersworth. I woulndn't have remembered either except that I noticed in the Clarion Ledger last week that Ann, his wife had passed away.

[oyez]

Then there is "yes 'sum".

[blam]

"You know, I never thought I'd consider a panhandle summer to be mild. "

It sounds terrible over there. This area had the rainiest July ever recorded. Hot & humid.

[WKB]

I noticed in the Clarion Ledger

I hate to correct people he correct name is "The Clarion Liar"
:>)

[WKB]

I am listening as I write. Don't worry
about a little mess up. You are talking to the king of mess us.

Thanks I love that song!!!

[Oorang]

As I understand it, cracklin' is the crispy pork skin that you get from roasting a whole pig. At a Southern pig pickin', you pull it off the pig when it's done, you chop it up and you put it out so everyone can help themselves to a piece.

I love cracklin and remember my Mom and Grandmother making it when a hog was butchered. But, now I am confused.

I thought that the crispy pork skin was pork rinds and cracklin was from rendering leaf lard (the fat around the pig's kidneys). This fat was the best of the best and the lard you got was only used for pie crust or any fine pastry. The "crunchies" left from the rendering were the cracklins that were much smaller (and better) than the rinds.

Anyone else remember this from days of yore?

[Mo1]

Thanks I love that song!!!

So does Mr. Mo1 .. I never heard of that song and it took me forever to locate it on the internet

Glad you enjoyed it

[WKB]

I looked around that site and found several songs I really like.

Right now I am listening to "The Snake".

Do you know that one?
Thanks again

[mafree]

"I thought it was Lowell, Alabama, based on the words in a James Brown song. Maybe he meant Lower Alabama."

Sorry, don't know about that.

No problem-- it was a lesser known song of his.