thanks On May 19, 8:13 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > * > Southern women know their summer weather report: > Humidity > Humidity > Humidity > > Southern women know their vacation spots: > The beach > The rivuh > The crick > > Southern women know everybody's first name: > Honey > Darlin' > Shugah > > Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts: > Fried Green Tomatoes > Driving Miss Daisy > Steel Magnolias > Gone With The Wind > > Southern women know their religions: > Baptist > Methodist > Football > > Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm: > Chawl'stn > S'vanah > Foat Wuth > N'awlins > Addlanna > > Southern women know their elegant gentlemen: > Men in uniform > Men in tuxedos > Rhett Butler > > Southern girls know their prime real estate: > The Mall > The Country Club > The Beauty Salon > > Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins: > Having bad hair and nails > Having bad manners > Cooking bad food > > More Suthen-ism's: > Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption > fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them. > _____ > > Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, > beans, etc.., make up "a mess." > _____ > > Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of > "yonder." > _____ > > Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: "Going to > town, be back directly." > _____ > > Even 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 Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the > term, but they know the concept well. > _____ > > Only a Southerner knows 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 neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also > know to add a large banana puddin! > _____ > > Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a > right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or > 20 > _____ > > Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a > redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash. > _____ > > No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn > signal is actually going to make a turn. > _____ > > A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb. > _____ > > Only Southerners make friends while standing in 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, even if only by marriage. > _____ > > In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural. > _____ > > Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them. > _____ > > Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are > perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that > fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food. > _____ > > When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are > in the presence of a genuine Southerner! > _____ > > Only true 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 MPH on the freeway. You just say,"Bless her heart" ... > and go your own way.... > _____ > > To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take > two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. > Bless your heart! > _____ > And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this > Southern stuff, .... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have > classes on Southernness as a second language! > _____ > > And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long > time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I > ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could." > > Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah ! > > Now...... Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or wish > they had been! If you're a Northern transplant,bless your little heart, fake > it. We know you got here as fast as you could . > * > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
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