You are most welcome. On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:49 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. 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