Southern FOLKS

[Leeon and Donna]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern FOLKS 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 FOLKS know their religions:

Baptist
Methodist
Football

Southern FOLKS 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

Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and

a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them,
you "PITCH" them.
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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens,

peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."
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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the

general direction of "yonder."
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Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in:
"Going to town, be back directly."
("Dreckly" in my family)
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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.
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All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not

use the term, but they know the concept well.
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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'!
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Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and
"a right fer piece."

They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.
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Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference

between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.
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No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the

flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
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A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb,

or an adverb.
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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and

when we're "in line", we talk to everybody!
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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover

they're related, even if only by marriage.
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Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
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Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, biscuits,

and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a

breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes

are not a breakfast food.
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When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin',"

you know you

are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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And to those of you who are still having a hard time

understanding all this Southern stuff....bless your hearts,

I hear they're fixin' to have classes on Southernness

as a second language!
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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 knows ya got here as fast as ya could!!

 

"GOD BLESSED TEXAS"