In the South: --If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live for. (and they'll probably invite you to church too!)
Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store.... do not buy food at this store. (I actually haven't even seen at bait store here yet...)
Remember, "Y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural, and "all y'all's" is plural possessive
Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to use it.
The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper.
Be advised that "He needed killin." is a valid defense here.
If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all watch this," you should stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say.
If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store. It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go there.
Do not be surprised to find that 10-year olds own their own shotguns, they are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim.
I added these....
Ordering "tea" at a restaurant means you'll get sweet tea with enough sugar in it to make your spoon stand up on it's own. YUM!
Anything can and should be fried.
"Fixin to" is a perfectly acceptalbe way to describe where you are fixin on goin and what you are fixin to do there.
1 comment:
Lol! And it all goes with that great southern hospitality. :o) I long for that here at times. There's a really good BBQ place out here called Lucelle's that makes a really good thick SWEET sweet tea. They serve it in BIG mason jars. MMMMMMmmmmmmm And, of course, we have our one Chick-fil-A.
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