Things I Learnt in Georgia. and any other Southern State but Florida, where most of them folks are snowbirds. ...

Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Georgia.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Georgia, plus a couple no one's seen before.

Onced and Twiced are words.

It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.

And let us never forget, it's not a garden hose or simply hose, it's a "hosepipe" (one word).

Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

People actually grow and eat okra.

Mamanem means the whole family. ("Are mamanem comin?")

There ain't no such thing as "lunch." There's only dinner and then there's supper.

Backards and farerds means I know everything about you.

Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"



You know you're from Georgia if:

1. You measure distance in minutes.

2. You've ever had to switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.

4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixin' to go to the store.

6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both doors unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car.

9. You know what "cow tipping" is.

10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, chili powder, and catsup. No genuine Georgian ever called it "Catsup." Down here it's "Ketchup" and let's not forget pepper sauce for the turnip greens!

11. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but require 6 pages for sports.

12. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

13. You find 90 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."

14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.

15. You know whether another Georgian is from east, west, or middle Georgia as soon as they open their mouth.

16. Visiting Wal-Mart is a favorite pastime known as "going to town.,or, another way to say..."The" Wal-mart or "Wally World."

17. You describe the first cool snap (below 60 degrees) as good Chili weather.

18. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor.
Sample: "What kinna coke ya want?"

19. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.

20. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Georgia.

Southern women appreciate their natural assets:
Clean skin.
A winning smile.
That unforgettable Southern drawl.

Southern women know their manners:
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, sir."
"Why, no, Billy!"

Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions:
"Y'all come back!"
"Well, bless your heart."
"Drop by when you can."
"How's your Momma?"

Southern women know their summer weather report:
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity

Southern women know their vacation spots:
The beach
The beach
The beach

Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
Summer tans
Colorful hi-heel sandals
Strapless sun dresses

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 country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly

Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Charleston (Chawl'stn)
Savannah (S'vanah)
New Orleans (N'awlins)
Atlanta (Addlanna)

Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in uniform.
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler, of course!

Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon

Southern girls know the four deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
Wearing too much makeup in the summer

Y'all missed one. You know you are from Georgia if you start directions to somewhere with the phrase, "From the Big Chicken you go"

You're from the South if when given directions such as "take a left where the Winn Dixie used to be," you know where to turn.

Lot's of good 'uns here!

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Originally posted by Rebel:
You're from the South if when given directions such as "take a left where the Winn Dixie used to be," you know where to turn.

Lot's of good 'uns here!

At a NAPA Auto Parts where I used to work we used to have truck drivers stop and ask for directions to various mills in the area.
One day a guy came in and asked for directions and one of our delivery drivers told him, "Go down to the last redlight on this road, turn right and turn left where the big boat used to be."
The guy just stood there with this look of "You can't really be serious!!" on his face.

Someone else told him how to get to where he was going, and we had a good laugh at the expense of our driver. Sad thing was that we had to explain it to her that the guy wouldn't ever be able to find the place because he wasn't from around here and no idea which light was the last light and that he had no way in hell of knowing that the big sail boat that was being restored was even there to begin with to now be gone.

D-man

I was in the ATL airport headed off to do my tour of duty when an older lady had asked me where a certain flight was taking off at. I looked at the board and then directed her to the plane by saying "Just take a left and you'll be right" She asked me if I was being sarcastic with her and then she started to scold me for it... I then told her "Fine, just take a right and you'll be left!" lol...

I once got directions like this: Go about 50 telephone poles and when you see the little white house with the green shudders turn left. Drive until you see the old man under the big oak tree selling produce and turn right there. You know....as improbable as those directions were, they worked. I got where I was supposed to. I was incredulous about the old guy selling produce, but she said, "Oh, he is ALWAYS there, you can't miss him." And he was. <shrug> She didn't know the names of the roads and couldn't estimate distance in miles, but her system worked. Go figure.

You guys seem to miss the point that some folks live quite a spell in the same place and they acquire the woodchuck syndrome. What is that you may ask? The woodchuck syndrome is why no hunter ever shoots a woodchuck in the back. The chuck has set out in that field so long that if anything bigger than a new blade of grass pops up, that chuck is looking straight at it. The hunter qualifies on both counts; bigger than a blade of grass and new in the field.

Folks know where the old mill was in town if they have lived there a while, so even though the old mill and the Winn Dixie are closed those who have lived in town a long spell have no problem providing directions to the newbe. Why do y'all think that when I moved to Marietta I had to find out where I lived relative to the big chicken. In Marietta, all directions start with the phrase, "From the big chicken."

I don't wonder why this happens, it is simply another instance of the woodchuck syndrome. I'll betcha if you stay where you're at for a while you'll catch that syndrome too.

Things I learnt in Loozianna, but transcends all borders - even to Gawgia.

Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me alone.

It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

Some days you're the bug; some days you're the windshield.

Duct tape is like 'The Force'. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night

Phat.

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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

Light a fire for a man and he will be warm for a few hours. Set a man on fire and he will be warm the rest of his life.

You also know you're in the south if you have ever given directions which included the phrase "drive to the third waffle house..." more than once.