I wouldn't normally send something like this to the list, but I saw it
and was thinking about the recent Moon Pie discussions. This is for all
our non-southern list members.
adrian
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You ain't from around here are ya?
1. You think barbecue is a verb meaning "to cook outside."
2. You think Heinz Ketchup is really SPICY!
3. You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce"
correctly.
4. You prefer potatoes au gratin to grits for breakfast
5. You don't know what a moon pie is. :-)
6. You've never had grain alcohol.
7. You've never, ever, eaten okra.
8. You eat fried chicken with a knife and fork.
9. You've never seen a live chicken, and the only cows you've seen are
on road trips.
10. You have no idea what a polecat is.
11. You don't see anything wrong with putting a sweater on a poodle.
12. You don't have bangs.
13. You would rather vacation at Martha's Vineyard than at the Lake.
14. More than two generations of your family have been kicked out of the
same prep school in Connecticut.
15. You've actually seen a Prep School.
16. Instead of referring to two or more people as "y'all," you call them
"you guys," even if both of them are women.
17. You don't think Ted Kennedy has an accent.
18. You have never planned your summer vacation around a fireworks show.
19. You think that more money should go to the alumni center at your
university, than to pay the salary of the head football coach.
20. You don't have at least one can of WD-40 somewhere around the house.
21. The last time you smiled was when you prevented someone from getting
on an on-ramp on the highway.
22. You don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores or
machines.
23. The farthest south you've ever been is the perfume counter at Neiman
Marcus.
24. You call binoculars opera glasses.
25. You can't spit out the car window without pulling over to the side
of the road and stopping.
26. You would never wear pink or an applique sweatshirt.
27. You don't know what applique is.
28. You don't know anyone with at least two first names (i.e., Joe Bob,
Faye Ellen, Billy Ray, Mary Jo, Bubba Dean, Joe Don, Mary Alice, et al).
28a. You do know what "et al" means.
29. You think the car horn is for the green light.
30. You've never been to a craft show.
31. You get freaked out when people on the steet talk to you.
32. You can't do your laundry without quarters.
33. You never waved at another car with your whole hand.
34. You've ever cleared snow off your LBC later than February. :-)
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