devildog
05-12-2005, 10:41 AM
Things I've learned about Mississippi.....
1. Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
2. There are 5000 types of snakes, and 4998 live in Mississippi.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Mississippi, plus a
couple that nobody has seen before.
4. Squirrels will eat anything.
5. Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.
6. Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when
they are ripe.
7. If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
8. A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
9. Onced and Twiced are words.
10. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
11. Fire ants consider your flesh a picnic.
12. People actually grow and eat okra.
13. "Fixinto" is one word.
14. There ain't no such thing as "lunch." There's "dinner" and then
there's "supper."
15. Sweet tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking
it when you're two.
16. "Backards and farards" means, "I know everything about you."
17. "Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
18. You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what
time it is.
19. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
You know you're from Mississippi if:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from heat to air conditioning in
the same day.
3. You see a car running in a store parking lot with no one in
it no matter what time of the year.
4. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the
store.
5. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
6. You install security lights on your house and garage and
leave both unlocked.
7. You carry jumper cables in your car... for your OWN car.
8. You know what "cow tipping" is.
9. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, and Blue
Plate mayonnaise.
10. The local papers cover national and international news on
one page and six pages for local gossip and sports.
11. Your think that the first day of deer season is a national
holiday.
12. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
13. You know all four seasons: almost summer, summer, still
summer, and Christmas.
14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as
"Goin'wal-martin" or "Off to ' Wally World'."
15. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good
pinto-bean weather.
16. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...it's a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinna coke you
want?"
17. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.
18. You understand these and forward them to your friends from
MS and those who just wish they were.
1. Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
2. There are 5000 types of snakes, and 4998 live in Mississippi.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Mississippi, plus a
couple that nobody has seen before.
4. Squirrels will eat anything.
5. Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.
6. Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when
they are ripe.
7. If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
8. A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
9. Onced and Twiced are words.
10. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
11. Fire ants consider your flesh a picnic.
12. People actually grow and eat okra.
13. "Fixinto" is one word.
14. There ain't no such thing as "lunch." There's "dinner" and then
there's "supper."
15. Sweet tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking
it when you're two.
16. "Backards and farards" means, "I know everything about you."
17. "Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
18. You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what
time it is.
19. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
You know you're from Mississippi if:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from heat to air conditioning in
the same day.
3. You see a car running in a store parking lot with no one in
it no matter what time of the year.
4. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the
store.
5. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
6. You install security lights on your house and garage and
leave both unlocked.
7. You carry jumper cables in your car... for your OWN car.
8. You know what "cow tipping" is.
9. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, and Blue
Plate mayonnaise.
10. The local papers cover national and international news on
one page and six pages for local gossip and sports.
11. Your think that the first day of deer season is a national
holiday.
12. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
13. You know all four seasons: almost summer, summer, still
summer, and Christmas.
14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as
"Goin'wal-martin" or "Off to ' Wally World'."
15. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good
pinto-bean weather.
16. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...it's a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinna coke you
want?"
17. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.
18. You understand these and forward them to your friends from
MS and those who just wish they were.