Saved By the Grace Of Southern Charm.

Things you learn (or most likely already know) in the South.


1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's ever even seen before..

4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

5. Onced and Twiced are words.

6. It's not a shopping cart. It's a buggy.

7. "Jawl-P?" means "Did y'all go to the bathroom?"

8. People actually grow and eat okra.

9. "Fixinto" is one word. It means "I'm fixing to do that."

10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner, and then supper.

11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2 years old. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.

12. "Backwards and forwards" means "I know everything about you."

13. The word "Jeet" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

15. You don't "push" buttons. You "mash" em.

16. Y'all is singular. Y'all is plural.

17. You measure distance in minutes.

18. You switch from heat to air conditioning in the same day.

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

20. You know what a dawg is.

21. You carry jumper cables in your car... For your own car.

22. You only use 5 spices: salt, pepper, Tony's, Tabasco, and ketchup.

23. The local paper covers national and international news on one page, but requires 6 pages for local high school sports, motor sports, and gossip.

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

25. You know what a hissy fit is.

26. Going to Walmart is a favorite past time. It's also known as "Goin Walmartin" or "off to Wally World"

27. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chicken stew weather.

28. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

29. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed! If momma says we can drive, we can drive dagnabbit!

30. You understood everything I just said. ^^^