THINGS I LEARNED IN GEORGIA
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 Georgia.
3) There are 10,000 types of spiders, and all 10,000 of them live in Georgia .
4) If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bitecha.
5) "Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
6) It is not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.
7) "Jaw-P?" means, "Did y'all go to the bathroom?"
8) People actually grow and eat okra.
9) "Fixinto" is one word.
10) There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there is supper.
11) Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.
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) You measure distance in minutes.
17) You switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
18) All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
19) You know what a "Dawg" is.
20) You carry jumper cables in your car - for your own car.
21) You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco and ketchup.
22) The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and high school football.
23) You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
24) You find 100 degrees "a bit warm."
25) You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
26) Going to Walmart is a favorite past time known as "goin' Walmartin" or "off to Wally World."
27) You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good hog killin' weather.
28) Fried catfish is the other white meat.
29) We don't need no dang Driver's Ed.. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive, dag-nabbit.
30) You understand these jokes and forward them to your Georgia friends and those who just wish they were from Georgia.
**Harry's cousin who lives in Utah and loves to visit us in Georgia sent this and she thought it was pretty funny. Sad thing is, they are for the most part TRUE!!!!
9 comments:
Very funny - and very useful, should I ever visit Georgia. I especially liked "Jaw-P" he he he!
We may experience a number 17 today! And, Sheri said it might snow tomorrow ... aint that some kind of crazy?
Gotta Love The South :)
by the way.... i tagged you on my blog :)
Jaw p is the funniest cuz I think we say it here. ok I know we say it, but then again i am from idah which isn't much better.
Love it and I'm already missin' it! Hope all is well-see ya next time!
That was too funny and oh so true! I think i might have to copy them and put them on my blog!
Those are funny. All ya hafta remember in Ut is you hafta be BLUE or red. There is no -ing just 'n. Hunt'n, camp'n, and alot of court'n. We also have no shortage of Stake houses, just no where to get a good steak.
OMG...this is hilarious! We just moved to Georgia in December.
I would add that everytime you go shopping there is always 1 man wearing bib overalls! It's like a phenomenen
So funny! Some of these apply to Virginia, too.
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