30 THINGS I LEARNED LIVIN IN Louisiana

DISCLAIMER: This is a reprint! It just seemed like the day for remembering my days in Louisiana… But, then all this holds true for Mississippi, too. We  Southerners are just plain folk who like a good time and a little tea with our sugar :D

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 Louisiana . 

3) There are 10,000 types of spiders, and all 10,000 of them live in Louisiana .

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

5)  Onced" and "Twiced" are words.

6) It is not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.

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

8)  People actually grow okra and eat it . 

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 everythin' 'bout 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, Tony Chachere's, Tabasco , and ketchup

22) The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and LSU 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 gumbo 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.

30)  You understand these jokes and forward them to your Louisiana friends and those who just wish they were from Louisiana!!!!!

Big words cheat sheet

Okay... so is it cheating to see the answers before the questions? I think it is... but the way the blog world is set up, we must go in an ascending order rather than bookish fashion where the pages descend. So, I shall post the last first and the first last (which is Biblical by the way) so those who come and see and want to play can quickly go to the immediate post below this one to take the test.


20. Sufficiency so fanciful to satisfy the situation. Said after a wonderful dinner to please the hostess with the most-est.


19.Those who live in Glass Houses should cast no stones.


18.All work and No Play makes Jack a Dull boy.


17.One who laughs the last, laughs the best.


16.Twinkle twinkle little star


15.    Look before you leap.


14.    You cant teach an Old Dog new Tricks.


13. The Pen is Mightier than the Sword.


12. Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child.


11. Don't cry over Spilt Milk.


10. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.


9.  Beauty is only skin-deep.


8.  Birds of a feather flock together.


7.   A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss.


I suddenly notice there is no 6. I wonder what happened to it? This was a work exercise when I sold advertising so I know it wasn't pornographic... 


5.    A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss.


4.    Beginner's luck


3.    Dead men tell no tales.


2.  Beggars cannot be choosers.


1.    All that Glitters is not Gold.