** SOUTHERN SAYINGS **
1. "Well, butter my butt and call
me a biscuit."
2. "It's been hotter'n a goat's
butt in a pepper patch."
3. "She fell out of the ugly tree
and hit every branch on the way down."
4. "Have a cup of coffee, it's
already been 'saucered and blowed.'"
5. "She's so stuck up, she'd drown
in a rainstorm."
6. "It's so dry, the trees are
bribing the dogs."
7. "My cow died last night so I
don't need your bull."
8. "Don't pee down my back and
tell me it's raining."
9. "He's as country as cornflakes."
10. "This is gooder'n grits."
11. "Busier than a cat covering
crap on a marble floor."
12. "If things get any better,
I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it."
** NOTICE TO NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH **
The following is a pre-approved
posting whose purpose is to offer insight
and advice to Northerners moving
South.
1. Save all manner of bacon grease.
You will be instructed on how to use
it shortly.
2. Just because you can drive on
snow and ice does not mean Southerners can.
Stay home the two days of the
year it snows.
3. If you do run your car into
a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of
a four-wheel drive pickup with
a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be
along shortly. Don't try
to help them. Just stay out of their way. This
is what they live for.
4. You can ask Southerners for
directions, but unless you already know the
positions of key hills, trees
and rocks, you're better off trying to find it
yourself.
5. Remember: "Y'all is singular."
"All y'all is plural." All y'all's is
plural possessive."
6. Get used to hearing, "You
ain't from around here, are you?"
7. Don't be worried that you don't
understand anyone. They don't understand
you, either.
8. The first Southern expression
to creep into a transplanted Northerner's
vocabulary is the adjective "big
ol," as in "big ol truck," or "big ol boy."
"Fixin'" as in "I'm fixin'
to go to the store" is 2nd. And "Y'all" is
3rd."
9. As you are cursing the person
driving 15 mph in a 55-mph zone, directly
in the middle of the road, remember:
ALL Southern folks learned to drive on
a John Deere, and this is the
proper speed and lane position for that
vehicle.
10. If you hear a Southerner exclaim,
"Hey, y'all, watch this!" Stay out
of his way. These are likely
the last words he will ever say, or worse
still, that you will ever hear.
11. Most Southerners do not use
turn signals; they ignore those who do In
fact, if you see a signal blinking
on a car with a Southern license plate,
you may rest assured that it was
already turned on when the car was
purchased.
12. If it can't be fried in bacon
grease, it ain't worth cooking, let alone
eating.
13. The wardrobe you always brought
out in September can wait until
December.
14. If there is the prediction
of the slightest chance of even the most
minuscule accumulation of snow,
your presence is required at the local
grocery store. It does not
matter if you need anything from the store. It
is just something you're supposed
to do.
15. Satellite dishes are very popular
in the South. When you purchase one,
it is positioned directly in front
of the house. This is logical, bearing
in mind that the dish cost considerably
more than the house, and should,
therefore, be prominently displayed.
16. Be advised that in the South,
"He needed killin'" is a valid defense.
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