BimmerDawg
07-03-2003, 02:07 PM
Subject: Georgia
>
> Things I've learned about Georgia:
>
> Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
>
> There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Georgia.
>
> There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Georgia, plus a
> couple no one's seen before.
>
> Squirrels will eat anything.
>
> Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.
>
> Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are
> ripe.
>
> If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
>
> A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
>
> Onced and Twiced are words.
>
> It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
>
> Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.
>
> People actually grow and eat okra.
>
> Fixinto is one word.
>
> Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're
> 2
>
> Backards and forwards means I know everything about you.
>
> 'Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
>
> 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.
>
> More about Georgians...:
>
> You know you're from Georgia if:
> 1. You measure distance in minutes.
> 2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
> 3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
> 4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one
> in it, no matter what time of the year.
> 5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
> 6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
> vegetable, animal, or insect.
> 7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
> 8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car.
> 9. You know what "cow tipping" is.
> 10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, chili powder, and catsup.
> 11. The local papers cover national and international news on one page
> but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
> 12. You think that the first day of deer season is a national
> holiday.
> 13. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
> 14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer,
> and Christmas.
> 15. You know whether another Georgian is from east, west, or middle
> Georgia as soon as they open their mouth.
> 16. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin
> wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."
> 17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili
> weather.
> 18. 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?"
> 19. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.
>
> Things I've learned about Georgia:
>
> Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
>
> There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Georgia.
>
> There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Georgia, plus a
> couple no one's seen before.
>
> Squirrels will eat anything.
>
> Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.
>
> Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are
> ripe.
>
> If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
>
> A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
>
> Onced and Twiced are words.
>
> It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
>
> Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.
>
> People actually grow and eat okra.
>
> Fixinto is one word.
>
> Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're
> 2
>
> Backards and forwards means I know everything about you.
>
> 'Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
>
> 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.
>
> More about Georgians...:
>
> You know you're from Georgia if:
> 1. You measure distance in minutes.
> 2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
> 3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
> 4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one
> in it, no matter what time of the year.
> 5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
> 6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
> vegetable, animal, or insect.
> 7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
> 8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car.
> 9. You know what "cow tipping" is.
> 10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, chili powder, and catsup.
> 11. The local papers cover national and international news on one page
> but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
> 12. You think that the first day of deer season is a national
> holiday.
> 13. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
> 14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer,
> and Christmas.
> 15. You know whether another Georgian is from east, west, or middle
> Georgia as soon as they open their mouth.
> 16. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin
> wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."
> 17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili
> weather.
> 18. 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?"
> 19. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.