You May Be From The South if.....

As you will see from the photos today, in the South we need to be told the Obvious .

You may be from the south if........

Never “do” anything…Always be “fixin’ to” do something


Remember y’all is singular. All y’all is plural

Have been known to say "Hey, y'all watch this!"

If your mother said "Save all manner of bacon grease. If it can't be fried in bacon grease, it ain't worth cooking, let alone eating"

You might be from the South, If you understand "The Ten Commandments of Grits

1. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.

2. Thou shalt not eat Cream of Wheat and call it Grits; for this is blasphemy.

3. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors Grits.

4. Thou shalt only use Salt, Butter and Cheese as toppings for thy Grits.

5. Thou shalt not eat Instant Grits.

6. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.

7. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.

8. Thou shalt not call grits IT, grits are them, plural.

9. Thou shalt not put sugar on thy Grits either.

10. Thou shalt not put sugar or syrup on thy Grits

I LOVE GRITS, how many of you eat grits? or even ever heard of them?

All this falderol over southern words has netted us a new bloggin friend. Tipper made a comment yesterday's post see her blog Blind Pig and The Acorn for more info on Applachia. Thanks Tipper

Also see my archive post from Sept 09, Sweet memories

Some linemen were busy putting up telephone poles through a farmer's fields. The farmer ordered them off his land, whereupon they showed him a paper giving them the right to plant poles wherever they pleased. Not long afterward a big and vicious bull charged the linemen. The old farmer sat on a nearby fence and yelled, "Show him yer papers, darn ye, show him yer papers