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Things I've Learned Living In Louisiana - Anhil8tor - 01-30-2007

Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their
feet in the air.

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.

Onced and twiced are words.

It's not a shopping cart; It's a buggy.

Fire ants consider your flesh a picnic.

People actually grow and eat okra.

Fixnto is a word.

There is no such thing as "lunch". There is only
dinner and >then there is supper.

Ice tea/Sweet tea is appropriate for all meals.

Backards and forards 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.

You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.

You know you're from Louisiana if:

You measure distance in minutes.

"...your favorite shirt is orange cause you can
wear it to the game on Saturday, huntin' on Sunday, & to work for the highway dept. on Monday
and never have to change!"

You've ever had to switch from "Heat" to "A/C" two
or three times a day.

You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to
go to the store"

All the festivals across the state are named after
a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You know what a "DAWG" is.

You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN
car.

You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco
and ketchup.

The local papers cover national and international
news on one page but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".

You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer,
still Summer and Christmas.

You know whether another Louisianan is from east,
middle, or west Louisiana as soon as they open their mouth.

Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as
"Goin' Wal-Martin" or Goin' to "Wally World".

You describe the first cool snap (below 70
degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or
pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example:
"What kinda coke you want?"

You know what cowtippin' and snipe huntin' are.

Fried catfish is the other white meat.

We don't need no stinking Driver's Ed....if mama
says we can drive, we can drive.

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

Not EVERYONE can be a Louisianan, it's an art form
and a gift from God

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Things I've Learned Living In Louisiana - Blondie - 01-30-2007

People actually grow and eat okra.



I never understood this.

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Things I've Learned Living In Louisiana - Sassy - 01-30-2007

Blondie Wrote:People actually grow and eat okra.



I never understood this.

Humans are not always infallible.Why not?

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Things I've Learned Living In Louisiana - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 01-30-2007

That list would work just as well for Texas. Everything on it.

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Things I've Learned Living In Louisiana - Paddy - 01-30-2007

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Things I've Learned Living In Louisiana - goldan - 01-30-2007

Flumper Barflusterbutt Wrote:That list would work just as well for Texas. Everything on it.

I had to train myself to stop saying "fixin to".

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Things I've Learned Living In Louisiana - Vitamin E - 01-30-2007

8 would make a great third husband for Britney Spears.

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Things I've Learned Living In Louisiana - snarg - 01-30-2007

home-growed okrie is da shit
just sayin'

sin

snarg from arkansas

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