Sunday, November 16, 2008

South Carolina..


It Ain't SC Unless You Have Plastic Utensils and Paper Cups.
Ahhh, Sunday. Laundry , football and cleaning up around the house... It's been a pretty good week, so I thought I'd start off with a little post hopefully to make you guys smile. It's probably made the rounds a few times, but it crossed my path this week, so I thought I'd post it. It's not picking on South Carolina, it just pas homage to those goofy little things that make the Palmetto State so unique.....
THINGS I HAVE LEARNED LIVING IN SOUTH CAROLINA:
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 South Carolina.
3) There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in South Carolina, plus a couple that no one's ever seen before.
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) "Jaw-P?" means "did ya'll go to the bathroom?"
8) People actually grow and eat okra.
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. And South Carolinians do like a little tea with their sugar.
12) Backwards and forwards means "I know everything about you."
13) The word "Jeet" is actually a question 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 them.
16) "No-Jew" is a common response to the questions "Did you bring any beer?"
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA IF:
1) You measure distance in minutes.
2) You've ever had to switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
3) All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
4) You know what a "dawg" is.
5) You carry jumper cables in your car....for YOUR OWN car.
6) You only own five spices: salt, pepper, vinegar, ketchup and Texas Pete.
7) The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and motor sports.
8) You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
9) You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a bit warm."
10) You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.
11) Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as Goin' to Wally World.
12) You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as a good chicken stew weather.
13) Fried catfish is the other white meat.
14) We don't need no dang drivers Ed. If our mama says we can drive...we can drive dag-nabbit!
Here's my own little addition to it....
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26 comments:

Anonymous said...

If I wasn't feeling blah, I'd be asking you if you wanted some company.

Anonymous said...

SO TRUE! haha

Anonymous said...

and alcohol is the enemy!

Thoroughbred 401k said...

Not if you have a gut to carry it, Skinny Minnie !! Back to the Hippie life, I suppose.

Anonymous said...

Guess it's time for me to bow out,
AGAIN!!

Thoroughbred 401k said...

Just friends, Liz. I wasn't even there, I only heard about it.

Anonymous said...

have I done something?

Thoroughbred 401k said...

Yeah, you talked to me.. don't worry about it. I'll explain it to you sometime, but you haven't done anything wrong.

Anonymous said...

Will you please just at least meet Liz and see how it goes!

Anonymous said...

do not do that

Anonymous said...

Curious, no mention of bar be cue sauce and its near religious significance...

Thoroughbred 401k said...

Well, it WAS written by someone who wasn't born in SC, and thus doesn't recognizt that BBQ sauce is essentially a Carolinian's life blood...

earlcapps said...

I always hear how we're a bunch of backwards ignorant racist types - usually from people who aren't from around here.

Thoroughbred 401k said...

'I Don't Care How They Do It Up North' is still the best bumper sticker EVER.

Anonymous said...

I have adjusted quite well to Southern living. Still alot to learn.

Anonymous said...

i got the best bumper sticker four and out

Anonymous said...

good looking plate of food

Thoroughbred 401k said...

I tried to find the most attractive, authentic plate of BBQ. I think this one fit the bill.

Anonymous said...

no hash an' rice... OR NANNA PUDDIN!

HEATHEN! ;-P

Anonymous said...

it really does look good

Anonymous said...

Forgot about the pudding. That is the best!

Anonymous said...

Personally I go for the bread puddin, rice puddin or sweet 'tater pie. However it ain't Southern (or at least Pee Dee Basin) lest you have NANNER PUDDIN...

Thoroughbred 401k said...

LOVE Sweet Potato pie.Gotta have some broken up pecans in it.

Nanner Puddin?

Anonymous said...

banana pudding. It is really good! it has vanilla wafers in it and real bananas. It's the southern dessert. My sister makes homemade sweet potatoe pie every year.

Anonymous said...

just a no comment to make it to number 25 for this post

Thoroughbred 401k said...

I see your 25 , and raise you one..