[StBernard] Looosiana Living.......

[Westley Annis]

For those of you who weren't born or raised in La., this might provide some
insight on those of us who were - and all our craziness.....
 
You know you were Born N' Bred in Louisiana when:

-Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside. 
-You reinforce your attic to store Mardi Gras beads 
-You don't look twice when you see pink flamingos in yards of nice
subdivisions during Mardi Gras. 
-You save newspapers, not for recycling but for tablecloths at crawfish
boils. 
-Your ancestors are buried above the ground. 
-You drink Community, have tried Starbucks, but don't see what all the fuss
is about.   (Amen!!!)
-You take a bite of five-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco . 
-Every once in a while, you have waterfront property. 
-You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "Don't eat the Dead
ones," and you know what he means. 
-You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national
holiday. 
-You push little old ladies out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads. 
-Little old ladies push YOU out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads. 
-You believe that purple, green, and gold look good together. 
-Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled. 
-In Baton Rouge , you know where the traffic circle used to be.  (Alexandria
too)
-You know what a nutria is but you still pick it to represent your baseball
team. 
-No matter where else you go in the world, you are always disappointed in
the food. 
-Your town is low on the education chart, high on the obesity chart and you
don't care because you're No. 1 on the party chart. 
-Your house payment is less than your utility bill. 
 -In Baton Rouge, you know why East Airport Drive is called that, even
though there is no airport for miles. 
-You know that Tchoupitoulas is a street and not a disease. 
-Your grandparents are called "Maw-Maw" and "Paw-Paw." 
-Your Santa Claus rides an alligator and your favorite Saint is a football
player. 
-You cringe every time you hear an actor with a Southern or Cajun accent in
a "New Orleans-based" movie or TV show. 
-You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm. 
-You're walking in the French Quarter with a plastic cup of beer. 
-When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head. 
-You've eaten at one or more of these restaurants, AND know how to pronounce
them: Tu Jac's, Gallatoire's, Ralph & Kacoo's, Brunet's, or Mulatte's. 
-You eat dinner out and spend the entire meal talking about all the other
good places you've eaten. 
 -You call home just to find out what your momma is having for supper
tonight. 
  
-You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from
Louisiana .



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