[StBernard] Livin' and Lovin' Louisiana

[Westley Annis]

 THINGS I LEARNED
LIVIN' IN Louisiana 
 
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 Louisiana
3) There are 10,000 types of spiders, and all 10,000 of
them live in Louisiana
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) "Jawl-P?" means, "Did y'all 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. We do like a little tea with our sugar. 
12) Backwards and forwards means, "I know everythin'
'bout you.
13) The word "jeet" is actually a phrase
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 'em.  

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16)  You measure distance in minutes.

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17) You switch from heat to A/C in the same day. 

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18) All the festivals across the state are named after a
fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal. 
19) You know what a "Dawg" is. 
20) You carry jumper cables in your car - for your own
car.
21) You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Tony
Chachere's, Tabasco
, and ketchup. 
22) The local papers cover national and international
news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and LSU football... 
23) You think that the first day of deer season is a
national holiday. 
24) You find 100 degrees "a bit warm." 
25) You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer,
still summer, and Christmas. 
26) Going to Walmart is a favorite past time known as
"Goin' Walmartin" or "off to Wally World." 
27) You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees)
as good gumbo weather. 
28) Fried catfish is the other white meat. 
29) We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. . . if our mama
says we can drive, we can drive.
30)  You understand these jokes and forward them to
your Louisiana friends and those who just
wish they were from Louisiana
!!!!!