Do you know your Southerness??

[Don]

SOUTHERN WOMEN
> Southern women appreciate their natural assets:
>Clean skin.
> A winning smile.
> That unforgettable Southern drawl.
>
>Southern women know their manners:
> "Yes, ma'am."
> "Yes, sir."
> "Why, no, Billy!"
>
>Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions :
>"Y'all come back!"
> "Well, bless your heart."
> "Drop by when you can."
> "How's your Momma?"
>
>
> Southern women know their summer weather report:
> Humidity
> Humidity
> Humidity
>
> Southern women know their vacation spots:
>The beach
> The rivuh
> The crick
>
> Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
>Colorful hi-heel sandals
> Strapless sun dresses
> Iced sweet tea with mint
>
> Southern women know everybody's first name:
> Honey
> Darlin'
> Shugah
>
> Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
> Fried Green Tomatoes
> Driving Miss Daisy
> Steel Magnolias
> Gone With The Wind
>
> Southern women know their religions:
>Baptist
> Methodist
> Football
>
> Southern women know their country breakfasts:
>Red-eye gravy
> Grits
> Eggs
> Country ham
> Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly
>
> Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
>Chawl'stn S'vanah
> Foat Wuth
> N'awlins
> Addlanna
>
> Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:
>Men in uniform.
> Men in tuxedos
> Rhett Butler
>
> Southern girls know their prime real estate:
>The Mall
> The Country Club
> The Beauty Salon
>
> Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
> Having bad hair and nails
> Having bad manners
> Cooking bad food More Suthen-ism's:
> Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a
>conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
> _____
>
> Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens,
>peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."
>_____
>
> Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of
>"yonder."
>_____
>
> Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, . as in: "Going
>to town, be back directly."
>_____
>
> Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for
>the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in
>the middle of the table.
> _____
>
> All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use
>the term, but they know the concept well.
>_____
>
> Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace
>for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a
>big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real
>crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!
> _____
>
> Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between"right near" and
>"a right far piece." They also know that"just down the road" can be 1
>mile or 20.
> _____
>
> Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a
>redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.
> _____
>
> No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing
>turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
> _____
>
> A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an
>adverb.
> _____
>
> Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when
>we're "in line," . we talk to everybody!
> _____
>
> Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're
>related, even if only by marriage.
> _____
>
> In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.
>_____
>
> Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
> _____
>
> Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are
>perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and
>that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.
> _____
>
> When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know
>you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
> _____
>
> Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk."Sweet tea
>indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea
>unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.
>_____
>
> And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old
>ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,"Bless her heart"
>... and go your own way.
> _____
>
> To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness:
>Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the
>morning. Bless your heart!
> _____
> And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all
>this Southern stuff, ... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to
>have classes on Southernness as a second language!
> _____
>
> And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a
>long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that
>reads "I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."
>Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah!
>
> Now...... Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or
>wish they had been!
>
>If you're a Northern transplant, Bless your little heart, fake it.
>We know you got here as fast as you could

>

[lousweetbabboo]

LOL!, As a Southern girl transplanted to the North East, your post reminded me of home! BTW- My Mom went to school with the woman who wrote Fried Green Tomatoes!!!!!

[Don]

how cool!
Love that movie! LOL

[lousweetbabboo]

Yeap, and if you ever read the book, on the back flap where it tells you about Fannie Flag, they talk
about a play that got censored (I believe it actually got cancelled) because Fannie used the word "thingytail" (this was a play put on in a Catholic School, btw), and my Mom was supposed to have been in that play! That was her claim to fame folks,LOL!