Things I have learned living in North Carolina

IGOTTHIS
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 10:16 PM CST

Things I have learned living in North Carolina

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

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it sticks; If it crawls, it bites.

5."Onced" and "Twiced" are words.

6. It is not a Shopping cart, it is a buggy.

7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

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. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2 or off the tit. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

12. Backards and forwards means "I know everything about 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 them.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM NORTH 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. You use "fix" as a verb. For example: "I'm fixing to go to the store "

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

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

6. You know what a "DAWG" is.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car .. For your OWN car.

8. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco and ketchup.

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

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

11. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".

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

13. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin'
Wal-martin" or "off to Wally World"

14. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good soup weather.

15. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop .. it's a Pepsi,
regardless of brand or flavor. For example: "What kinda pepsi you want?"

16. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

17. We don't need no stinking driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

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AKDOPhd

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 11:20 PM CST

i loved this....lol

i spent some time on carolina beach near wilmington restoring a schooner..that was a great thing!! a great summer....anyway thanks for pullin up some of my fondest memories!

alex

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Maggalicious
Berlin, Wisconsin USA

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 11:20 PM CST

Very comical!

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mach25
Somewhere USA

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 11:20 PM CST

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Things I have learned living in North Carolina

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

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it sticks; If it crawls, it bites.

5."Onced" and "Twiced" are words.

6. It is not a Shopping cart, it is a buggy.

7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

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. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2 or off the tit. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

12. Backards and forwards means "I know everything about 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 them.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM NORTH 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. You use "fix" as a verb. For example: "I'm fixing to go to the store "

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

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

6. You know what a "DAWG" is.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car .. For your OWN car.

8. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco and ketchup.

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

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

11. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".

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

13. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin'
Wal-martin" or "off to Wally World"

14. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good soup weather.

15. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop .. it's a Pepsi,
regardless of brand or flavor. For example: "What kinda pepsi you want?"

16. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

17. We don't need no stinking driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

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asingledad
Beaufort, South Carolina USA

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 11:21 PM CST

OMG ....Its the same here in South Carolina......

They teach Y'all as a word in school here.....

Last week I needed to sign a permission slip for my daughter to the the Library!!!

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asingledad
Beaufort, South Carolina USA

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 11:22 PM CST

(typo) to go to

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SouthernYankee
Fayetteville, North Carolina USA

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 11:36 PM CST

It's pretty accurate. (LOL)

My (younguns) LMAO were born and bred here in NC. I am from MA and still visit their yearly. Just the difference in the language is something else.

I tell my children when we visit MA. That when they say they say ill (I know that they mean they are mad (but if they say it in MA
(it means they are sick)

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carebear01
Mt. Dora, Florida USA

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 11:41 PM CST

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Things I have learned living in North Carolina

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

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it sticks; If it crawls, it bites.

5."Onced" and "Twiced" are words.

6. It is not a Shopping cart, it is a buggy.

7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

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. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2 or off the tit. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

12. Backards and forwards means "I know everything about 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 them.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM NORTH 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. You use "fix" as a verb. For example: "I'm fixing to go to the store "

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

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

6. You know what a "DAWG" is.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car .. For your OWN car.

8. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco and ketchup.

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

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

11. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".

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

13. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin'
Wal-martin" or "off to Wally World"

14. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good soup weather.

15. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop .. it's a Pepsi,
regardless of brand or flavor. For example: "What kinda pepsi you want?"

16. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

17. We don't need no stinking driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

Hmmmmmmm...

Sounds like Florida...
Yuantsome is that a word there?

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asingledad
Beaufort, South Carolina USA

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 11:44 PM CST

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Hmmmmmmm...

Sounds like Florida...
Yuantsome is that a word there?

Sure do

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carebear01
Mt. Dora, Florida USA

Posted: Nov 18, 2006, 11:45 PM CST

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Sure do

How's about took ill or ya'll...

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danno738

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 12:09 AM CST

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Things I have learned living in North Carolina

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

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it sticks; If it crawls, it bites.

5."Onced" and "Twiced" are words.

6. It is not a Shopping cart, it is a buggy.

7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

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. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2 or off the tit. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

12. Backards and forwards means "I know everything about 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 them.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM NORTH 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. You use "fix" as a verb. For example: "I'm fixing to go to the store "

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

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

6. You know what a "DAWG" is.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car .. For your OWN car.

8. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco and ketchup.

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

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

11. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".

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

13. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin'
Wal-martin" or "off to Wally World"

14. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good soup weather.

15. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop .. it's a Pepsi,
regardless of brand or flavor. For example: "What kinda pepsi you want?"

16. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

17. We don't need no stinking driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

let me introduce you to my funcle

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danno738

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 12:10 AM CST

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How's about took ill or ya'll...

booooooyyyaaaaaaaa!!

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ariesgirl003
Bangin, New Jersey USA

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 12:38 AM CST

In response to:

Things I have learned living in North Carolina

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

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it sticks; If it crawls, it bites.

5."Onced" and "Twiced" are words.

6. It is not a Shopping cart, it is a buggy.

7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

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. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2 or off the tit. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

12. Backards and forwards means "I know everything about 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 them.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM NORTH 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. You use "fix" as a verb. For example: "I'm fixing to go to the store "

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

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

6. You know what a "DAWG" is.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car .. For your OWN car.

8. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco and ketchup.

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

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

11. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".

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

13. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin'
Wal-martin" or "off to Wally World"

14. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good soup weather.

15. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop .. it's a Pepsi,
regardless of brand or flavor. For example: "What kinda pepsi you want?"

16. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

17. We don't need no stinking driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

And you forgot # 12.5

12.5 Ariesgirl coming to a town a town near you!!!!!

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duce1969
fraziers bottom, West Virginia USA

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 1:37 AM CST

dont forget chili on a hamburger the the boot of a car is the trunk lived there for 13 years and my fav gotohmighty is one word to also atanyrate is a word what does that mean anyway does it mean go slow or fast

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PeachesandCream
Concord, North Carolina USA

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 8:24 AM CST

In response to:

Things I have learned living in North Carolina

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

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in NORTH CAROLINA, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it sticks; If it crawls, it bites.

5."Onced" and "Twiced" are words.

6. It is not a Shopping cart, it is a buggy.

7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

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. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2 or off the tit. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

12. Backards and forwards means "I know everything about 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 them.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM NORTH 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. You use "fix" as a verb. For example: "I'm fixing to go to the store "

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

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

6. You know what a "DAWG" is.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car .. For your OWN car.

8. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco and ketchup.

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

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

11. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".

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

13. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin'
Wal-martin" or "off to Wally World"

14. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good soup weather.

15. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop .. it's a Pepsi,
regardless of brand or flavor. For example: "What kinda pepsi you want?"

16. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

17. We don't need no stinking driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

Yes, we're all pretty much "Rednecks" and Proud of it

Course our Southern drawl...is music to some people's ears..and can you eat Sunday Dinner Fried Chicken without a Homemade Banana Pudding? I DON'T THINK SO...

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rwantin
Costa Mesa, California USA

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 10:05 AM CST

This was a riot. I've found there's a pretty bizarre variety of spiders here in So Cal, but the good news is they are a little stuck up - the only bite those with incomes of $150,000+...

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blueridgegal
Atown, Missouri USA

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 10:22 AM CST

I lived in NC for several years and the only thing that really stands out in my memory was the word DRAWS. Which is really to draw a picture....right? NOT!! there it meant your underwear!

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Determined2b
Fayetteville, North Carolina USA

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 10:35 AM CST

Loved it....Very true....But, many of the same apply throughout the states wherever there are rednecks!!!!!!

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Mitchell1
Chattanooga USA

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 10:37 AM CST

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I lived in NC for several years and the only thing that really stands out in my memory was the word DRAWS. Which is really to draw a picture....right? NOT!! there it meant your underwear!

Also called underbritches

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IGOTTHIS
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Posted: Nov 19, 2006, 2:57 PM CST

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And you forgot # 12.5

12.5 Ariesgirl coming to a town a town near you!!!!!

Damn how did I forget that one.

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