From: "Megan" <ianskitty@yahoo.com> To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" <creed-discuss@debbir.com> Date: Fri 31 Jan 2003 17:23:34 -0800 (PST) |
I understand a lot of those, just from spending time in the south (not Louisiana, though). I can't exactly indetify with them, although I will say I definitely don't want to live in Louisiana now (My boyfriend and I have been deciding which state in the south we want to live in.). *Thinks: humid, mosquitos, ????Community Coffee????*
Kitty
Kimberly Reid <kimbereid@msn.com> wrote:
(So does anyone get this one, except for Laura and I?)
You probably from Louisiana if...
- You've ever wore shorts at Christmas time.
- You pronounce Lafayette as "Laffy-ette" not "La-fy-ette".
- You learned to drive a boat before you could drive a car.
- You know the meaning of a "Delcambre Reeboks". (that would be a pair of all white fishing boots)
- You offer somebody a "coke" and then ask them what kind: Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, 7Up?
- You can name all of your 3rd cousins.
- You plan your wedding around hunting season & LSU football.
- You greet people with "Ha's ya momma'an'dem?" and hear back "Dey fine!"
- Every so often, you have waterfront property. (when the river is up)
- When giving directions you use words like "uptown", "downtown", "riverside", "lakeside", "northshore", "westbank", "down the bayou" or "across the river".
- When you refer to a geographical location "way up North", you are referring to places like Shreveport, Little Rock or Memphis, "where it gets real cold"!
- Your burial plot is six feet over rather than six feet under.
- You've ever had Community Coffee.
- You can pronounce Tchoupitoulas but can't spell it. (also,Thibodaux, Opelousas, Pontchartrain, Ouachita, Atchafalaya, Tchoutacabouffa)
- You don't worry when you see ships riding higher in the river than the top of your house.
- You judge a po-boy by the number of napkins used. (Amen) You Got dat rite!
- The waitress at your local sandwich shop tells you a fried oyster po-boy "dressed" is healthier than a Caesar salad.
- You know the definition of "dressed".
- You can eat Popeye's, Haydel's and Zapp's for lunch and wash it down with Barq's and several Abitas, without losing it all on your stoop.
- The smell of a crawfish boil turns you on more than HBO.
- You "wrench" your hands in the sink with an onion bar to get the crawfish smell off.
- You're not afraid when someone wants to "ax you something".
- You go by "ya-mom-en-'dems" on Good Friday for family supper.
- You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.
- You don't realize until high school what a "county" is. (Parishes, here)
- You believe that purple, green and gold look good together (and you will even eat things those colors).
- You go to buy a new winter coat. (what most people refer to as windbreakers)
- Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.
- You know what a nutria rat is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team. (Geaux Zephyrs)
- You have a ditch on at least one side of your property.
- You have spent a summer afternoon on the Lake Pontchartrain seawall catching blue crabs.
- You describe a color as "K&B Purple".
- You like your rice and politics dirty.
- When given the choice for Governor between a KKK leader and Edwin Edwards, it's a difficult decision.
- You pronounce the largest city in the state as "Nawlins".
- You know those big roaches can fly, but you're able to sleep at night anyway.
- You prefer skiing on the bayou.
- You assume everyone has mosquito swarms in their backyard.
- You realize the rainforest is less humid than Louisiana.
- You can list all the ingredients of a gumbo or a jambalaya.
- You go to the "boat", but you don't plan on spending any time over water.
- When you're in Baton Rouge you know the difference between the old bridge & the new bridge.
- If you ever had to wait for the bridge to "come down" so you can get home.
- If you pull for the Saints. (who else would?)
- If you've ever been to a wedding and someone either danced in a #3 washtub or with a broom and this was considered normal.
- You "make your groceries" or "save your dishes" or have an "ice box".
- You can't think of anybody that can cook better than your momma.
- You know when it's appropriate to use "Tony Chachere's".
- You know an old person that can "treat" you for warts.
- The four seasons in your year are: crawfish, shrimp, crab and King Cake.
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