Wednesday, August 5, 2009

You know you're from Lousiana if...


You know you're from Louisiana if.......
A. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway. (or waiting for a train!)
B. Vacation means going to the family reunion.
C. You measure distance in minutes.
D. You know several people who have hit a deer.
E. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
F. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
G. You've ever had to switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
H. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
I. Stores don't have shopping carts; they have buggies.
J. You see people wearing bib overalls at funerals.
K. You use fix as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
L. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.
M. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car.
N. You know what cow tipping and snipe hunting is.
O. You only own three spices: Tony's, ketchup, and Tabasco.
P. The local papers covers national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
Q. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
R. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
S. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.
T. You know whether another Louisianan is from southern or northern Louisiana as soon as they open their mouth.
U. There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.
V. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as goin wal-martin or off to Wally World.
W. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good gumbo weather.
X. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor.
Y. You can be satisfied with a meal consisting only of a hunk of bread with flavored flour and water (a delicacy known as biscuits n' gravy)
Z. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Louisiana.

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