Hi Peggy,
Now I see why My wife and you get along so well. She's from the same area,
Eastern Texas. She is always look'n for Haystacks and Dog bones.
Rick
Peggy Bohler wrote:
> Makes me a little homesick -- but not for the weather!
>
> As to #16 -- some of my family said "you'uns"
>
> I'm just a hillbilly -- when I talk to my sister on the phone my husband
> tells me my accent gets more pronounced and I s-l-o-w d-o-w-n -- Now,
> y'all know that ain't true, doncha?
>
> I like not only Moon Pies, but remember Valomilks and GooGoo's ? And those
> chocolate covered vanilla candies that we used to call "haystacks" because
> of their shape (I think they're really Vanilla Cream Drops). . . . . . . .
> . . . . . .
>
> Ok, I'll stop now..............sorry to ramble.
>
> PeggyVee
> :-)
>
> At 10:38 AM 5/11/99 -0400, J. Adrian Barnes wrote:
> >I wouldn't normally send something like this to the list, but I saw it
> >and was thinking about the recent Moon Pie discussions. This is for all
> >our non-southern list members.
> >
> >adrian
> >
> >---------------------------------------------
> >
> >You ain't from around here are ya?
> >
> > 1. You think barbecue is a verb meaning "to cook outside."
> > 2. You think Heinz Ketchup is really SPICY!
> > 3. You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce"
> >correctly.
> > 4. You prefer potatoes au gratin to grits for breakfast
> > 5. You don't know what a moon pie is. :-)
> > 6. You've never had grain alcohol.
> > 7. You've never, ever, eaten okra.
> > 8. You eat fried chicken with a knife and fork.
> > 9. You've never seen a live chicken, and the only cows you've seen are
> >on road trips.
> >10. You have no idea what a polecat is.
> >11. You don't see anything wrong with putting a sweater on a poodle.
> >12. You don't have bangs.
> >13. You would rather vacation at Martha's Vineyard than at the Lake.
> >14. More than two generations of your family have been kicked out of the
> >same prep school in Connecticut.
> >15. You've actually seen a Prep School.
> >16. Instead of referring to two or more people as "y'all," you call them
> >"you guys," even if both of them are women.
> >17. You don't think Ted Kennedy has an accent.
> >18. You have never planned your summer vacation around a fireworks show.
> >19. You think that more money should go to the alumni center at your
> >university, than to pay the salary of the head football coach.
> >20. You don't have at least one can of WD-40 somewhere around the house.
> >21. The last time you smiled was when you prevented someone from getting
> >on an on-ramp on the highway.
> >22. You don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores or
> >machines.
> >23. The farthest south you've ever been is the perfume counter at Neiman
> >Marcus.
> >24. You call binoculars opera glasses.
> >25. You can't spit out the car window without pulling over to the side
> >of the road and stopping.
> >26. You would never wear pink or an applique sweatshirt.
> >27. You don't know what applique is.
> >28. You don't know anyone with at least two first names (i.e., Joe Bob,
> >Faye Ellen, Billy Ray, Mary Jo, Bubba Dean, Joe Don, Mary Alice, et al).
> >28a. You do know what "et al" means.
> >29. You think the car horn is for the green light.
> >30. You've never been to a craft show.
> >31. You get freaked out when people on the steet talk to you.
> >32. You can't do your laundry without quarters.
> >33. You never waved at another car with your whole hand.
> >34. You've ever cleared snow off your LBC later than February. :-)
> >
> >
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