SpinnerBait_Nut
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I know all of these and proud to be a southerner. 
<br />__________________________________________________<br />Only a true Southerner knows the difference between a "hissie fit" and a "conniption fit" and that you don't have them, you pitch them. <br /><br />Nobody but a true Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., it takes to make a "mess." <br /><br />A true Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder." <br /><br />A true Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is - as in "Goin' to Wal-Mart; be back directly." <br /><br />Even true 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. <br /><br />All true Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well. <br /><br />True Southerners know 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 trouble is a real crisis, they also Know to add a large banana puddin'.) <br /><br />In the South, we can't say we are sorry about anything without a covered dish. "Sorry to hear your Daddy passed on, here's some baked beans." <br /><br />True Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right fur piece!" They know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20. <br /><br />No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. <br /><br />True Southerners know that "fixin' " can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb. <br /><br />True Southerners make friends standing in lines. We don't do queues; we do lines. It's in line, not on line. When we're in line, we talk to everybody. <br /><br />Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. <br /><br />True Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them. <br /><br />Every true Southerner knows that tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red-eye gravy is also a breakfast food; that fried green tomatoes is not breakfast food. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />Finally, a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 on the freeway - you say, "Bless her heart!" and go on around her.
<br />__________________________________________________<br />Only a true Southerner knows the difference between a "hissie fit" and a "conniption fit" and that you don't have them, you pitch them. <br /><br />Nobody but a true Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., it takes to make a "mess." <br /><br />A true Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder." <br /><br />A true Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is - as in "Goin' to Wal-Mart; be back directly." <br /><br />Even true 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. <br /><br />All true Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well. <br /><br />True Southerners know 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 trouble is a real crisis, they also Know to add a large banana puddin'.) <br /><br />In the South, we can't say we are sorry about anything without a covered dish. "Sorry to hear your Daddy passed on, here's some baked beans." <br /><br />True Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right fur piece!" They know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20. <br /><br />No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. <br /><br />True Southerners know that "fixin' " can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb. <br /><br />True Southerners make friends standing in lines. We don't do queues; we do lines. It's in line, not on line. When we're in line, we talk to everybody. <br /><br />Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. <br /><br />True Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them. <br /><br />Every true Southerner knows that tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red-eye gravy is also a breakfast food; that fried green tomatoes is not breakfast food. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />Finally, a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 on the freeway - you say, "Bless her heart!" and go on around her.
