SpinnerBait_Nut
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"A CAJUN TOAST" <br /><br />May there be crawfish in your nets<br />And gumbo in your pot. <br />May the Sac-au-Lait be biting <br />At your favorite fishing spot. <br /><br />May God's sun be shining brightly <br />When you need its cheerful rays. <br />May the oak tree shade you gently <br />On those lazy bayou days. <br /><br />May a Bourree game be waiting <br />When all your work is through. <br />May the fais-do-do bring pretty girls <br />To toss a wink at you. <br /><br />And when your time is over <br />And your place on earth is gone, <br />May you waltz right into heaven <br />To the tune of "Jolie Blonde." <br />__________________________________________________<br />You Might be Cajun If:<br /><br />To you a "Coona-s-s" is that little round hole under a coon's tail.<br />You consider gravy a beverage.<br />You think the Fantastic Four are:<br />John Folse, Paul Prudhomme, Justin Wilson & Tony Chachere.<br />You see a Revival Tent and think "Festival."<br />Your childs favorite bed time story starts with "First you make a roux."<br />You know the meaning of KEEYAW!<br />You have called someone a DOS GRIS(doe gree).<br />(And Know what it means)<br />You think "**** Yankees" live north of Bunkie.<br />You have had donuts & beer for breakfast.<br />You boat has more horse power than your car.<br />You start angel food cake with a roux.<br />Fred's Lounge in Mamou means more to you than the Grand Ole Opry.<br />You use a Gill net for tennis, volleyball, & badminton.<br />You Know the difference between Zatarains, Zeringue, & Zydeco.<br />You greet your friends with" A EEEE"!<br />Any of your dessert recipes call for Jalapenos.<br />You use your pirogues to protect newly planted tomatoes.<br />Watching "Wild Kingdom" inspires you to write a cookbook.<br />You think a lobster is a crawfish on steroids.<br />You think boudin, hogshead cheese, & Bud are a bland diet.<br />You add Tabasco to 5-alarm Texas chili.<br />You think Ground Hog day & Boucherie Day are the same Holiday.<br />To you,the four seasons are onions, celery, bell pepper & garlic.<br />You have an "Envie" for something instead of a craving.<br />You pass up a trip to Europe to go to the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival.<br />If you call winter time, gumbo, geaux geaux, & do-do weather.<br />You learned bourr'e while standing in your crib.<br />You think a 7course meal is a 6 pack & a link of boudin.<br />You give up tabasco for lent.<br />You let your black coffee cool, and find it has jelled.<br />You know the four food groups as boiled, broiled, baked seafood & beer.<br />You can pronounce "Atchafalaya & Delcambre".<br />You look at a rice field and know how much gravy is needed to cover it.<br />Your mom starts the rice and asks "what do you want for dinner?".<br />Your gourmet recipes include the words"deep fat fried".<br />If your "other white meat" is frog legs or alligator.<br />The national anthem starts off," Jambalaya, crawfish pie, filet gumbo".<br />You stand up & put your hand over your heart when you hear "Jolie Blonde".<br />Grits and Grillades (gree-yads) are you most favorite breakfast.<br />You use Taso & Andouille(ahn-doo-ee) instead of Ham in your Beans.<br />Modem is something done to grass.<br />A mouse pad is a home for Mickey & Minnie.<br />A screen helps keep the bugs off the porch.<br />On line is where you stay during a field sobriety test.<br />Fax is what you lie about to the I.R.S.<br />Backup is what you do when you see a skunk in the woods.
