LadyFish
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You might be from Louisiana IF...
1. You've ever worn shorts at Christmas time.<br /><br />2. You pronounce Lafayette as "Laffy-ette" not "La-fy-ette."<br /><br />3. You learned to drive a boat before you could drive a car.<br /><br />4. You know the meaning of "Delcambre Reeboks."<br />(That would be a pair of all white fishing boots)<br /><br />5. You offer somebody a "coke" and then ask them what kind: Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, 7Up?<br /><br />6. You can name all of your 3rd cousins.<br /><br />7. You plan your wedding around hunting season & LSU football.<br /><br />8. You greet people with "Ha's ya momma'an'dem?" and hear back "Dey fine!"<br /><br />9. Every so often, you have waterfront property.<br /><br />10. When giving directions you use words like "uptown",<br />"downtown", "backatown", "riverside", "lakeside", "northshore", "westbank", "up or down da bayou" or "cross the river."<br /><br />11. 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!"<br /><br />12. Your burial plot is six feet over rather than six feet under.<br /><br />13. You've ever had Community Coffee.<br /><br />14. You can pronounce Tchoupitoulas but can't spell it.<br />(Also Thibodaux, Opelousas, Pontchartrain, Ouachita, and Atchafalaya)<br /><br />15. You don't worry when you see ships riding higher in the river than the top of your house.<br /><br />16. You judge a po-boy by the number of napkins used. (Amen! -- You Got dat rite.)<br /><br />17. The waitress at your local sandwich shop tells you a fried oyster po-boy dressed is healthier than a Caesar salad.<br /><br />18. You know the definition of "dressed."<br /><br />19. 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.<br /><br />20. The smell of a crawfish boil turns you on more than HBO.<br /><br />21. You "wrench" your hands in the sink with an onion bar to get the crawfish smell off.<br /><br />22. You're not afraid when someone wants to "ax you something."<br /><br />23. You go by "ya-mom-en-'dems" on Good Friday for family supper.<br /><br />24. You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.<br /><br />25. You don't realize until high school what a "county" is.<br /><br />26. You believe that purple, green and gold look good together (and you will even eat things those colors).<br /><br />27. You go to buy a new winter coat what most people refer to as a windbreaker.<br /><br />28. Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.<br /><br />29. You know what a nutria rat is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team. (Geaux Zephyrs)<br /><br />30. You have a ditch on at least one side of your property.<br /><br />31. You have spent a summer afternoon on the Lake Pontchartrain seawall catching blue crabs.<br /><br />32. You describe a color as "K&B Purple."<br /><br />33. You like your rice and politics dirty.<br /><br />35. You pronounce the largest city in the state as "Newawlins."<br /><br />36. You know those big roaches can fly, but you're able to sleep at night anyway.<br /><br />37. You prefer skiing on the bayou.<br /><br />38. You assume everyone has mosquito swarms in their backyard.<br /><br />39. You realize the rain forest is less humid than Louisiana.<br /><br />40. You can list all the ingredients of a gumbo or a jambalaya.<br /><br />41. You go to the "boat", but you don't plan on spending any time over water.<br /><br />42. When you're in Baton Rouge you know the difference between the old bridge and the new bridge.<br /><br />43. If you ever had to wait for the bridge to "come down" so you can get home.<br /><br />44. If you pull for the Saints. (Who else would?)<br /><br />45. If you've ever been to a wedding and someone either danced in a #3<br />washtub or with a broom and this was considered normal.<br /><br />46. You make your groceries, or wash your dishes, or have an icebox.<br /><br />47. You can't think of anybody that can cook better than yo momma.<br /><br />48. You know when it's appropriate to use "Tony Chachere's"<br />(anytime!!!!)<br /><br />49. You know an old person that can "treat" you for warts.<br /><br />50. The four seasons in your year are: Crawfish, Shrimp, Crab and King Cake.
1. You've ever worn shorts at Christmas time.<br /><br />2. You pronounce Lafayette as "Laffy-ette" not "La-fy-ette."<br /><br />3. You learned to drive a boat before you could drive a car.<br /><br />4. You know the meaning of "Delcambre Reeboks."<br />(That would be a pair of all white fishing boots)<br /><br />5. You offer somebody a "coke" and then ask them what kind: Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, 7Up?<br /><br />6. You can name all of your 3rd cousins.<br /><br />7. You plan your wedding around hunting season & LSU football.<br /><br />8. You greet people with "Ha's ya momma'an'dem?" and hear back "Dey fine!"<br /><br />9. Every so often, you have waterfront property.<br /><br />10. When giving directions you use words like "uptown",<br />"downtown", "backatown", "riverside", "lakeside", "northshore", "westbank", "up or down da bayou" or "cross the river."<br /><br />11. 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!"<br /><br />12. Your burial plot is six feet over rather than six feet under.<br /><br />13. You've ever had Community Coffee.<br /><br />14. You can pronounce Tchoupitoulas but can't spell it.<br />(Also Thibodaux, Opelousas, Pontchartrain, Ouachita, and Atchafalaya)<br /><br />15. You don't worry when you see ships riding higher in the river than the top of your house.<br /><br />16. You judge a po-boy by the number of napkins used. (Amen! -- You Got dat rite.)<br /><br />17. The waitress at your local sandwich shop tells you a fried oyster po-boy dressed is healthier than a Caesar salad.<br /><br />18. You know the definition of "dressed."<br /><br />19. 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.<br /><br />20. The smell of a crawfish boil turns you on more than HBO.<br /><br />21. You "wrench" your hands in the sink with an onion bar to get the crawfish smell off.<br /><br />22. You're not afraid when someone wants to "ax you something."<br /><br />23. You go by "ya-mom-en-'dems" on Good Friday for family supper.<br /><br />24. You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.<br /><br />25. You don't realize until high school what a "county" is.<br /><br />26. You believe that purple, green and gold look good together (and you will even eat things those colors).<br /><br />27. You go to buy a new winter coat what most people refer to as a windbreaker.<br /><br />28. Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.<br /><br />29. You know what a nutria rat is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team. (Geaux Zephyrs)<br /><br />30. You have a ditch on at least one side of your property.<br /><br />31. You have spent a summer afternoon on the Lake Pontchartrain seawall catching blue crabs.<br /><br />32. You describe a color as "K&B Purple."<br /><br />33. You like your rice and politics dirty.<br /><br />35. You pronounce the largest city in the state as "Newawlins."<br /><br />36. You know those big roaches can fly, but you're able to sleep at night anyway.<br /><br />37. You prefer skiing on the bayou.<br /><br />38. You assume everyone has mosquito swarms in their backyard.<br /><br />39. You realize the rain forest is less humid than Louisiana.<br /><br />40. You can list all the ingredients of a gumbo or a jambalaya.<br /><br />41. You go to the "boat", but you don't plan on spending any time over water.<br /><br />42. When you're in Baton Rouge you know the difference between the old bridge and the new bridge.<br /><br />43. If you ever had to wait for the bridge to "come down" so you can get home.<br /><br />44. If you pull for the Saints. (Who else would?)<br /><br />45. If you've ever been to a wedding and someone either danced in a #3<br />washtub or with a broom and this was considered normal.<br /><br />46. You make your groceries, or wash your dishes, or have an icebox.<br /><br />47. You can't think of anybody that can cook better than yo momma.<br /><br />48. You know when it's appropriate to use "Tony Chachere's"<br />(anytime!!!!)<br /><br />49. You know an old person that can "treat" you for warts.<br /><br />50. The four seasons in your year are: Crawfish, Shrimp, Crab and King Cake.
