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Okay, as most of you know, I like America. I particularly like the southern states (I must have been an unreconstructed rebel in another life).

I came across this today and just laughed so hard I had to share it.

Enjoy!

PS. I really get the chicken reference :D:D:D:D:D

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO THE APPALACHIANS.
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
5. Onced and Twiced are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?
8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.
9. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do something.
10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.
12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'
14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
16. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural.
17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.
19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco, and ketchup.
20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.
21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)
22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
23. You know what a hissy fit is..
24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
25. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!
26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Appalachian friends and those who just wish they were from the Appalachians.
AND one more:
27. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show that stupid possum that it CAN be done!
 
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I was running a work crew in lower Alabama once upon a time. We needed a site electrician with us. I called the electric ('lectric) shop and they said they'd be over after the shift turn over briefing. (This was 37 years ago, I'm probably leaving out some words.) An hour or so later, I called back and wondered where they were. "We is commencin' to prepare to git ready to go." They showed up about 1 1/2 hours later.

Southern words seem to have a lot more syllables than the same word elsewhere.
 
Kiwi, yep! if you have seen Collector's Firearms in Houston, what did you think?

I made a short visit to Collectors Firearms the first day of the first trip we made in 2018. I was quite blown away by what I saw.

The 20th century military rifles were about 10% above Kiwi prices, but in US dollars. Modern pistols were well below our prices, especially second hand, but the sheer number (and prices) of first generation SAA's and early S&W's was mind boggling.

I am hoping to come back again late 2025. Karen says she has had enough travelling so if it comes off I will bring my brother. Collectors Firearms is already on the list of things to do and see in Houston.
 
All so very true. I have only 71 years here in the promised land so I may have a few more of those that could pop out as needed. LOL
 
Well, from traveling and working in the mid west there are “ local saying” up there that need explaining.
Will admit their custom on putting gravy on French fries is really Good, dont knock it til you try it..
 
Back in the 1930s, my parents (from Chicago) stopped in a small town in the Appalachians, and a child approached them and asked, "Are you'ns what we'ns call furriners?"

Every time I visit my daughter in Georgia I still get asked y'all ain't from around here are you.
 
The comment on "a fur piece" missed something. "A right fur piece" is farther than "a fur piece". I couldn't get a precise answer on how much farther.

Depending upon where you were "in the hills", you were almost certainly "flatlanders".

After being in the south for several years I started to ask a question: "Do you reckon....." and then stopped in shock. The guy I was talking to was originally from Ohio, he understood. I've been here over 30 years. Normally, that's not long enough to be a resident, but I've got tractors, I weld, I wrench, I kinda fit the profile. Showing up at a funeral in a suit & tie might get you mistaken for staff at the funeral home. But, that's mostly a rural thing rather than strictly Southern.

And, some places they...........talk ............really.............slow. Plus, each word takes about 3-5 seconds in addition to extra syllables.
 
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No mention of that other southern delicacy the armadillo, another highway crossing critter that is sometimes referred to as 'possum on a half-shell'.
 
Waiting to see what recent transplant Pete has to say...he's in the coastal plain but most of it still applies. ;):D:D

Just pickin on you, Pete. No taxes on humor. :D
 
#19 . . . A few years ago my cousin and her husband from Georgia were visiting. Mari Anne decided to show them a bit of Northwest hospitality with her excellent cooking.

First night: Halibut. Charles: "Y'all got any ketchup?" Mari Anne was speechless.

Second night: Salmon. Charles: "Y'all got any ketchup?" Mari Anne was catching on . . .

Third night: Hamburgers. And a bottle of ketchup on the table.
 
As I have probably noted before, I reckon my speech is simply English. However, if my background erupted into my speech, perhaps others would hear me say "Ah reckon." Regardless, Asheville is probably not far away from any of us who speak normally.
 

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