Mississippi – there’s no place like home!

by Cal on December 17, 2008 · 4 comments

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Only in Mississippi.  It’s all true, y’all!

1. You can properly pronounce Kosciusko, Ackerman, Gautier and Belzoni.

2. You think people who complain about the heat in their states are sissies.

3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.

4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.

5. Stores don’t have bags or shopping carts, they have sacks and buggies.

6. You’ve seen people wear overalls at funerals.

7. You think everyone from a bigger city has an  accent.

8. You measure distance in minutes. (It’s about 5 minutes down the road)

9. You go to the lake because it’s like going to the ocean.

10. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.

11. You know cowpies are not made of beef.

12. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.

13. You have known someone who has a belt buckle bigger than your  fist.

14. You aren’t surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, beer, and bait all in the same store.

15. A Mercedes Benz isn’t a status symbol. A Chevy Silverado Extended Bed Crew Cab is.

16. You know everything goes better with Comeback Dressing.

17. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.

18. You actually get these jokes and are ‘fixin’  to send them to your friends.

19. You have used your heater and air-conditioner in the same day.

Finally: You are 100% Mississippian if you have ever had this conversation:

20. ‘You wanna coke?’ ‘Yeah.’  ‘What kind?’ ‘Dr Pepper.’

21. You have been on vacation to Gulf Shores Alabama!

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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Mike Brown December 18, 2008 at 6:50 am

Comment from a guy up North, what is “Comeback Dressing”

2 Cal December 18, 2008 at 7:46 am

Like Remoulade – here is the recipe – http://www.deepfriedkudzu.com/2007/10/comeback-sauce-comeback-dressing.html

All the kids (I guess the adults too!) that are starving waiting on orders to be taken and dinner to be served would put it on crackers to soothe their hunger pains.

3 James Wheelock December 21, 2008 at 6:32 pm

Now those crack me up. Several of them fit for Houston as well. Especially lately as we have been having 25 degree swings in a matter of hours.

4 Braden April 4, 2009 at 9:02 am

This article was extremely interesting, especially since I was searching for thoughts on this subject last Thursday.

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