Good thread!
This fits;
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I'm from Kentucky and I know;
Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their
feet in the air.
There are 5000 types of snakes, and 4998 live in Kentucky.
There are 10,000 types of spiders.
All 10,000 live in Kentucky, plus a couple that nobody
has seen before.
Squirrels will eat anything.
Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.
Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are
ripe.
If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle.
They do get stuck.
Onced and Twiced are words.
It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
upanunder means underneath.
People actually grow and eat okra.
"Fixinto" is one word...and it may mean now or later.
There ain't no such thing as "lunch." There's "dinner" and then there's
"supper."
Sweet tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking
it when you're two.
"Backards and forwards" means, "I know everything about you."
"Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
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.
You know you're from Kentucky if:..
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from heat to air conditioning in the same
day.
3. You see a car running in a store parking lot with no
one in it no matter what time of the year.
4. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I'm fixinto go
to the store.
5. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
6. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.
7. You carry jumper cables in your car... for your OWN car.
8. You know what "cow tipping" is.
9. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, hot sauce and catsup.
10. The local papers cover national and international news
on one page and six pages for local gossip and sports.
11. You think that the first day of deer season is a
national holiday.
12. You find 90 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
13. You know all four seasons: almost summer, summer,
still summer, and Christmas.
14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as
"Goin' Wal-martin" or "Off to ' Wally World'."
15. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees)
as good Soup Bean weather.
16. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...
it's a Coke or a Pepsi, regardless of brand or flavor.
Example: "What kinna coke you want?"
17. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.
18. You know what lard is.
19. You understand these and forward them to your friends from KY. (and
those who just wish they were).
