God's Word for Today

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Just for Fun!

One of our members sent me this email. Since "Bless Your Heart!" is a staple in our weekly conversation and that we all love a good belly laugh especially at our own expense, I thought I would share this with the world. 



Southern women appreciate their natural assets: 
Clean skin.
A winning smile.
That unforgettable Southern drawl.

Southern women know their manners:
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, sir."
"Why, no, Billy!" 

Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions : 
"Y'all come back!"
"Well, bless your heart."
"Drop by when you can."
"How's your Momma?" 


Southern women know their summer weather report: 
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity

Southern women know their vacation spots:
 
The beach
The rivuh
The crick

Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
Colorful hi-heel sandals 
Strapless sun dresses
Iced sweet tea with mint

Southern women know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Shugah

Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Gone With The Wind

Southern women know their religions:
 
Baptist
Methodist
Football

Southern women know their country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits 
Eggs
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly

Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Chawl'stn
 

S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna

Southern women know their elegant gentlemen: 
Men in uniform
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler

Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon

Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food

More Suthen-ism's: 
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess." 

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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of
 "yonder." 


Only a Southerner knows exactly how long
 "directly" is, as in: "Going to town, be back directly."
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Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table. 
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All Southerners know exactly when
 "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
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Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin! 
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Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between
 "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20
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Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash. 
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No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
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A Southerner knows that
 "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line,"... we tal k to everybody! 
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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.
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In the South,
 y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.
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Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
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Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food. 
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When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
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Only true Southerners say
 "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk. 
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And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway.. You just say,
 "Bless her heart" ... and go your own way.
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To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!
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And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, ... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language! 
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And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could." 


Southern girls know men may come and go,
 but friends are fahevah !

Now........ Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or wish they had been! If you're a Northern transplant, bless your little heart,  fake it.  We know you got here as fast as you could

 

 

1 comment:

  1. What a lovely laugh for me in early morning UK. Thanks to TV I actually did understand all you were writing about.
    It sounds a most wonderful friendly place to be from, I think it may be too late for me to ever get there, but thanks to the Internet I get to visit all over the world and hear the accents and read the joy of where people are at.
    Thank you for this Wednesday Group.
    Love granny

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