Some Things I've Learned., All about South Carolina

Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5000 types of snakes, and 4998 live in South Carolina.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in South Carolina, 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, We've got it!

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.

Fire ants consider your flesh a picnic.

People actually grow and eat okra, and we love it!

"Fixinto" is one word.

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 South Carolina 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 am fixing to 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, Texas Pete 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 100 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 pinto-bean weather, and below 40 degrees is " hog-killing time".

16. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinna coke you want?"

17. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.

18. You understand these and forward them to your friends from SC (and those who just wish they were).

LOL! SC you should know that most of these things apply to VA too! But of course our state flower is the satellite dish! Well, gotta go now, we're going to Wally World! How bout you? Yawntoo?

This is why the chicken crossed the road; to show the possum it can be done.

Why else would you carry jumper cables?

One day walking to my car after work (firing a brick kiln), the temp was 101 degrees F and I was shivering because it was a little cool.

Cracker does not always apply to food

A friend of mine from North Carolina came to Virginia (Richmond) for a project. He commented that he hadn't realized while driving to Virginia that he had gone "further south".

Hehehe... Missed the worm hole, eh Maisky?

My friend had forgotten that Richmond had been the capitol of the confederacy. The crackers are alive and well around the Richmond area.

Too funny SC !
What you said about local papers can apply to Brittany too !