20 Ways to know you live in Alabama

by dinah 14 Replies latest jw friends

  • dinah
    dinah

    *20 ways you know you are from Alabama :

    1. You can properly pronounce Arab, Cahaba, Opelika , Sylacauga, Oneonta,
    Eufaula, and Wedowee.

    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 bib 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 t he lake because you think it is 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 Ford F-350 4x4 Extended Bed
    Crew Cab dually is.

    16. You know everything goes better with Ranch Dressing, or Ketchup.

    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% Alabamian if you have ever had this conversation:

    20. "You wanna coke?" "Yeah." "What kind?""Dr Pepper.

  • Hope4Others
    Hope4Others

    Quite amusing, love # 5, 11, 12, 20.

    11. You know cowpies are not made of beef.

    Some one got the brain wave to glaze these and sell them here in the gift shops. Holding Sh** in your hand.

    Go figure!

  • owenfieldreams
    owenfieldreams

    Lol...that's a great list, Dinah. Some others I thought of:

    1 You know that stuff that goes in your car is pronounced "ole", not "oil".

    2 You know what a 'hot water heater' and a 'hose pipe' are

    3 The only thing you have to put in sweet tea is a lemon wedge

    4 You run into practically ALL your friends at Walmart on the weekends

  • MissingLink
    MissingLink

    21: You don't know a single person who understands evolution. (some nonsense about the monkey-men)

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  • nomoreguilt
    nomoreguilt

    You know that you live in Alabama:

    WHEN YOU MEASURE THE VALUE OF YOU WEALTH BY THE NUMBER OF OLD WASHING MACHINES, BUSTED UP TOILETS, RUSTY CARS, BOX SPRINGS, REFRIDGERATERS, CHICKENS, PIGS, ETC........that are in your FRONT yard.

    No harm intended, just my observations while visiting some friends in Mobile.

    NMG

  • kurtbethel
    kurtbethel

    My entire Alabama experience:

    June 1978 - pass through the state eastbound on I-20

    August 1978 - pass through the state southbound from Altanta to Pensacola, with stop in Opelika

    September 1978 - pass through the state westbound on I-10

    Sorry I missed all this stuff.

  • Priest73
    Priest73

    Your uncle and daddy are the same dude?

  • hillbilly
    hillbilly

    WHEN YOU MEASURE THE VALUE OF YOU WEALTH BY THE NUMBER OF OLD WASHING MACHINES, BUSTED UP TOILETS, RUSTY CARS, BOX SPRINGS, REFRIDGERATERS, CHICKENS, PIGS, ETC........that are in your FRONT yard.

    Those items are listed for ya on the Kentucky tax return forms... all ya got to do is check em off.

    Oh... Your local Dairy Queen parking lot double as a social spot and a fertility clinic.

    Your insurance man reaches for the payment pinned just inside the screen door.

    Hill

  • nomoreguilt
    nomoreguilt

    I have to admit, I was remiss in excluding all of the DEEP SOUTH in this regard. I also failed to note the number of these items on one's front porch.

    NMG

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