This was forwarded to us by a New Yorker that passed through NC for a few weeks. Funny! Things I've learned about while passing thru North Carolina. Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in North Carolina. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in North Carolina, plus a couple no one's seen before. 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. People actually grow and eat okra. Fixinto is one word. There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only dinner and then there's supper. Sweet Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2. 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. More about North Carolinians.... You know you're from North Carolina if: 1. You measure distance in minutes. 2. You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. 3. You know what a 'tar heel' is. 4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year. 5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store. 6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal. 7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. 8. You carry jumper cables in your car... for your OWN car. 9. You know what "cow tipping" is 10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete and catsup. 11. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports. 12. Your think that the first day deer season is a national holiday. 13. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm" 14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas. 15. You know whether another North Carolinian is from east, west, or middle North Carolina as soon as they open their mouth or the barbecue they eat. 16. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin wal-martin" or off to"Wally World" 17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather. 18. 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?" 19. Fried Catfish is the other white meat. 20. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from NC (and those who just wish they were) This is funny, but almost all true. Ken P.
North Carolina
by Undecided 4 Replies latest jw friends
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czarofmischief
Pepsi was invented in North Carolina, in New Bern. They still have the original pharmacy set up.
Little known fact, but true.
CZAR of the "fluff thread master" class
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worldlygirl
Damn right!
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SanFranciscoJim
From that list above, it would seem that West Virginia was invented in North Carolina.
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betweenworlds
LOL Ken!! Got a laugh out of those :)
If you don't understand what someone has said and you reply "Do what now?"
If there is any suggestion that it might snow, all the supermarkets are suddenly filled with people buying eggs, milk and bread :) Guess when it snows people get the urge to make french toast!
Shelli