you might be from TN if...
1. You measure distance in minutes. Doesn't everyone?
2. You've ever had to switch from ''heat'' to ''air conditioning'' in the same day. Sometimes. Not very often.
3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks and you ''tote 'em'' not ''carry them.'' Uh, no.
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. Of course
5. You use ''fix'' as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store. Not me, but I have immediately family members *cough* mom *cough* who do.
6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal. Dayton Strawberry Festival! You better believe it!
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. Hmm, not really. Rather we lock but don't use the lights.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car. I don't get it... why else would I have jumper cables in my car? What happens if my car dies and someone else doesn't have them?
9. You know what ''cow tipping'' is. Sadly, yes.
10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, chili powder, and catsup. TOTALLY untrue.
11. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires six pages for local gossip and sports. Well.... not quite... but close enough for a cigar.
12. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday. Hardly. However, I'm sure there are those here who do.
13. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit ''a little warm.'' No, 100 degrees Fahrenheit is "a little warm" only if it's "a little humid."
14. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas. Nope. After "Still Summer" we have a "Cold Snap."
15. You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west, or middle Tennessee as soon as he opens his mouth. Is it really possible? I wasn't aware that there are dialectical and regional lilts in Tennessean redneck.
16. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as ''goin' wal-martin'' or off to ''Wally World.'' Call it Wally World on occasion. Favorite pastime, hardly. My own personal Wal-Mart related joys come when I am able to enter and leave within 10 minutes.
17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather. Ick. I don't even like chili that much.
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?'' E-zackly.
19. Fried Catfish is the other white meat. GROSS!!! Do you know what those things EAT????
20. You understand these jokes and send them to your friends from Tennessee.
Also - little known facts about TN. :-D
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 Tennessee.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Tennessee, plus a couple no one's 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.
Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.
People actually grow and eat okra.
Fixinto is one word.
A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds water for irrigation, watterin' the cows, swimming, or a weekly bath.
There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only dinner and then there's supper.
Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2. However, it must be served over ice.
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.
Darn near everyone knows 5 or more cloud types (guess they got to be look'n out for them there ternayders-(translation: tornados)
2. You've ever had to switch from ''heat'' to ''air conditioning'' in the same day. Sometimes. Not very often.
3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks and you ''tote 'em'' not ''carry them.'' Uh, no.
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. Of course
5. You use ''fix'' as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store. Not me, but I have immediately family members *cough* mom *cough* who do.
6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal. Dayton Strawberry Festival! You better believe it!
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. Hmm, not really. Rather we lock but don't use the lights.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car. I don't get it... why else would I have jumper cables in my car? What happens if my car dies and someone else doesn't have them?
9. You know what ''cow tipping'' is. Sadly, yes.
10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, chili powder, and catsup. TOTALLY untrue.
11. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires six pages for local gossip and sports. Well.... not quite... but close enough for a cigar.
12. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday. Hardly. However, I'm sure there are those here who do.
13. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit ''a little warm.'' No, 100 degrees Fahrenheit is "a little warm" only if it's "a little humid."
14. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas. Nope. After "Still Summer" we have a "Cold Snap."
15. You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west, or middle Tennessee as soon as he opens his mouth. Is it really possible? I wasn't aware that there are dialectical and regional lilts in Tennessean redneck.
16. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as ''goin' wal-martin'' or off to ''Wally World.'' Call it Wally World on occasion. Favorite pastime, hardly. My own personal Wal-Mart related joys come when I am able to enter and leave within 10 minutes.
17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather. Ick. I don't even like chili that much.
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?'' E-zackly.
19. Fried Catfish is the other white meat. GROSS!!! Do you know what those things EAT????
20. You understand these jokes and send them to your friends from Tennessee.
Also - little known facts about TN. :-D
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 Tennessee.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Tennessee, plus a couple no one's 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.
Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.
People actually grow and eat okra.
Fixinto is one word.
A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds water for irrigation, watterin' the cows, swimming, or a weekly bath.
There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only dinner and then there's supper.
Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2. However, it must be served over ice.
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.
Darn near everyone knows 5 or more cloud types (guess they got to be look'n out for them there ternayders-(translation: tornados)