You know you are from Alabama if...

[n8r]

* You measure distance in hours.
* You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
* Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
* Stores don't have shopping carts; they have buggies.
* You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
* You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
* All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.
* You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
* You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.
* You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
* You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
* You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
* You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.
* The local paper covers national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
* You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
* You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
* You find 90 degrees F "a little warm."
* You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.
* You know whether another Alabamian is from southern or northern Alabama as soon as they open their mouth.
* There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.
* Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin"or off to "Wally World.
* You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather.
* A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor
* You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Alabama.

[Brent]

I'm about Half from Alabama I guess

[fast64]

all those apply to georgia as well, haha

[wiarumas]

* Stores don't have shopping carts; they have buggies.
* You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.
* You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.

the only ones that i know/do

[MarkuzLS1]

I'm guilty of quite a few.

[AlmostN8]

Works for SC as well

[lowflyn]

Shoot...I've done all those....still do all those lol.

[djlarryp]

well, um... all are true here also, i am sure there are many more i don't even realize i do. the deer season one cracks me up. we used to get a week off of school on the opening week. i guess when i was a freshman they quit doing that... pissed a lot of people off.

[lowflyn]

And it's definitely Wally World. As far as the accent goes...I moved from what I consider south mississippi to north mississippi, and I can tell a difference in accent. Must be the hills. Yeh..those all apply, and someone from up north just doesn't understand.

[djlarryp]

Quote: Originally Posted by lowflyn And it's definitely Wally World. As far as the accent goes...I moved from what I consider south mississippi to north mississippi, and I can tell a difference in accent. Must be the hills. Yeh..those all apply, and someone from up north just doesn't understand.

i can tell a difference in accents from northern AR, i guess they use more proper english. and your right, northern folk don't understand. I confuse them all the time when they call for an insurance quote because they are moving down here. and i think i piss them off some too when i ask them to repeat themselves, not trying to be rude but i only caught the first two words of the that sentence.

[lowflyn]

Quote: Originally Posted by djlarryp i can tell a difference in accents from northern AR, i guess they use more proper english. and your right, northern folk don't understand. I confuse them all the time when they call for an insurance quote because they are moving down here. and i think i piss them off some too when i ask them to repeat themselves, not trying to be rude but i only caught the first two words of the that sentence.

Haha, I have family in Ashflat (Hardy). Eventhough they're from here...they still talk weird and it's funny to make fun of them. Ppl that live as far as Bentonville still sound weird to me lol.

[n8r]

Yeah, I am sure they apply for most southern states. I am guilty of quite a few and I wasn't even born in the South.

[lowflyn]

Nate, you're southern at heart. Cmon, you drove a dodge ram that went through oil faster than gas...you're southern lol.

[fast64]

Quote: Originally Posted by n8r Yeah, I am sure they apply for most southern states. I am guilty of quite a few and I wasn't even born in the South.

i wasn't born in the south either, thats why I got the fox mustangs, to make up for the 5 years i lived in the hell hole they call jersey

[WhiteStang99]

yeah, applies to me.

[n8r]

Quote: Originally Posted by lowflyn Nate, you're southern at heart. Cmon, you drove a dodge ram that went through oil faster than gas...you're southern lol.

haha if you say so

[MarkuzLS1]

Quote: Originally Posted by n8r haha if you say so

Which years did you live down here, and which years did you live up there?

[n8r]

birth to 7, I lived up north, 7 until august of this year (I am 22 now). I am moving back in Jan.

[dark]

i lived in iowa til i was 21

i understand most of them, but am only guilty of a couple... they're still funny to make fun of though

[I_luv_HP&trq]

lol. those are funny... i understand a few of them. didn't know about the buggie thing though and i use toilet paper.
I remember when i moved from Missouri to California all the kids at school made fun of my accent and i didn't even know i had one.

[MarkuzLS1]

Quote: Originally Posted by n8r birth to 7, I lived up north, 7 until august of this year (I am 22 now). I am moving back in Jan.

You've spent enough time down here.

[BlueDonkey]

Just for comparison of the Deep South with the Far North, I offer my humble and objective observations on the following:

Quote: * You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. * You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year. * You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. * You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.

Yep, yep, yep, and yep

Quote: * You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.

Cow tipping is known in N. New England, but they don't know the pleasures of the snipe hunt.

Quote: * You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.

For many New Englanders, ketchup is about as spicy as you get.

Quote: * You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

Some think so here; but everyone takes a week off in Feb. to go skiing.

Quote: * You find 90 degrees F "a little warm."

10 is a bit chilly

Quote: * You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.

Here we have Winter, Real Winter, Spring, Mud, Leaf, and Autumn. Summer is on July 9th, 11AM-1PM, if the Sun is shining.

Quote: * There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.

NH state RSA 45003:23 states that every population center of 50 persons or more must have at least 1 Dunkin Donuts with a drive through.

[n8r]

I have noticed that the farther north I go here in MI, the more like home it seems. There definately is a paralell between the far north and the south, its quite funny

[BlueDonkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by n8r I have noticed that the farther north I go here in MI, the more like home it seems. There definately is a paralell between the far north and the south, its quite funny

Yeah, I swear I see at least as many rednecks up here as I ever did in Manassas.

[Thomas91169]

Quote: * You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.

umm, i live in cali and i know what both those are

[WhiteStang99]

If you ever come down to the South, we'll take you snipe hunting.

[lowflyn]

Trust me...you haven't really been snipe hunting, I have some land here, I'll carry ya out snipe huntin.

[n8r]

Quote: Originally Posted by WhiteStang99 If you ever come down to the South, we'll take you snipe hunting.

after some beers of course, always helps in the hunting

[lowflyn]

We can even stay in the school bus we converted into a mobil home if ya'd like. Only problem is...stang won't make it there, gotta carry the family 4x4, ya know...every family has one.

[n8r]

Quote: Originally Posted by lowflyn We can even stay in the school bus we converted into a mobil home if ya'd like. Only problem is...stang won't make it there, gotta carry the family 4x4, ya know...every family has one.

my fam no longer does damnit