Memememe!
1. Go to Google or Yahoo and type in “You know you’re from (your state) when…”
2. Copy & paste into an entry.
3. Bold the ones which apply to you.
(I actually combined a few of the lists together. So, if there's any repeats, sorry.)
You've never met any celebrities--other than Fred Thompson. (Actually... Nope, have met famous people. But have not met Fred Thompson.)
"Vacation" means going to the family reunion. (*snort* )
You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.
You laugh when people from anywhere north of Tennessee try to say or spell "y'all."
It's "Knox-vull," not "Knox-ville."
It's "Mar-vull," not "Mary-ville." (As an aside, "Louisville" is "Lewis-ville" if it's in TN, and "Whitwell" is pronounced "Whut-wull")
Pigeon Forge is not pronounced with a French accent.
Gatlinburg does have an "L" in it and it should be pronounced.
Sales tax is 9.75%.
You shop at Wal-Mart for groceries, not at a grocery store.
You don't drive in Knoxville on game day. EVER.
You can't remember the last time you saw snow.
You know when Elvis Presley Day is.
You know all of the words to "Rocky Top."
You think it's worth it driving to Alabama just to save 1.25% on the sales tax. (Not for me, I live too far from AL to do that. But my sister can, and does at times.)
You eat "dinner" at noon and "supper" in the evening.
Your Wal-Mart has specific parking spots for horses and buggies.
You and everyone you know goes to one vacation spot: Panama City, Florida.
Everyone you know owns a truck, and at least one of those trucks is just painted with primer or more colors than the rainbow.
You measure distance in minutes, not miles. (Street names are also useless. Directions involve such landmarks as "the big oak tree", "where the black top ends", and "new pavement".
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. (Only no because I resist doing it.)
You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store."
"Fixinto" is one word.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. (The lights are to keep the possums and raccoons away, not to scare off people. Duh.)
You own only four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco, and ketchup. (No. Definitely not. I like ethnic food. But I know people who probably do only have those 4.)
The local papers cover national and international news on one page but require six pages for local gossip and sports.
You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
You're convinced you don't need driver's ed--your father's and uncles' pickup trucks were training enough.
There are 5,000 types of snakes, and 4,998 live in Tennessee.
People actually grow and eat okra. (What's wrong with that? Except that I keep wanting to put the flowers in vases. Okra has really pretty flowers.)
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.
A toboggan is a hat, not a sled.
You butter your hot biscuit by cutting it open, putting a slab of butter inside, and closing it back up again.
You or your friends chew. (EW! Definitely not me.)
You avoid going anywhere near Bristol Motor Speedway on race weekend.
You use "commode" in conversations and absolutely no one knows what you're talking about.
You barely get snow days because there's hardly ever any snow. Better yet, you get snow days if your local weather stations predict even the slightest bit of snow!
You know how to do the watermelon crawl.
You're in a Carhartt jacket one day, shorts the next, and no one thinks anything about it.
You drive through a rich neighborhood and see the wannabe redneck kids with their brand-new Fords and their designer holey jeans and cowboy hats.
Boomsday in Knoxville is equal to New Year's Eve at Times Square.
Knoxville becomes the third largest city every Saturday in the fall.
Sweet tea is THE DRINK...no questions, no exceptions. Most people from Tennessee begin drinking sweet tea even before they can drink out of sippy cups. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
You know what a "DAWG" is.
You carry jumper cables in your car -- for your OWN car.
Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Tennessee plus a couple no one's seen before.
If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
Onced and twiced are words.
It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy. (I use them both.)
Fire ants consider your flesh a picnic. (Nope. Get's too cold where I am. Yay!)
You know what a “VOL” is.
You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west or middle Tennessee as soon as they open their mouth.
Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as”goin’ Wal-martin” or off to “Wally World”. (You also can't shop in Wal-mart without seeing at least 20 people you know, and stopping and chatting with them for 10 minutes each. Thus, going to Wal-mart is a big production.)
You know how to avoid the construction on I-40, no matter which major city you're in. (I added this, because it deserves a mention. I-40 through Knoxville has been under construction for 30 years now. Literally. And Nashville and Memphis are just as bad.)
2. Copy & paste into an entry.
3. Bold the ones which apply to you.
(I actually combined a few of the lists together. So, if there's any repeats, sorry.)
You've never met any celebrities--other than Fred Thompson. (Actually... Nope, have met famous people. But have not met Fred Thompson.)
"Vacation" means going to the family reunion. (*snort* )
You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.
You laugh when people from anywhere north of Tennessee try to say or spell "y'all."
It's "Knox-vull," not "Knox-ville."
It's "Mar-vull," not "Mary-ville." (As an aside, "Louisville" is "Lewis-ville" if it's in TN, and "Whitwell" is pronounced "Whut-wull")
Pigeon Forge is not pronounced with a French accent.
Gatlinburg does have an "L" in it and it should be pronounced.
Sales tax is 9.75%.
You shop at Wal-Mart for groceries, not at a grocery store.
You don't drive in Knoxville on game day. EVER.
You can't remember the last time you saw snow.
You know when Elvis Presley Day is.
You know all of the words to "Rocky Top."
You think it's worth it driving to Alabama just to save 1.25% on the sales tax. (Not for me, I live too far from AL to do that. But my sister can, and does at times.)
You eat "dinner" at noon and "supper" in the evening.
Your Wal-Mart has specific parking spots for horses and buggies.
You and everyone you know goes to one vacation spot: Panama City, Florida.
Everyone you know owns a truck, and at least one of those trucks is just painted with primer or more colors than the rainbow.
You measure distance in minutes, not miles. (Street names are also useless. Directions involve such landmarks as "the big oak tree", "where the black top ends", and "new pavement".
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. (Only no because I resist doing it.)
You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store."
"Fixinto" is one word.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. (The lights are to keep the possums and raccoons away, not to scare off people. Duh.)
You own only four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco, and ketchup. (No. Definitely not. I like ethnic food. But I know people who probably do only have those 4.)
The local papers cover national and international news on one page but require six pages for local gossip and sports.
You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
You're convinced you don't need driver's ed--your father's and uncles' pickup trucks were training enough.
There are 5,000 types of snakes, and 4,998 live in Tennessee.
People actually grow and eat okra. (What's wrong with that? Except that I keep wanting to put the flowers in vases. Okra has really pretty flowers.)
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.
A toboggan is a hat, not a sled.
You butter your hot biscuit by cutting it open, putting a slab of butter inside, and closing it back up again.
You or your friends chew. (EW! Definitely not me.)
You avoid going anywhere near Bristol Motor Speedway on race weekend.
You use "commode" in conversations and absolutely no one knows what you're talking about.
You barely get snow days because there's hardly ever any snow. Better yet, you get snow days if your local weather stations predict even the slightest bit of snow!
You know how to do the watermelon crawl.
You're in a Carhartt jacket one day, shorts the next, and no one thinks anything about it.
You drive through a rich neighborhood and see the wannabe redneck kids with their brand-new Fords and their designer holey jeans and cowboy hats.
Boomsday in Knoxville is equal to New Year's Eve at Times Square.
Knoxville becomes the third largest city every Saturday in the fall.
Sweet tea is THE DRINK...no questions, no exceptions. Most people from Tennessee begin drinking sweet tea even before they can drink out of sippy cups. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
You know what a "DAWG" is.
You carry jumper cables in your car -- for your OWN car.
Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Tennessee plus a couple no one's seen before.
If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
Onced and twiced are words.
It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy. (I use them both.)
Fire ants consider your flesh a picnic. (Nope. Get's too cold where I am. Yay!)
You know what a “VOL” is.
You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west or middle Tennessee as soon as they open their mouth.
Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as”goin’ Wal-martin” or off to “Wally World”. (You also can't shop in Wal-mart without seeing at least 20 people you know, and stopping and chatting with them for 10 minutes each. Thus, going to Wal-mart is a big production.)
You know how to avoid the construction on I-40, no matter which major city you're in. (I added this, because it deserves a mention. I-40 through Knoxville has been under construction for 30 years now. Literally. And Nashville and Memphis are just as bad.)