North Carolina Fun

Adrianne sent me an email today, entitled "You know you're from North Carolina..." I won't include it all, 'cause it had 100 items, but here's the abridged (and annotated) version:

You know you're from NC if:

1. You've gotten used to the smell of cow manure on a car trip to Raleigh.
As a Carolina Grad, I won't say what I think when I hear the words "cow manure" and "Raleigh" in the same sentence

2. Saying "y'all" isn't just a cute expression; it actually means something.

4. You give directions using KFC and Waffle House as landmarks.
Don't y'all?

6. You can't imagine life without Bo jangles' sweet tea.
Why would you want to?

11. You can tell the difference between cotton fields and tobacco fields while driving.
Yep, and soybean, too. And I can tell the difference between tobacco and collards (in the field)

14. You've been "properly raised", and yankees love it when they hear you say "ma'am" and "sir".
Um, actually, I've been raised right, thank you very much!

16. You know the difference between a "redneck" and a "hick".
No lie: David and I were having a conversation about just this on Saturday!

17. You own at least one t-shirt from Bert's Surf Shop, AB Surf Shop, or The Sanitary Fishmarket.
You forgot Howard's Pub

24. In summer you have home-grown tomatoes with every meal.
No, but I wish I did!

28. You can recognize a copperhead and your heart drops when you see one.
Actually, I can recognize a copperhead, and get 20 8 year old girls past it without anyone screaming!

29. You have at least one relative that raises collards.
No, but my boss does!

30. You know Krispy Kreme makes the best doughnut.
Unquestionably

31. You have an opinion about UNC. You went there and loved it, or you hate everyone who did.
Guess which one!

32. You know the difference between eastern BBQ and western BBQ (see number 85).
Of course

33. You would rather eat at Bojangles than McDonald's.
Good Lord, who wouldn't?

34. You have actually uttered the phrase "It's too hot to go to the pool".
Yep, I actually have. Several times a summer, even!

45. A tobaggan to you means a knit cap, not a sled.
Yes, and it's pronounced TOE-boggon

46. You sold Krispy Kreme doughnuts for a school or church fundraiser before those glazed doughnuts went global.
Yep, several times

48. You remember watching the ACC Tournament on television at school.
Um, yeah, or taking a day off...

49. The local newspaper covers state, national and international news in one page, but sports requires six pages.
as it should be, particularly during Basketball season

52. You have no problem spelling or pronouncing “Conetoe", “Topsail", or “Beaufort."

54. Your school classes were cancelled because of cold.
55. Your school classes were cancelled because of a chance of snow.
56. Your school classes were cancelled because of heat.
58. Your school classes were cancelled because of a hurricane.
59. Your school classes were cancelled because of hunting season.
Yep; yep; yep; yep; nope, but it was an excused absence if a kid "got into a patch of ramps"

62. You know more about ACC basketball than professional basketball.
To do otherwise is to be led by fools....

63. You know that "Carolina" refers to UNC-Chapel Hill, while "State" refers to NC State.
And don't let anyone from SC tell you otherwise

64. You think South Carolina was dead weight well shed.
see above

72. Priming was your first job...and you know what it means.
No, thank God, but I know what it is

74. You say catty-wampus, yunto, ill-ass and ah-ite.
And even know what they mean!

79. You can spell words such as Ocracoke, Fuquay-Varina and Chocowinity.
And even know people who've lived in each!

85. You know that barbeque is a food, not an occasion, and it applies to pork, not hamburgers or hotdogs. You also know that the best of any version, whether chopped or pulled, vinegar or tomato, can be found somewhere in NC.

86. You know what a "pig pickin" is and you can't wait to go.
In college the kids from NJ always got so confused when we planned the dorm pig pickin.....

91. You dip.
God, no, but I (sadly) considered it a high honor in high school if a guy asked me to hold his spit cup

93. Pop refers a lot of things, not including soda.
And if you ask someone to get you a coke, and they say what kind, Sprite (or ginger ale or Pepsi) is an acceptable answer

95. You listen to beach music and you can shag.
Yes, and that would be shag the dance for any Brits reading this

98. You constantly see signs for tractor pulls and turkey shoots while driving through eastern NC.
Yep! Never understood them, but I've seen them!

99. You mash buttons and eat creamed potatoes.
And cut on lights and get my picture made...

100. You show this to some Carolina friends ‘cuz ya know it’s true, darlin'!
Shouldn't that be 'cuz ya know it's true, Sug?

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