Southern 101---Explanation of all things Southern

[jjdward]

How about when it looks like it may get stromy its"comin up a cloud"

 

[seismic wonder2]

I used to call skunks pol-cats too, until it was explaned what it REALLY means.

Way back when red necks thought it was acceptable to make racial jokes in public, a skunk was refered to as a pol-cat implying that the Polish people were so ignorant they thought they were cats and tried to pet them.

 

[Stumpy]

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Well, maybe so, but it may depend on one's back. I literally could not shovel that snow myself. Let's see. Have you ever been in a sauna? Stay in there about three hours, doing various sorts of simulated yard work, or just go to New Orleans in August.

 

[Stumpy]

Speaking of kudzu, has anyone ever seen the man who is famous for his prolific, gigantic tomato plants? He has to use step ladders to reach the top. His secret? It involves kudzu, but he isn't sharing the details.

I wonder if this one is southern: "We fight like two cats in a sack."

 

[scbatz33]

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Well that makes sense, my grandfather was never what you would call "politically correct". He had plenty of sayings that couldn't be repeated in mixed company - or any company for that matter!!

I always thought (DONT LAUGH!!) that it had to do with the stripe looking like a pole

 

[FrenchHen]

I told Husband that one of they eyes on the stove wasn't working. He had no clue what I was talking about...they eye on the stove...you know, the part that gets hot?

 

[SarahFair]

Yall every heard 'You best straighten up and fly right!'

I love it

 

[Buckhorn Farm]

How about....Have you ever been stove up?

 

[sundance]

I've also heard parents tell children "If you don't hav,I'be on you like white on rice." My daddy must have told me that an awfully lot, cause I DON'T EAT RICE.

marrie

 

[chickenzoo]

Where did "I'll beat you like a red headed step child" come from?