You know that you are from Alabama if !!!!!!
Do not ever speak during the song 'Sweet Home Alabama ' unless it is to sing along
with the lyrics. This is a form of heresy and will erupt in a brawl if everyone
doesn't show 'proper respect' to the band who gave us Free Bird. This is
especially true if alcohol is present (notice I didn't say 'sold at this
event,' but 'present').
If you ask someone for a 'coke,' they will often ask you, 'What kind?' This is
not a trick question. Tell them what you want: Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Root Beer,
etc. It is all 'coke.'
All tea is sweet. If it's not sweet, you are in a Chinese restaurant or have crossed
the Mason-Dixon Line.
Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
There are205,000 types of snakes on earth and 4,998 of them live in Alabama.
There are 10,000 types of=2 0spiders. All 10,000 live in Alabama, plus a
couple no one's seen before.
If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
Oncet and Twicet are words.
It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.
People actually grow and eat okra.
'Fixinto' is one word.
Thisaway and Thataway are directions.
There is no such thing as 'lunch.' There is only dinner and then supper.
Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you st art drinking it when you're
two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!
Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
D'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.
You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
You measure distance in minutes.
You'll probably have to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable,
grain, insect 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.
There are only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.
The local papers cover national and international news on one pa ge, but
require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
The first day of deer season is a national holiday.
100 degrees Fahrenheit is 'a little warm.'
We have four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer and Christmas.
Going to Walmart is a favorite past time.
Fried catfish is the other white meat.
We don't need no stinking driver's ed ... if our mama says we can drive, we can
drive.
If you understand these jokes please forward them to your friends from
Alabama (and those who just wish they were).
EVERYONE can't be an Alabamian; it takes talent. You might say it's an art form
or a gift from God!