since my time in north carolina is quickly coming to an end (or break?), i thought i'd share my top ten "only in the south" experiences from the past 14 months.
1) someone tells you to "cut the eye off." this happened when i had just moved to nc and was living with my now mother-in-law. we had just finished dinner...and i thought she was asking me to cut the eye off a teddy bear or something. (translation: turn off the burner.)
2) there's a church, cemetary, and bojangles on every corner.
3) you are greeted "well hey there, miss lady!" miss lady. yes, this happened.
4) you send a wedding invitation to a name with a VII after it. a SEVENTH! putting it lightly, family names are a pretty big deal round these parts.
5) you walk around an outside mall and see a girl walking around in a rebel flag bikini top and daisy dukes. classy.
6) you hear about people "keeping kids." i still don't know why this is such a funny term to me...keep them WHERE? locked up in a basement? it just reminds me of creepster white vans with no windows and missing children signs. not that i'm being dramatic. (translation = running a daycare from home)
7) you order tea at a restaurant and it's got more sugar in it than a chocolate cake. yum.
8) people ask you if you "kept your maiden name" after getting married. i mean, i can't get rid of it, can i? (translation = did you change your middle name to your maiden name?)
9) an older woman grabs your elbow and whispers "the south will rise again" with quiet confidence in your ear. this was actually ruffin's grandma, and it happened as we were taking our seats at dolly parton's dixie stampede. i still don't really know what that means.
10) you ask for a barbeque sandwich and you get pulled pork with vinegar. then you ask for barbeque sauce...and they point to a glass bottle of vinegar with random spices floating in it. this kansas city girl was a little confused!
midwest/yankee/non-southern friends, what am i missing? southern pals, what's funny about the rest of the country?
Haha, this made me laugh, Libby. Mainly because, well, all of this seemed so normal to me! :) I get the barbecue thing, but are we really the only ones who call the burner an "eye"?? Really? :)
ReplyDeletehaha, as far as i know, that's a resounding YES!
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