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#1400122 06/07/05 12:02 PM
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I know there are lots of women here from the South so this one is for you...

Southern woman appreciate their natural assets:
> Clean skin.
> A winning smile.
> That unforgettable Southern drawl.
> Southern women know their manners:
> "Yes, ma'am."
> "Yes, sir."
> "Why, no, Billy!"
> Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions:
> "Y'all come back!"
> "Well, bless your heart."
> "Drop by when you can."
> "How's your Momma?"
> Southern women know their summer weather report:
> Humidity
> Humidity
> Humidity
> Southern women know their vacation spots:
> The beach
> The beach
> The beach
> Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
> Summer tans
> Colorful hi-heel sandals
> Strapless sun dresses
> Southern women know everybody's first name:
> Honey
> Darlin'
> Shugah
> Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
> Fried Green Tomatoes
> Driving Miss Daisy
> Steel Magnolias
> Gone With The Wind
> Southern women know their religions:
> Baptist
> Methodist
> Football
> Southern women know their country breakfasts:
> Red-eye gravy
> Grits
> Country ham
> Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with mom's homemade jelly
> Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
> Charleston (Chawl'stn)
> Savannah (S'vanah)
> New Orleans (N'awlins)
> Atlanta (Addlanna)
> Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:
> Men in uniform.
> Men in tuxedos
> Rhett Butler, of course!
> Southern girls know their prime real estate:
> The Mall
> The Country Club
> The Beauty Salon
> Southern girls know the four deadly sins:
> Having bad hair and nails
> Having bad manners
> Cooking bad food
> Wearing too much makeup in the summer

< NASCAR, of Course <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

> Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah!
> Now.......Shugah, send this to some girls who were raised in the
> South or wish they had been! If you're a Northern transplant,
> Bless your heart, fake it.
> We know you got here as fast as you could.....!!!


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bumping up for *Susan*

LOL

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My hubby is from the south and one of the things I absolutely had to learn to cook before we married was a pecan pie. He's even told me that my pecan pie wins over his "mama's" LOL!!!


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I'm a proud member of Grits...

Girl Riased in the South.


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O'hana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.

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I loved this, being raised all my life deep down south and only moving to TX in my 20s. Thanks for reminding me of my heritage.

Still "Lovin'" Him, Shugah!


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First chance I've had to open MB today! I'm working too hard!

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bumping up for *Susan*


>Clutching pearls<

Bless your heart!

(we here in the south know "bless your heart" really means "what a turkey!" <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />)

Thank all of y'all! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Susan <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />


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BTW...how's yo mommer en 'em? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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One more thing -- does everyone still use "Bay" as a term of endearment for friends, lovers, children, stray dogs, strangers on the street, the elderly?

Just got back from old home of Louisiana and can't shake that one again.

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One more thing -- does everyone still use "Bay" as a term of endearment for friends, lovers, children, stray dogs, strangers on the street, the elderly?


I've lived in the south for going on 50 years now and I've never heard of that one. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

You mean like "I bay you" for I love you? LOL.... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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Susan:

"Bay" is short for "BABY".

My FWH who is from New Orleans happens to call me that often! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


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Mimi, you got it exactly.

"Bay" can be a term of endearment -- "Baby" -- or it can be transformed into a general "honey" of sorts and cover everything, from puppies and familiar neighbors to family members and even the highly esteemed postman, lol.


BY THE WAY, Mimi, it's N'awlins! LOLOL <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

: grinning :

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New Awlins girl here....and NO I don't call it "N'awlins" chere LOL

Did you hear about the Southern girl who talked sooooooooooo slowwwwwww that by the time she said she wasn't that kind of a girl....................she was!!

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Another poster from (or who are close to someone from) the Gret Stet of Loooosiana. LOL

Star, you really don't call it N'awlins? My NO native folks and I always did -- drawl it out in two looong sylables "Naaaaaahhhhhllll-llllliiiiihhhhhnnnnss" -- but that was a good 10 years ago. Besides, I always lived in the Red Stick until moving here so can't claim native status <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

So where are you on the "Bay" scale? -- you never said. Heard of it too?

Is this just a Louisiana phenomenom? Now I am wondering. . .

Great joke, btw. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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Why bless yore pea pickin' little heart! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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In the south, prime real estate is also church.

Fifth deadly sin, not writing a thank you note.

Another joy of June, July, August...fresh from the garden tomato sandwiches made with white bread and mayo

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But doesn't the south have huge bugs?? The June Bugs in Oklahoma are GIGANTIC!!!


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Here we have "love bugs" twice a year...what a mess!
pretty lightening bugs at dusk
and lizards! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

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Florida has cockaroaches big as CATS!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />


We just have FAR ANTS and wild hawgs out here in east Texas. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


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p.s. I would rather have a cockaroach than a CAT.... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />


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Excuse me, Mel. Did ya'll say "Texas"???


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