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- Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
- There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Polk County .
- There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Polk County, plus a couple no one's seen before.
- Squirrels will eat anything.
- Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.
- Raccoons will test your crop of watermelons and let you know when they are ripe.
- If it grows wild, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
- A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They will get stuck.
- "Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
- It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
- Fire ants (Fahr Ain'ts) consider your flesh a picnic.
- People actually grow and eat okra.
- "Fixinto" is one word meaning "about to commence."
- A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds water for irrigation, waterin' the cows, swimmin', or a weekly bath.
- There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only breakfast, dinner and supper.
- Sweet tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2.
- "Backards and fruntards" means I know everything about you.
- "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 until it's too dark to see.
- Darn near everyone knows 5 or more cloud types.
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- You measure distance in minutes.
- You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
- Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
- You can see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
- You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I am fixing to go to the store."
- All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, agricultural by-product or animal.
(Examples: Peanut Festival, Boll Weevil Festival, Chittlin's Festival, Honey Festival, Orange Festival, Strawberry Festival, etc.)
- You install security lights on your house and garage but leave both unlocked.
- You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car.
- You know what "cow tipping" is.
- You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
- The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
- You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
- You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
- You know all four seasons: almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
- You know whether another Polk Countian is from north, south, Polk County or from the middle of Polk City as soon as they open their mouth.
- Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin' Wal-martin" or "off to Wally World."
- You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather.
- A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop... it's a "Coke," regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda Coke you want?"
- Fried Catfish is the other white meat.
- You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Polk County.
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