Things I Learned Living in North Carolina

I got this list as a forward. I generally dislike forwards, but this is kind of hilarious.

  1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
  2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in NC.
  3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All of them live in NC.
  4. If it grows, it’ll stick ya. If it crawls, it’ll bite ya.
  5. ‘Onced’ and ‘Twiced’ are words.
  6. It’s not a shopping cart, it’s a buggy.
  7. ‘Jaw-P’ means, “Did ya’ll go to the bathroom?”
  8. People actually eat and grow okra.
  9. ‘Fixinto’ is one word.
  10. There is no such thing as lunch, there is only dinner and supper.
  11. Sweet tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it in your sippy cup.
  12. You switch from heat to AC in one day.
  13. You know what a dawg is.
  14. You carry jumper cables in your car for your own car.
  15. Going to Wal-Mart is known a going to Wally World.
  16. The first day of deer season is a national holiday.