You know your a mississippian when. . .

How to tell if you are a true Mississippian


* 1. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the
highway.
* 2. "Vacation" means going to a family reunion.
* 3. You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
* 4. You measure distance in minutes.
* 5. You know several people who have hit a deer.
* 6. Your school classes were canceled because the weather was too cold.
* 7. Your school classes were canceled because the weather was too hot.
* 8. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
* 9. You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
* 10. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
* 11. Stores don't have carts; they have buggies.
* 12. You know if another Mississippian is from South, Middle or North
Mississippi as soon as they open their mouth.
* 13. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in
it.
* 14. You use "fix" as a verb." Example: I'm fixing to go to the store
* 15. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, a vegetable
or animal.
* 16. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
doors unlocked.
* 17. You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer and chicken
* 18. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your own car.
* 19. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
* 20. You only know four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup and Tabasco.
* 21. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda or cola. It is "COKE," regardless
of what flavor it is.
* 22. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin' Walmartin" or
"goin' da' Wally World."
* 23. The local paper covers national news on one page, and requires six
pages for sports.
* 24. You think deer season is a national holiday.
* 25. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
* 26. You find 90 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
* 27. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and
Christmas.
* 28. You actually get these jokes, and forward them to your fellow friends
in Mississippi.