G.R.I.T.S: not just a breakfast food!

Southern

Southern women 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 rivuh


The crick

Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:


Colorful hi-heel sandals


Strapless sun dresses


Iced sweet tea with mint


Straw hats and big sunglasses


Southern women know everybody's first name:


Honey


Darlin'


Shugah


Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:

Fried Green Tomatoes

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Steel Magnolias

Gone With The Wind


Southern women know their religions:

Baptist

Methodist


Football


Southern women know their country breakfasts:


Red-eye gravy


Grits


Eggs


Country ham


Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly


Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:


Chawl'stn


S'vanah


Foat Wuth


N'awlins


Addlanna


Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:


Men in uniform.


Men in tuxedos


Rhett Butler


Southern girls know their prime real estate:

The Mall


The Country Club


The Beauty Salon


Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:


Having bad hair and nails


Having bad manners


Cooking bad food


More Suth en-ism's:

Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."

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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."

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Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: "Going to town, be back directly."

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Even Southern babies know that"Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.

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All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
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Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor whose got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's

trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!

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Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that"just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.

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Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.

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No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.

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A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.

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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, . and when we're "in line," we talk to everybody!

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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.

In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.
Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.


When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!

Only true Southerners say "sweet tea,""sweet milk," and "light bread" Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk. And "Light bread" is white bread.


And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,"Bless her heart" .. and go your own way.
To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southernes s: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!

And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, ... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!

And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."