If you visit the South, please keep the following in mind...

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[Jokelahoma]

Oh yeah, and I-40 goes through Oklahoma. I-70 goes through Kansas. But now I'm picking nits, which, contrary to Yankee legend, are not used in any southern dishes.

[Wisconsin]

If the ice tea is sweet you are from Georgia. Georgia was started as a penal colony so it is understandable that they have a few rough edges in taste.

(despite the moniker, I am originally from South Carolina)

[sticker]

Hey, don't get me wrong I have caught alot more crappie, bass, bream, catfish and rockfish than I ever have trout. I prefer my crappie with home fries.

[Doug Loss]

Actually, outside of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (and a few other places) this could be Pennsylvania too.

[joesnuffy]

Since my pa was a Georgia boy and had lots of brothers and sisters I've dreamed of going down south to live...retire down there...

Yes sir : Nice to know that how to act was already trained into me...fried okra in bacon fat.. hotsauce on eggs..biscuits for breakfast an all

[bassmaner]

10. Tea - yeah, we have tea. It comes in a glass over ice and is sweet. You want it hot - sit it in the sun. You want it unsweetened - add a lot of water.

The only one I'd have any trouble with - I love tea, iced or hot, but HATE it sweetened! Otherwise, the South sounds pretty inviting, after yet again shoveling out my car to get to work this morning!

[beckysueb]

I live in the south and this is priceless! Especially about the sushi and caviar!

[wideminded]

You burn an American flag in our state, you get beat up. No questions.

My Boy Scout Handbook said that old, worn flags should be disposed of by burning them.

[RonF]

23. That Highway Patrol Officer that just pulled you over for driving like an idiot - his name is "Sir," no matter how young he is.

I have found that "Officer", as in "Yes, Officer" and "No, Officer" works fine, too.

[samanella]

27. He needs a killin.' Southern for justifiable homicide, bless his heart.

[Eala]

I like sugar with my buttered grits.

Agh! One downside of a Yankee wife is that she won't eat grits without maple syrup. Calls it her "Mason-Dixon" breakfast. I call it a waste of good grits (which aren't served by many restaurants in Seattle).

[Eala]

>You burn an American flag in our state, you get beat up. No questions.
My Boy Scout Handbook said that old, worn flags should be disposed of by burning them.

The difference between honourable disposal and dishonourable protest is quite readily discerned.

[SouthernFreebird]

7. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.

Can I get an amen.

[bearsgirl90]

"No self-respecting Southerner uses instant grits."

I LOVE that movie!

[sheik yerbouty]

ROFL!

[SouthernFreebird]

Ewww.... sugar and syrup on grits is an abomination. Keep it real guys.

[KantianBurke]

"Grits are corn"

Grits taste like dirt. What in G-d's name do you people see in them? Waffle House isn't THAT bad!

[bearsgirl90]

7. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.
Can I get an amen.

Amen, and Amen! I live in southern Kentucky, and my 16 year old nephew walks around with most of his butt hanging out! Drives me nuts. So, this is not a problem only in the north!

[EagleMamaMT]

Great post! :)

[XRdsRev]

With a few minor food changes it could be anywhere.

You drive 35 miles outside of New York City and there are plenty of gravel roads (dirt roads too), red clay, farms, hunters, small towns with 1 (or less) stoplights, and lots of pine trees.

Believe it or not, people outside the South, eat with their families, go to church, high school football games, hunt, fish, trap, and they're darn patriotic too.

If Southerners really believe that they are the only ones who do this stuff, then they really are dumb. I don't think that is the case. This is a silly email. Funny but silly.