you know you're from tennessee if......

rogue_rob

You know you're from Tennessee if...>> 1. You measure distance in hours.> 2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.> 3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.> 4. Stores don't have shopping carts; they have buggies.> 5. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one init,> no matter what time of the year.> 6. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.> 7. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable,> grain, or animal.> 8. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both> unlocked.> 9. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.> 10. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.> 11. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.> 12. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent. (but they really> do)> 13. You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.>> 14. The local paper covers national and international news on one>> page, but requires 6 pages for sports.> 15. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.> 16. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.> 17. You find 90 degrees F "a little warm."> 18. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and> Christmas.> 19. You know whether another Tennessean is from West, Middle, or East> Tennessee as soon as they open their mouth.> 20. There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 ormore.> 21. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin"or> off to "Wally World".> 22. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili> weather.> 23. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke,> regardless of brand or flavor.> 24. You understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends from> Tennessee.> ---and elsewhere !