Things I've learned about Tennessee and being a Tennessean by living in Tennessee....

[Charlievibe]

Let me preface this by saying, I am a Colorado girl who has been displaced to TN. Coming here was learning a whole new way of life. For the Tennessee people, you will totally get a kick out of this. For the non-TN people, you will get a chuckle.Enjoy!!!!!--------------------------Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Tennessee.There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Tennessee plus acouple no one's seen before.Squirrels will eat anything.Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they areripe.If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.Onced and twiced are words.It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.People actually grow and eat okra.Fixinto is one word.There is no such thing as "lunch". There is only dinner and then thereis supper.Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you'retwo.Backards and forards means "I know everything about you."Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time itis.You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.More about Tennesseans....You know you're from Tennessee if:1. You measure distance in minutes.2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.3. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store."4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,vegetable, grain, insect or animal.5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave bothunlocked.6. You know what a "VOL" is.7. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.8. You know what "cow tipping" is.9. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, tabasco and catsup.10. The local papers cover national and international news on one pagebut require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.11. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.12. You find 100 degrees fahrenheit "a little warm."13. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer andChristmas.14. You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west or middleTennessee as soon as they open their mouth.15. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin'Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as goodpinto-bean weather.17. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop...it's a Coke,regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"18. Fried catfish is the other white meat.19. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends fromTennessee (and those who just wish they were).Not EVERYONE can be a hick, it's an art form and a gift!

[drunkenmaxx]

great stuff! many of those items ring true around these parts as well. my area of IL is kinda like city-hicks, not quite down on the farm red-neck, not city, just hoosierish, even folks w/lots of money drive cheap pickups.

[pmh013]

After reading that, I think that Saskatchewan is the Tennessee of Canada. So many of them are true for here too. Well, not the possum stuff, I don't think we have those here. And our seasons are winter, almost not winter, sorta summer, and almost winter.

[GT_03]

ALL OF THIS ALSO APPLIES TO WEST VIRGINIA!!!!

[NayNa_Lynn]

Being from Arkansas, I know exactly what she's talking about! Try goin to Memphis....or Nashville....or Knoxville...or any of the small towns in between! Now, I am southern, that I will admit to, and I do have a rather peculiar accent, one that I am not to proud of, but those Tennessee people are crazy but they're awful nice....most would do anything for anybody like most southerners.

[Kari]

Being a Tennessean...I just had to go through this one... LOLMore about Tennesseans....You know you're from Tennessee if:1. You measure distance in minutes.LOL...yep. Ask me how far away from home I am at college...30 minutes. 2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.Do this all the time in the early/late winter. Heat in the morning/night and A/C during the day because the car is hot from the sun.3. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store."Only if I'm making fun of somebody or saying something like "You're fixin to get it."4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,vegetable, grain, insect or animal.Hmmm....nope. Kingsport Fun Fest, Harvest Festival, Autumn Chase Festival...SpringFest...they left out season. 5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave bothunlocked.No way Jose.6. You know what a "VOL" is.Absolutely. Not that I am one. I bleed blue. Go 'cats! 7. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.Yes, you can never be too prepared.8. You know what "cow tipping" is.Yes, but haven't done it.9. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, tabasco and catsup.Nope I like cinnamon too.10. The local papers cover national and international news on one pagebut require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.Sports is its own section most every day, yes...and we have a lot of features.11. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.I don't even know when the first day of deer season IS! 12. You find 100 degrees fahrenheit "a little warm."Nope that's HOT...they must not live in East Tennessee.13. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer andChristmas.LOL this is not Florida!14. You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west or middleTennessee as soon as they open their mouth.Oh yes. Definitely. A lot of people from other areas of the country think there is only one "southern accent" but there ISN'T...most states even have 3 or 4 different accents, and each state is different from the others pretty much. It's interesting to study southern linguistics because they are very very different across the region.15. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin'Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."Wally world....uh-huh.16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as goodpinto-bean weather.Can't say I've ever said that, nope.17. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop...it's a Coke,regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"Yes it is...but since I am a transplant originally from Ohio, it's still pop to me on occasion. 18. Fried catfish is the other white meat.Catfish is awesome...19. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends fromTennessee (and those who just wish they were).Yep...