I'm from Tennessee

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TENNESSEE:

*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.

*If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

*Onced and twiced are words.

*It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.

*People actually grow and eat okra.

*Fixinto is one word.

*There is no such thing as "lunch." There is only dinner and then there is supper.

*SWEET tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it whenyou're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

*Backards and forwards means "I know everything about you."

*DJeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

*You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

*You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.

YOU KNOW YOUR FROM TENNESSEE IF:

*You measure distance in minutes.

*You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

*You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store."

*All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

*You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

*You know what a "DAWG" is.

*You carry jumper cables in your car .. . . for your OWN car.

*You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and BBQ SAUSE.

*The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

*You think that the first day of deer season should be a national holiday.

*You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."

*You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.

*Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as"goin' Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."

*You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.

*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?"

*Fried catfish is the other white meat.

*We don't need no stinking driver's ed . . . if our mama says we can drive, we can drive.You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Tennessee(and those who just wish they were). Not EVERYONE can be a Tennessean,it's an art form and a gift from God!