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icepixieYou Know You're From Nashville When... |
The word "snow" means a week off from school and maybe even work. To you Paris is near Waverly and Athens and Rome are in Georgia. [Yes.] You stop your car for ambulances, fire trucks and hearses. [Um, you're not supposed to?] You take down your Christmas tree before January first. [Wrong! We leave it up as long as possible.] Someone within hearing distance is singing or humming. [Always. Often it's me.] There's a musical instrument somewhere in the house. [Two or three, actually. More if you count voices.] You don't do things without "fixin" to do them first. [Sometimes.] You judge things as "alright", "fine" or "right fine". Your food has beans or Tobasco in it. [It's spelled "Tabasco." Not that I use it much. But just so you know.] You know what a T-Rac is. [Sadly(?), no. I have a feeling it has to do with recording studios, though.] You "luck up" and not "luck out". [Who wrote this?] Drivers stop before they turn. [Well, slow way down, anyway.] Someone you know has written a song. [Yes.] You own the boots but can't ride a horse. [Neither. Cowboy boots look like the most uncomfortable things ever devised.] No one around you is a native Nashvillian either. [Again, who wrote this? So wrong.] You run red lights so you won't be hit from behind. Fast food is faster inside than at the drive-up window. To you a well-trained dog stays in the bed of the truck. [Heh.] Half of the people at work know someone in entertainment. [I think half the people in this town work in entertainment.] Strangers ask if you're doin alright, and friends ask what's goin on. [Howdy!] You ignore country stars but dance and holler in front of football players. [I wouldn't recognize either if they came up and talked to me.] You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Nashville. |
I remember posting a near-duplicate version of this not too long ago...but what the hell.
You Know You're From Tennessee When... |
You've never met any celebrities....other than Fred Thompson. "Vacation" means going to the family reunion. You know all 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Christmas. [So very true.] You laugh when people from anywhere north of TN tries to say or spell "y'all" [Oh, yeah.] It's "Mar-vull" not "Mary-ville" [Even I know this.] It's "Knox-vull" not "Knox-ville" [See above. Although the pattern doesn't really hold true for Nashville.] A tabogan is a hat, not a sled. [If you say so...] You butter your hot biscuit by cutting it open, putting a slab of butter inside and closing it back up again. [Actually, I dip mine i sausage gravy.] Every town in East Tennesse has a "strip" and they're not particularly safe to be in at night. Pigeon Forge is not pronounced with a French accent. Gatlinburg does have an "L" in it and it should be pronounced. Sales tax is 9.5%. [And then county and city taxes push it up to 11.25%. But no income tax!] You shop at Walmart for groceries, not at a grocery store. [Often. Although Kroger and Publix are good too.] You don't drive in Knoxville on game-day. EVER. [No kidding.] You or your friends chew. [Chew...what? Tobacco? Not so much...] You can't remember the last time you saw snow. [Well, if I hadn't had the bright idea to go to school in OHIO...] You have a "piss on" sticker on your car window You know when Elvis Presley Day is [Um...May something?] You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Tennessee. |
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