A GEORGIA BLESSING
Note: If you are not a resident of GEORGIA or never have lived in the hot, humid South, you may not understand the weight of this blessing!
Bless this house, oh Lord, we cry.
Please keep it cool in mid-July.
Bless the walls where termites dine,
While ants and roaches march in time.
Bless our yard where spiders pass
Fire ant castles in the grass.
Bless the garage, a home to please
Carpenter beetles, ticks and fleas.
Bless the love bugs, two by two,
the gnats and mosquitoes that feed on you.
Millions of creatures that fly or crawl,
in GEORGIA, Lord, you've put them all!!
But this is home, and here we'll stay,
So thank you Lord, for insect spray ..
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YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN GEORGIA IN JULY WHEN. . .
The birds have to use potholders to pull worms out
of the ground.
The trees are whistling for the dogs.
The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
Hot water now comes out of both taps.
You can make sun tea instantly.
You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
The temperature drops below 95 and you feel a little
chilly.
You discover that in July it only takes 2 fingers to steer your car.
You discover that you can get sunburned through your
car window.
You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
You break into a sweat the instant you step outside
at 7:30 a.m.
Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get
knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook
to death?"
You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
The potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper.
Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs.
The cows are giving evaporated milk.
Ah, what a place to call home. . God Bless
And one more ...
1. You can properly pronounce Chickamauga, DeKalb, Dahlonega, and
Smyrna.
2. You think people who complain about the heat in their states are
sissies.
3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look
for a funnel.
4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by
the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.
5. Stores don't have bags or shopping carts, they have sacks and
buggies.
6. You've seen people wear bib overalls at weddings and funerals.
7. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
8. You measure distance in minutes.
9. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.
10. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
11. You know cowpies are not made of beef.
12. Some one you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding
date.
13. You know someone who has a belt buckle bigger than your fist.
14. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, beer, and
bait all in the same store.
15. A Mercedes Benz isn't a status symbol. A Ford F350 Crew Cab is.
16. You know everything goes better with Ranch dressing.
17. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.
18. You actually get these jokes and are "fixing'" to send them to your
friends.
19. You wanna go back to Georgia, where everything is normal
And finally:
20. You are 100% Georgian if you have ever had this conversation:
"You wanna coke?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr Pepper"
This message was edited Jun 18, 2006 3:24 PM
Us GA Folks Can Relate!
What's funny is I always here from people it's so hot and humid durning the summer where they live. LOL. My brother works up around Buffalo NY and brought down a bunch of friends for a week last July. After 2 days I never heard a peep about what their summers were like. LOL.
I've also had that experience from some friends from the North..lol
Larkie
LOL. Love it!
My first trip out of the South, I thought I had landed on a different planet. It's weird how the little things that you think are universal are so regionally based...like the "coke" thing. My friend is from Kansas and she is so confused as to why we refer to all carbonated sodas as "coke". Apparently they call it "pop" up there. And don't get me started on the sweet tea. I thought everyone had sweet tea until I went into a restaurant up there and ordered it. The waitress brought me a glass of tea and when I pointed out that it was unsweetened, she motioned towards some sugar packets on the table and looked at me like I was an idiot.
It was an interesting experience, but I think I actually prefer the South (shocking to myself as much as others)...especially after I had a lemon thrown at me...but that's another story.
Hi Kimcheebaby,
Welcome to DG.
Larkie
Oh, I loved this. Thanks for posting. We have a houseguest just now, and I just have to let her read this! It'll help her to understand the bug situation, and so much more. Thanks again, Sheila