[tiffsmom2007]

My 14 year old sent this to my email and being from Southeast Arkansas myself I think it sums Arkansas up pretty well. Lol... tell me what you think.
Things I have learned living in ARKANSAS

1. Possums and armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with
their feet in the air.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live
in ARKANSAS .

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000
live in ARKANSAS plus a couple no one's seen before.

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

5. Onced and twiced are words.

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

7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

8. People actually grow and eat okra.

9. Fixinto is one word.

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

11. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals, and you
start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

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

13. Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

14. 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.

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

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM ARKANSAS 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 both unlocked.

6. You know what a "DAWG" is.

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

8. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup. (Can't forget the Cavender's too)

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

10. You think that the first day of deer season is
a national holiday.

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

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

13. You know whether another ARKIE is from north
or south as soon as they open their mouth.

14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite pasttime known
as goin' Wal-martin or off to Wally World.

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

16. 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?"

17. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

18. We don't need no stinking driver's ed....if our
mama says we can drive, we can drive.

[anjoe]

And we call mashed potatoes, cream(ed) potatoes in South Arkansas!

[Stormcrow73]

LOL, i'd seen some of these before but not all. I especially liked the Cavenders one!!

[prowler]

Absolutely great list! I just now noticed your post and will print this off ASAP. Keep up the good work.

[JohnN]

other words:
chimley
rainbrella
napple (an apple)

[ktg]

LOL! boy that is soo true!

[donaldeoff]

You said it. Those are true to the case.

Originally Posted by tiffsmom2007

My 14 year old sent this to my email and being from Southeast Arkansas myself I think it sums Arkansas up pretty well. Lol... tell me what you think.
Things I have learned living in ARKANSAS

1. Possums and armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with
their feet in the air.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live
in ARKANSAS .

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000
live in ARKANSAS plus a couple no one's seen before.

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

5. Onced and twiced are words.

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

7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

8. People actually grow and eat okra.

9. Fixinto is one word.

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

11. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals, and you
start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

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

13. Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

14. 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.

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

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM ARKANSAS 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 both unlocked.

6. You know what a "DAWG" is.

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

8. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup. (Can't forget the Cavender's too)

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

10. You think that the first day of deer season is
a national holiday.

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

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

13. You know whether another ARKIE is from north
or south as soon as they open their mouth.

14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite pasttime known
as goin' Wal-martin or off to Wally World.

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

16. 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?"

17. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

18. We don't need no stinking driver's ed....if our
mama says we can drive, we can drive.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by tiffsmom2007

My 14 year old sent this to my email and being from Southeast Arkansas myself I think it sums Arkansas up pretty well. Lol... tell me what you think.
Things I have learned living in ARKANSAS

1. Possums and armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with
their feet in the air.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live
in ARKANSAS .

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000
live in ARKANSAS plus a couple no one's seen before.

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

5. Onced and twiced are words.

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

7. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

8. People actually grow and eat okra.

9. Fixinto is one word.

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

11. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals, and you
start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

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

13. Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

14. 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.

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

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM ARKANSAS 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 both unlocked.

6. You know what a "DAWG" is.

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

8. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup. (Can't forget the Cavender's too)

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

10. You think that the first day of deer season is
a national holiday.

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

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

13. You know whether another ARKIE is from north
or south as soon as they open their mouth.

14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite pasttime known
as goin' Wal-martin or off to Wally World.

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

16. 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?"

17. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

18. We don't need no stinking driver's ed....if our
mama says we can drive, we can drive.

Cute and clever, but it fits many states, OK, parts of Texas, Tenn and Mississippi just to mention a few places...

The part about summer, almost summer, etc certainly does not hold true. That is much more Texas..Especially here in NWA we have 4 very different seasons....

Thanks for sharing, I hope no one takes it too personably..

Nita

[ArkLvr627]

Originally Posted by anjoe

And we call mashed potatoes, cream(ed) potatoes in South Arkansas!

Lol, we sure do. Creamed Potatoes and Fried Green Tomatoes make a good meal.

[Dr. Foosball]

I have always heard it, and this makes it seem all too true, but north Arkansas and south Arkansas have too completely different cultures. I have never heard of a lot of those things and I have lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas almost all my life.