You know you were Born N' Bred in Louisiana when...........
-Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside.
-You save newspapers, not for recycling but for tablecloths at crawfish boils.
-When you give directions you use "lakeside and riverside" not north and south.
-Your ancestors are buried above the ground.
-You take a bite of five-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco.
-Every once in a while, you have waterfront property.
-You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "Don't eat the dead ones," and you know what he means.
-You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.
-You believe that purple, green, and gold look good together.
-Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.
-No matter where else you go in the world, you are always disappointed in the food.
-Your town is low on the education chart, but you don't care because you're No. 1 on the party chart.
-You know that Tchoupitoulas is a street and not a disease.
-Your grandparents are called "Maw-Maw" and "Paw-Paw."
-Your favorite Saint is a football player.
-You cringe every time you hear an actor with a Southern or Cajun accent in a "New Orleans-based" movie or TV show.
-You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm.
-You eat dinner out and spend the entire meal talking about all the other good places you've eaten.
this is great, i'm totally showing it to my louisiana born and bred boy in the next room. :)
ReplyDeletewe never did get together for gumbo! there's still time!