BooBop

WE WELCOME YOU TO TENNESSEE!

1. Pull up your pants and take that earring out. You look like an idiot.

2. It's called a "gravel" road. No matter how slow you drive, you're still going to get dust on your BMW. So, drive or git outta the way.

3. We drive four-wheel drive vehicles because we need them.

4. Yeah, we all started hunting and fishing before we started to school. Sure, we saw "Bambi" but we got over it.

5. Any reference to "Jesus Freaks" will be considered a compliment.

6. Go ahead and bring your $600 Orvis Fly Rod but don't cry when a catfish breaks it off at the handle. (We have a name for that little 10 inch bass you are fishing for - - its called "bait.")

7. That bent-over farmer did more work before breakfast than you do all week including your visits to the gym. He does not need your respect but he surely DESERVES it.

8. If your cell phone rings while we are in the green field watching for a buck, we will shoot it. You might hope you don't have it to your ear at that time. (This should also be applied in restaurants and movies as well!)

9. That's right, we go to church on Sunday morning - - and on Sunday night and on Wednesday night - - and any other time the church is having services.

10. A high school football game or a little league baseball game is just as important here as your professional teams and a lot more fun to watch.

11. If you bring "coke" into our homes, it had better be brown, wet, and best when served over a glass of ice.

12. So you have a $60,000 car. We're really impressed. Shoot, we drive tractors, cotton pickers and hay balers that cost a quarter million dollars, and we only drive them a few weeks each year.

13. Remember, we stop when lights are red and most of the time when they are yellow.

14. Our women hunt, fish, and drive trucks - - simply because they want to.
So, if you are a feminist, we don't think you are very cute.

15. Yeah, we eat catfish, deer, rabbit, and squirrel, too. You want sushi? It's available. You can get it at the bait shop.

16. Those are goats, cows, chickens, and pigs - - and that is exactly what they smell like. Get over it.

17. So, you don't like Tennessee ? Well,Interstate 40 runs two ways -
East and West. We also have Interstate 65 that runs two ways- North and
South. JUST PICK ONE!

18. So people you pass in our county areas wave and most people on our city
streets smile. We call it being friendly. You might try to understand the concept.

19. The opening day of deer season is like a religious holiday. In many
places, they serve deer hunters breakfast at the neighborhood church.

20. And last, we still believe in the Bible; that Jesus is the only way to get to Heaven. Can anyone say AMEN?

AMEN!!!
amen!

BronzeBabe

AMEN!!!


Christina

mjoy25

Ya'll come back now....Ya Hear!

BooBop

Wow, blast from the past...

redheadgranny

Sounds like my "Almost Heaven", West Virginia

And by the way, because we are "country" doesn't make us rednecks or hillbilly. I was born and raised here, have been pregnant three times but didn't run around barefoot and I have all of my teeth. We are very similiar, it's called Southern Pride, Mountain Folk, a place where most are very creative and hard working!
Props to all Appalachian born...we are proud of our heritage. Debbie in WV

redheadgranny

By the way, those who haven't tried it, there is nothing better than a Saturday morning breakfast of squirel gravy, flat cake (pan sized or giant biscuit), scrambled eggs and salt bacon. It's "comfort" food and nothing better.

SwedaGuy

Sad, but true, I suppose...though I do take some issue with #18...people aren't overly friendly here, not to the extent of the cliche "southern hospitality"...

I just came here for the weather...

Now, I have noted the propensity here for cooking anything that was once living, plant or animal. I don't see the dear hunting thing, though. I grew up in Wisconsin (where schools closed on the first day of deer season), and comparatively speaking, Tennessee doesn't make anything of dear hunting...

tigers1962

I am an Illinoisan. I had the pleasure of staying in Tennessee for 4 days back in November. I've always loved Tennessee, and Mitzi everything you stated about the hospitality is so true! I am everything you mentioned, only I am stuck here in Illinois. I am not a hick, just a country girl. I swore to my husband that if he couldn't move me there when we retire, that I'd go alone! We plan to go every year for our anniversary. What part are you in? We stayed in Sevierville (by Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge). We will bring our horses with us next time. Lots of beautiful riding down there!

tigers1962

I also made it a point to look for tanning salons while there, just to see how the rest of the world tans, but we were always on the go while there and I never had the chance to check them out. If you are close, we'll stop in and see you this November.

SwedaGuy

Ummm...I hate to be a downer, but Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, et al., are not really "Tennessee"...Hollywood and corporate America moved in there 20 years ago, and it's never been the same. My partner's grandfather lived a significant portion of his life in Sevierville, and the family still owns the house. We get up that way, every so often, and I used to have a couple of customers there--but it's all commercial, one big tourist trap. Of course, every one is friendly there, it's their bread and butter. If they don't live up to the outdated reputation, you won't come back. Now, if you want a real Tennessee experience, spend a week in Dunlap or Dayton...