Tuesday, February 28, 2006

101 Good Reasons to Live in Alabama

Can't say I agree with all of these, but it sure is good for a laugh and there is a lot of truth in this list!

1. Cheese Grits

2. We're the reason God created Football.

3. World's last outpost of good manners

4. Humidity eliminates need for expensive home sauna

5. You can put a license tag on anything, drive it down the road, and no one will stop you.

6. Sweet Tea

7. Barbecue

8. Unlike less-fun Yankee states, it only takes one snowflake to create a statewide holiday

9. Supermarkets have cute names like Piggly Wiggly, Jitney Jungle and Winn-Dixie

10. No official limit on height of hair-dos

11. Children address adults using Sir and Ma'am

12. Police Officers greet you by name when pulling you over

13. Cultural trends take hold at a leisurely pace so everyone can get on board

14. Crocuses come up before the last Christmas decorations come down

15. New York and California not taken seriously

16. Gulf Beaches

17. Everyone knows how to tell a good story

18. Politics are more entertaining

19. Auburn-Alabama Game

20. Front porches

21. Back porches

22. Corn on the Cob

23. We have our own way of tawkin'

24. We have our own music

25. More family reunions than any other state

26. Best joke tellers in the world

27. Plenty of elbow room

28. Fried Apple Pie (or peach, or pear, or raisin)

29. People still know how to dress up

30. At every get together there is always someone who can pick a guitar

31. Unlike hum-drum Yankee supper tables, there's no skimping on side dishes

32. Vintage automobiles are given the respect they deserve

33. Highest per capita cosmetic skills in the nation

34. More books and songs written about Alabama than any other state

35. Azaleas

36. Fried Okra

37. Cornbread

38. Farmer's Markets

39. Flea Markets

40. Neighbors rarely come over empty handed

41. If you break down on the side of the road, someone will always stop to help

42. Soda pop brands have colorful names like Nehi and Grapico

43. No part of a pig ever goes to waste

44. Church suppers

45. Citizens generally know the difference between right and wrong

46. Wild Blackberries

47. Bluebirds in the Spring

48. Children use the quaint expressions "Please" and "Thank You"

49. Tent Revivals

50. River Rats

51. People don't generally pass through -- they come to stay

52. Small talk skill level highest in nation

53. Handshakes still effective in business dealings

54. We might fight but we always make up

55. Fishing that borders on religious experience

56. Knowing someone will always hold the door for you

57. 364 day golfing season (every day except Christmas)

58. Palm Trees, Dogwoods, Sycamores, Live Oaks, Fig Trees, Sweet Gums and Magnolias

59. Never a shortage of advice on any subject

60. Traffic laws subject to individual interpretation

61. Central Air

62. Sweet Potato Pie

63. Misty mornings in the mountains

64. Wild Muscadines

65. Dirt Track Racing

66. Family Recipes

67. Sunsets in November

68. Red Tail Hawks

69. Homemade Ice Cream

70. Peach Cobbler

71. Snow flurries on Thanksgiving

72. Heat waves on Thanksgiving

73. No legal limit on quantity of exterior Christmas lights per household

74. There are still people who talk without cussing

75. For those who must cuss, wide array of original expletives available

76. Backyard Gardens

77. Sawmill Gravy

78. Neighborhood block parties

79. Volunteer Fire Departments

80. Mayors who conveniently also sell insurance and used cars

81. Camellias blooming in February

82. 'Nanner Puddin'

83. Mee-maw's Coconut Cake

84. Pa-paw's Tomatoes

85. Folks who know your Mamma and Daddy and their Mammas and Daddies

86. Bluegrass Festivals

87. Going barefoot in March

88. Butterbeans

89. Fried Catfish

90. Certain homemade beverages (sweet tea, lemonade, moonshine, hunch punch).

91. Cockroach species guaranteed to scare the wits out of unsuspecting Yankees

92. High ratio of morning radio shows with hosts named Bubba

93. Siestas on summer afternoons

94. Strangers say hello on the street, and instead of running in the opposite direction, you say hello back

95. Home to one of the seven wonders of the world: the infield at Talladega on race day

96. Misguided national news coverage of state keeps obnoxiously heavy, environmentally damaging tourist traffic to a minimum

97. Children grow up bilingual, speaking both English and Southern

98. State leads the way in culinary presentation of the peanut

99. Women named Velma

100. Men named J.B., J.R., J.D., J.P., J.C., J.T., or J.W

101. You can leave Alabama, but you'll always come back home Y'all have a nice day, now!

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