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Jumping on the bandwagon... go to Google, type in: "You know you're from (state) when..."

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN...

Sweet tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. "Backards and forwards" means, "I know everything about you."

You know that going "barefootin" is one of the great joys of life

You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

"Vacation" means going to Myrtle Beach. (SO true!)

Out of state friends beg you to send them fireworks

You know at least three places to get great fried chicken

You've taken a road trip to South of the Border - and it wasn't Mexico (HELL YES!)

You buy your groceries at Winn-Dixie

You know someone who works at Hooters

You say "cut on things" instead of "turning them on".

If you think everyone from a big city has an accent.

If you have had this converstation..

"You wanna coke?"

"Yeah."

"What kind?"

"Dr. Pepper."

You know the difference between a festival, carnival, and a fair and you wouldn't ever call one of them by the wrong name.

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular. (Ah ha ha, so true!)

You measure distance in minutes. (Oh yeah... Liam and I confuse each other all the time over this... He'll be like, "Oh, the 7-11 is just past the hotel," and I'm all, "Yes, but HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET THERE?" I've also had to explain to him the subtle nuances of "I'll be there in a few," "I'll be there in a little while," and "I'll be there after a while.")

You know several people who have hit a deer. (Including my brother!)

You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C"
in the same day.

You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July. (Hmmm... actually, I don't...)

Stores don't have bags; they have sacks. (And buggies!)

You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.

You use "fix" as an adverb. Example: I am fixing to go to thestore. (Or you shorten it to "Fid'n to...")

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, plants, or animal.

You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting"
is.

You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.

You think that deer season is a national holiday.

You find 90 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."

You know all 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.

You know if another South Carolinian is from the Low Country, the Sand Hills, or the Piedmont section of South Carolina, as soon as they open their mouth.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from South Carolina.



Adding a few of my own:

You travel out of state and wonder why there is no Cheerwine in the soda machines.

You use Duke's Mayonnaise as salad dressing.

You think Charleston is the height of culture.

You know what a sandlapper is.

Your high school had a cattle-judging team.

Weather report says there is a 20 percent chance of snow flurries? OMFG　RUN TO THE GROCERY STORE FOR MILK, EGGS, BREAD, DIAPERS, AND BEER!

You know to stock up on booze before midnight on Saturday, because the grocery store won't sell it on Sunday.

You've heard a mother tell her child, "No, I ain't buyin' you nuthin', cause you ain't been bein-have!"

You can still sing the old-school Little Cricket theme song... DUMMY!


Fellow SC-ers... care to add your own???