View Full Version : 101 Reasons to Live in Alabama!!!


GSPack
10-29-2005, 07:34 PM
Just thought we needed something to cheer us up and laugh!!!!! But if you think about it these are so so true.....LOL

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 are 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

29. People still know how to dress up

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

31. 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 (someone put moonshine on this line,
but I think year-round iced tea is the best Alabama beverage of all).

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! YA HEAH!!

Blueyez94
10-31-2005, 09:04 AM
I love it.......That is so true...

Sel
10-31-2005, 12:59 PM
:haha: I have to admit I was nodding my head in agreement while reading this. Thanks for posting this, Granny.... :D

e_wife03
10-31-2005, 01:03 PM
What about the Chicken Bites ..

magnolia27
11-09-2005, 02:14 AM
95. Home to one of the seven wonders of the world: the infield
at Talladega on race day

The BEST reason I can think of!!

2nice
11-09-2005, 04:03 AM
I loved this!! :) I copied and pasted and sent it to my m-i-l who lives in Selma! :) I wonder what she has to say!!

Jerry is always taling about the 'peach cobbler'... telling me that i HAVE TO learn how to make it!! What is it?

GSPack
11-10-2005, 10:06 AM
LOL GOOOOOOOOO LiL' E!!!!

Peach Cobbler is Simple..you can use drained canned peaches with cornstarch added to the juices 1 TBls percup or fresh peaches sprinkled with sugar /a little water mixed with cornstarch sliced into a buttered baking dish and make a dough using self-rising flour and sugar adding water till it is just past doughy and spoon onto peaches and bake in a 350 degree oven until the top turns golden and rises. "Easy as a piece of Cake!!!! "

Alabama Granny