1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You’ve had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.
3. Stores don’t have bags; they have sacks.
4. Stores don’t have shopping carts; they have buggies.
5. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no
matter what time of the year.
6. You use “fix” as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
7. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable,
grain, or animal.
8. You install security lights on your house, garage, and leave both unlocked.
9. You carry jumper cables in your car … for your OWN car.
10. You know what “cow tipping” and “snipe hunting” is.
11. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
12. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
13. You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.
14. The local papers covers national and international news on one page but
requires 6 pages for sports.
15. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
16. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
17. You find 90 degrees F “a little warm.”
18. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and
Christmas.
19. You know whether another Georgian is from southern, middle, or northern
Georgia as soon as they open their mouth.
20. There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.
21. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as “going wal-martin” or
off to “Wally World.”
22. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather.
23. A carbonated soft drink isn’t a soda, cola, or pop … it’s a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor.
24. You understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends from
Georgia.