You Might Be From
Wisconsin If
Issued by the Southern Tourism Bureau to all visiting and relocating Northerners:
Don't order filet mignon or pasta primavera at a Waffle House. It's just a diner. They serve breakfast 24 hours-a-day. Don't confuse them. Let them cook something they know.
Don't laugh at Southern names (Merleen, Bodie, Ovine, Luther Ray, Tammy Lynn, Darla Beth, Billy Joe, Sissy, Clovis, etc.).
Don't order a bottle of pop or a can of soda down here. We call it Pepsi--not RC, Dr. Pepper or whatever. Accept this.
Don't laugh at our Civil War monuments. If Lee had listened to Longstreet and flanked Meade at Gettysburg instead of sending Pickett up the middle, you'd be paying taxes to Richmond instead of to Washington.
We are fully aware of how high the humidity is. Get used to it.
Eat your biscuits like God intended, with gravy. And don't put sugar on your grits.
Don't criticize our politicians. At least we don't let someone move to our state in order to run for the Senate.
Don't complain that the South is dirty and polluted. None of our lakes or rivers has caught fire recently.
Don't ridicule our Southern manners. We say sir and ma'am. We hold doors open for others. We offer our seats to old folks because such things are expected of civilized people.
Finally, if you don't like it here, Delta is ready when you are.
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Just kidding, of course.
Our actual advice? Relax ... accept .... smile.
And vive la difference!
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